Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:6:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, Gomer again became pregnant and bore a second child who was a girl. God said to Hosea, ‘Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, because I will no longer have mercy with these people of Israel and forgive them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Gomer became pregnant again, and she gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, "Name her Lo-Ruhamah, for never again will I pardon the nation of Israel, showing them mercy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Gomer conceived again and gave-birth to a female/(daughter). The LORD said to Hoseas, ‘Name the child Lo-Ruhama, for I will- no-longer -show-mercy or forgive the people of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Gomer got-pregnant again and a female is what she gave-birth-to. God said to Hosea, ‘Lo-Ruhama is what you (sing.) will-name-(her), because already I will not show-mercy to those-from-Israel. Absolutely I will not again forgive them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Later Gomer became pregnant again, and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me ‘Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, which means ‘not loved,’ because I will no longer show that I love the people of Israel, and I will not forgive them for the sins that they have committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:7:
- Kupsabiny: “But I will show mercy to the people of Judah. I alone am their God who will save those people, and I shall not be using their arrows, their swords or the soldiers of horses.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But I will show love to the house of Judah. Their deliverance will be accomplished not by bows, arrows and swords nor by battle and horsemen but by the LORD their God."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But I will-show-mercy to the people of Juda. I, the LORD their God, will-save them by-means of my power not by-means of war — by bow-and-arrow, by sword, by horses or by horse riders.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But I will-show-mercy to those-from-Juda and I will-save/rescue them. Not by-means-of war, sword, bow/arrow, horses or soldiers will-be- my -way to save/rescue them but rather by-means-of my own power whom am Yahweh their God.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But I will show that I love the people of Judah by saving them from their enemies. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by the power that I, Yahweh their God, have.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:8:
- Kupsabiny: “When Lo-ruhamah had been weaned, Gomer again became pregnant and bore another boy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After Gomer weaned her daughter of milk, she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Gomer had- already -weaned her child Lo-Ruhamah, she became-pregnant again and gave-birth to a male/(son).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Gomer weaned Lo-Ruhama, she-got-pregnant again and a male is who she gave-birth-to.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “After Gomer had weaned/stopped breast-feeding Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:9:
- Kupsabiny: “God said to Hosea, ‘Give that child the name Lo-ammi, because you are not my people and I am not your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD said to Hosea, "Name him Lo-Ammi, because the Israelites are not my people and I am not their God.”” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to Hoseas, ‘Name the child Lo-Ami, for the people of Israel (are) not my people and I (am) not their God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God said, ‘Name (sing.) him Lo-Ammi, because you Israelita are not my people and I am not your God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said ‘Give him the name Lo-ammi, which means ‘not my people’, because the people of Israel are no longer my people, and I am not their God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:10:
- Kupsabiny: “But there is a day/time when the people of Israel will be very many like the sand of the ocean, which cannot be counted. Where they were told, ‘You are not my people’ they will be told, ‘You are children of God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘In spite of that, the number of the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which can neither be counted or measured. At the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But the time will-come that I will-show-mercy and bless them; they will-be as-numerous-as the sand on the seashore which can- not -be-measured-by-volume or counted. As of now they are-called, ‘Not my people,’ but some-time-later they will-be-called, ‘Children of the living God.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But you Israelita in-the-future will-become-many and it will be like the sand in the ocean which is not countable and not measurable (as with a grain measure). And in the same place where-I-said that you are not my people, you will in-the-future be-named children of the living God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But some day the people of Israel will be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now I am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘You are the children of God who is all-powerful.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:11:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Judah and those of Israel shall again join together. They will choose one (person) as their leader, and then, they will prosper in their land so it becomes a big day of Jezreel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The people of Judah and Israel will be united, they will choose one leader for themselves, and they will return together from where they were in exile. Indeed, that day will be a great day for Jezreel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The people of Juda and Israel will-become-one again, and they will-choose one leader/[lit. head]. They will-prosper again in their land. How joyful that time for the town of Jezreel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Later indeed (predictive formula) the people in Juda and Israel will-be-one and they will appoint one as their leader. And then they will again become-many and their lives will-improve in their country. That-aforementioned day will be valuable in Jezreel!’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “At that time, the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries to which they have been exiled/forced to go. That will be a great time; Jezreel also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:1:
- Kupsabiny: “So, you (plur.) shall call your brothers ‘My people’ and call your sisters ‘Being shown mercy.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Call your Israelite brothers ‘Ammi’ and your sisters ‘Ruhamah.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore [you (plur.)] call your (plur.) fellow Israelinhon ‘My people’ and Had-been-shown-Mercy.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “At that time, you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, ‘You are God’s people,’ and you will say to your fellow-Israeli women, ‘You are ones whom God loves.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Rebuke your mother and scold her,
because she is no longer my wife
and I am no longer her husband.
Rebuke her to abstain from adultery
and promiscuity.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Oh my children, argue with your mother.
Yes indeed, now she is neither my wife
nor am I her husband.
She must remove the prostitution from her face
and the adultery from between her two breasts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Children, [you (plur.)] rebuke your (plur.) mother even-though she (is) not my wife anymore, and I (am) not her husband anymore. [You (plur.)] rebuke her that she should stop now her committing-adultery-with-a-man.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)