Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:19:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall make you be my wife forever. You shall be mine and I shall do for you goodness and truth/justice. I shall love you and have mercy on you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will make you my wife forever.
I will be your true and faithful husband.
I will always show you kindness and love.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘I will-consider you (plur.) my wife forever/[lit. until whenever]. I will-do to you (plur.) what (is) just and right. I will-love you (plur.) and will-show-mercy,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:20:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall keep what I have promised you and make you be mine. That is when you shall know that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because I am faithful to you I will make you my wife
and you will acknowledge me as the LORD."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “and I will-be faithful to you (plur.). Therefore you (plur.) will- truly -know me the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:21:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall tell the sky/up to rain on the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD says,
"In that day I will answer,’ says the LORD.
‘I will give an answer to the skies
and the skies will give answer to the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I, the LORD, say that on that day I will-answer your (plur.) prayer. I will-cause-to-rain so-that will-grow in the ground” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:22:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, the soil shall produce wheat, vines and olive in Jezreel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The earth will give an answer to the grain,
new wine and oil,
and they will give an answer to Jezreel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “the grains, grapes and olives for you (plur.) who are-called Jezreel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:23:
- Kupsabiny: “I will give my people to live in their land. I will show mercy to those that I called ‘Not shown mercy.’ I shall call those I called ‘Not my people’ ‘my people.’ Then, they shall say, ‘You are our God.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will establish my people and make them prosper.
I will show mercy and love to the one I had said, ‘I will never have mercy on you.’
To the ones I said ‘You are not my people’ I will say, ‘You are my people.’"
And they will say "You are our God.’’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-cause- you (plur.) -to-dwell/live in your (plur.) land as my people. I will-show my mercy to you (plur.) who are-called Lo Ruhama. And you (plur.) who are- also -called Lo Ami I will-call my people, and you (plur.) will-say that I am your (plur.) God.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 3:1:
- Kupsabiny: “God said to me, ‘Go and show love to your wife/woman again even though she is adulterous and has another man. You must love her as I have loved the people of Israel even though they are worshipping idols so they can offer them cakes of grapes.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD said to me, "Go, go again and love your wife. Even though she is an adulteress and she has loved other men. Show her kindness and love, just as the LORD also showed kindness and love to the Israelites, even though they turn away towards other gods and they love to take offerings of raisins to idols."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me, ‘Show again your (sing.) love to your (sing.) wife even though she commits-adultery-with-a-man. Love her as I love the people of Israel even though they worship other gods by offering bread with raisins.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, God said to me, ‘Go take-back your (sing.) spouse. Even though she commits-adultery (lit. mans-with) and another/others love-(her), show your (sing.) love to her like the way I who am God love the Israelita, even-though they have turned-their-backs-on me and have worshipped false/imitation-gods to-which- they -have-offered the best offerings.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Go and show to your wife that you still love her, even though she has been committing adultery with another man who loves her. That will show that I still love the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods/idols and eat raisin cakes in feasts that honor those gods.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 3:2:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I went to buy that woman with fifteen pieces of silver and three bags of barley.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So I bought that woman back for fifteen shekels of silver and a hundred and fifty kilogram of barley.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So I bought her for the amount of 15 pieces of silver and four sacks of barley.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And-so I redeemed my spouse with ten and five silver-coins and seven gantas (one ganta = three liters) of barley.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “My wife had become a slave, but I bought her for 6 ounces/179 grams of silver and ten bushels of barley.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 3:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Then I said, ‘We should stay together for many days. Do no longer be a prostitute and do not again let another man sleep with you. I shall also honor you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then I said to her, "You must stay with me for many days. You must not do prostitution, nor be intimate with any man, I will stay with you and I will behave the same way toward you."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And I told her, ‘[You (sing.)] live with me for a long time. You (sing.) must not lie-down-beside/(have-sexual-relations-with) with another male. Even I will- not -lie-down-beside/(have-sexual-relations-with) you (sing.) yet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I said to her, ‘It-is-necessary that you (sing.) live-with me a-long-time and that you (sing.) stop committing-adultery. It-is-necessary that you (sing.) not sleep-with other men. Even I, I will not sleep-with you (sing.).’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Then I said to her, ‘You must wait for many days before we sleep together. During that time, you must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sex with any other man; but I will live with you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
