complete verse (Isaiah 63:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 63:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh, God, why did you allow us
    to go astray from your path?
    Why did you make us harden our heads
    so as not to honor you?
    Please/Listen, come back for your servants,
    the clans that you chose to be yours.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, why have you made us ones who run away from your path,
    and why have you hardened our hearts from honoring you?
    By reason of the tribe that is your possession
    and by reason of your servants, come back to us.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “LORD, why do- you (sing.) -allow that we (excl.) will- not -follow your (sing.) ways? Why do- you (sing.) -cause- our (excl.) hearts -to-be-hardened, that because of this our (excl.)respect to you (sing.) have-disappeared? Take-notice of us (excl.) again, for we (excl.) are your (sing.) servants and you (sing.) possess us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
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