Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 12:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD spoke to Moses,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD command Moises” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 12:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Tell the people of Israel that when a woman has given birth and the child was a boy, that woman will remain unclean for seven days like those days of the month (monthly period).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When a pregnant woman becomes untouchable by giving birth to a son, [she] will be unclean for seven days. just as she is unclean during her monthly period.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “to tell this to the Israelinhon:
    If a woman has-given-birth to a male, she will-be-considered dirty/unclean for/[lit. inside of] seven days, just-like when she has her monthly-period.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she must be avoided for seven days, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 12:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “That boy must be circumcised on the eighth day.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the eight days the son must be circumcised [lit.: must put the sign in the son’s body].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the eighth day her child is-to-be-circumcised.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The baby son must be circumcised on the eighth day after he is born.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 12:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “The woman must stay for thirty-three days in which she does not touch anything clean/holy or come near a holy place until she comes out from her period of uncleanness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then to become clean, that woman must wait 33 days until she is purified from the bleeding of childbirth. Until she is purified it is not OK for her to touch any clean thing and is it also not OK for her to go to the holy place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Because of the continuous coming-out of her blood, she must-wait for yet 33 days before she will-be-considered clean. She is- not -permitted to-touch anything which (is) for the LORD and she is- not -permitted to-go to the Meeting-together-place Tent until the days of her becoming-clean is-completed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding during childbirth. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 12:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the child she got is a girl, the woman must stay unclean for fourteen days like during her days of the period. She must stay for sixty-six days until she can get out from her time of uncleanness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If that woman gives birth to a daughter, [she] will be unclean for 14 days, like when she is menstruating [lit.: when [she] is untouchable]. After that, 66 days later, only after she is purified will she become clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If her child is a female/(girl), she is-to-be-considered dirty/unclean for/[lit. inside of] 14 days, just-like if she has her monthly- period. Because of continuous coming-out of her blood, she must-wait yet 66 days before she will-be-considered clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she must be avoided for two weeks, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. Then she must wait 66 days to be purified from the bleeding that occurred when her baby was born.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 12:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the days during which the woman who gave birth to a boy or girl is being cleansed are over, she should bring a kid that has one year so it can be made a sacrifice which is burned completely and a dove that can be made a sacrifice which sweeps away sin. She must bring those things to the priest near the entrance to the Tent of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’After the days of her purification whether a son was born or a daughter was born, she must bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, a sacrificial lamb one year old for a burnt offering and a pigeon or a dove for a The Purification Sacrifice ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the days of her becoming-clean for her male child or female (child) also (is) already finished, she then must-bring to the priest there near the entrance of the Meeting-together-place Tent a one year sheep as a burnt offering and one pigeon or dove as an offering for becoming-clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then that time for her to be purified is ended, that woman must bring to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent a one-year-old lamb to be completely burned on the altar, and a dove or a young pigeon to be sacrificed to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 12:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the priest will take those things and make a ceremony of cleansing for that woman and then the woman is clean and she can get out from here time of uncleanness.
    That is what a woman who has gotten a boy or a girl must do.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The priest will make atonement for her by offering all of it before the LORD. these are the regulations women after birth son and daughter and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priest will-offer this in the presence of the LORD in-order to-take-(away) the dirtiness/uncleanness of the woman because of the coming-out of her blood, and she will-become clean. If she is- not -able-(to-afford) a sheep she is-to- just now -bring two doves or two pigeons; one she is-to-offer as a burnt offering and one as an offering for becoming-clean. By-means-of this which the priest will-do, her dirtiness/uncleanness will-be-removed/taken-away and she will- now -become clean. These are the regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] concerning the woman who has-given-birth/has-had-a-child.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest will offer them to Yahweh in order that she may be forgiven for any sins she has committed. Then she will be purified from her loss of blood when the baby was born.
    ‘Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a son or daughter.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 12:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 12:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Even though that is the case, if the woman is unable to get a kid, she shall bring two doves or pigeons. One shall be for a completely burned sacrifice and the other for a sacrifice that sweeps away sin so that the woman can be made clean.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’If [she] is not able to bring a sacrificial lamb, she must bring two, either pigeons or doves, one for a burnt offering and one for a The Purification Sacrifice. In this way the priest will make atonement for her. Then she will be clean.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priest will-offer this in the presence of the LORD in-order to-take-(away) the dirtiness/uncleanness of the woman because of the coming-out of her blood, and she will-become clean. If she is- not -able-(to-afford) a sheep she is-to- just now -bring two doves or two pigeons; one she is-to-offer as a burnt offering and one as an offering for becoming-clean. By-means-of this which the priest will-do, her dirtiness/uncleanness will-be-removed/taken-away and she will- now -become clean. These are the regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] concerning the woman who has-given-birth/has-had-a-child.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely on the altar, and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause that she will be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)