complete verse (Malachi 3:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 3:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Is it right for you to steal from me? You are stealing from me and asking, ‘How have we stolen from you?’ You steal from me because you do not bring one out of ten of your things and also you are not bringing your gifts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Can a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me.
    You asked, ‘In what way are we robbing you?’
    "By not giving tithes and offerings.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will- also -ask you (plur.), can a man/person steal from me? Seems impossible! But you (plur.), you (plur.) steal from me. And now you (plur.) still ask, ‘How do we (excl.) steal from you (sing.)?’ You (plur.) steal from me for you (plur.) do- not -give your (plur.) tenth and offerings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘I ask- this -question to answer: Is it right perhaps if people steal-from God? But here-now you are-stealing-from me. You ask how you have stolen, but I tell you that it is your not giving your tenth and your offerings.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “I reply, ‘People should certainly not cheat God; but you people have cheated me!’
    You ask, ‘In what way did we cheat you?’
    I reply, ‘You have cheated me by not bringing to me each year the tithes/one tenth of all your crops and animals and other offerings that you are required to give to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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