Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 19:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not make for yourselves idols and do not pray to gods. I am your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’Do not go after idols, and it is also do not make idols for yourselves of melted metal. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -worship little-gods/(idols) or make images/statues of-them. I (am) the-one (who-is) the LORD your (plur.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Do not worship idols or make metal statues of gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh, your God, and I am the only one you must worship.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 19:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “If you present God with a fellowship offering, you must do it in the proper way.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, offer it in a way worthy to be accepted by God. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If you (plur.) offer an offering/sacrifice which (is) in-order-for your (plur.) relationship with me to-become good, you (plur.) are-to-offer/sacrifice this in-a-way that I will-be-able-to-receive (it) for-the-benefit-of you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then you bring an offering to maintain fellowship with me, offer it in a way that will cause me to accept it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 19:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) must eat the meat of that sacrifice on the day you present it or the following day, but/and anything that has stayed to the third day that is fit to be burned.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the very day that you offer it, [you] must eat [it]. The next day it is also OK to eat [it]. But if anything is left on the third day [lit.: on the day after], it must be burned in the fire.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) are-to-eat this meat on the day of your (plur.) offering/sacrifice or on the next day. But if there-is leftover meat until the third day this is-to- now -be-burnt.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The meat should be eaten on the day that you sacrifice it, but you are permitted to eat some of it on the next day. Anything that remains until the third/next day must be completely burned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 19:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “And if that meat is eaten on the third day, it is not proper and it is not at all accepted.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If it is eaten till the third day [lit.: till the day after], it will be defiled. It will not be accepted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If you (plur.) are-to-eat this on the third day, I will- not -accept this for this (is) detestable/abominable.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “For any of it to be eaten on the third day is very displeasing to me, and I will not accept that offering.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 19:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Any person who eats that meat on that third day will be punished because he has refused to respect something that is holy before God. He is to be chased away from the people of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If anyone eats it, that person will be guilty of his sin. For he/she has made the LORD’s holy offering [lit.: matter] defiled. They must be cut off from their people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Whoever eats this is-to-answer-for/is-to-be-held-responsible because he considered-as-nothing/given-no-value-to the thing that (is) for me, so that person you (plur.) are-to- no-longer -consider a member of you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will punish anyone who eats it after the second day, because he will not have respected that what I say is holy. And that person must no longer be allowed to associate with my people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 19:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “When/If you (plur.) harvest food from/in the field, what is at the edge of the fields is not to be harvested and do not gather that which remains lying in the field.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’When you reap your harvest, do not reap to the edge of the field. And do not gather the grain that falls in the field. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When you (plur.) harvest [you (plur.)] do- not -finish harvesting at the edges/side of your (plur.) field, and [you (plur.)] do- not -return and finish-up-totally what remains[pl].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then you harvest your grain, leave the grain at the very edge of the field, and do not pick up the grain that has fallen on the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 19:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not pluck (sing.) all the grapes in your field to the end and do not go around picking those that fall down. Leave those for the poor and the foreigners. I am your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When it you pick the grapes in your vineyard [lit.: grape garden] do not pick up all the grapes, and do not take the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave it for the foreigner and for the one who has nothing to eat. I am the LORD your God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The same in the field/(vineyard) of grapes, [you (plur.)] do- not -go-back and get all the fruit (plur.) that (was) leftover or the-(ones-that) have-fallen. [You (plur.)] just leave that to the poor and the foreigners. I (am) the-one (who is) the LORD your (plur.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And when you harvest your grapes, do not go back a second time to try to harvest some more, and do not pick up the grapes that have fallen on the ground. Leave those things for the poor people and for foreigners who are living among you. I, Yahweh your God, am commanding those things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 19:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do (sing.) not steal, do not lie and do not cheat another person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’you do not steal.
    ‘you do not deceive people.
    "’you do not say false things to any Israelite.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -steal, or lie, or cheat your (plur.) fellowmen.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Do not steal anything.
    ‘Do not tell lies.
    ‘Do not deceive each other.” (Source: Translation for Translators)