Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 5:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Their actions block those people
so they do not return to their God.
Adultery defeated them
and they do not even know God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “‘Their deeds do not allow them
to come back to their God.
A spirit of prostitution is in their heart,
They do not know the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘Your (plur.) wicked works hold- you (plur.) -back from returning to me your (plur.) God. For there in your (plur.) heart (is) the spirit that pushes you (plur.) to worship little-gods, and you (plur.) do- not -acknowledge me as the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Because they like to do evil things,
they will not return to me, their God.
Like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands , they have abandoned me;
they do not even know me, Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
