Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 1:9:
- Kupsabiny: “You are praying that God will here you and have mercy on you. But God of authority is saying, ‘Why should I listen to you when you give me such things?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O you priests, now plead with God to be gracious to us. Having brought that kind of offering with your hands, is he likely to accept you? says the LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Malakias said, ‘Now, you (plur.) priests, you (plur.) request God that he will-show-mercy to us (incl.). But for that kind of offerings that you (plur.) offer to him very surely that he will- not -show you (plur.) kindness. This is what the LORD Almighty says.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Now, try you priests to plead-for-mercy to me who am God so-that I will show-mercy/kindness to the collective-people. But I will not listen-to your prayers and you will be the guilty-ones (lit. sin owners).’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “And he also says, ‘You plead with me to be merciful to you. But you bring to me sacrifices that are not acceptable to me, so why should I be kind to you ?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 2:22:
- Kupsabiny: “I will use those communities so that I may see if the people of Israel will return to my way like their forefathers/grandfathers (did) or not.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will use these Nation to test Israel to see whether they will listen to my words like their ancestors did or not."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-use these people-groups in-order to test the Israelinhon if they will-obey my commands, like their ancestors.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will use them to test the Israeli people to see whether they will do what I want them to do, as their ancestors did.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 5:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Please, listen to me singing to you a song of a friend
and his field of grapes.
The friend has a field,
which is on a fertile mountain/hill.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will sing a song for the one I love
I will sing a song about his vineyard —
my loved one has a vineyard
on a fertile hill.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-sing for my beloved, about his field of grapes/(vineyard):
My beloved has a field of grapes/(vineyard) on the mountain where the land is fertile/good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 6:22:
- Kupsabiny: “God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD said to Moses,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to Moises,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh also said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 6:1:
- Kupsabiny: “When king Darius got that letter, he send an authority (message) to look/search for where the things/words/deeds of the rulers/kings in Babylon are kept.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then, in accordance with the decree of King Darius, [it] was looked for by pulling out the old papers which had been stored in the archives of Babylon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So King Darius commanded to examine the records which were-hidden in its hiding-place in Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Later Darius became the ruler of the Persian Empire. When the enemies of the Israelis forced them to stop rebuilding the temple, the Persian officials sent a message to King Darius. They asked him to search the records in the archives/government records, in the building where the king stored the important documents, to find out whether King Cyrus had authorized that the temple should be rebuilt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 40:6:
- Kankanaey: “When it was light (i.e. the next day), Jose went to their location. He saw that they were worried” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the morning, when Joseph came, [he] saw that they looked dejected.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In-the-morning, when Jose went to them, he saw that they were weak.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 20:24:
- Kupsabiny: “So, lord/master, we ask you to remove the rulers/kings and replace them with commanders of soldiers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You are to remove all the kings from the place of commanding generals. Then choose other commanding generals in place of them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And you should do this: The commanders are now the ones- you -will-cause-to-rule over the soldiers and not the 32 kings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So, this is what you should do: You must remove the 32 kings who are leading your troops and replace them with army commanders.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 3:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Bring one out of ten of your things to come to the treasury of my House so that there can be much food there. Please test me if you shall not see up there (heaven/sky) be open and I shall pour out on you gifts until you have nowhere to store (them)?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Bring all the tithe into the storehouse so that there will always be enough food to eat in my house. Test me in these things and see if there will be blessings from the open door in the heavens towards your storehouse till there is no more space to put it," says the LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, I am-defying/challenging you (plur.) that you (plur.) try/test me, the LORD Almighty. You (plur.)bring your (plur.) whole tenth to the storehouse of the temple so-that there (will be) food in my temple. If you (plur.) do this, I will- now -send you (plur.) rain and give with surpassing/more-than-enough/[lit. excess-excess] blessing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Take to the Temple all the tenth of your harvest so-that the food there becomes-much. That’s how you will test me so-that you can-see how I will open the storage-place of wealth in heaven so-that I will-pour-out (Ilo. loan often used figuratively) many blessings on you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Now bring all the tithes to the storage rooms in the temple, in order that there will be enough food for the people who serve me there. If you do that, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise that I will open the windows of heaven, and pour out from them blessings on you. If you bring your tithes to the temple, the blessings will be very great, with the result that you will not have enough space to store all of them. So test me to see if I am telling the truth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
