Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:16:
- Kupsabiny: “If those years are many, the buying (price) may go high, but if the years are few, the buying (price) is also down. It is like that, because what one needs to look at here is the amount of years one can eat from the field.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The more the years that remain, the higher the price of the field will be, and also the fewer the years that remain, the lower the price will be. For it is the number of harvests from the field that are being sold.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If (there are) still many years before the Year of Setting-Free and Returning arrives, you (plur.) are-to-cause- the price of the land -to-be-high, but if (there are) now only a few, you (plur.) are-to-cause-(it)-to-be-low. For the truth (is), what is-bought (is) not the land itself but-instead the number of crops on the land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “If there will be many years before the next Year of Celebration, the price will be higher; if there will be only a few years until the next Year of Celebration, the price will be lower. You could say that what he is really selling you is the number of crops which you can harvest before the next Year of Celebration.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not use corruption/dishonesty with one another, but fear/respect your God. I am your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Do not cheat one another. Fear the LORD. For I am the LORD your God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) are- not -to-cheat-one-another but-instead you (plur.) are-to- honour/revere -me, the LORD your (plur.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Do not cheat each other; instead, revere me. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who am commanding this.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:18:
- Kupsabiny: “You must keep/guard my commandments and honor/obey my laws so that you may live being guarded/safe in the land/country.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’You are to do like God says. Then you will live safely in the land. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) are-to-obey/follow my decrees/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] and commands so-that you (plur.) will-live peacefully in the land in- which you (plur.) -will-live and you (plur.) will- not -be-without food because of the abundant crops of the land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Obey all my laws carefully. If you do that, you will continue to live safely in your country.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:19:
- Kupsabiny: “The country will produce food that you can eat until it is enough for you and you shall live being safe.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The fields will grow grain, then you will get to eat and you will live in safety.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) are-to-obey/follow my decrees/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] and commands so-that you (plur.) will-live peacefully in the land in- which you (plur.) -will-live and you (plur.) will- not -be-without food because of the abundant crops of the land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And crops will grow well on the land, and you will have plenty to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:20:
- Kupsabiny: “But if you say, ‘What shall we eat in the every seventh year when we are not allowed to sow or harvest wheat or pluck fruits.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Without planting anything or harvesting anything, someone might ask what we will be eating in the 7th year.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) do- not -worry what you (plur.) will-eat in the seventh year in-which you (plur.) can- not -plant or can- (not) -harvest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But you may ask, ‘If we do not plant or harvest our crops during the seventh year, what will we have to eat?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:21:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall open for you my blessing/gift in the sixth year for your fields to produce food that you can eat for three years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the 6th year I will send blessing to you in your place, and the fields will give sufficient grain in that year for three years.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For I will-bless your (plur.) land on the sixth year so-that this will-produce plenty of food for three years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “My answer is that I will bless you very much during the sixth/previous year, with the result that during that year there will be enough crops to provide food for you for three years!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:22:
- Kupsabiny: “When you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating the food you harvested until it reached to the new food in the ninth year.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When you plant in the fields in the 8th year, you will be eating the old harvest. And you will continue eating the old harvest until you reap the harvest in the 9th year.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So while you (plur.) are-planting in the eighth year, you (plur.) will- still -be-eating what/[lit. the-one] (was) your (plur.) harvest on the sixth year, and your (plur.) food-(supply) (will) still (be) plenty until the harvest-season on the ninth year.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then, after you plant seed during the eighth/next year and wait for the crops to grow, you will eat the food grown in the sixth year, and continue to eat it until more food is harvested in the ninth year!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:23:
- Kupsabiny: “A field must not be sold for good because the soil is mine. You (plur.) are foreigners or visitors who are together with me in that field.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Do not sell any part of your land permanently [lit.: for all time]. For the land is mine. It has only been given to you to cultivate [lit.: to work] ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -sell your (plur.) land (in a way) that you (plur.) can- no-longer -buy-(it)-back/redeem-(it), for this land (is) mine; I am- only -having- you (plur.) -live-in and having- you (plur.) -farm this (land).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘You must not sell any of your land to belong to someone else permanently, because the land is not yours, it; is really mine, and you are only living on it temporarily and farming/taking care of it for me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)