Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 2:10:

• Kupsabiny: “That city will be destroyed and demolished. People will lose heart on account of fear. The knees will shake, the power/strength will end and the faces become dark/sad.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The city of Nineveh is plundered.
  It has become an empty place and ruined.
  People’s hearts are melted with fear.
  Their legs tremble, bodies tremble
  Their faces turned pale with fear.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Nineve will- now -be-destroyed, ruined, broken-down! Therefore its residents (are) troubled; their whole bodies tremble/shake/quiver as-well-as their knees, and they become-pale.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Soon everything valuable in the city will be seized or ruined.
  People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight.
  Their faces will all become pale.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 2:11:

• Kupsabiny: “Where is that city which was like a place where lions live? Where is the place where the male and female lion rested, and there was nothing troubling their children/cubs?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Where is the great city of Nineveh now,
  where the young lions abounded?
  In this place, lions and lionesses roamed
  with their cubs fearlessly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Nineve seems like a cave where a lion and his partner which (is) a lion, and their children live. No-one can-harm there in the cave. A lion kills and bites-into-pieces his victim and distributes them to his partner and to their children. He fills his cave with the flesh/meat of his victim. But now, Nineve (is) now to-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After that happens, people will say,
  ‘What happened to that great city of Nineveh?
  It was like a den full of young lions,
  where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “The lion killed animals which (they) could eat and distribute to the lady/female and the children. It filled the place where it was staying with meat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “A lion would kill a lot of prey needed to feed its cubs.
  And cuts up the meat of animals for his lionesses.
  He fills the cave with the meat of animals
  it hunts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Nineve seems like a cave where a lion and his partner which (is) a lion, and their children live. No-one can-harm there in the cave. A lion kills and bites-into-pieces his victim and distributes them to his partner and to their children. He fills his cave with the flesh/meat of his victim. But now, Nineve (is) now to-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The soldiers in Nineveh were like lions that killed or strangled other animals
  and brought the meat to their dens.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying, ‘I am your (sing.) enemy. I shall burn your chariots and your soldiers will be killed in battle. Never again shall you plunder things from other countries and your people shall not again take revenge while going to persecute people of other countries.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD Almighty says,
  "I am against you,
  I will burn your chariots
  and there will be nothing but smoke.
  And young lions will be killed by the sword.
  I will not leave any prey for you.
  I will leave you no prey on the earth.
  The voice of the messengers that bring you news
  will no longer be heard."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For the LORD Almighty says, ‘Listen you (plur.) (who-)come-from-Nineve! I (am) against you (plur.)! Therefore I will-burn your (plur.) chariots and your (plur.) soldiers will-die in battle. I will-stop now your (plur.) victimizing in the world. You (plur.) no-longer can-send messengers to other nations to tell/speak to them what you (plur.) want to be-fulfilled by them.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The Commander of the armies of angels says to the people of Nineveh,
  ‘I am opposed to you;
  I will cause your chariots to be burned in fires and go up in smoke.
  Your young men will be killed with swords.
  Your soldiers will never again conquer other nations
  and seize their valuable possessions.
  Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:1:

• Kupsabiny: “Oh, you/this city that shed the blood of other people. You/this city filled with lies and things that have been plundered.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Woe to the bloody city
  full of lies,
  full of plunder,
  never without prey there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The city of Nineve (is) pitiful/in-great-need-of-mercy. Its residents have-killed many people, and they are liars. They have many properties which (they) took from others, and they never lack victims.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Terrible things will happen to Nineveh,
  that city that is full of people who murder and lie.
  The city is full of things that were seized from other countries by their soldiers;
  their armies continually have acted brutally towards people whom they conquered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:2:

• Kupsabiny: “People who whip (the) horses and/with squeaking chariot wheels will attack (it). Their horses gallop along and (the) chariots swing from side to side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Listen, the noise of whips,
  the noise of wheels.
  The noise of galloping horses,
  the screeching noise of chariots.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They will- surely -be-attacked by their enemies. They will-hear the slapping of the whips against the horses, the rattling/clattering of the wheels of the chariots, the galloping of the feet of the horses, and the clattering of the chariots.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh;
  listen to them cracking their whips,
  and listen to the rattle of their chariot wheels!
  Listen to their galloping horses
  and their chariots as they bounce along!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Those who come/ride on horses with aroused anger are inciting one another and their swords and spears are flashing! Many people will be killed so that corpses will be heaped everywhere, until one cannot walk anywhere. People will be tripping over those corpses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Attacking cavalry,
  flashing swords,
  shining spears,
  heap of casualties,
  uncountable corpses,
  people stumble over death bodies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They will-see the charging of the horse-riders, the flashing swords and spears, and the great numbers of dead-bodies which are piled-up. Even the soldiers are- stumbling over the dead-bodies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Look at their flashing swords and glittering spears
  as the horsemen race forward!
  Many people of Nineveh will be killed;
  there will be piles of corpses,
  with the result that people will stumble over them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:4:

• Kupsabiny: “Oh, how you will be punished, city of Nineveh. You were like a prostitute with (magical) charms. You sedated communities with your charms until they became slaves.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All this is due to the abominable act of a harlot,
  a mistress of sorceries,
  who enslaves nations by harlotry
  and clans by magic.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This will-happen to Nineve because she is like a woman who sold her body many-times, who is alluring and enchanting. Therefore she was-able-to-entice the nations to be-under- her -jurisdiction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “All that will happen because Nineveh is like a beautiful prostitute
  who lures men to where they will be ruined;
  Nineveh is a beautiful city
  which has attracted/enticed people of other nations to come there.
  The people of Nineveh taught those people of other nations rituals of magic,
  and caused them to become their slaves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)