Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh, Lebanon, open your doors
so that fire can burn your cedars.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O Lebanon, open the door,
So that fire will consume your cedar trees.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) residents of Lebanon, you (plur.) open the doors of your (plur.) cities so-that fire can-enter to-burn-down your (plur.) cedar trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Let the cypresses scream
because those big cedars have fallen.
Let the oaks of Bashan wail
because the forest has been felled.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Weep, you pine trees! For the cedars have fallen.
Tall and beautiful trees have fallen.
Howl, oh you oaks of Bashan,
the trees of the dense forest have been felled.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And now that the beautiful and thickest trees of cedar were-ruined, the cypress trees will- also -be-ruined and the oak/terebinto trees of Bashan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:3:
- Kupsabiny: “The people who have animals are screaming
because the pasture has been destroyed.
Lions are roaring
because the bush of the river Jordan has been removed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Listen to the shepherds crying.
For their pastureland is destroyed.
Listen to the roar of the lions,
for the thickets on both sides of the Jordan River have been destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The ones watching-over sheep are-crying for their (rich)/fat pastures/place-for-grazing are-destroyed/ruined. Lions are-roaring for the forest of Jordan which (is) their place-to-reside/dwell-on is-ruined/destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:4:
- Kupsabiny: “My God is saying to me, ‘Look after sheep that are going to be slaughtered.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “This is what the LORD my God says: "Pasture the flock marked for slaughter.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This-is what the LORD my God says:
‘Take-care of the sheep that are-going-to-be-butchered.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This is what Yahweh my God said to me: ‘I want you to become a shepherd for a flock of sheep that are about to be slaughtered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Some people are buying the sheep and then slaughter (them), but those people are not pained/punished. Those people are saying, ‘God be praised/exalted! We have gotten wealth today.’ Even the shepherds have no pity on those sheep.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Those who buy the sheep kill them, but they will not even be punished. Those who sold them will say, ‘Praise the Lord, we became rich.’ Shepherds do not have compassion on their flocks.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Their buyers and butchers (are) not punished. Those who-sell them say, ‘Praise the LORD! I am already rich!’ Even their watchers/shepherds have-no pity on them.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The people who are going to buy the sheep will kill the sheep, and they will not be punished. Those who are selling the sheep say, ‘I praise Yahweh, because I will become rich!’ Even the shepherds do not feel sorry for the sheep.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:6:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I God is saying that I will no longer show mercy on the people of this land. I shall leave/allow them to mistreat one another and I shall allow the king to mistreat every person. Those people will destroy the land and I shall not save anyone.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “From now on I will not have compassion on anyone in the country," says the LORD. "I will turn the people against each other and put them in the hand of their rulers and they will crush the country. Yet I will not save them from their hands."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Take-care of my people for I, the LORD, say that I will-no-longer pity the people on earth. I myself will-push each person to-be-under/to-submit to his/her fellowman and to his/her king. And to them who-have-power to others will-bring disaster/trouble to earth, and I will- not -save the people from their hands.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And similarly, I no longer feel sorry for the people of this country. I am going to allow many of them to be captured by other people or by their king. Those who capture them will ruin this country, and I will not rescue any of the people.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Therefore/So, I was registered (took a job) to become a shepherd of sheep that are going to be slaughtered. Then, I took two sticks and called one of them ‘Mercy,’ and I called the other ‘Fellowship/togetherness’. Then I went to take care of (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Yet when I saw the need of the weak and miserable flock that was marked for slaughter I pastured them. And I took two staffs, and I named one staff ‘favor’ and I named other stick ‘union’ and I pastured the flock.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘So I took-care of the sheep that (were) to-be-butchered by the merchants of sheep. I took two staffs; one I called (Very)-Good and the (other) one I called Unity.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So I became the shepherd of a flock of sheep that were about to be slaughtered for their meat to be sold to the dealers. I took good care of the sheep, even the ones that were the weakest sheep. Then I took two shepherds’ staffs/walking sticks. I named the one staff ‘Kindness’ and the other staff ‘Union’. And I took good care of the sheep.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:8:
- Kupsabiny: “I was angry with the other shepherds and the sheep were also angry with me. I killed three shepherds in one month.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I Got rid of the three shepherds in a single month.
And that flock of sheep hated me. I became impatient with them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘I caused-to-leave the three shepherds/watchers in just one month. For I lost patience with them, and they themselves (were) angry with me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But the three shepherds who had been working with me detested me, and I became impatient with them. Within one month I dismissed/got rid of those shepherds.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
