Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Oh, God, how long do you want me to cry to you before you hear me? Why am I crying out, ‘There is chaos’ and you do not save us?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “O LORD, how long must I beg for your help?
  But you do not listen.
  I cry out "everywhere violence!’
  but you do not save your people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Habakuk said, ‘O LORD, until when will- I -ask for help to you (sing.) and you (sing.) will-listen to me? When will- you (sing.) -save us (excl.) from the people who are-being-cruel/violent towards us (excl.)?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Habakkuk said complaining, ‘You (sing.) who are God, for-a-long-time I-have-been-pleading with you (sing.) to request your (sing.) help. When will you esteem (i.e., answer) my prayer and save us (excl.) from those-who-are-hardshipping us (excl.)?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Then Yahweh replied to me,
  ‘Write plainly on tablets what I am revealing to you in this vision,
  and then read it to a messenger
  in order that he can run with it to tell it to other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Why do you leave/allow me to see such evil? Oh yes, why can you endure sin like this? Calamity and chaos has surrounded me. People argue with one another and are fighting repeatedly.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Why do you make me look at injustice?
  Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
  Only destruction and violence are before me.
  There also is strife and conflict all around.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Why do you (sing.) show me this wickedness? Just everywhere I can-see the killing-of-one-another, hurting-one-another, fighting-one-another and disputing/arguing-with-one-another.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Why do you (sing.) cause- me -to-experience many hardships and permit evil to be-happening? Constantly I-am-able-to-see people who cause-to-be-pitied and hardship their companions. In all places there are those-who-oppose-each-other and quarrel/fight-together.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “In this vision I will be talking about things that will happen in the future.
  Now is not the time when those things will happen,
  but they certainly will happen,
  and when they occur, they will occur quickly,
  and they will not be delayed.
  Now you want those things to happen immediately, but they are not happening.
  But wait patiently for them to happen!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:4:

• Kupsabiny: “The law has become weak so that it no longer does anything at all, and truth/justice is no longer being done in the courtroom. Sinners frighten righteous people so that justice is lost.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Therefore that Law has become weak,
  and justice has not been done.
  The wicked have encircled the righteous,
  so that justice has become perverted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore the law has-no value anymore. And there-is-no more justice because the people who have sin are the ones who won in the court and not the people who have no sin. Therefore the justice is-distorted/[lit. -made-crooked].’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore the law has-no use and absolutely nobody judges correctly, because those who are-doing evil, they defeat the one who has no sin/crime in their (law)-case.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Think about the proud people of Babylonia!
  They are certainly not doing what is righteous.
  But people who are righteous will live
  because they faithfully do what I want them to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:5:

• Kupsabiny: “Then God answered his people, ‘Please look (plur.) at the other communities. The events/things will make you dumbfounded so that you will not believe/accept what I am doing while you are still alive even if someone told you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD said to his people,
  ‘Look around at the nations and be amazed,
  because I am going to do something in your days,
  that you would not believe,
  even if it would be told you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD answered, ‘[You (plur.)] look-at closely/well what’s-going-on to the nations and you (plur.) will-be- utterly -amazed of what you (plur.) see. For I am-going-to-do (something) in your (plur.) time that you (plur.) would- never -believe even-if (somebody) will-tell it to you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “God says, ‘Closely-observe the nations nearby you and you will be extremely surprised at what you are-able-to-see, because there-is that which I will do during the time that you are alive that will-be- your -cause-of-surprise if you hear-it-reported.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “If people trust in their wealth, they will deceive themselves,
  and proud people are never able to rest.
  It is as though the greedy people of Babylonia open their mouths as wide as the place where dead people are,
  and they never have enough,
  like the place where dead people go never has enough dead people.
  The armies of Babylonia conquer many nations for themselves,
  and capture all their people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:6:

• Kupsabiny: “I am going to raise up the people of Babylon to get power over all the world. That community are people who like chaos/revolt and are very disobedient. They will overrun the whole world and rule (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Look! I am raising up the Babylonians,
  that cruel and reckless nation.
  They spread everywhere on the earth to
  snatch away other people’s dwelling places.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For I will-cause- the Babylonians -to-rule. These people (are) very cruel and they rush to attack other nations in-order to seize places not their-own.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “I will-cause-to-rule in-the-future the cruel/malicious and impetuous ones-from-Babilonia and their soldiers will go-around the entire earth to snatch what is not theirs.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “But soon all those whom they have captured will ridicule the soldiers from Babylonia!
  They will make fun of them, saying,
  ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things from other countries!
  You got many things by forcing people to give them to you.
  But you certainly will not keep those things for a long time !’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:7:

• Kupsabiny: “(They) are rude and amazingly fierce. They like to raise themselves up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “They are dreaded and feared people.
  They are a law to themselves
  and do whatever they like.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They are- greatly -feared by the people. They do what they want and no-one can-stop/prevent them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They will cause-to-be-afraid the collective-people in other countries. Because of their arrogance, what they desire to do is what they turn-into law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Suddenly those whom you oppressed/treated cruelly will cause you to tremble,
  and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Their horses are strong/skilled in running more than leopards and more than wild dogs that attack at night. Their horses dash forth quickly and their people (riders) arrive from far. They move quickly like an eagle that wants to catch something.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Their horses are running faster than leopards
  and are more violent than wolves coming out after sunset.
  Their cavalry comes flying from a very long distance,
  they are swooping down like vultures to pounce on their prey.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Their horses (are) more- swifter -than the animal that (is) a leopard and fiercer than the fierce dog who is-looking for his food during the night. They run from afar places, that seems-like a flying eagle that gulps/swoops-down to devour his victim.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Their horses are faster than what they call leopard (loan). They are fiercer/more-easily-angered than hungry wild dogs that look-for what they will hunt at night. Fast is the running of the horses of their soldiers that come-from far-away. They attack (lit. act-suddenly-upon) their enemies like the way eagles snatch what they catch.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “You stole things from the people of many nations.
  You murdered people of many people-groups,
  and you destroyed their land and their cities.
  So those who are still alive will steal valuable things from you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:9:

• Kupsabiny: “All those people come only to make chaos/uproar. They hurry like a whirlwind in the desert and move quickly to gather prisoners as many as the sand.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “They all come for the kill.
  Their group of soldiers advance like a desert storm,
  and gather prisoners like sand.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Their soldiers are-coming-up ready to take-violent-action. They (are) like strong wind from the east. Their captives (are) as-if like as-numerous- as the sand.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They all arrive to hardship-(people) and their heads are hot (i.e., fierce, unrestrained) like the wind that comes-from the east (lit. coming-out of the sun). Their prisoners are like the manyness of the sand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who build big houses
  with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you.
  You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe
  because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)