Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:13:
- Kupsabiny: “You rescued your people whom you had chosen to be yours. You broke the ruler/king of sinners in pieces and you destroyed those people completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You came out for the sake of the deliverance of your people,
to deliver the ones you have anointed.
You crushed the leaders of the country of wickedness,
and left them naked from head to foot.
Shela” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “in-order to save your (sing.) chosen people.
You (sing.) killed the leader of the wicked kingdom
and you (sing.) utterly destroyed his people-group.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) came to save your (sing.) people
and your (sing.) king whom you chose, Lord. [‘Lord,’ ‘Apo’ in Kankanaey, was added to preserve the ‘o’ rhyme scheme.]
You (sing.) killed the leader of those-who-do evil,
absolutely none did-you (sing.)-leave (alive) among his soldiers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But you also went to rescue us, your people,
and to save the king (Or, people) whom you had chosen.
You struck down the leader of those wicked people
and stripped off his clothes, from his head to his feet.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 15:48:
- Kupsabiny: “These cities were in the highland: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “These are the cities in the hill country —
Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The towns/cities in the mountains: Shamir, Jatir, Soco,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the southwest part of the hilly region: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 6:7:
- Kupsabiny: “A person struggles to work so as to get something to eat, but life does not satisfy him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All the painful work that a man does is only to fill [his] stomach,
but he never loses his hunger to eat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A man works-hard in-order to have-(something) to-eat, but he still will- not -be-content.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “People work hard to earn enough money to buy food to eat ,
but often they never get enough to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Then you shall be harvesting until the day when the grapes are picked and you shall pick grapes until the days of sowing. Food will be enough for you and you shall relax in your land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You will be reaping the harvest up to the time for gathering grapes. You will still be picking grapes when it is time to plant grain. you will enough foods and you will live in peace your own country.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your (plur.) crops will-be so exceedingly abundant/plentiful that even then your (plur.) threshing/trampling-upon the heads-of-grain will-continue until the harvest-season-of-picking of grapes, and your picking of grapes will-continue until your (plur.) harvest-season-of — planting-seeds-(of-grain). So you (plur.) can-have-as-much-as- you (plur.) -want of your (plur.) food and yet/also you (plur.) will-live in peace in your place/(land).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You will continue harvesting and threshing grain until it is time to harvest grapes, and you will continue to harvest grapes until it is time to start planting things in the following year. And you will have all the food that you want to eat, and you will live safely in your land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 30:9:
- Kupsabiny: “If you come back to God he will show mercy to your brothers and your children who were captured and they will be allowed to return home. It is like that, because God loves people and he shows mercy to people and he does not turn his back on you if you come back to where he is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If you return to the LORD, those who have taken your relatives and your sons and daughters captive will treat them with mercy and compassion. And they will get to return to this land. For the LORD your God is one who has mercy and compassion. If you return to him, he will not turn his face away from you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For if you return to the LORD, your children and relatives will-be-pitied-upon by those who took- them -captives, and they cause- them -to-return in this land. For the LORD your God takes-an-interest-in-the-welfare-(of others) and is-merciful/compassionate. He will- never -turn-away from you (plur.) if you will-return to him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “If you return to Yahweh, the people who have captured our brothers and sisters and our children will be kind to them, and allow them to return to this land. Do not forget that Yahweh our God is kind and merciful. If you return to him, he will no longer reject you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:25:
- Kankanaey: “When it was finished that Jose was born, Jacob said to Laban, ‘OK-now, please give- me -permission so-that I-will-go-home to my country.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After Joseph was born, Jacob said to Laban — ‘Please allow me to go. I will go to my own land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After Raquel gave-birth to Jose, Jacob said to Laban, ‘Allow me now to be-able-to-go-home to our (excl.) place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, ‘Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 11:8:
- Kupsabiny: “He also built for his other wives who were foreigners places where they could be burning sweet smelling things for making sacrifices when worshiping their idols.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He built places to do puja for all his foreign wives. There they offered sacrifices and burned incense, each to her god.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He also had-made places-of-worship the little-gods/false-gods for all his wives who were not Israelinhon, and there they burn incense and sacrifice for their little-gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zephaniah 2:8:
- Kupsabiny: “The God of power says, ‘I have heard the people of Moab curse my people and those of Ammon mock (them). Those people mock my people and challenge one another to come and fight and conquer this land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘I have heard the insults of Moabites
and the scold of the Ammonites,
They mocked my people
and made warning attack their land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel said, ‘I heard the putting-to-shame and mocking of those- (who) -come-from-Moab and those- (who) -from-Ammon of my people. They also boast that they are-able to take-by-force the land of my people. Therefore I swear to myself that I will- surely -destroy Moab like Sodom and Ammon like Gomora. These lands can- no-longer -be-useful forever/[lit. until whenever]. This will- now -be-covered with thorny grass and be-filled with holes where salt is being-made. This will-be-taken-by-force by my remaining people and they will-take its properties.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, says this:
‘I have heard the people of Moab and Ammon
when they insulted my people,
and when they said that they would conquer my people’s country.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
