Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:5:
- Kupsabiny: “You have taken my silver and gold and taken it to your houses of prayer.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because you have taken my gold and silver and all my good treasures and have put them into your temples.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For you (plur.) have-taken-away my precious properties, including the silver and gold, and you (plur.) have-brought these to your (plur.) temples.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You have taken the silver and gold and other valuable things from my temple and put them in your temples.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:6:
- Kupsabiny: “You took the people of Judah and Jerusalem and brought them to sell to the Greeks who took them to go to other countries.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem into the hands of the Greeks so that they would be taken far away from their own country.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) have-sold to the Greeks/[Griego] the people of Juda including Jerusalem as slaves, so-that you (plur.) can-send- them -away from their own land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You dragged away the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, and you took them far away and sold them to people in Greece.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:7:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I shall bring my people back from where you sold them to and I shall punish you paying you back for the sins you have committed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Because of that, listen well! I will bring them back from the places where they have been sold by you and what you have done to them I will pour on your own head.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But I will-help them to-leave the places to which you (plur.) have-sold them, and I will-do to you (plur.) what you (plur.) have-done to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But I will cause my people to want to return from the places to which you sold them, and I will do to you what you did to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:8:
- Kupsabiny: “I will sell your sons and daughters to Judah, and then they, too, will sell them to the people of Sheba, that far away community. I am God who has spoken!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah. They will sell them to Sabeans, to a people living far away," says the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-sell your (plur.) children to the people of Juda, and they will-sell them to the-(ones) from-Saba, who live in a far-away place.’ This will- surely -happen, for I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then I will cause some of your sons and your daughters to be sold to the people of Judah! And some of them will be sold to the Sabea people-group, who live far away. That will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:9:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
‘Announce this word to the people of other communities.
Prepare yourselves for war.
Gather the soldiers.
Let them come to start the war.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Make this announcement among the nations:
prepare for battle!
Call your mighty men!
Gather all the soldiers and attack!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Let- this -be-known to the nations: [You (plur.)] get-ready/prepare to fight. [You (plur.)] challenge your (plur.) soldiers to-attack.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Make- this -known to all nations: ‘Prepare to make-war! Call all your soldiers so-that you will go.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Proclaim to the people of all nations,
‘Prepare for a war!
Summon your soldiers,
and tell them to stand in their battle positions.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Make your hoes/plows to become swords,
make your sickles become spears.
Let (the/a) weakling say
‘I, too, am strong/fierce.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Hammer your ploughshares into swords
and make spears from your sickles.
Let the weak say,
"I am strong!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] make the tip of your (plur.) plows into swords and [you (plur.)] make your (plur.) thing-for-cutting/mowing into spears. Even the ones-who-are-weak must fight.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Make-into swords your plows and (into) spears your sickles. Even the weak, it-is-necessary that he join-in-warring.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Take your plows and make swords from them,
and take your pruning knives and make spears from them.
Even the weak people must also be like strong soldiers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:11:
- Kupsabiny: “Please, hurry
all you communities who are neighbors
and gather yourselves there in that valley.’
Oh, God, let your soldiers/warriors come down from up/heaven.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Come quickly, all you people of the surrounding nations,
and all of you gather in one place.
Oh LORD bring there your mighty people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Hurry, [you (plur.)] come-near, all you (plur.) nations in the surrounding. And [you (plur.)] gather there at the Valley/Plains of Jehoshafat. LORD, cause- your (sing.) soldiers -to-go-down there now!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Hurry to come, all you nations in the area-mutually-surrounding so-that you gather in/on the valley/plain.’ ’
‘Lord God, may you (sing.) send your (sing.) soldiers to go fight them,’ said the prophet.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “All you people from the nations that are near Judah
must come quickly and gather in the Valley of Judgment.’
But Yahweh, when that happens, send your army of angels to attack them!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:12:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
‘Let the communities prepare themselves
and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
I will sit there
and judge all the neighboring communities.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Let people be aroused
to come to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
Because there I will sit to
judge all the surrounding nations.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘The nations in the surrounding must be-challenged to go to the Valley/Plains of Jehoshaphat, for I will-judge them there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then God continued to say, ‘The nations must get-ready so-that they will go to the Valley/Plain of Judging. Because there, I will judge in-the-future all nations.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “The people in the nations near Judah must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment.
There Yahweh will sit and judge and punish them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
