Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Joel 3:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “Prepare the sickles
    because the crop is ready/ripe.
    Go and squeeze the grapes
    because the places for squeezing are full.
    The wine will flow from where (it is/they are) squeezed.
    The sins of those people are not few.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Swing the Sickle because the wheat harvest time has come.
    Come, trample the grapes because the winepress is full
    and the wine containers are overflowing.
    Their wickedness has become very great.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They seem like/as-if what is-to-be-harvested which should already be-reaped for (it is) already ripe, or seems-like a grape that should already be-squeezed/pressed because the place-for-pressing/squeezing (is) now full of grapes. They (are) now very wicked; their sins seem-like juice of grapes that overflows from its container.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Extreme is their badness, therefore they will be harvested-with-a-sickle like rice at harvest-time and they will be squeezed-out like grapes in the place-of-squeezing until it is full.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “They are like crops that are ready to be harvested;
    so strike them like a farmer swings his sickle to cut the grain.
    They are like grapes that are piled high in the pits where they will be pressed;
    because they are very wicked,
    punish them severely now,
    like a farmer tramples on the grapes until the pits are full of juice.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Joel 3:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “There are many people in
    the valley of judgments/decisions.
    Because the day of God is close to arriving
    to that place of the valley of judgments/decisions.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Crowds of people have gathered
    in the valley of judgment.
    Because the day of the LORD is near
    in the valley of judgment.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Very great-in-number (are) the people who make-noise in the Valley/Plains of Judgment, for the day of the LORD’s punishment (is) now soon to-reach there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “There will be huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment.
    It will soon be the time that Yahweh will punish them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Joel 3:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “The sun and moon will lose their light
    and the stars will refuse to shine.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The sun and moon will become dark
    and the stars will no longer shine.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The sun and the moon will-become-dark, and the stars will- no-longer -shine.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “At that time there will be no light from the sun or moon,
    and the stars will not shine.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Joel 3:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “God will shout hoarsely there on/from Zion
    his voice will be heard in Jerusalem.
    Up/heaven and down/earth shall shake.
    But God will save his people,
    he is the one where the people of Israel hide themselves.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The Lord will roar from Zion.
    His voice is like thunder coming from Jerusalem.
    The sky and the earth will tremble.
    But the Lord will be a refuge for his people
    and a fortress to the people of Israel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD will-roar from Zion; his voice will-thunder from Jerusalem. And because of this the earth and the heavens will-shake. But the LORD (is) a firm/sturdy place-of-refuge for the Israelinhon who (are) his people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “From Zion Hill in Jerusalem Yahweh will shout,
    and his voice will be like thunder,
    and his voice will cause the sky and the earth to shake.
    But Yahweh will protect his people;
    he will be like a strong wall behind which the people of Israel will be protected.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Joel 3:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
    ‘You will know that I God sits on Zion,
    that holy mountain of mine.
    Jerusalem shall be cleansed forever
    so that never again will raiding enemies pass by there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “”Then you will know that I am the LORD your God
    who lives in Zion, my Holy Mountain.
    Jerusalem will be holy,
    and never again will foreigners attack Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Ones-who-come-from-Juda, you (plur.) will-know that I, the LORD your (plur.) God, live in Zion, my holy mountain/hill. And once-more Jerusalem will-become holy; this will- no-longer -be-attacked again by the-(ones) from-other nations.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘My future-judging of them, that will be the means-of-knowing of you Israelita that I am Yahweh your God who stays in Zion my holy mountain. Zion will become a holy city in Israel and other nations will absolutely not again defeat-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh says, ‘At that time, you Israeli people will know that I am Yahweh, your God.
    I live on Zion, my sacred hill.
    Jerusalem will be a sacred city,
    and soldiers from other countries will never conquer it again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Joel 3:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “When that day comes,
    there will be much sweet wine on the mountains.
    Milk in/on the hill will be much
    and there will be water in all the valleys of Judah.
    A spring will come up/forth from the Homestead of God
    and pour its water into the valley of acacia.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On that day, sweet wine will flow down from the mountains
    and hills will flow with milk.
    All the rivers of Judah will flow with water.
    A fountain will burst forth from the temple of the Lord
    and will wet the valley of Shittim. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In that time I will-bless you (plur.). Your (plur.) new wine will-be-abundant from many grapes in mountains. Your (plur.) milk will- also -be abundant from many cows and goats that graze on the hills/[lit. small-mountains]. Your (plur.) streams will- never -dry-up. And the spring from the temple of the LORD will-flow and it will-cause-to-be-watered in the dry place-where- water -flows that has acacia-(trees).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “At that time, the mountains will be planted with grapes and cows will become-many on the hills. There will also be much water in Juda and there-will-be a spring that comes-from the Temple of God which waters the valley/plain Acacia (i.e. plain called Acacia or Acacia Valley).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “At that time, there will be vineyards covering the hills,
    and your cattle and goats on those hills will produce plenty of milk.
    The streams in Judah will never dry up.
    And a stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley northeast of the Dead Sea.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Joel 3:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Egypt will become a deserted place,
    Edom will become a desert
    because they fought against the people of Judah
    and killed people who did not have sin/mistake.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But he country of Egypt will be in desolation
    and Edom will be turned into a desert where no plant will grow,
    because of the atrocities they have done to the people living in Judah,
    because they shed innocent blood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Egipto will-become a desolate place and Edom will-become a desert because they treated- the people of Juda -with-great-harshness/cruelty; they have-killed the innocent ones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As for Egipto and Edom, they will become places with no inhabitants and with no usefulness because of their having killed those-from-Juda who had no sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “The armies of Egypt and Edom attacked the people of Judah
    and killed many people who had not done anything that was wrong.
    So now those countries will become deserts,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Joel 3:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 3:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “But the people of Judah shall live forever
    and Jerusalem shall be inhabited from years to years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Judah will abide forever
    and Jerusalem will be inhabited by people from generation to generation.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But Juda and Jerusalem will-be-inhabited forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I will avenge those whom they killed, I will not forgive those who sinned. But in Juda and Jerusalem however, there-will-be in-the-future inhabitants forever, and I who am God, I will stay on mountain Zion.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and in other places in Judea.” (Source: Translation for Translators)