Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:3:
- Kupsabiny: “My God, and/so you kill me, please! I ought to die, so that I no longer see such words/things!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Now, O Lord, it would be good if I would die. Now it would be better for me to die than to live."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So LORD, just take my life now, for (it is) better for me to die now (than) to-live.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “May you (sing.) accordingly take, Lord, my life. It would be better that I die.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “So now, O Yahweh, since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would, allow me to die, because it would be better for me to die than to continue to live.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:7:
- Kupsabiny: “I saw the people of Cushan in distress/indecisiveness and I saw those of Midian being in pain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I see the people in the tents of Cushan suffering
and the nation of Midian trembling in terror.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I saw the tents in Cushan and in Midian were-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I saw that those-from-Cusan were-afraid,
those-from-Midian also trembled.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “In the vision I saw the people who live in tents in the Cushan region being afflicted,
and the people in the Midian region trembling.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 2:6:
- Kupsabiny: “They taught true words without lying. They stayed/lived in peace and were righteous. They helped many people to turn away from evil deeds.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The truth that I have taught them was in their mouth. Nothing false was on their lips. They walked with me in peaceful and straight manner, and they turned many away from sin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He taught what (is) right and not what (is) wrong/mistake. His relationship with me (is) good and lived righteously. And he helped many people not to sin anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “What they taught is what was right and they did what was in-harmony-with what I desire. Their behavior was righteous/just and they helped many to stop sinning.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “They told the people that what I instructed them to do was right. And they did not tell lies. They worked for me peacefully and loyally, and they helped many people to stop sinning.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 4:3:
- Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) shall trampled sinners down to become ashes on that day.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the day I do this you will trample on the wicked and they will be like ashes under your feet," says The LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When the day comes/arrives that I will-do these things, you (plur.) will-destroy the wicked-ones as-if just like dust which you (plur.) will-trample. I, the LORD Almighty, (am) the(-one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “On that day when-I-judge, you will defeat those who do evil and you will repeatedly-step-on (them) like dust.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though they were the dirt under your feet. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:1:
- Kankanaey: “At the very-first, God created the earth and all that exists in the sky.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “First of all, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Opo: “At beginning God make above and below.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 2:2:
- Kankanaey: “When the seventh day arrived, that was when- God -rested, because his work was completely/already finished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “With six days God finished all His work and on the seventh day He rested.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He finished this within six days, and on the seventh day he rested from all his work.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “By the time it was the seventh day, God had finished the work of creating everything, so he did not work any more on that day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:14:
- Kankanaey: “Then God said to the snake, ‘You (sing.) will-be-differentiated from all creatures because I will punish you (sing.). Until your (sing.) death, you (sing.) will slither and you (sing.) will swallow- dirt -with (anything you swallow).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the LORD God said to the snake — ‘Because you have done like this, you will have to receive a greater curse than any of the domesticated animals or the animals living in the jungle. You will have to go around resting on [your] stomach. And [you] will have to eat earth as long as you live.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So the LORD God said to the snake, ‘Because you (sing.) have-done this, I will-punish you (sing.). Of all the animals, you (sing.) are really/[intensifier] the only (one) who will-experience this curse: in all your (sing.) life you (sing.) will-crawl by-means-of your (sing.) belly, and your (sing.) mouth will-always-be getting/[lit. enter] dust.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh God said to the snake, ‘Because you did this, of all the livestock and the wild animals, I will curse/punish you alone. As a result, you and all other snakes will scurry across the ground on your bellies, and so what you eat will have dirt on it as long as you live.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:22:
- Kankanaey: “Zilla also gave-birth and he was named Tubal Cain, and he for-his-part was the one who had-as-descendants those who blacksmith various-kinds of bronze and iron tools. There was a female sibling of Tubal Cain who had-the-name Naama.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain. He is the ancestor of those who make brass and iron tools. His younger sister was Naamah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Zila also gave-birth to a male (son) named Tubal Cain. This Tubal Cain makes all kinds of tools from iron and bronze. He had a female sibling/(sister) named Naama.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Lamech’s other wife Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name was Naamah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
