Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Numbers 5:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Tell the people of Israel these words. If a man or woman has done wrong to another person, he/she has disobeyed God and those words has caught/hit him/her (he is guilty).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Say to the Israelites — ‘If someone does something bad to someone else, committing a breach of trust with the LORD, that person is guilty. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Tell the Israelinhon that when a man or woman disobeyed the want/likes of the LORD by doing wrong to his fellowman, that person sinned.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If someone commits a crime against/does something wrong to another person, I consider that that person has done wrong to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Numbers 5:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then that person must repent and bring a ram which can be used for a ceremony for him to be made clean through it. He must also pay/compensate for all the things of (the) people and add on top twenty in a hundred. If the person has died so that the things cannot be paid back and he does not have another of his family, the things/compensation to be paid is to be given to God so it can belong to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He/she must confess his/her sin. And if he/she has destroyed anything of the person whom he has troubled, [he/she] must pay to have it replaced [lit.: for its replacement]. Along with [that] [he/she] must pay an additional 20% as penalty. [lit.: Along with [that] a one part in five parts more penalty must be paid.]” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He/She must confess his/her sin that (he/she) has-committed, and he/she will-pay in-full the things that he took or destroyed, and still he/she will-add 20 percent more of its value. He/she will-give this to all the people that he/she had-done- wrong -to.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That person must confess that he or she is guilty, and he or she must pay to the person to whom wrong was done what others consider to be a suitable/proper payment for what he has done, and he must pay an extra 20 percent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Numbers 5:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then that person must repent and bring a ram which can be used for a ceremony for him to be made clean through it. He must also pay/compensate for all the things of (the) people and add on top twenty in a hundred. If the person has died so that the things cannot be paid back and he does not have another of his family, the things/compensation to be paid is to be given to God so it can belong to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If that person has died and there are also no close relatives to take the penalty from him/her, that penalty will go to the LORD. And it must be given to the priest. A lamb must also be brought for atonement.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if that one-whom- a bad-thing -had-done is dead already and she/he has no close relatives to receive this payment, the payment now belongs to the LORD and it must be-given to the priest, along with the sheep which will-be-offered by the priest for redeeming the sin of that person.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If the person against whom the wrong was done has died and there is no relative to whom the money can be paid, then the money belongs to me, and it must be paid to the priest. In addition, the one who did the wrong must give a male sheep to the priest to sacrifice in order that that person’s sin may be forgiven/I can forgive that person for his sin.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Numbers 5:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Everything that the Israelites give as gifts belong to the priest.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All the holy items brought to the priest to sacrifice to the LORD will be the priest’s.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “All the holy gift that the Israelinhon bring to the priests, will-belong to the priests.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All the sacred offerings that the Israelis bring to the priest belong to the priest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Numbers 5:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Everything that the Israelites give as gifts belong to the priest.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Each man’s holy gift is his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will be the priest’s.’ "” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Yes, these holy offering will- now -belong to the priests.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest can keep those gifts.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Numbers 5:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD still said to Moises,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Numbers 5:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Tell the Israelites these words. The wife of a person may disobey/rebel against her husband by another man having slept with her. Her husband may not know that the wife has brought shame upon themselves because there is no one who has caught the wife in the act.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Say to the Israelites, ‘If anyone’s wife, having gone a false way, unfaithful her husband, ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Say this to the Israelinhon: Example, there’s a wife who committed-adultery.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘Suppose a man thinks that his wife has slept with another man,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Numbers 5:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Tell the Israelites these words. The wife of a person may disobey/rebel against her husband by another man having slept with her. Her husband may not know that the wife has brought shame upon themselves because there is no one who has caught the wife in the act.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “and even though she became unchaste by sleeping with another man, her husband does not know this, nor were there any witnesses of this,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “She laid/slept/(implied- had -sexual intercourse) with her another-man which her husband did- not -know. No-one at-all knew her dirty act, for no-one saw her in the act.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “but neither he nor anyone else knows if it is true or not, because no one saw her doing that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)