Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 1:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Show/explain this matter to your children
so that they can tell it to their children
and then those can also recount it to the coming generation.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Tell your sons and daughters about this matter,
let your sons and daughters tell their sons and daughters,
and again those sons and daughters will tell their next generation.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This must be-told to each generation of your (plur.) descendants:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Relate-it to your children so-that they will relate-it to their children and their children will also relate-it to those who come-next-in-line to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:1:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying, ¨I will again make Judah and Jerusalem prosper in those days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD says, ‘in those days and at that time
I will restore the prosperity of the people of Judea and Jerusalem” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘In that time that I restore the good situation of Juda and Jerusalem,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God says, ‘At that time, I will again make-rich Juda and Jerusalem.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh says this:
‘At that time , I will enable the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to prosper again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 2:3:
- Kupsabiny: “You threw me into the sea!
I sank and sank until I touched the stomach of the sea.
The strength of the water swayed me and covered me
and the other (waves/water) jerked/moved quickly over me at the head.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You threw me into the depths of the ocean,
all around me there was only water.
And waves of water covered me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) threw me into the depths of the sea.
I was-engulfed with water and covered with waves which you (sing.) sent.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) tossed-me into the deep foundation/bottom of the ocean and I was submerged in the water and strong waves repeatedly-passed-by-(me).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “You threw me down into the deep water, into the bottom of the sea. The currents of the sea swirled around me, and the huge waves crashed above me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:4:
- Kupsabiny: “The law has become weak so that it no longer does anything at all, and truth/justice is no longer being done in the courtroom. Sinners frighten righteous people so that justice is lost.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Therefore that Law has become weak,
and justice has not been done.
The wicked have encircled the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore the law has-no value anymore. And there-is-no more justice because the people who have sin are the ones who won in the court and not the people who have no sin. Therefore the justice is-distorted/[lit. -made-crooked].’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore the law has-no use and absolutely nobody judges correctly, because those who are-doing evil, they defeat the one who has no sin/crime in their (law)-case.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Think about the proud people of Babylonia!
They are certainly not doing what is righteous.
But people who are righteous will live
because they faithfully do what I want them to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:19:
- Kupsabiny: “God is my strength. He makes me walk well like an antelope and he even makes me climb mountains.
You who is in charge of the song. This song is to be played with a lyre.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Sovereign LORD God is my strength,
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
He enables me to walk on high places.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He (is) the one-who-gives me strength. He strenghtens my feet like the feet of a deer, so-that I can-climb-up the high places.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The source of my strength, it is God the Highest,
he is the one who cares-for-me in the mountain-area.
He-makes- me -become like a deer
that does not stumble.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh the Lord is the one who causes me to be strong;
he enables me to climb safely/without falling in the rocky mountains, like a deer does.
(This message is for the choir director:
When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments.)” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 3:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Then all communities will call you blessed people, because your land will become a land of joy. I the God of authority is the one speaking.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All the nations will call you blessed because your country is a very pleasant place, says the LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) will-be-called blessed by all the nations for your (plur.) land (is) good. I, the LORD Almighty, (am) the(-one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that is so, all nations will consider/count you as fortunate because-of the blessings you are-receiving.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When that happens, the people of all nations will say that I have blessed you, because your country will be delightful. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:24:
- Kankanaey: “Then God said that there-would be all kinds of creatures on this earth (lit. soil), the domesticated (i.e. bred-and-raised) and wild animals, those that crawl and that slither, and it was accomplished/fulfilled.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “God said — ‘May there be domesticated animals [lit.: those brought up in a house], those that go creeping on the earth, and all kinds of animals that live in the jungle.’ And it happened just like that.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then God said, ‘Let- the different kinds of animals -live on land: animals that are tame and wild, big and small.’ And it happened/was-made.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said, ‘I want various kinds of creatures to appear on the earth. There will be many kinds of livestock/domestic animals, creatures that scurry across the ground, and large wild animals.’ And that is what happened.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:5:
- Kankanaey: “That’s what God told you because he knows that if you eat any of that, you will be similar to him, and you will come-to-know the good and bad.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “If you eat this you will also become like God. God has spoken like that because He knows that your eyes will be opened and you will know what is good and what is evil.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “God said that because he knew that if you (pl.) would-eat it, you (pl.) will-be-enlightened, and you (pl.) will-become like him who knows what is good and evil/bad.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “only because he knows that when you eat fruit from that tree, you will understand new things. It will be as though your eyes are opened, and you will know what is good to do and what is evil to do, just as God does.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
