Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 11:8:
- Kupsabiny: “But how can I be refusing you, oh Ephraim?
How can I discard you, oh Israel?
How can I punish you
like I punished the city of Admah,
and/or like I punished the city of Zeboyim?
My stomach does not accept me to do like that
because the love I have for you (plur.) is strong/heavy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O Ephraim, how can I abandon you?
O Israel, how can I hand you over into the hands of the wicked?
How can I wipe you out like Admah?
How can I destroy you like Zeboiim?
My heart is completely torn up within me.
My heart is full of compassion. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Those- (who) -come-from-Israel, I can- not -reject you (plur.) or just leave (you) alone. I can- not -completely destroy you (plur.) like what I did to the towns of Admah/[Adma] and Zeboim. My feeling can- not -endure that I will-do this to you (plur.). I pity you (plur.) so much.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Israel, am I perhaps able-to-endure handing- you (sing.) -over to your (sing.) enemies? Am I perhaps able-to-endure abandoning you (sing.)? Can I actually (RQ implies no) destroy you (sing.) like Adma and Zeboiim (marker indicates these are place names)? Here-now I repent. I-now-realize I am not able-to-do-it because of my extreme mercy/kindness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “You people of Israel, I certainly do not want to abandon you
and allow your enemies to capture you.
I do not want to act toward you like I acted toward Admah and Zeboiim,
cities that I completely destroyed when I destroyed Sodom.
I have changed my mind about punishing you;
my desire to pity you has increased.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 1:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Locusts have raided our land.
That swarm of locusts have covered everything completely!
They had sharp teeth
like those of a lion.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A powerful group beyond number
came up against my land,
their teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and they have the jaw-teeth of a lioness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For the land of the LORD was-attacked by terrible/terrifying locusts which (are) very great-in-number. Their teeth (are) sharp like the teeth of a lion.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s as if one nation has destroyed our country. They are strong and they are not countable. Their teeth are sharp like the canines of a lion (loan layon).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:9:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
‘Announce this word to the people of other communities.
Prepare yourselves for war.
Gather the soldiers.
Let them come to start the war.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Make this announcement among the nations:
prepare for battle!
Call your mighty men!
Gather all the soldiers and attack!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Let- this -be-known to the nations: [You (plur.)] get-ready/prepare to fight. [You (plur.)] challenge your (plur.) soldiers to-attack.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Make- this -known to all nations: ‘Prepare to make-war! Call all your soldiers so-that you will go.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Proclaim to the people of all nations,
‘Prepare for a war!
Summon your soldiers,
and tell them to stand in their battle positions.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 2:6:
- Kupsabiny: “I continued sinking
until I reached the stomach of the sea
where the hills hail from.
I was removed from where life is,
and I was tied/imprisoned in a place where dead people are.
But, oh, my God,
you pulled me from there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I sank down to the roots of the mountains.
Sinking to the lower parts of Sheol,
It seemed that the gates of Sheol were shut.
But lifting me up you delivered me from Sheol.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I sank-down to the ground at the bottom of the sea,
it seemed like I was-imprisoned in the depths of the sea without end.
But you (sing.) took me from those depths, O LORD my God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Here I am/was at the innermost base of the mountain, which is the land whose entrance is already-locked forever so-that nobody can-come-out. But you (sing.) saved/rescued my life from my deep location.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “I sank down to where the mountains start rising from the bottom of the sea. I thought that forever it would be as though my body would be in a prison inside the earth below me.
But you, Yahweh God, whom I worship, rescued me from going down to the place of the dead.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:7:
- Kupsabiny: “(They) are rude and amazingly fierce. They like to raise themselves up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They are dreaded and feared people.
They are a law to themselves
and do whatever they like.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They are- greatly -feared by the people. They do what they want and no-one can-stop/prevent them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They will cause-to-be-afraid the collective-people in other countries. Because of their arrogance, what they desire to do is what they turn-into law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Suddenly those whom you oppressed/treated cruelly will cause you to tremble,
and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 1:3:
- Kupsabiny: “and persecuted Esau. I made the land of Esau become a wilderness where wild dogs/jackals live.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And I rejected Esau. I made his hill country an empty wasteland, And I gave over his inheritance to the desert jackals.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “but on-the-other-hand not Esau. I destroyed his mountains, therefore it only became the dwelling-place of the wild dogs.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and I disliked/rejected Esau and his descendants. I destroyed the mountain-area that was his country and it became a staying-place of wild animals.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But you reply, ‘In what way have you loved us?’
Yahweh replies, ‘This is how I loved you: It is true that your ancestor Jacob was Esau’s younger brother, and I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau. I caused his hilly region to become desolate/a place where crops did not grow. I caused the land which he possessed to become a desert where jackals/wolves live.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 3:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, the sacrifices of Judah and Jerusalem will make God happy as in the former times.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Only then will he again delight in the offerings Judah and Jerusalem bring as they did formerly, and like they did it in times long ago.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore the LORD will- now -be-happy with the offerings of the peoples of Juda and of Jerusalem, like before.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And when that is so, God will again be-pleased with the offerings of those-from-Juda and Jerusalem like in the past.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When that happens, Yahweh will again accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, as he did previously.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:27:
- Kankanaey: “And-so God created people who were man and woman, and their likeness was like him just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “In this way God made man to resemble Him closely. He made them so that they closely resembled God. He made them as man and woman.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So God created man, male and female, who were-like/similar to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So God created human beings that were like him in many ways. He made them to be like himself. He created some to be male and some to be female.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
