Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 27:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the animal that was promised to be given to God is not clean, it must be brought before the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If it is an unclean animal that is not OK to offer, that animal must be brought to the priest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If what he vowed (is) a dirty/unclean animal, which is- not -allowed to-be-offered to the LORD, he is-to-bring the animal to the priest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 27:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall examine the animal and decide on an appropriate value whether it is good or not good.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The priest will determine its value, whether it be a good animal or bad animal he must not exchange. Then the price set by the priest, exactly that will be its price.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priest is-to-look at this (to determine) if (it is) good or not, and then he is-to-give/is-to-set a price for this which can no-longer be-changed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 27:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if he wants to redeem the animal, he must give something that fits its value and add twenty in a hundred to it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If that person, having paid the price, redeems the animal, he must add another one-fifth to the agreed upon price.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the owner reclaims/takes-back the animal, he must pay the price of the animal and he is-to- yet -add 20 percent to its price.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay to the priest that price plus an additional 20 percent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 27:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a person has set aside his house for God, the priest needs to examine it and decide on an amount that is fitting whether it is good or bad. That amount shall remain like that as something which cannot be changed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If anyone dedicates a house to the LORD, the priest must decide on the price, looking to see whether the house is good or not good. The priest decides how much, [and] its price will have to be exactly that much.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a person has-offered his house to the LORD, the priest will-look- at that house -(to-determine) if it (is) still good or not, and then he will-give its price which can no-longer be-changed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Similarly, if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value and that is the price that the priest must pay for it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 27:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if a person wants to redeem his house, something that fits the value of the house is to be given and he adds twenty in a hundred so that the house can again become his.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if the one who dedicated having paid the price, desires to redeem it, he must add an additional one-fifth to the agreed-upon price. Then the house will again be his.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If the owner reclaims/takes-back his house, he must pay the price of the house and he is-to- yet -add 20 percent of its price. And the house will-be-returned to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 27:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a person has set aside for God a portion of his farm which he has inherited, the amount of seed which is sown there shows its value. (One) is to give fifty silver pieces for two hundred and twenty kilos of barley seeds.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’If someone dedicates some part of his ancestor’s family property to the LORD, it’s price will be decided according to how much seed will go into it. For instance [a field that takes] one homer [of] barley [will be valued at] fifty shekels of silver. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a person has-offered/has-dedicated to the LORD the portion of his land which he inherited from his ancestors, the priest will-give/set a price which (is) according-to the amount of planting-seed which (is) able to-be-planted/sown on this land: In every sack of planting-seed, the price of-the land (is) 20 pieces of silver.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 27:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “If the person has dedicated his farm in the year of release, the value of the things that come from the farm until it is released is to be decided.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If he dedicates his field right after the Year of Jubilee family festival, its value must be exactly as the priest declares.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If he offers/dedicates his field just after the Year of Setting-Free and Returning, its price/value (will) still (be) the same.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 27:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 27:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if he dedicated the farm after the year of release has passed, the priest shall pronounce its value according to the years that remain before the next year of release arrives and the value is reduced.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if the field was dedicated after the year of the festival celebrating the Year of Jubilee, the priest is to set the price according to how many years still remain [before] the next festival comes. And the price must be reduced.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if he still offers/dedicates this later-on, the priest will-give this a price which (is) lower, according-to the number of years that are-remaining until again the next Year of Setting-Free and Returning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower than the full price.” (Source: Translation for Translators)