Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 13:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God told Moses and Aaron,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD gave these regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] to Moises and Aaron:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh said this to Aaron and Moses/me:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘If there is a person among you who has boils or scabies or a skin rash which might make/cause him to get a serious skin disease, he must be taken to the priest Aaron or any of his sons.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If the skin of anyone’s body is developing to have swelling of the skin, a rash or spots, that might develop into a skin disease. he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the skin of a man is-swelling or is-breaking-out-in-a-rash or whitening/blistering, which (is) a sign of a dangerous disease on the skin, this person should-be-brought to Aaron the priest or to one of the priests who (is) a descendant of Aaron.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘When someone has on his skin a swelling or a rash or a shiny/bright spot that may become contagious/a dreaded skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron or to one of his sons who are also priests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest is to examine the sick place in his body. If the hairs in that place are white and it is warped downwards more than the skin of all the other areas, it is clear that this person has a serious wound. Then the priest is to say that this person is unclean so that he must be placed aside from other people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The priest must look at the injury like this, and if, in the place affected by the disease, the hair which is sprouting looks white, or if the wound appears to be more than skin deep, it is a contagious disease. After the priest has finished examining him he must be judged unclean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priest will-look at his/her skin, and if the body-hairs have-turned-white and the infection has-deepened, he has a dangerous disease on the skin. And the priest then is-to-make-known/pronounce that he is dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest must examine that part of the person’s skin. If the hair in that area has become white and it appears that the sore is deeper than just on the skin, it is a contagious skin disease. When the priest sees that, he must declare that the person must stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the place/area is white and it is not deeper than the skin and the hairs of the area are not white, the priest shall place him aside for seven days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if that spot in the skin looks white and, when looking at it, does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair that is sprouting does not look white, the priest must put the sick one in isolation for seven days.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if the whitening/blistering on his/her skin does-not-have forms-a-depression and the body-hairs have-not turned-white, the priest will-separate him/her from people for/[lit. inside of] seven days.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If the spot on the person’s skin is white but it does not appear that the sore is deeper than just on the skin, the priest must tell him to stay away from other people for seven days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “An on the seventh day the priest shall examine the person again. If he finds that the body looks the same and it has not spread to another place, the priest shall place the person aside for another seven days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the Seventh day when the priest examines him, if that wound appears to be just like it was before, and that wound has not spread in the skin, the priest must put him/her in isolation again for seven days.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the seventh day, the priest will-look at him/her again. And if just the-same-(one) is- still -seen on the skin and this also has- not -spread, the priest will-separate/will-isolate him/her again from the (other) people for/[lit. inside-of] seven days.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the priest must examine the person again. If the priest sees that the sore has not changed and has not spread, he must tell the person to stay away from people for seven more days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the seventh day reaches, the priest shall again examine the person, and if he sees that it has subsided and not spread to another area, then the problem was only an irritation/rash (blisters) of the body. Then he shall say that that person is clean. The person must wash his clothes and then he is clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When the priest examines him/her again on the seventh day, if the disease has subsided, not spreading out in the skin, the priest must judge him/her to be clean. It is only a spot. He/she must only wash his/her clothes, and he/she will be clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the seventh day again, the priest will-look at him/her again. And if what-was-there/(sore/disease/affected-area) on his skin has-healed/has-formed-skin-over and not spread, the priest will-make-known/pronounce that he/she is-cleaned for it (was) only a rash. After this, that person will-launder his/her clothes, and he/she will-be-considered clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the priest must examine him again. If the sore has faded and has not spread, the priest will allow him to be with other people again; it is only a rash. After the person washes his clothes, he will be allowed to be with other people again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the sickness continues to spread after the priest has examined (him), he must go and show himself again to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if that spot starts spreading in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest and been judged clean, he must go again to the priest and show himself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if the rash has-spread on his/her skin after (he) has- now -shown himself/herself to the priest and the priest has- now -let-(it)-be-known that he/she is clean, (he) must show himself/herself again to the priest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if the sore spreads after the priest has examined him, he must go to the priest again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest will again examine (him), and if the sickness has spread in the body, the priest shall say that the person is not clean because he has a serious disease of the skin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then if, when he went to be examined by the priest, the spot in the skin had spread, the priest must judge him/her unclean. This is a contagious disease.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And if (it is) true that the rash has-spread, the priest will-make-known/announce that he/she is dirty/unclean for he/she has a disease on the skin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest will examine him; and if the sore has spread to more of the skin, it is a contagious skin disease, and the priest will declare that he must stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)