Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 2:2:
- Kupsabiny: “If you do not listen well to the words that I am saying and obey me, you will be punished. I shall curse the gifts/blessing you receive. I have already cursed you because you are not following the words that I am saying.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If you do not listen. If you do not heed my word, to honor my name, I will send curse on you. I will curse your blessings. Because you pay no attention to my commands they already have been cursed," says The LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (plur.) do- not -listen to me and you (plur.) do- not -give (any)importance the honoring of me, I will-curse you (plur.) including the blessings that you (plur.) are-receiving as priests. In truth, I already did this for you (plur.) did- not -give (any) importance the honoring of me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It-is-necessary that you honor/worship me by-means-of what you are-doing. If you don’t obey-me and your minds are not determined to praise me, I will curse you and all that you receive as your means-of-livelihood. The truth-of-it is, I have already cursed these-things because you are not determined to obey/fulfill my commands.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “The Commander of the armies of angels says this: ‘Pay attention to what I am saying, and then decide to honor me. If you do not do that, I will curse you, and I will curse the things that I have given to you to bless you. And I have already cursed them, because you have not honored me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 3:17:
- Kupsabiny: “The God of authority is saying, ‘They shall become my people who are set aside on that day when I act. I shall have mercy on them like a parent has mercy on his child who listens to him and does work for him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘On the day when I declare my own special property, on that very day they will be my people. As a father is merciful to his son who obeys his word, in the same way I will be merciful to them, says the LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD Almighty said concerning the people who respect him, ‘They will-be my special people in the day that I will-judge. I will- not -punish them just-like a father who does not punish a child/son/daughter who (is) obedient.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God the Highest Ruler said, ‘On the day when-I-will-judge, I will count/consider them as the most-important/valued possession and I will show-mercy/kindness-to them like the way a father does to his child who serves him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “The Commander of the armies of angels says this about those people: ‘They will be my people. At the time that I judge people, they will be like a special treasure to me. I will be kind to them, like fathers are kind to their sons who obey them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:29:
- Kankanaey: “The fruit of the trees and other-things that can-be-planted, I will give you so that that’s what you will eat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “God said — ‘Listen, I have given you all kinds of seed-bearing grain and fruit-bearing trees with seeds. This will be your food.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then God said, ‘I am-giving you (pl.) the plants that have seeds and trees that bear fruit in-order for you to eat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God said to the humans, ‘Listen! I have given you all the plants that produce seeds, all over the earth, and all the trees that have seeds in their fruit. All these things are for you to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
- Cashinahua “Look, all the vegetables that have seeds, which are certainly all around, each of these vegetables with seed I certainly give you them. The trees which have fruit and their fruit has seed, I certainly give you them; you are to eat them.” (Callow [1972, p. 16] explains: “Cashinahua has a range of verbal affixes indicating certainty or uncertainty on the part of the speaker […] They are of frequent occurrence in conversation, and must be used correspondingly frequently in the translation, otherwise the reported conversation on Scripture will sound flat and unnatural.”)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:10:
- Kankanaey: “The man answered, ‘I heard you (sing.) walking in this land, and I went and hid because I was naked and I was afraid of you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “He answered — ‘I heard your sound in the garden. Because I was naked I was afraid and I was hiding.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The man replied, ‘I heard you (sing.) in the garden, so I hid for I am afraid because I’m naked.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The man replied, ‘I heard the sound of your footsteps/walking in the garden, and I was naked, so I was afraid and I hid myself.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:18:
- Kankanaey: “Enok also got-married and he had a child who had-the-name Irad who was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael, he was the father of Metusael who was the parent (lit. child owner) of Lamek.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Irad was born to Enoch. Mehujael was born to Irad. Methushael was born to Mehujael. Lamech was born to Methushael.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Enoc also had a male child and his name was Irad. This Irad was the father of Mehuel; Mehuel was the father of Metushael; and Metushael was the father of Lamec.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Enoch grew up and married and became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad grew up he became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael grew up and became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah grew up and became the father of Lamech.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:25:
- Kankanaey: “Then Metusela then yeared 187, Lamek was-born.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Methuselah was 187 years old, his son called Lamech was born.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Metusela was already 187 years of age, his male child Lamec was-born.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:3:
- Kankanaey: “So also with all kinds of birds, cause-to-enter seven-each that pair-together. That is what you (sing.) are to do so-that they will all have a way to have-offspring and became-many again on this earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the same way also bring along seven pairs, male and female of all kinds of birds. In this way all kinds of birds may be enabled to survive on the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And you also take seven pairs of every kind of animal that fly. You do this so-that they will-live on earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird from all over the earth to keep them alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:11:
- Kankanaey: “When it-was-getting-night, it returned bringing a leaf of an olive tree that it had-just-broken-off. And that’s how- Noe -knew that the water had already gone-down on the earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When the dove came back in the evening there was a freshly cut olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah realized that the water on the earth had become less.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The dove returned when-it-was now twilight/dusk with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noe knew that the water already subsided.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This time the dove returned to him in the evening and, surprisingly, in its beak there was a leaf from an olive tree that the dove had just plucked. Then Noah knew that the water had truly receded from the surface of the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
