Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 22:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is not allowed for a daughter of a priest who has been married to a man who does not hail from the house of a priest to eat food that has been dedicated.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If the daughter of a priest gets married to a husband from another tribe, it is not OK for her to eat anything from the holy special offering that are offered.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The child/(daughter) of a priest who marries/[lit. is-caused-to-be-husbanded] (to someone who is) not a priest may- not -also eat this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If a priest’s daughter marries a man who is not a priest, she no longer is permitted to eat the sacred food.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 22:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if (she) returns home after having become a widow or the husband has chased (her) away and she does not have a child, she may eat that food like if she was still a girl (at home).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if the husband of the daughter of the priest dies, or if the husband causes her to leave, and she had no children, if she is living in her father’s home as before she got married, it is OK [for her] to eat her father’s food. But it is not OK for anyone else except for the members of the priest’s family and his slaves to eat from it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if she is-widowed or she and her husband/[lit. they of her husband] separate-from-each-other/divorce-each-other and/wherein they have-no child, and she will-live again with her father, she may-eat the food her father receives as priest.
    [You (plur.)] observe/heed carefully that you (plur.) the priest and your household only (are) the-(ones-who) may-eat the portion/share of the offerings which (are) for you (plur.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if a priest’s daughter who has no children becomes a widow or becomes divorced, if she returns to her father’s house to live there like she did when she was young, she may eat the same food that her father eats. But no other person is permitted to eat any of it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 22:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if such people have eaten the holy sacrifices without knowing it, (they) need to add twenty out of hundred on top of that food when they are paying it back and give to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’If any person eats a holy thing without realizing it, he must one-fifth of its [value] to that of the holy offering and give [it] to the priest. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if one person who (is) not a member of your (plur.) household eats of-this which he did- not -mean-to/intended-to, he must repay-by-returning this to you (plur.) and he is-to- also -add 20 percent of its value.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If anyone who is not permitted to eat a sacred offering eats it without realizing that it is sacred, he must pay the priest for the offering, and pay him an extra one-fifth of its value.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 22:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priests must not despise those holy sacrifices that the people of Israel have given to God” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The priest must not defile the holy special gift that the Israelites bring to sacrifice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) the priests, [you (plur.)] do- not -count-as-of-no-value the offering of the Israelinhon for me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the priests bring offerings to me, the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to them, they must not treat those offerings as though they are not sacred” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 22:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “(by) causing some/other people for whom it is not allowed to eat the food, (and) making them commit a sin and be punished. I am God who makes them holy/clean.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In this way People who are not authorized to eat must not be fed by taking anything from the holy offering in this way. Otherwise, they must bear their punishment. I am the LORD who makes them holy.’"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “in-order-that when you (plur.) eat of this you (plur.) will- not -sin and you (plur.) are- not -to-answer-for/to-be-accountable-for. I (am) the LORD who separated/set-apart you (plur.) for myself.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “by allowing those who are not priests to eat any of those offerings. If they did that, they would become guilty and must make a payment. I am Yahweh, the one who causes those offerings to be sacred.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 22:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses–” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD commanded Moises” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 22:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Tell Aaron and his sons including all the people of Israel that: If any person of Israel or an immigrant in Israel gives a sacrifice that is to be burned that has been vowed or sacrifices that are given out of love only, it must be an animal that is without blemish.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Say to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the Israelites– ‘When the Israelites or the foreigners living with them vow to make an offering, or [when they] offer a voluntary burnt offering to the LORD — ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “to- tell this to Aaron and to his male children, to all their fellow Israelinhon, including the-(ones-who) (are) not Israelinhon living together-with them:
    If you (plur.) offer a burnt offering as an offering for obeying a vow or a freewill offering,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israeli people and tell them that I command this: ‘If any of you Israelis or foreigners who live in Israel brings to me an animal that will be completely burned on the altar, either as a result of a solemn promise that you made to me or to be an offering that is given voluntarily,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 22:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 22:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “You must give a bullock, a ram or a he-goat without blemish.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “For a bull, a sheep, or a goat to be worthy of acceptance, it must be a male without defects.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “this must-be a male cow, sheep, or goat which has-no defects so-that I will-accept (it).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “it must be an animal that has no defects, in order that it will be accepted by me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)