Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 10:7:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Samaria and their king will be swept away
like when water removes a small branch.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Samaria and its king will perish,
carried off by water like pieces of wood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Her king will-be-destroyed and will-disapper as-if a little-piece-of-wood which was-carried-away by water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Later indeed (predictive formula) the king in Samaria and his countrymates will-be-taken far-away like chips of wood that are carried-away-by-the-water.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “The King of Samaria and the other people in Samaria will be gone;
they will be like a twig that floats away on the surface of the water and disappears.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Their branches shall sprout and grow
and become beautiful like olive trees.
They shall smell sweet like the forest of Lebanon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “His young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,
his fragrance like a cedar tree of Lebanon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They will-multiply like the branches that put-forth-new-shoots. They will-become honorable like the olive tree which is beautiful and the cedar tree of Lebanon which smells-good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Their twigs will grow-long and their appearance will be lovely/fine like the olive (loan olivo), and they will smell-fragrant like the tree that is cedar (loan sidro) in Lebanon.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Their good influence will spread like the branches of a tree.
They will be like beautiful olive trees,
and they will be as delightful as the aroma of the cedar trees in Lebanon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 2:27:
- Kupsabiny: “You will realize that I am with you
and you will again know that I am your God and there is no one else,
and never in another day
will my people be despised.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
I am LORD your God.
You will know that there is none other besides me.
My people will never again have to live in shame.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then you (plur.) will-know that I (am) here among you (plur.) who come-from-Israel, and I alone (am) the LORD your (plur.) God and there-is-no-one else/[lit. other yet]. And you (plur.) my people will- no-longer -be-put-to shame forever/[lit. until whenever].’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “At that time, you will-come-to-know that I am in the location of you Israelita and I am Yahweh your God, there-is-no other. Absolutely not again will my people be-shamed.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When that happens, you will know that I am always among you,
and that I am Yahweh, your God,
and that there is no other God.
Never again will you be disgraced.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 1:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people cried to God saying, ‘Oh, the God of Jonah! Don’t let us die because of the death of this person. And/But again, do not stick his death on us. After all, it is you who sent this storm.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So they prayed to the LORD — "O Lord, do not destroy us in revenge for this man’s life. Do not accuse us of killing an innocent man. O LORD, you have caused all this to happen [Lit.: to be done]."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So they called(-out) to the LORD. They said, ‘O LORD, we (excl.) plead with you (sing.), do- not -let- us (excl.) -die because of what we (excl.) are-going-to-do with Jonas. Do- not -make- us (excl.) -responsible/[lit. make- us (excl.) -pay] for our (excl.) killing him before we (excl.) are-sure that he has- truly -sinned. But we (excl.) know that this happening (is) according-to your (sing.) will/purpose.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So they said pleading-for-mercy to God, ‘You (sing.) Yahweh, may you (sing.) please-be-so-kind-as (lit. have-pity) to not kill us (excl.) on-account of the death of this person. May you (sing.) not count/consider that we (excl.) killed someone with no crime/sin, because you (sing.) God are the one responsible/in-charge-of this our (excl.) hardship. You (sing.) yourself have fulfilled what you (sing.) wanted.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore they prayed to Yahweh, and one of them prayed, ‘O Yahweh, please do not let us drown because of our causing this man to die. O Yahweh, you have done what you wanted to do. We do not know if this man has sinned. If he has not sinned, do not consider that we are guilty of sinning when we cause him to die!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:9:
- Kupsabiny: “(Then) God told Jonah, ‘Are you right to be angry because this tree has dried?’ (he) said, ‘Yes, I have a right to be angry. I am so annoyed/angry that it is better for me to die.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Hearing this God asked — "Is it right for you to be angry because of the pumpkin plant?"
"Yes! It’s right even if I have to die!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “God said to him, ‘(Is) your (sing.) anger so great/[double emphasis marker] because of what happened to the plant?’ He replied, ‘Yes, very great/[double emphasis marker], so I just now want to-die!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But God said to him, ‘Do you (sing.) have a right perhaps (lit. is there perhaps your right) to be-angry because of what happened to the plant?’
Jonas said replying, ‘There-is indeed certainly. Extreme is my anger so I want to die.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But God asked Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about what happened to the vine?’ Jonah replied, ‘Yes, it is right! Now I am very angry and I want to die!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:13:
- Kupsabiny: “You rescued your people whom you had chosen to be yours. You broke the ruler/king of sinners in pieces and you destroyed those people completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You came out for the sake of the deliverance of your people,
to deliver the ones you have anointed.
You crushed the leaders of the country of wickedness,
and left them naked from head to foot.
Shela” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “in-order to save your (sing.) chosen people.
You (sing.) killed the leader of the wicked kingdom
and you (sing.) utterly destroyed his people-group.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) came to save your (sing.) people
and your (sing.) king whom you chose, Lord. [‘Lord,’ ‘Apo’ in Kankanaey, was added to preserve the ‘o’ rhyme scheme.]
You (sing.) killed the leader of those-who-do evil,
absolutely none did-you (sing.)-leave (alive) among his soldiers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But you also went to rescue us, your people,
and to save the king (Or, people) whom you had chosen.
You struck down the leader of those wicked people
and stripped off his clothes, from his head to his feet.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 2:12:
- Kupsabiny: “God should remove a person/man who does these matters to get out from the community of Israel even if it is a person who brings sacrifices to God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “May the LORD remove from the Israelite community those who have done such a thing, even if they were to offer any gift to the LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “May the person/man who did this no-longer be-considered a member of the people of Israel, including his children and grandchildren, even if he will-offer to the LORD Almighty.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “May it be that God will punish one-who-sins like this and he will-be-caused-to-leave our country so-that he will-be-separated from the people who offer (sacrifices) to God the Highest Ruler.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “I wish that Yahweh would expel from Israel every man who has done that, even though they say that they are obeying the Commander of the armies of angels by bringing offerings to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:7:
- Kankanaey: “And-so it was-accomplished/fulfilled, because he made what he named sky which is the separation-place of the water above from the water below. When the night was finished again and again it got-light, that was the second day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “And He divided [lit.: caused to make] the water into two parts, an upper and a lower. It happened just like this.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And it happened/was-made. God made the division that separates the water above and the water below.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
