complete verse (Habakkuk 1:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Why do you leave/allow me to see such evil? Oh yes, why can you endure sin like this? Calamity and chaos has surrounded me. People argue with one another and are fighting repeatedly.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Why do you make me look at injustice?
    Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
    Only destruction and violence are before me.
    There also is strife and conflict all around.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Why do you (sing.) show me this wickedness? Just everywhere I can-see the killing-of-one-another, hurting-one-another, fighting-one-another and disputing/arguing-with-one-another.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Why do you (sing.) cause- me -to-experience many hardships and permit evil to be-happening? Constantly I-am-able-to-see people who cause-to-be-pitied and hardship their companions. In all places there are those-who-oppose-each-other and quarrel/fight-together.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “In this vision I will be talking about things that will happen in the future.
    Now is not the time when those things will happen,
    but they certainly will happen,
    and when they occur, they will occur quickly,
    and they will not be delayed.
    Now you want those things to happen immediately, but they are not happening.
    But wait patiently for them to happen!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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