Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Hosea 6:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, I have cut you with the words of my prophets.
    I have speared you with the words I said.
    I will punish you quickly like the sun rises.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So I cut you to pieces through the prophets.
    I killed you with the words of my mouth.
    My judgment has hit you like lightning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “That is why I (am) warning you (plur.) through my prophets that you (plur.) will-die. I will- surely -reveal my judgment as fast as lightning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore I have sent my prophet(s) to tell the way I will judge and punish you. What I want you to do is clear.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “I warned you by the messages that I gave to the prophets,
    but you did not pay attention to my messages.
    Therefore I will completely destroy you;
    the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 6:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “I prefer love
    rather than sacrifices
    It is better for you to know me God
    instead of when you make sacrifices to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “For it is not sacrifices that I love but kindness,
    and for you to know God is more pleasing to me than burnt offerings.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For (it is) not your (plur.) offerings what I want but-rather your (plur.) love. I would-rather want that you (plur.) acknowlegde me than you (plur.) offer burnt offerings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “What I want is your continuing love for me, not the animals that you sacrifice/offer. More do I want your knowing me than the offerings/sacrifices that are burned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “I want my people to faithfully love me
    more than I want them to offer sacrifices to me;
    I want them to know me
    more than I want them to completely burn sacrifices on the altar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 6:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “But you (plur.) broke my covenant
    like Adam did,
    and then/there you committed sin towards me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But, like Adam, they broke the covenant.
    There they acted against me in an untrustworthy manner.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Like Adan, you (plur.) counted-as-no-value my covenant with you (plur.). You (plur.) betrayed me there in your (plur.) place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘But you are like Adan, you did not obey the agreement- I -presented. You showed that you were not trustworthy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “But they have refused to obey my agreement, just like Adam did;
    they have not been faithful to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 6:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Gilead is a city of sinners.
    Blood is spilled everywhere.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Gilead is a city of wicked people.
    And it is a city full of bloody footprints.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The city of Gilead is-inhabited by the wicked people including murderers/killers.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “For-example, Gilead is a town/country of many characteristically-sinful-ones. Many are the-ones-they kill there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Gilead is a city full of people who do wicked things;
    in the streets are the bloody footprints of those who have murdered others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 6:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priests are like thieves
    who lie in ambush for people on the path.
    They kill people on the road going to Shechem.
    They do astounding sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As Gangs of robbers hide in wait for people,
    so the Priests on the road going
    to Shechem they are killing people,
    They have committed great crimes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Your (plur.) priests are-like a group of robbers who watch-for someone-to-be-victimized. They kill on the road going to Shekem, and whatever else/other shameful deeds they do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Their priests are like a group/gang of criminals who are-waiting for who they will kill on the road that goes to Sekem. Oh how fearful/dangerous! Serious (lit. heavy) is their sin!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “The priests are like bandits who wait in ambushes/along the road to attack people;
    they murder people who are walking on the road to Shechem,
    and they commit other disgraceful crimes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 6:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “I have seen very bad matters in Israel.
    Ephraim has entered itself in matters of adultery.
    Israel has spoilt/defiled itself” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I have seen repulsive work being done in the house of Israel.
    the prostitution of Ephraim is there,
    Israel has defiled itself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Those (who) come-from-Israel, what I saw among you (plur.) (is) terrible; you (plur.) worship little-gods, therefore you (plur.) became-dirty.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Extremely evil is what-I-am-seeing that is-being-done in Israel. They have-made-filthy themselves/their bodies, because they sleep-with prostitutes in the temples of false/imitation-gods.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “I have seen horrible things being done in Israel.
    The people have abandoned me like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands ;
    so the people of Israel have become unacceptable to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 6:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 6:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “and I have prepared for a day/time when I will punish Judah.
    When I want my people to live in a good way like the old times,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O Judah,
    a time of punishment has also been determined for you.
    ‘When I restore the fortunes of My people. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And even you (plur.) who come-from-Juda, you (plur.) (are) already appointed to-be-punished.
    ‘I would/[lit. wish particle] like to restore the good situation of my people.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You (sing.) also Juda, there-is a determined/judically-decided time of your (sing.)-punishment.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “And you people of Judah,
    I have appointed a time when I will punish you, too.
    Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 7:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 7:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “when I wanted to heal my people of Israel,
    the sins of Ephraim sprang up/revealed themselves
    and/with the bad deeds of Samaria.
    People went around speaking lies.
    Thieves break into people’s houses.
    They rob people of their things on the road.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When I am about to heal Israel,
    the wickedness of Ephraim
    and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed.
    They live by deceiving others.
    Thieves break into the house, take off with the loot,
    bandits are robbing on the road.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I would/[lit. wish] like to heal those (who) come-from Israel. But what I saw among them is their wickedness. They cheat, going-inside houses and steal, and robbing in the streets.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘and when I wanted to heal them again,
    I did not do it,
    because I saw the wicked things that the people of Samaria city and other places in Israel have done.
    They constantly deceive others;
    bandits rob people in the streets.” (Source: Translation for Translators)