complete verse (2 Samuel 3:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 3:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Haggith produced Adonijah, Abital produced Shephatiah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The fourth-born was Adonijah, his mother was Haggith.
    The fifth-born was Shephatiah, his mother was Abital.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The fourth was Adonia his child with Hagit. The fifth was Shefatia his child with Abital.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Translation commentary on 2 Samuel 3:4

Fourth … fifth: see the comments on verses 2 and 3 above.

The son of: as in the previous verse, note that Good News Translation has “whose mother was….”

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel, Volume 2. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .