Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Hosea 14:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Repent and return to God
    and say, ‘Forgive us for all our sins.
    Hear our prayers
    and let us praise you with our mouths.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Confessing your sins
    come back to the LORD.
    Say to Him,
    "Please pardon all our sin,
    please hear our prayer,
    then we will offer you our praise.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] return to the LORD and say to him, ‘LORD, forgive all our (excl.) sins and accept us (excl.) according to your (sing.) goodness/kindness, so-that we (excl.) can-offer to you (plur.) praises from our (excl.) lips.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You should return to God and pray this to him, ‘Please cleanse our (excl.) sins so-that we (excl.) will praise you (sing.) that being our (excl.) offering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “So now return to Yahweh
    and say this to him:
    ‘Forgive us for all the sins that we have committed,
    and kindly accept us/our sacrifices
    in order that we may thank/praise you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 14:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “The land of Assyria cannot save us
    and let us not hope again in horses of war.
    We will never again worship idols.
    Have mercy on children who are orphans/poor.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Assyria is not able to deliver us.
    We will not go to battle riding our horses.
    We also will never say again, ‘Our god’
    to idols we have made with our own hands,
    For you will have mercy on those who have no mother or father.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) shall- no-longer -ask for help from Asiria and we (excl.) shall- no-longer -trust in horses for war. We (excl.) also shall- no-longer -call our (excl.) God the little-gods/false-gods which we (excl.) made. For you (sing.) pity us (excl.) like the parentless.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Those-from-Assyria are not able-to-save us (excl.) and already we (excl.) have no horses. We (excl.) will stop worshipping the false/imitation gods we (excl.) have made, because you (sing.) are the place-of-refuge/reliance of the orphan.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “We admit that Assyria will not save us,
    and our war horses will not save us, either.
    We will never again say, ‘You are our gods’
    to the idols that we have made.
    You are the one who acts mercifully to orphans.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 14:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “God says,
    ‘I will remove the sins of my people
    and love them with one stomach.
    Never will I be angry with them again.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will forgive my people for their going on the wrong road.
    I will love them freely,
    From now on I will never be angry with them again. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘I will-heal my people of their being-a-transgressor, and I will-love them sincerely. For my anger with them has-gone now.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “God says, ‘I will heal them in-the-future from their disobedience/obstinacy and I will show my sincere love, because my anger toward them has-been-removed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh says, ‘If they say that to me, I will forgive them for having turned away from/abandoned me,
    and I will love them with all my inner being,
    because I will have stopped being angry with them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 14:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will be like the dew that moistens the ground
    where the people of Israel are.
    They shall blossom like flowers
    and put down the roots like the cedars of Lebanon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will be like drops of dew for Israel.
    They will blossom like the lily,
    and they will take root
    like the cedar trees of Lebanon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-bless those- (who) -come-from-Israel; I will-be like a dew which gives water to the plants. They will-prosper like a lily plant which blossoms. They will-be-strong like the cedar trees in Lebanon whose roots are deep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I-can-be-compared to dew to/for the Israelita and they will flower like the kalalily (white lily that grows in the cordilleras) and they will grow-roots like the trees in Lebanon.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “I will be to the people of Israel
    like dew that refreshes the soil.
    When I do that, they will become as delightful as lilies are when they are blooming.
    No one will be able to conquer them;
    they will be as unmovable as the roots of cedar trees.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 14:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Their branches shall sprout and grow
    and become beautiful like olive trees.
    They shall smell sweet like the forest of Lebanon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “His young shoots will grow.
    His splendor will be like an olive tree,
    his fragrance like a cedar tree of Lebanon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They will-multiply like the branches that put-forth-new-shoots. They will-become honorable like the olive tree which is beautiful and the cedar tree of Lebanon which smells-good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Their twigs will grow-long and their appearance will be lovely/fine like the olive (loan olivo), and they will smell-fragrant like the tree that is cedar (loan sidro) in Lebanon.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Their good influence will spread like the branches of a tree.
    They will be like beautiful olive trees,
    and they will be as delightful as the aroma of the cedar trees in Lebanon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 14:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people shall come back to where I am and I shall be their protector/guard.
    They shall plant and harvest much wheat.
    They shall get wealth like vines that have produced.
    They will become known/famous like the wine of Lebanon is famous.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Once again my people will live under my shadow.
    And they will come to flourish like grain plants.
    They will blossom like the vine.
    Their name will be famous like the wine of Lebanon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Again they will-live/dwell protected by me. They will-prosper like a stalk that flourishes, or grapes that flower. And they will-become famous like the wine of Lebanon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They will return to me and I will again take-care-of them. They will grow in-the-future like rice and they will bear-fruit like grape-plants. They will be reported-about like the alcoholic-beverage in Lebanon.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “People will come to them to be protected
    like people are protected from the hot sun by being in the shade of a tree.
    They will flourish/be strong like grain that grows well.
    They will be successful like a vineyard in which grapes grow abundantly.
    They will become as famous/well-known as the wines from Lebanon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 14:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “I hate those idols, oh, Ephraim.
    I am the one who hears your prayers and takes care of you.
    I will be like a green tree all the days
    and you shall find all peace coming from me.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O people of Ephraim, I have nothing to do with idols.
    I am the one who gives answers to your prayers and the one who cares for you.
    Like the cypress tree, I am always green.
    I am the source of your blessings."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Those- (who) -come-from-Israel, you (plur.) no-longer take-refuge to the little-gods. I will-be-the-one-to-answer your (plur.) prayers and will-care for you (plur.). I will-protect you (plur.); I (am) like a thick cypress tree, that gives shade. I (am) the-one-who causes- you (plur.) -to-prosper.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “What then is the reason-for- those-from-Israel -needing false/imitation gods while (lit. and) I-am-there to give what they request and to take-care-of them? I-can-be-compared to a vigorously-growing pine-tree that is their place-of-shade. I am the source of all their blessings.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “You people of Israel, do not have anything more to do with idols;
    if you get rid of your idols, I will answer your prayers and take care of you.
    I am like a strong/green pine tree,
    and your blessings come from me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Hosea 14:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Let any person who is wise listen to these words and fix them in the head
    because the ways of God are straight/righteous.
    The righteous people follow those ways,
    but the people who pulls away from him fall down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Who is wise? He must understand these things.
    Who is discerning? He must know these things.
    The path of the LORD is right,
    and righteous people go on that path.
    But sinful people will stumble on it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “May the-one-who-has-understanding among you (plur.) know and understand what has-been-written here. The ways of the LORD (are) truly right and these are-being-followed by the righteous-ones, but these have-become a stumbling-block for the transgressors.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Those who are wise/intelligent, may they understand and esteem/heed what is written here. Because the path that God points-out is straight and correct, a pathway (lit. place-of-walking) of the righteous but a cause-of-stumbling of the characteristically-sinful.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who are wise will understand the things about which I have written.
    Those who think well will pay careful attention to them.
    The things that Yahweh wants us to do are right;
    righteous people will conduct their lives adhering to them.
    But those who rebel against Yahweh will be ruined.” (Source: Translation for Translators)