Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:7:
- Kupsabiny: “When it was the second year of Darius ruling, in the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), God spoke to me through a vision.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the second year of the reign of King Darius on the twenty fourth day in the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, word of the LORD came to prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, grandson of Iddo.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD spoke to Zacarias through a vision. This happened at night on the 24th day of the month of Shebat (the 11th month), in-that second year of the reign of Darius. And this (is) what Zacarias revealed:
I saw a man riding on a red horse that was-staying-put/[not-moving] in a valley/plain that had myrtle/[mirto] trees. Behind him there-were men who were-riding on red, brown, and white horses.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - English: “Three months later, on February 15, Yahweh gave another message to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
