Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 13:4:
- Kupsabiny: “God says,
‘I am your God
who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
There is no other God
and no other savior apart from me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “But I am the LORD your God.
I brought you out from the land of Egypt.
Besides me you have no other God.
I am the only one who delivers you. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘I (am) the LORD your (plur.) God who caused- you (plur.) -to-come-out of Egipto. You (plur.) acknowledged no other God and Savior but me alone.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But God says, ‘Starting-from your-being in Egipto, I am/have-been Yahweh your God. You have no other God because there is no other who will save you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But Yahweh says to his people, ‘I am Yahweh, your God,
the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt.
You must believe that only I am God
and that there is no other God,
and that there is no one else who can save you!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
