Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:2:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Tell the people of Israel that I am their God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Say to the Israelites — ‘I am the LORD your God. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “to say this to the Israelinhon:
I (am) the LORD your (plur.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Speak to the Israeli people and tell them that I, Yahweh, say this this: I am Yahweh, your God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:3:
- Kupsabiny: “You must not do like those people of Egypt do and do not go and do what the people of Canaan do where I am going to take you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It is not OK to act [lit.: do work] like the people of the land of Egypt where you used to live [lit.: lived formerly]. And it is also not OK to act like the people of Canaan, the land to which I am now about to take you. It is also not OK to observe their ritual practices.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) must not do what the people of Egipto do where you (plur.) used-to-live before, and what the people of Canaan do where I am- taking you (plur.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So you must do what I want you to do; you must not do the things that the people in Egypt, where you lived previously, do; and you must not do what is done by the people in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not imitate their behavior.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Obey my laws and follow my commandments because I am your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I am the LORD your God. Observing my decrees and precepts, you proceed in accordance with them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) must obey my commands/instructions and regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] for the person who obeys these will-have/[lit. will-possess] a good life.
I (am) the LORD your God who is-commanding you (plur.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You must obey all of my laws , because it is I, Yahweh your God, who am commanding those laws.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Keep my commandments and my laws. The person who follows these laws shall get/find life. I am God and there is no other.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You must observe these precepts and decrees of mine, for the person who observes them will go on living by them. I am the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) must obey my commands/instructions and regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] for the person who obeys these will-have/[lit. will-possess] a good life.
I (am) the LORD your God who is-commanding you (plur.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “If you obey all my laws and decrees, you will continue to remain alive for a long time. I, Yahweh, am the one who is promising that to you. These are some of my laws:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:6:
- Kupsabiny: “No one is allowed to sleep with his relative. I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’Do not have intercourse with your closest kin. I am the LORD. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “none of any one of you (plur.) is-to-have-(intimate)-relations-together with his close blood-relative:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, who am commanding that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:7:
- Kupsabiny: “You (sing.) are not allowed to abuse/disrespect your father by sleeping with your mother. Your mother is your mother, so do not sleep with her.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’Do not have cause your father to feel shame by having intercourse with your mother. For she is your mother. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Do- not -shame your (sing.) father by having-sexual-intercourse with your (sing.) mother or with his other wife/wives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not sleep with the wife of your father because then you have abused/disrespected your father.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’Do not have intercourse with your father’s wife, [your] stepmother. It is not OK to cause your father shame by doing like this. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Do- not -shame your (sing.) father by having-sexual-intercourse with your (sing.) mother or with his other wife/wives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Do not have sex with any of your father’s other wives, because that would disgrace your father.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not sleep with your sister when both come from the same stomach or your sister whom your mother came with (stepsister).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’Do not have intercourse with your elder [or] younger sister, born by your own mother-father or [lit.: and] with the daughter of your father’s first wife. It is not OK to do like that [regardless of] whether she was born in your house or was born and grew up elsewhere [lit.: outside]. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -have-sexual-intercourse with your (sing.) female sibling, even if she (is) just your (sing.) sibling through your (sing.) father or your (sing.) mother, and whether she has-grown-up with you (plur.) or not.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Do not have sex with your sister or your stepsister; it does not matter whether she was born in your house or somewhere else.” (Source: Translation for Translators)