Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:5:

• Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying, ‘I shall punish you Nineveh! I shall expose you for communities to see you being naked.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD Almighty announces:
  "I am against you. I will lift your sari up to you face.
  I will show your nakedness to nations
  and your shame to kingdoms.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, the LORD Almighty says, ‘Listen you (plur.) who come-from-Nineve! I (am) against you (plur.)! Therefore I will-put- you (plur.) -to-shame towards other nations and kingdoms like a woman whose dress was-lifted-up till (her) head and her nakedness was-seen.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So the Commander of the armies of angels says to the people of Nineveh:
  ‘I am your enemy,
  and I will cause the people in other nations to see you completely humiliated
  like women who have committed adultery are humiliated by having their skirts lifted high,
  with the result that people can see their naked bodies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:6:

• Kupsabiny: “I shall make you smell bad and you shall be dishonored.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I will pelt you with filth.
  I will treat you with contempt.
  I will make you an object of mocking.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-curse you (plur.) like a man/person who is-being-thrown-upon with garbage. So the people will-look-at you (plur.) hilariously.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I will cause rubbish/garbage to be thrown at you;
  I will show others that I despise you very much,
  and I will cause you to be publicly ridiculed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:7:

• Kupsabiny: “Everyone shall remove themselves from you saying, ‘Nineveh has been destroyed! Who will cry over it? And who will comfort it?’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “People who see you will flee from you and will say:
  ‘The city of Nineveh is destroyed. Is anyone mourning for it?’
  Where is your comforter?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And all who can-see you (plur.) will-stay-away and will-say, ‘Nineve is now ruined. None will-cry for her/it? There is no one to cry for her/it.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say,
  ‘Nineveh is ruined,
  but absolutely no one will mourn for it.’
  No one will regret Nineveh being destroyed!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Listen, Nineveh, do you think you are better than the city of Thebes? Rivers even surrounded it like a wall. It protected itself with the river Nile.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “O Nineveh, are you better than the city of Thebes
  situated on the banks of the Nile?
  There is water all around it.
  its fortress is the river and its wall is water.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(Is) Nineve better/[lit. above] than the city of Tebes which (is) near the Nile River? This river protects Tebes like the stone-walls surround it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Your city is certainly no safer than Thebes city was.
  Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River;
  the river was like a wall that protected the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:9:

• Kupsabiny: “(It) trusted/leaned on the land of Cush and Egypt, and its power had no end. The land of Put assisted it and that of Libya.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Kush and Egypt were its great strength.
  Put and Libya were the countries that support it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Etiopia and all of Egipto were the strength/force of Tebes, and she thought this would-remain forever/[lit. until whenever]. Put and Libya are its allied nations.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The rulers of Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes;
  there was no limit to their power.
  The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:10:

• Kupsabiny: “But they were captured and taken away to become slaves. Their children were hit/beaten on the road until they were killed. Lots were cast in order to know who would go with/take which/who among those famous people. Those people were captured/taken, tied with chains and taken away.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But she was taken prisoner.
  In lane after lane its young children were bashed to the ground and killed.
  Lots were cast for its people,
  and all its important men were bound with chains.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But in-spite-of that/[lit. on-the-other-side of that] its people-groups were-taken-captive and were-brought to another place. Their little children were-dashed-into-pieces on the streets. Their noble men were-chained and were-divided to become slaves through the casting-of-lots.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Thebes was captured,
  and its people were exiled/forced to go to other countries.
  Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets of the city.
  Enemy soldiers cast lots/threw small marked stones to decide who would get each official in Thebes to become his slave.
  All the leaders of Thebes were fastened/tied by chains.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:11:

• Kupsabiny: “You Nineveh shall also be confused/lost like a drunkard and try to flee from the enemy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “O Nineveh, you too will be like drunkards,
  you too will hide,
  you will go into hiding and see refuge from the enemy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Like-that also with you (plur.) who come-from-Nineve, you (plur.) will-be like a drunkard who knows-nothing/[lit. no earth/world] what is- happening to him. You (plur.) will- also -be- attacked by your (plur.) enemies and you (plur.) will-look-for a hiding-place where you (plur.) will- not -be-captured.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You people of Nineveh will similarly become dazed and drunk,
  and you will search for places to hide
  to escape from your enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:12:

• Kupsabiny: “Where it is heavily guarded (fortress) shall be like a fig tree which is very ripe. When that fig tree is shaken, its fruits fall down into the mouth of the one eating (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Your fortresses are like
  a fig tree with its first fruit.
  When they are shaken
  figs fall into the mouth of those who eat them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All your (plur.) stone-walled cities will-be like a fig tree whose first fruits are already ripe; and when (this) indeed will-be-shaken the fruits just fall-down and then can be-eaten already.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Your enemies will cause the walls around your city to fall down
  like the first figs that fall from fig trees each year.
  Your city will be captured easily, like figs that fall into the mouths of those who shake the fig trees.” (Source: Translation for Translators)