Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 3:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Joshua, consider carefully, you who are high priest and the other priests should also consider/listen. You (plur.) are a symbol/sign of the days that are coming. I shall send my servant who is called ’Branch’.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’Oh Joshua, High Priest and other priests standing before you, who are a sign of what is to come, you all listen to this: I will bring my servant, the Branch. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, listen Josue the leader of the priest: You (sing.) and your (sing.) fellow priests take-note of the arriving events/happenings. I will-reveal my servant who is-called Branch.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joshua, you are the Supreme Priest, and your associates/fellow priests are sitting in front of you. They symbolize/represent things that will happen in the future. Some day I am going to bring someone who will work for me, someone who will be called the Branch.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
