Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Plague went before him so that sickness followed behind.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Before him disease is spreading fast,
epidemics are following in his footsteps” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) will-bring destruction/disaster/plague in your (sing.) arriving.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There-are two fearful/dangerous-things that go-with him:
the serious sickness that he causes-to-precede,
and the death that he causes-to-follow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “He sent plagues in front of him,
and other plagues came behind him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 2:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Then you shall know that I have given you this charge so that my covenant that I made with the house of Levi is not ruined.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then only will you know that I have sent this command so that the covenant I have made with Levi and his descendants may continue to exist," says The LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) should know that I have-warned you (plur.) this so-that my covenant/agreement with your (plur.) ancestor Levi will-continue.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And that will be your means-of-knowing that I have commanded this to you so-that the agreement- I -presented to the Levita will-continue.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that my agreement with you priests who are descendants of Levi will continue to be obeyed. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, am saying to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 4:1:
- Kupsabiny: “The God of authority is saying, ‘Listen (plur.), the day when people will be judged is coming and there will be a big fire on that day. On that day all rebels and sinners will be burned. those people will be completely burned like dry grass.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Behold! That day is coming like a burning furnace. In that day, all the proud and wicked will be burnt up like straw. That day will burn them up so that not even roots and branches will be left, says The LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD Almighty said, ‘Very surely that the day will-come that I will-punish. This will-be like the fiery furnace. I will- punish all the proud/arrogant ones and (all who) do bad (thing) like the burning of straw. They will-be like a wood/tree which was-burned that not even a root and branch was-left.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God the Highest Ruler says, ‘Look because the punishing of all who are arrogant and who are-doing evil is soon. On that day, they will be like weeds that are-burned-up in a vigorously-burning fire and absolutely none will-be-left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘There will be a time that I will judge and punish people. When that happens, it will be like a very hot furnace. At that time, all the proud and wicked people will be burned up like stubble burns. They will be burned up completely, like roots and branches and everything else on a tree burns completely in a very hot fire.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:31:
- Kankanaey: “God saw all that he had created and he was-very-satisfied/content because it was-very-good/lovely. When the night then was finished and it became-light again, that was the sixth day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “God saw everything that He made. This seemed very good to Him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “God looked-at all that he had-made and he was- very -pleased. Evening came, and-then the morning. That was the sixth day.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God was pleased with everything that he had made. Truly, it was all very good. Then there was another evening, that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the sixth day’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 2:16:
- Kankanaey: “He instructed him saying, ‘You (sing.) may eat from all the fruit of the trees that are here” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD God said to him — ‘It is certainly all right to eat the fruit of all the trees of the garden.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And he told him, ‘You can-eat the fruit of any tree in the garden,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But Yahweh said to him, ‘You must not eat the fruit of the tree that will enable you to know what actions are good to do and what actions are evil to do. If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that day your relationship with me will end. But I will permit you to eat the fruit of any of the other trees in the park/garden.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:23:
- Kankanaey: “So God then caused- them -to leave the good land at Eden so-that they would go work the soil, because soil just the same is what God previously used-in-making the body of the man.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “So the LORD God cast the man out of the garden of Eden to cause them to do work in the earth that he had made for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So the LORD God caused- him -to-leave from the garden of Eden to farm the soil/land from which he came-from.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So Yahweh God expelled the man and his wife from the garden of Eden. Yahweh God had created Adam from the ground, but now he forced him to till that ground so that he could grow food to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:6:
- Kankanaey: “Set also, when he yeared 105, a child of his came-out who was Enos.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Seth was 105 years old, his son called Enosh was born.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Set was already 105 years of age, his male child Enosh was-born.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:6:
- Kankanaey: “he was sad/had-hurt feelings (lit. thoughts were-painful) and he regretted/repented that he had created people on-this earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “repented that he had created people on the earth. He felt very heart-broken.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “he regretted that he had made man on earth. Very great was his sorrow,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
