Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 5:12:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I shall make Israel suffer
and inflict wounds on Judah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since it is like that, I will become like a moth for Ephraim and
like rotten wood for the house of Judah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Its-as-if I (am) like an insect that gnaws Israel and Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will destroy the people of Israel like larvae of moths/cockroaches destroy wool,
and I will cause the people of Judah to be like rotten wood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 5:13:
- Kupsabiny: “When Israel saw how it suffered and also Judah saw how their wounds were many, they both went to seek help from the big king of Assyria. But that one was unable to save or cure them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘When Ephraim saw his disease and
when Judah saw his wound,
Ephraim sent men to the great king of Assyria for help.
But he was not able to heal you,
he was not able to heal your wound.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘When Israel and Juda saw their not good situation, Israel asked-for help from a mighty king of Asiria. But he could- not -help them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When the leaders of Israel and Judah saw that the people were suffering
because of what their enemies were doing to them ,
they sent messages to the great King of Assyria
requesting his help.
But he cannot help you;
he cannot cause you to stop suffering,
because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 5:14:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I shall crush Ephraim and Judah like a lion crushes an animal it has caught. I shall cut those people to pieces and take them and no one can save them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion.
Having torn them to pieces I will go on my way.
I will drag them off and there will be no one who will rescue them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For I will-attack Israel and Juda like a lion that devours his victim. I myself will-be- the -one-to-destroy them. I will-bring them to other nations, and no one-else can-save them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will become like a lion to both nations;
I will attack them and tear them to pieces.
I will drag them away,
and no one will be able to rescue them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 5:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Then I shall return to my house/dwelling until my people accept that they have sinned. Matters shall pain them at that time/place until they search for me.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will go back and stay in my place
until they acknowledge their sin,
They will start seeking to see my face.
When they experience suffering and trouble
they will seek me intensely.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Afterwards I will-return to my place, until they admit their sins. And they will- surely -take-refuge in me in their suffering.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After that, I will return to my place in heaven
until they admit that they have sinned and return to me;
when they will experience many troubles,
they will request me to help them.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:1:
- Kupsabiny: “People will say,
‘Please, come (plur.) let us return to God.
He tore us to pieces
But he will again save/heal us.
He has wounded us but
he will bandage our wounds.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Come! Let us go back to the LORD!
He has torn us to pieces,
yet He will heal us.
He has wounded us,
but he will bandage our wounds. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The Israelinhon spoke-to-one-another, ‘Come, let us (incl.) return to the LORD. He (is) the-one-who destroyed us (incl.) and he too (will-be) the (one who) will-help us (incl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, the collective-people said, ‘Let us turn-to-face God! He has hardshipped us, but he will heal/medicine us just the same. He has wounded us, but in-the-future indeed he will wrap-up our wounds.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “The Israeli people say, ‘Come, let’s return to Yahweh!
He has caused us to be injured,
but he will heal us.
He has caused us to be wounded,
but it is as though he will put bandages on our wounds.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:2:
- Kupsabiny: “He will heal us in a few days
and then he will us to live/stay where he is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After two days He will cause us to live again.
On the third day he will raise us up again,
so that we may live in his presence.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Its-as-if we (incl.) (are) like a dead-one that he will- immediately -cause-to-live. In not a long-time he will-cause- us (incl.) -to-rise, and we (incl.) will-live in his presence.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When two or three days are finished, he will make- us -alive again and we will live in his location.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “After a very short time he will revive us;
in less than three days he will restore us
in order that we may live in his presence.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Let us return to God.
Let us try to know him.
He can be trusted as (sure as) the sun rises
and the rain rains.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Come! Let us know the LORD!
Let us press on to know him!
His going forth is as certain as the rising of the sun.
He will come to us like the rain to our place,
like the coming of rains to soak the fields."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Let- us (incl.) -try to know the LORD. He will-arrive and this (is) very sure like the rising of the sun. He will-arrive like rain that gives water to the earth.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “We will acknowledge God and we will put-forth our ability (our efforts) to know him. His coming is certain like the coming-out (i.e. rising) of the sun and the arriving of rain at its proper time to water the soil.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “We must try to know Yahweh;
if we do that, he will come and help us,
as surely as the sun rises every morning,
as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season,
and as surely as the rain falls again in the springtime/at the end of the cold season.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:4:
- Kupsabiny: “God says,
‘What might I do with you, Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
Your love disappears like the morning fog.
It is like dew that vanishes when the day dawns.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O Ephraim, what should I do with you?
O Judah, what should I do with you?
Your love seems to disappear
like the morning mist and like the water of the dew. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But the LORD said, ‘Peoples of Israel and Juda, what shall- I -do with you (plur.)? Your (plur.) love to me just vanishes soon like a mist or dew in the morning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But God said, ‘When then will I do to you Israel and Juda? Your love for me is like cloud/fog or dew in the morning which in-a-little-while ceases-to-exist.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “But Yahweh knows they are insincere;
so he says to them, ‘You people of Israel, and you people of Judah,
I do not know what I should do to you.
Your being faithful to me will disappear as quickly as the morning mist disappears,
like the dew on the ground that disappears quickly when the sun shines.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
