Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 13:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “If there is a person who has a serious wound, the person must be brought to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If any person catches a contagious skin disease, he/she must be brought to the priest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Whoever has a sign of a dangerous disease on the skin must be- brought to the priest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When anyone has a contagious skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall examine that wound, and if he finds a swelling at that place which is white and it has turned the hairs to be white, it is clear that it is rotten/wet/infected.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And when he examines [it], it that skin is swollen and white, and the fine body hair looks white, and there is a fresh wound in the swollen place,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the priest sees that the swelling is-whitening/is-blistering which is the reason that the hair has-become-white, and the flesh is- already -seen,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest must examine him. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has caused the hair in that swelling to become white, and if the flesh in that area is painful/sensitive,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is clear that the person has a serious wound. Then the priest shall say that the person is not clean and needs to be put completely aside (from others).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “his/her body certainly has this contagious disease. And the priest must judge him/her as unclean. Since that one has been judged unclean the priest does not need to isolate him/her for seven days,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “it (is) a disease that keeps-coming-back. And the priest will-let-(it)-be-known/will-announce that he/she (is) dirty/unclean. There-is-no need to-separate/to-isolate him/her for observation for (it is) now clear that he/she is dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “it is a permanent skin disease, and the priest will declare that he must stay away from other people. The priest does not need to tell that person that he must avoid other people, because other people already are wanting to stay away from him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “If the sickness has spread itself on the whole body of the person from head to feet,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if the disease is spreading out in the skin, and when the priest looks at it, if it has spread out in the skin even from the sick one’s head to his/her feet,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the priest sees that the disease has-spread to the whole body of the person,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If the disease spreads all over someone’s body, and the priest examines that person and sees that it is covering his skin from his head to his feet,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:13)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “the priest shall examine him again. If he finds that it has covered the whole body, he shall say that the person is clean because the white scars are seen all over so that it will not affect/infect other people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “the priest, having looked carefully at him/her, if that disease has completely pervaded the whole body, that person must judge that person as clean. The skin has actually become white, so he/she is clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “he must look/(examine) this person again thoroughly. And if (it is) true that the disease has-spread over the whole of his body and because of this all of his skin has-turned-white, the priest will-let-it-be-known/announce that he/she is clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “and it has caused all his skin to become white which will indicate that the disease has ended, the priest will declare that the person does not have to stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if another wet/infected wound is seen, the person is not clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if new wounds appear on it [the skin], he/she is unclean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if the priest sees that the flesh appears/[lit. comes-out], he will-let-it-be-known/announce that the person (is) dirty/unclean for he/she has a disease on the skin. This appearing/[lit. coming-out] flesh is-considered dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if the person has open sores and they are very painful/sensitive, he has a contagious skin disease,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall examine (him/it) again, and if he finds that it is infected, he shall say that the person is not clean. That wound shows that the person has a serious wound which may infect people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Having examined his/her new wound, he/she must be judged unclean. That new wound is unclean, it is a contagious disease.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if the priest sees that the flesh appears/[lit. comes-out], he will-let-it-be-known/announce that the person (is) dirty/unclean for he/she has a disease on the skin. This appearing/[lit. coming-out] flesh is-considered dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “and when the priest sees that, he will declare that the person must stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the wounds of the person have healed so the whole body becomes white, he must return to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if that new wound becomes white, that person must go to the priest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if this flesh has-become-raw and the scar becomes-white, he should-have- the priest -look/examine (him) again.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if the person’s flesh changes and becomes white, he must go to the priest again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)