Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:3:

• Kupsabiny: “and ask the priests and prophets, ‘Should we continue to mourn on account of the destruction of the House of God? Should we still fast in the fifth month as we have been doing in previous years?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “and to ask the priests and prophets of the temple of the LORD Almighty concerning this matter: "Should we or should we not fast and mourn in the fifth month as we have been doing year by year like before?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This happened after the people of Betel sent Sharezer and Regem Melec, together with their men, to seek the favor of the priests at the temple and of the prophets to ask the LORD if they should still continue to mourn and fast in the fifth month to remember the destruction of the temple, as they were-doing for so many years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They also asked the priests at Yahweh’s temple and the prophets this question: ‘For many years, during the fifth month and during the seventh month of each year, we have mourned and fasted/abstained from eating food. Should we continue to do that?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:4:

• Kupsabiny: “The God of authority said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then the word of the LORD Almighty came to me,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And this-is(particularly) what the LORD Almighty said to Zacarias:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:5:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Tell all the people of this land together with the priests: In the seventy years that have passed, you have fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month. But do you (plur.) think that you were doing that fasting for me?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “when you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months over the past 70 years, did you really fast for me? ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Talk to all the people of Israel including the priests, that their fasting and mourning every fifth and seventh month within (the period) of 70 years they did- not -do (it) for me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said, ‘Tell the priests and all the other people of Judah that during the past 70 years, when they mourned and fasted during the fifth and seventh months of each year, it was not really me, Yahweh, whom they were honoring.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:6:

• Kupsabiny: “When you were eating and drinking, were you not doing like that for your own sake?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Did you not eat and drink for yourselves at the festivals?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And when they are-eating and drinking, they do this for their own happiness/satisfaction only.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And when they ate and drank, it was really to benefit themselves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “These matters/words are what God already/earlier said through his prophets of before. Then there were many people in Jerusalem at that time and there was peace. And again, (people) lived in the cities that were near Jerusalem in the province of Negev and in the ridges of the West.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Isn’t this what the Lord said through the earlier prophets? When Jerusalem was developed and populated by many people. Many people settled in the small towns around it as well as in the Negeb to the south and the lowlands of the west".” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This-is(particularly) what the message that I told the prophets to proclaim/tell long ago, the time when Jerusalem was- still -prosperous and there-were many people including the towns around in it, and including Negev and Shefela.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “That is certainly what I continually told the former prophets to proclaim to the people, when Jerusalem and the nearby towns were prosperous and filled with people, and people also lived in the desert area to the south and in the foothills to the west.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, God said again to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then the word of LORD came again to Zechariah,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD said again to Zacarias,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh gave another message to me, saying” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:9:

• Kupsabiny: “‘This is the word that the God of authority is saying: Make your (plur.) judgments in/through truth. Show love among one another and be merciful.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD Almighty says like this, ‘Judge fairly, show love and compassion to each other, ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘This (is) what I said to my people: ‘You (plur.) judge truthfully/honesty. You (plur.) show kindness and mercy to one another.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Tell the people that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Do what is just/right, and act kindly and mercifully toward each other.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:10:

• Kupsabiny: “Do (plur.) not do bad things to these people: widows, orphans and foreigners or people who have nothing. You must not do bad things to one another.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Don’t oppress the widows, nor orphans, nor foreigners nor the poor. And do not plan ways of harming one another.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Do- not -oppress the women widows, the orphans, the foreigners who live among you (plur.), and the poor. You (plur.) do- not -think of evil/bad against one another.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Do not oppress/treat cruelly widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)