Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Plague went before him so that sickness followed behind.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Before him disease is spreading fast,
epidemics are following in his footsteps” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) will-bring destruction/disaster/plague in your (sing.) arriving.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There-are two fearful/dangerous-things that go-with him:
the serious sickness that he causes-to-precede,
and the death that he causes-to-follow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “He sent plagues in front of him,
and other plagues came behind him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:6:
- Kupsabiny: “When he stopped, the earth shook, and when he looked around, communities trembled. The old mountains and the ancient hills got destroyed. His words/matters go on forever.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He stops moving and shakes the earth.
He looked and the nations tremble.
The ancient hills and mountains break into pieces.
Those old mountains collapse.
His goings are eternal.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When you (sing.) stand the earth shakes,
and when you (sing.) look the people tremble in fear and the ancient/old mountains landslide/collapse.
Your (sing.) ways will-continue eternally.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When he stops walking, this earth earthquakes,
the collective-people tremble when he sees them.
The sturdy mountains, they will fall-down/collapse,
the hills where-he-used-to-walk long-ago, they will landslide.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When he stopped, the earth shook.
When he looked at the nations,
all the people trembled.
The hills and mountains that have existed for a very long time collapsed and crumbled.
Yahweh is the one who exists eternally/forever!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:7:
- Kupsabiny: “I saw the people of Cushan in distress/indecisiveness and I saw those of Midian being in pain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I see the people in the tents of Cushan suffering
and the nation of Midian trembling in terror.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I saw the tents in Cushan and in Midian were-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I saw that those-from-Cusan were-afraid,
those-from-Midian also trembled.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “In the vision I saw the people who live in tents in the Cushan region being afflicted,
and the people in the Midian region trembling.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Were you angry with the rivers, oh God? Were you angry with the water of the ocean when you drove your horses and chariots to come and save us?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O LORD, was your great anger against the rivers?
Were you angry at the streams?
Did you rage against the sea
When you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “LORD, you (sing.) (are) like a soldier who rides on a chariot who will- really -cause-to-win in battle.
You (sing.) (are) already ready to shoot-an-arrow.
But to whom (are) you (sing.) angry for?
Could-it-be-to the rivers and the seas?
You (sing.) cut-into-half the ground and water flowed there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Lord God, was it the ocean and rivers that you (sing.) were-angry-at
when you rode in your (sing.) horse-drawn-carriage (loan kalisa) to save?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh, was it because you were angry with the rivers and streams that you were angry with them?
Did the seas cause you to be furious,
with the result that you rode through them with horses that were pulling chariots
that enabled you to defeat them?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:9:
- Kupsabiny: “You pulled your bow and shot your arrows. A heavy rain rained until streams/rivers split apart the soil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You took your bow,
you called for many arrows.
shela
You cut the earth with rivers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “LORD, you (sing.) (are) like a soldier who rides on a chariot who will- really -cause-to-win in battle.
You (sing.) (are) already ready to shoot-an-arrow.
But to whom (are) you (sing.) angry for?
Could-it-be-to the rivers and the seas?
You (sing.) cut-into-half the ground and water flowed there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You-got-ready your (sing.) bow-and-arrow
and you (sing.) separated the land by-means-of rivers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “It was as though you uncovered your bow,
took arrows from your quiver, and prepared to shoot them.
Then with lightning you split open the earth,
and streams burst forth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:10:
- Kupsabiny: “The mountains saw you and trembled. Rivers poured out and the whirlwind came to the ocean with waters roaring.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The mountains saw you and trembled.
The rain comes pouring from the sky
and the deep ocean will make a loud noise and waves will be churned up.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The mountains are like people that when they see you (sing.) they trembled.
It rained so hard;
the water in the sea roared and the waves become-bigger.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The mountains that see you (sing.),
they tremble with their fear
and it-rained strongly.
The deep oceans, they rumbled/roared,
and their waves became-strong.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “It is as though the mountains saw you doing that,
and they trembled.
Floods rushed by;
it was as though the deep ocean roared and caused its waves to rise up high.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:11:
- Kupsabiny: “The sun and moon stood still in the sky/up when they saw your arrows of light shining and your spear flashing.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Due to your flashing arrows that come flying
and the flashing spears
The sun and the moon stand still in the sky.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The sun and the moon stopped in their places at the spark/flash of your (sing.) roaring arrows and at the brightness of your (sing.) sparking spear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The sun and moon in their locations hold-still/keep-quiet
to see your (sing.) strong bow-and-arrow
and your (sing.) spear whose edge flashes/gleams.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky
while your lightning flashed past like a swift arrow,
and your glittering spear flashed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:12:
- Kupsabiny: “You passed through the earth in anger and you stepped on communities with pain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “With great anger you marched hither and yonder across the earth.
In your anger you trampled the nations under foot.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of your (sing.) great anger you (sing.) walked-through the earth and trampled the nations,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of your (sing.) anger,
your repeatedly-stepped-on the nations.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Being very angry , you walked across the earth
and trampled the armies of many nations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)