Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 23:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do (plur.) your work for six days, but the seventh day is one of/for rest and prayer. Do not do any work on that day. That is a Sabbath of God in every place where you are going to live/stay.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’You are to work for six days, the seventh day, however, is the day of rest and a day for a sacred assembly. On that day you are not to do any work at all. No matter where you are, on that day you must honor the LORD. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) have six days for working, but on the seventh day [you (plur.)] rest for that is the Day of For-Resting. [You (plur.)] do- not -work on that day but-instead [you (plur.)] gather to worship, for that (is) the day you (plur.) are-to-honor the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘You may work for six days each week, but on the seventh day you must not do any work. You must rest. It is a sacred/holy day when you must gather together to worship me. Wherever you live, you must rest on that day.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “These are my feasts that I have set aside to be celebrated in meetings of prayer which must be called at the days set aside:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’These are the festivals which the LORD has decreed for you to celebrate in sacred assembly to honor him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Feast of the Passing-by of the Angel and the Feast of Bread that Has-None of that-which-Causes-to-Expand (are) also the special times that the Israelinhon will-gather to worship the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘here are festivals that I have established for you. Those will also be sacred/holy days when you must gather together to worship me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “The Feast of Passover is to be celebrated in the late afternoon of the fourteenth day in the first month.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At sunset on the 14th day of the first month, the Passover festival od the Lord is to begin. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Feast of the Passing-by of the Angel is-held/is-celebrated in the evening of the 14th day of the first month.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The first festival is the Passover/when you remember that I spared your ancestors when I killed all the firstborn Egyptian sons. That festival will begin at twilight/dusk/sunset on the chosen day each spring/in March or April each year, and end on the following day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “And on the fifteenth day of that month the Feast of bread that have not risen is to be celebrated. That feast is stretched over seven days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD’s festival of Unleavened Bread will begin on the 15th day of that same month. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And on the fifteenth day of the same month, the Feast of the Bread which Has-None of that-which-Causes-to-Expand will- also -begin. This feast (will-be) seven days, and on those days the bread which you (plur.) are-to-eat must have-none of that-which-causes-to-expand.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The next day, the Festival of Eating Bread That Has No Yeast will begin. That festival will continue for seven days. During that time, the bread that you eat must be made without yeast.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Make a meeting for prayer on the first day and do not do any work.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the first day you must hold a sacred assembly. On that day is not OK for you to do any regular work at all.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the first day of this feast, [you (plur.)] do- not -work but-instead [you (plur.)] gather to worship the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together to worship me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Bring to God sacrifices that are presented through fire on all those days and when it is the seventh day make a meeting for prayer and do not do any work.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “For seven days you also will present special offerings to the LORD. Then, on the seventh day again you will hold a sacred assembly. On that day also, you will not do any regular work.’"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For/[lit. inside-of] seven days [you (plur.)] offer to the LORD. And on the seventh day again [you (plur.)] do- not -work but-instead [you (plur.)] gather to worship the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On each of the seven days, you must present to me several animals to be an offering/sacrifice to be completely burned on the altar. On the seventh day, you all must again stop your regular work and gather to worship me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When [you (plur.)] (are) now there in the land which the LORD will-give to you (plur.), you (plur.) are-to-offer to him the first bundle of stocks-of-grain/(sheaf) of your (plur.) harvest. You (plur.) are-to-bring this to the priest on the following day after the Day of For-Resting, and the priest will-lift- this -up in the presence of the LORD so-that the LORD will-accept you (plur.) in this way.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also told Moses/me” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Tell the people of Israel that: When you have moved/gone to that country which I shall give you and you have harvested food, bring to the priest the first tied-thing (sheaf) from that food/crop.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Tell the Israelites –‘After you have gone to the land which I am about to give you, having reaped the first harvest, you are to bring a sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When [you (plur.)] (are) now there in the land which the LORD will-give to you (plur.), you (plur.) are-to-offer to him the first bundle of stocks-of-grain/(sheaf) of your (plur.) harvest. You (plur.) are-to-bring this to the priest on the following day after the Day of For-Resting, and the priest will-lift- this -up in the presence of the LORD so-that the LORD will-accept you (plur.) in this way.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “to tell the Israeli people about other festivals. He said, ‘When you arrive in the land which I am giving to you, and you harvest your crops for the first time there, bring to the priest some of the first grain that you harvest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)