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

• Kupsabiny: “Do not go (plur.) to Bethel to pray.
  Do not go to Gilgal.
  Do not flee to Beersheba.
  The people of Gilgal will be driven away to become slaves
  and Bethel will be destroyed.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Do not search at Bethel,
  Do not go to Gilgal,
  Do not go to Beersheba to do puja.
  People of Gilgal will surely go into exile
  and Bethel will come to nothing.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) no-longer go to Betel, to Gilgal, or to Beersheba in-order to-worship. For the people of Gilgal will- surely -be-taken-captives, and Betel will-disappear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Do not go to Bethel to seek my help;
  do not go to Gilgal to worship;
  do not even go to Beersheba,
  because your enemies will drag away the people of Gilgal to other countries,
  and Bethel will be completely destroyed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Go to where God is so you will live.
  But if you do not go to him
  he will fall on Israel like fire
  and destroy Bethel
  never to be extinguished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Search the LORD and you will live!
  If you don’t, he will come to Joseph’s
  descendants like a fire that will consume them.
  No one will be there to extinguish the fire in Bethel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] take-refuge in me, you (plur.) who (are) descendants of Jose, so-that you (plur.) will-live. For if not, I will-attack you (plur.) as-if like fire. Therefore Betel will-be-destroyed and no one can-stop it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So, come to Yahweh;
  if you do that, you will remain alive.
  If you do not do that,
  Yahweh will descend on you descendants of Joseph like a fire;
  that fire will burn everything in Bethel,
  and nothing/no one will be able to save that town.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 5:7:

• Kupsabiny: “Oh, people of Israel!
  You are the ones who go astray from the truth
  and throw away the matters of righteousness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “You pervert justice and turn it into bitterness,
  and throw righteousness to the dust.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) are-to-be-pitied! Justice which (is) good you (plur.) turn-into-bad and you (plur.) consider-as-nothing/give-no-value-to what-is-just.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You people distort what is fair/right and cause people to think that it is something that is very bitter;
  you treat good things as though they are evil.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 5:8:

• Kupsabiny: “It is God who made all the stars
  those that are called Pleiades and Orion.
  He changes darkness to become light
  and he changes the day to become night.
  He gathers the water of the ocean
  and makes it rain on the land.
  He is God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He who created groups of stars such as the Pleiades and the Orion,
  he who turns deep darkness into morning light and
  makes the day into dark night,
  that God summons the waters and they gather,
  and then He pours them out
  His name is the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “God is the one-who-created the groups of stars which-are-called Pleyades and Orion. He (is) the one-who-changes the darkness into light, and the day into night. He (is) the one-who-gathers the water of the sea to the clouds and he causes- it -to-rain upon the ground. His name is the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Do you know who created all the groups of stars
  and put them in their places?
  Each morning he causes the darkness to become the dawn,
  and each evening he causes the daylight to become darkness.
  He scoops up water from the oceans to become clouds,
  and then he dumps the water from the clouds onto the earth.
  The one who does those things is named Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 5:9:

• Kupsabiny: “He destroys those who have strength
  and scatters those protected cities.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All of sudden, he will destroy the powerful.
  And he will destroy the fortified cities.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He (is) the one-who-sends sudden destruction upon the defenses of the city, and he destroys the stone-walled city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He causes strong soldiers to be killed,
  and causes the high walls around/fortresses of cities to be torn down.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 5:10:

• Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
  ‘You persecute the one who rebukes those who make mistakes
  and you hate those who speak the truth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “You hate honest judges
  And you also hate those people who speak the truth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) from-Israel, you (plur.) (are) angry at the one-who-judges rightly and tells the truth in the court.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He is the one who will punish you
  because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions,
  and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 5:11:

• Kupsabiny: “You suppress the weak
  and rob them of their food on account of taxes.
  So, you will never live in your houses
  that you have built from beautiful stones,
  and you will never drink the wine of your grapes
  that come from your gardens/fields.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “You are oppressing the poor
  and you robbed them of their grain.
  Therefore though you built fancy stone mansions
  you will not live in them.
  And though you have planted pleasant vineyards
  you will not drink wine from them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) mistreat/oppress the poor-ones and force/insist (them) to give you (plur.) their produce/harvest. Therefore you (plur.) can- not -live in the mansions which you (plur.) built, and you (plur.) can- not -drink wine from the grapes you (plur.) planted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes.
  You have built big stone mansions for yourselves,
  but you will not be able to live in them.
  You have planted vineyards,
  but there will not be any grapes for you to harvest to make wine.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 5:12:

• Kupsabiny: “I know how great your sins are
  and your disobedience.
  You cause suffering to gentle people.
  You take bribes and block the weak
  not to get justice in court.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Because I know that your transgressions are many
  and that your sins are very great.
  You give trouble to the righteous and take bribes from them.
  In the courts you pervert justice to the poor.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For I know how great-in-numbers and how serious (are) your (plur.) sins. You (plur.) oppress the people who (have) no sin and you (plur.) even take-money-(illegally) (from them). You (plur.) do- not -give justice to the poor-ones in the court.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I know all of your sins
  and the terrible crimes that you have committed.
  You oppress righteous/honest people,
  and you accept bribes.
  You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)