Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:15:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Babylon catches people with hooks and pull (them) along in their nets. Those people rejoice when (they) do like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The wicked enemies catch
them all with hooks and gather them,
they are caught in their nets, being gathered in their great net.
So they greatly rejoice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “The ones from-Babylon are-rejoicing and making-merry in their capturing their enemies just like fishes that were-caught by- means-of a hook or net.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia
who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk.
You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins
until they are drunk and then they walk around naked,
in order that you can see that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
