Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:11:
- Kupsabiny: “And now, Jonah, what might eat/cause me, too, not to feel sorry about/have mercy for a big city like Nineveh which has children who are more than one hundred twenty thousand who do not know anything? And even again, there are even many domestic animals.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Shouldn’t my heart be broken over such a great city as Nineveh which has more than 120,000 children who don’t know anything as well as innumerable cattle?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Should- I not have-had -mercy-upon/have-compassion-upon Nineve, upon that great/big city with more-than 120,000 people who do- not -know about my law, and yet with many animals/livestock?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Is it not perhaps rightful also that I am-merciful to those who inhabit the mutually-reported-about city Nineve? There there-are more than 120,000 children who are still not able-to-know good and evil. There are also there many animals.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But there are more than 120,000 people in Nineveh who are very young, and because of that, they cannot tell which is their right hand and which is their left hand, and there are also many cattle, and none of these have done anything to displease me. So is it not right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city, and not want to destroy them?/it is certainly right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city and not want to destroy them! ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:15:
- Kupsabiny: “You went around on top of the ocean with your horses, the water of the ocean which had power.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Your horses trampled around in the sea,
and the great waters of the sea were churned” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) are like a soldier whom his horse he caused-to-walk-through the sea to stir it.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) rode-horseback repeatedly-trampling-on the ocean
and its strong water (i.e., waves) boils.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “You walked through the sea with your horses to destroy our enemies,
and caused the waves to surge.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 2:14:
- Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) are asking, ‘Why does God not accept our sacrifices?’ It is like that, because God heard the words that you promised your wife on the day you married being a youth. But you have refused to honor that wife whom you made a covenant with as your wife.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You will ask, ‘Why?" It is because the LORD was a witness to the promise you made to your wife in your youth. You have been unfaithful to her though she is your life partner and your wife by the covenant of marriage.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) ask why he does-not pay-attention to your (plur.) offerings. That (is) because the LORD (is) the witness that you (plur.) have-betrayed your (plur.) wife whom you (plur.) married when you (plur.) (were) still young. You (plur.) disobeyed your (plur.) covenant/agreement with your (plur.) wife that you (plur.) will-be-faithful to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You ask the reason why he does not receive your offerings. The reason is, he knows that you have not obeyed/fulfilled your promise to your spouses even though for-a-long-time you have-companioned-(them) and you vowed to God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “You cry out, saying, ‘Why does Yahweh not like our offerings?’ The answer is that Yahweh heard what each of you men solemnly promised to your wives when you were young. But you men have not done what you promised your wives; you sent them away, the ones to whom you made that agreement.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:9:
- Kankanaey: “Then God commanded that the water that was on the surface of the earth be collected so that the soil would-be-exposed/appear, and it was accomplished/fulfilled.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then God said — ‘May all the water under the heavens be gathered in one place and may the dry ground appear.’ Just like that it happened.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then God said, ‘Let- the water -be-gathered to one place on the earth so-that the dry place will-appear.’ And it happened/was-made.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said, ‘I want the water that is below the sky to come together, and dry ground to appear and rise above the water.’ 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 2:15:
- Kankanaey: “That land at Eden, that’s where- God -put the person he had made so-that he would take-care of it properly.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “And the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden called Eden to do field work and to care for it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD God caused-to-live in the garden of Eden the man he had-made in-order-to tend it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh God took the man and put him in Eden park/garden to till/cultivate it and take care of it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:22:
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, God said in his thoughts, ‘The man and woman have become-similar to us, because they have come-to-know the good and the bad. Since that is what they did, I don’t-want that they also take some of the fruit of the tree that gives life. Because if that is what they eat, they will live forever.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that the LORD God said — ‘Now man has also become like us, knowing good and evil. He is not to get to eat the fruit of the tree of life, and he is also not to get to live forever.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD God said, ‘Now the man has-become like us (incl.) that knows what is good and evil/bad. He must not really/[intensifier] be-allowed to eat the fruit of the tree that gives life, because if he eats (it), he will-remain alive without end.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh said, ‘Look! Those two have become like us because they know what is good to do and what is evil to do. So now, it will not be good if they reach out and pick and eat some of the fruit from the tree which enables people who eat it to live forever!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:5:
- Kankanaey: “When he had 930 years, he died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “In this way Adam lived for 930 years and died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He died at the age of 930.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Adam lived 930 years altogether, and then he died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:5:
- Kankanaey: “When God saw that what people were doing was extremely bad and what they were-thinking-about continually was also bad,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Seeing that the people who lived on the earth were becoming evil and that it was always only evil matters that were being woven into their hearts, The LORD” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When the LORD saw that what the people were-doing on earth was entirely wickedness, and that their thinking was always bad/evil,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
