Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 2:8:

• Kupsabiny: “But/And the people who believe in false gods/vain idols,
  those ones loose the thing
  you would have given them in love.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Those who worship useless idols
  abandon [their] devotion to the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “A person/man who worships worthless little-gods/false-gods rejects their love for you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Those who worship false/imitation-gods that have no use, they have turned-their-backs-on their loyal love to you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “All those who worship worthless idols are rejecting you, the one who could act kindly toward them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 2:9:

• Kupsabiny: “But I will sing,
  praising you.
  I will make/do for you sacrifices,
  and I will fulfill what I promised/vowed.
  Life comes from you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But, singing songs to you, I will offer sacrifices in your name.
  And I will do what I have promised to do.
  [My] salvation will be from the LORD."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But I on-the-other-hand will-make-an-offering/sacrifice to you (sing.) singing thanksgiving.
  I will-fulfill what I have-promised to offer to you (sing.).
  You (sing.), LORD, are-the-one-who saves!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But as for me, I will sing to praise you (sing.). I will offer/sacrifice to you (sing.) and I will fulfill my promises. You (sing.) God are the one who saves.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “But I will sing to thank you, and I will offer a sacrifice to you. I will surely do what I have solemnly promised to do. Yahweh, you are the one who is able to save us.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 2:10:

• Kupsabiny: “When Jonah had finished praying like that, God spoke to that fish to spit out Jonah to the beach/shore of the sea.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then the LORD gave the order to the fish. The fish came to the ocean shore and vomited Jonah out.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, the LORD commanded the fish to spit- Jonas -(up). So it spit- Jonas -(up) onto the beach/seashore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When that was so, God commanded the fish to vomit Jonas on the edge of the ocean, and it obeyed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Then Yahweh commanded the huge fish to vomit out Jonah, and the fish did that, and Jonah was able to get to the land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 3:1:

• Kupsabiny: “Then God again told Jonah that,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Once again the LORD gave Jonah a command.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD spoke again to Jonas.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then God again commanded Jonas and said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 3:2:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Go to Nineveh, that big city, and tell the people of that city this word I am giving to you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Go quickly to the great city of Nineveh and tell the ones living there what I have said.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘[You (sing.)] go at-once/without-delay to Nineve, the great city, and tell the people there the message which I gave to you (sing.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Go to the reported-about city Nineve so-that you (sing.) will tell there what I-cause- you (sing.) -to-say.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “‘Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you previously.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “(then) Jonah listened to/obeyed God. Then/At that time, he immediately went towards Nineveh. That city was big that it would take a person three days to go from one side to the other.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jonah obeyed the LORD’s command and went to Nineveh. Nineveh was a very large city. To walk around this city once takes three days.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “At-once/without-delay Jonas went to Nineve according-to what the LORD had-said. Nineve (was) a very great city; its width (was) about three days if walking.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jonas obeyed the command of God and went to Nineve. That-aforementioned city was extremely-wide, three days was the time-of-walking to cross-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “So this time Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person had to walk for three days to completely go through it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 3:4:

• Kupsabiny: “Jonah entered that city, and went a journey that took him one day. He went along telling the people the message all that time. He told them, ‘It has remained only forty days for God to destroy this city!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Walking around the whole day, Jonah proclaimed to those who were living there — "Forty days from now the city of Nineveh will be destroyed."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jonas entered/went-inside Nineve. And after one day journeying, he said to the people there, ‘Just 40 days (are) now left/remaining and Nineve will-be-destroyed!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jonas began to go-through the city and one day is what he walked and he said making-known to them, ‘When forty days pass-by, this city Nineve will-be-destroyed.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “On the first day after Jonah arrived, he began walking through the city. He was proclaiming (OR, At the end of that day he started proclaiming) to the people, ‘Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed {God will destroy Nineveh}!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 3:5:

• Kupsabiny: “The people of Nineveh believed in/responded to those words/message of God. They fasted/stopped eating and put on clothes for/of mourning, from the big people until the small ones. They showed in this way that they had turned from the sin they had.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The people living in Nineveh believed this message from God. So they all decided to fast. And everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth as a sign of repentance.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The ones from-Nineve believed in God. All of them, from the greatest to the least, put-on sackcloth and fasted to show that they were-repenting.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Those-from-Nineve believed in God, so they all decided to restrain their hunger (term for fasting). All the inhabitants wore rough sacks, whether poor or rich, so-that they would show that they had repented of their sins.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “The people of Nineveh believed God’s message. They all decided that everyone should begin fasting/abstaining from food. So everyone, including important people and unimportant people, did that. They also put on coarse cloth, to show that they were sorry for having sinned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)