Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 1:1:
- Kupsabiny: “These are words that God showed to Micah who hailed from the city of Moresheth. Micah received these words when Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah were ruling the land of Judah. God revealed to Micah all these words about the city of Samaria and that of Jerusalem.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “During the reign of the kings of Judah- Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, the word of LORD came to Micah who live in city of Moresheth. Which he saw in a vision about Samaria and Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the message of the LORD concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. He revealed this to Micas who comes-from-Moreshet during the time that Jotam, then Ahaz, and Hezekia reigned in Juda.
Micas said,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - English: “I am Micah. I am from the town of Moresheth in Judah. Yahweh gave me these messages in visions about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time when Jotham, and then Ahaz, and then Hezekiah, were the kings of Judah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
