Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 18:1:

• Kupsabiny: “Then during the third year since the land dried, God said to Elijah, ‘Go to where king Ahab is for I am going to give rain.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Many days later, in the third year of the drought, this word of the LORD came to Elijah. "Go to meet King Ahab, and I will cause rain to come."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(It is) already three years that (it) did- not -rain. And one time, the LORD said to Elias, ‘You go and show to Ahab, for I will-cause-to-rain now.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “For almost three years there was no rain in Samaria. Then Yahweh said this to Elijah: ‘Go and meet with King Ahab and tell him that I will soon send rain.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)