Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 23:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Also take one he-goat to become a sacrifice by which sins are swept away and two rams which have one year as a fellowship offering.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then you must offer a male goat for a Purification Offering and two one-year-old rams as a Fellowship Offering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then you (plur.) also offer one male goat as an offering for becoming-clean, and two sheep/(lambs) which (are) each one year-old as an offering for a good relationship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then you must also kill one male goat to be an offering/sacrifice for your sins, and two one-year-old male lambs to be an offering to enable you to maintain fellowship with me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall present the two rams together with the firstfruits to become a gift which he has raised up to me. That is a holy gift as far as God is concerned and it belongs to the priests.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “By waving them before the LORD, the priest must offer the bread of the first fruits and two sacrificial lambs. This holy sacrifice, offered to the LORD, is for the priests.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priest is-to- lift-up in the presence of the LORD the two sheep/(lambs) and the offering from the first crop. These offerings (are) holy for the LORD for this (is) the share/portion of the priests.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest will lift up these offerings high to dedicate them to me. He will also offer the loaves of bread that were baked from the first wheat that you harvest. Those offerings are sacred to me, but they are for the priests to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “On that day it is a must that this day be proclaimed to be for prayer and you do not do any work. This commandment goes/continues for you until descendants.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On that day everyone, without doing any regular work, there is to be a sacred assembly. This is a law for you to follow forever from generation to generation wherever you live.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Also on the-same day [you (plur.)] do- not -work but-instead [you (plur.)] gather to worship the LORD. You (plur.) and your (plur.) descendants until generations to come must obey these regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed], wherever you (plur.) live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On that day, you must stop your regular work and gather to worship me. You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “When you harvest the crop from a farm, even/also what is at the side of the farms should not be harvested and what remains in the farm is not to be collected. Leave it to the poor and foreigners. I am your God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When you reap your harvest, do not reap all the way to the edge of the field. And do not go back to pick up what fell on the ground when you cut the harvest.’" You are to leave it for those who have nothing to eat and for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.’"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When you (plur.) harvest, do- not -finish-up harvest along the edges/sides of your (plur.) fields, and [you (plur.)] do- not -go-back and finish-up-totally what/[lit. the ones] was- left. You (plur.) are-to- now -leave that for the poor and for the foreigners. I (am) the LORD your (plur.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘When you harvest the grain in your fields, do not harvest the grain along the edges of the fields, and do not pick up the grain that the harvesters drop. Leave that grain for the poor people and for the foreigners who are living among you. Do not forget that it is I, Yahweh your God, who am commanding those things!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:23)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “God spoke to Moses saying,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the first day of the seventh month, [you (plur.)] rest as a remembrance to the LORD. When you (plur.) hear the sounding of the horns/trumpet, [you (plur.)] gather to worship him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also told Moses/me” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Tell the people of Israel that you must have a rest on the first day of the seventh month. On that day horns are to be blown to call the people to come for a meeting of prayer.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Say to the Israelites — ‘The first day of the seventh month is to be entirely a day for rest and recovery. Having blown the sheep horn trumpets on that day, all of you must gather, worship God. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the first day of the seventh month, [you (plur.)] rest as a remembrance to the LORD. When you (plur.) hear the sounding of the horns/trumpet, [you (plur.)] gather to worship him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “to give these instructions/commands to the Israeli people: ‘Each year in September, on the day that I have chosen, you all must celebrate it by completely resting. You must not do any work on that day. When the priests blow their trumpets loudly, you all must gather together to worship me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do (plur.) not do any work on that day but bring to God sacrifices to be presented through fire.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “It is not OK for you to do any kind of regular work on that day. but you present a special gift to the LORD.’"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -work on that day but-instead [you (plur.)] offer to the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All of you must not do your regular work on that day. Instead, you must present offerings to me that will be burned on the altar.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 23:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 23:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The tenth day of that seventh month is the Day of Redeeming the People from Their Sins. [You (plur.)] do- not -work on that day but-instead [you (plur.)] gather to worship the LORD with fasting, and [you (plur.)] offer to him. For in that day the ceremony for redeeming you (plur.) from your (plur.) sins in the presence of the LORD your (plur.) God is-to-be-made.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)