Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 2:29:
- Kupsabiny: “I will also anoint with my Spirit in those days
servants/slaves whether men or women.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And on that day, I will also pour out my spirit
on my men servants and women servants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In that time I will- also -give my Spirit to male and female servants.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Even the males and females who are slaves, I will send my Spirit to enter them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
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Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 2:30:
- Kupsabiny: “I will make amazing things happen
up here in the sky and down there on the ground/earth.
Blood will pour,
fire will come and the world/earth will emit smoke.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And I will work wonders
in the sky and on the earth.
There will be blood, fire and clouds of smoke.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-show miracles in heaven and on earth: Blood, fire and thick smoke will-be-seen.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Later indeed (predictive formula) I will show amazing-things in heaven and on the earth. Blood, fire and fearful smoke will-be-seen in-the-future.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 2:31:
- Kupsabiny: “The sun will lose its light and the moon be colored (red)
before the big and fearful day of God will arrive.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Before the great and fearful day of the LORD comes,
the sun will become dark, and the moon will become as red as blood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The sun will-become-dark and the moon will-become-red like blood. This will-happen before the very frightening day of the judgment of the LORD.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Later really indeed (predictive formula) the sun will-become-dark, and the moon, it will-become-reddish like blood. Then will arrive the valuable day that has no equivalent when-I-will-come who am God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 2:32:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But on that day, every person will be saved
who will cry to God (for help).
It is like that, because I God have said,
‘People on mount Zion and in Jerusalem will (narrowly) escape
and those I have chosen will be well/alive.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Whoever taking on the name of
the LORD will be saved.
Because as the LORD said,
there will be deliverance to the survivors whom
the LORD shall call, who are on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But anyone who will-take-refuge in the LORD will-be-saved from the punishment that will-arrive. For according-to what the LORD has-said, there-will-be Israelinhon who will-remain in Mount Zion, the Jerusalem. [These] they were-chosen by the LORD to-be-saved.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And all those who plead-for-mercy to me, they will-be-saved. Because there-will-be those in-the-future that I will choose who will survive in Jerusalem.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:1:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying, ¨I will again make Judah and Jerusalem prosper in those days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD says, ‘in those days and at that time
I will restore the prosperity of the people of Judea and Jerusalem” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘In that time that I restore the good situation of Juda and Jerusalem,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God says, ‘At that time, I will again make-rich Juda and Jerusalem.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh says this:
‘At that time , I will enable the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to prosper again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:2:
- Kupsabiny: “I will gather all communities to go to the valley of Jehoshaphat and punish them for the matters they did to my people of Israel that I have chosen. They scattered my people to other countries. They distributed my land” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “At that time, having gathered all the nations in one place,
I will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There on behalf of my people Israel,
there I will judge those nations
who scattered my people among the nations
and those who divided up my land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-gather the nations and I will-cause- them -to-go-down to the Valley/Plains of Jehoshafat. There I will-judge them because of what they have-done to the Israelinhon, the people whom I possess. They caused- my people -to-scatter to the other nations and they divided-up/partitioned my land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I will gather all nations and I will take them to the Valley/Plain of Judging. There I will judge them because of all they have done to the Israelita my people. They separated- them -from-each-other causing-(them)-to-go to other countries and they divided-up/shared-out my land Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Then in the Valley of Judgment I will gather together the people of all the other nations;
I will judge and punish them
because they scattered my Israeli people
and forced them to go to other countries.
They divided up my land” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:3:
- Kupsabiny: “and distributed to themselves my people by throwing of dice. Those people used boys to buy/pay for prostitutes, and they used girls to buy/pay for wine they could drink.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They cast lots for my people.
And they sold boys into prostitution.
Young girls they sold for wine to drink.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They cast-lots for my people in-order to divide- (them) -up, and they sold the male and female children as slaves, in-order-that they could-pay-for drinks and women who sell their bodies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They caused-to-be-chosen-by-lot who would take my people to be their prisoners. They sold the children who were males and females so-that they would have the means-to-pay for prostitutes and alcoholic-beverage.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “and they threw marked stones/cast lots to determine who would get each of my people.
Then they sold some of the Israeli boys and girls
to get money to pay for prostitutes and wine to drink.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:4:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying, ‘What do you want to do to me, oh, people of Tyre, Sidon and all you cities of the Philistines? Or is there something that you want to pay me back for? If that is the case, I will swiftly punish you so that you experience the consequences of the sins you have committed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Hey, all you people who live in Tyre, Sidon and Philistia! What is your concern with me? Are you taking revenge on me for what I have done? If it is the case that you are about to take revenge I will quickly pour it all on your head. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘You (plur.) people-groups of Tyre, Sidon, and all the places of Filistia, what (is) this you (plur.) are-doing against me? Are- you (plur.) -repaying me for the thing which I have-done? If you (plur.) are-repaying me, I will-repay you (plur.) right-away/without-delay for what you (plur.) have-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You people of Tyre and Sidon cities and you people of the Philistia region, I certainly have not done anything to harm you! So if you are trying to get revenge on me, I will very quickly get revenge on you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
