Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 26:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:33:

  • Kupsabiny: “I myself shall fight you with my weapons and you shall be driven to other countries. Your cities will become uninhabited and your country deserted.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will scatter you among the nations, and you will be driven out with the sword. Your land will remain desolate, and [your] cities will be devastated.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-send you (plur.) war that will-destroy your (plur.) towns. I will-scatter you (plur.) among other nations, and your land will-become desolate.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will enable your enemies to kill you with their swords, and I will cause the rest of you to be scattered among other nations. Your country will be ruined and your cities will become ruins.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 26:34)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:34:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the soil will be happy for the years of rest for all the days that it lay deserted and you shall live without rights in the countries of your enemies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “For that time you will live in the land of your enemies, [and] for that time your own land will have rest. The land will celebrate its time of rest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “While you (plur.) are-being-taken-captive to the place of your (plur.) enemies and your (plur.) place is-ruined/destroyed, your (plur.) land will-be-caused-to-rest. For while you (plur.) were- still -living in your (plur.) land you (plur.) were- not -causing- this -to-rest even (during) the year for-causing- the land -to-rest. But now this will-be-caused-to-rest while your (plur.) place is- ruined/destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After that happens, as long as you are living in your enemies’ countries, your land will be allowed to rest, like you should have allowed it to rest every seven years.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 26:35)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:35:

  • Kupsabiny: “The land shall rest during all the days that it is deserted. That is the rest which the land should have gotten in all the years of rest that you lived in it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “For since you did not give the fields their 7th year time of rest which you should have [given them], now the fields that are desolate will indeed get [their] rest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “While you (plur.) are-being-taken-captive to the place of your (plur.) enemies and your (plur.) place is-ruined/destroyed, your (plur.) land will-be-caused-to-rest. For while you (plur.) were- still -living in your (plur.) land you (plur.) were- not -causing- this -to-rest even (during) the year for-causing- the land -to-rest. But now this will-be-caused-to-rest while your (plur.) place is- ruined/destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All the time that your land is desolate, it will be able to rest, like you did not enable it to rest during all the years that you lived there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 26:36)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:36:

  • Kupsabiny: “But for those who will become the remainder among you, I shall send nervousness to (them) when they are in the country of their enemies. If a tree blows/moves and a branch falls they shall jerk as if they heard enemies who had come, but no one is actually chasing them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’You who are still alive, even when you hear the sound of a falling leaf in the land of your enemies, you will run away in fear, thinking that a sword is pursuing [you], you will fall even though no one is pursuing you. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) who (are) the-(ones) left alive from war, who were-brought by your (plur.) enemies to their place, I will-cause-to-be- very -afraid. Actually, even just the rustling of leaves that are-blown by the wind you (plur.) will-flee as-if/just-like you (plur.) are-being-chased to-be- killed even (when) no one is-chasing you (plur.). And while you (plur.) are-fleeing you (plur.) will-stumble-over-each-other/knock-each-other and will-fall. So you (plur.) will- not -be-able-to-fight-against your (plur.) enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘s for you people who will remain alive in the countries to which your enemies will have taken you, I will cause you to become so afraid that when you hear the sound of leaves being blown by the wind, you will run away. You will run like you are running from a man carrying a sword, and you will fall down, even though no one is pursuing you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 26:37)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:37:

  • Kupsabiny: “You shall trap one another as if you are fleeing a sword even though no one is chasing you and you have no strength in which to fight your enemies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Even if no one is pursuing, [just] seeing a sword [you] will fall, shoving one another just like those who run away in fear. So, you will not be able to stand before your enemies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) who (are) the-(ones) left alive from war, who were-brought by your (plur.) enemies to their place, I will-cause-to-be- very -afraid. Actually, even just the rustling of leaves that are-blown by the wind you (plur.) will-flee as-if/just-like you (plur.) are-being-chased to-be- killed even (when) no one is-chasing you (plur.). And while you (plur.) are-fleeing you (plur.) will-stumble-over-each-other/knock-each-other and will-fall. So you (plur.) will- not -be-able-to-fight-against your (plur.) enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You will stumble over each other. So you will not be able to stand and fight your enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 26:38)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:38:

  • Kupsabiny: “You shall die in the countries of other communities with the soil of your enemies consuming you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And you will perish among other nations. You will be consumed [lit.: eaten] by the land of your enemies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) will-die in the place/land of your (plur.) enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Many of you will die in the countries that belong to your enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 26:39)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:39:

  • Kupsabiny: “The rest/remainder among you shall waste away in the countries of their enemies because of their sins and those of their forefathers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Those of you who survive [lit.: remain], will rot away in the land of the enemy on account of their sins and those of their ancestors.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And those of you (plur.) who are-left will-little-by-little die because of your (plur.) sins and the sins of your (plur.) ancestors.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And those of you who remain alive will slowly die and rot in the countries of your enemies because of your sins and because of the sins of your ancestors.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 26:40)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:40:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if they repent of those sins and those of their forefathers who rebelled against me” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’But if they confess their own sins. [the sins] of their ancestors, their unfaithfulness against me and their hostility toward me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Because of your (plur.) betrayal and disobeying/going-against me I went-against/opposed you (plur.) and caused-(you)-to-be-captured in the place of your (plur.) enemies. But if you (plur.) confess these sins of yours and (the sins of) your (plur.) ancestors and stop/quit your (plur.) being-stubborn/[lit. being-hard], and you (plur.) accept the punishment because of your (plur.) sins,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘But your descendants must confess their sins and the sins that their ancestors committed. Their ancestors acted unfaithfully toward me and were hostile to me, with the result that I forced them to go to the countries that belonged to their enemies. But when your descendants humble themselves and stop being very stubborn and accept being punished for their sins,” (Source: Translation for Translators)