Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Amos 6:10)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “But a relative of a dead person may come wanting to burn the body and bury (them). And when he is about to carry the corpse outside, he asks the person who may still remain inside, ‘Is there any other people together with you?’ That one may respond, ‘No.’ After that, the relative of the dead person will say, ‘Be quiet! We should not even mention the name of God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The relative who is responsible for burial of the dead men will take the dead bodies out of the house. That relative will ask men who are inside the house, "is there anyone else with you?" He will answer from inside the house, "No" and will say, "be quiet, we must not mention the LORDS’s name."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The corpse/dead-body of the one who died will-be-taken by his/her relative in-order to-be-burned. And he will-ask from the one-who-hides inside the house, ‘Do you (sing.) still have others with-(you) there?’ If he will-answer none, then the man who asked will-say, ‘Keep-quiet now! For you (sing.) might even mention the name of the LORD and we (incl.) will-be-punished.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If a relative who has the task of/is responsible for burning their corpses comes to the house and inquires of anyone who is still hiding there, ‘Is there anyone here with you?’, and that person replies ‘No,’ the one who inquired will say, ‘Be quiet! We must not mention the name of Yahweh, lest he cause us also to be killed!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Amos 6:11)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “Listen, God is saying a word,
    the big house will be destroyed/split open and fall down
    and also the small one will break to pieces.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The Lord has given his commands,
    He will smash the large houses into pieces
    and he will pulverize the little houses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In truth, if the LORD will- now indeed -command, he will-smash all the houses, either those small or big.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Terrible things like that will happen because Yahweh has commanded that large houses in Israel must be smashed into pieces,
    and small houses must be smashed into tiny bits.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Amos 6:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 6:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do horses run on a rocky place that has been dug up?
    Does a person plough the ocean with oxen?
    Why have you turned truth/justice to become poison
    and overturned righteousness to be a bitter thing?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “What! do horses run on rocky cliffs?
    What! Does anyone plow there with oxen?
    But you turn justice into poison
    and make the fruit of righteousness bitter.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Can- horses -run on the rocky cliff? Can- a cow -plow in the sea? Of course not! But you (plur.) created/made justice to harm a man/person, and what (is) righteous you (plur.) turned into evil/bad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Horses certainly do not run on big rocks,
    and certainly people do not plow the sea with oxen.
    But you have done things that no one should do:
    You have distorted what is fair/right and caused it to be considered like poison ;
    you have changed what is right and consider it to be like things that are bitter.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Amos 6:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 6:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “You are happy for the city of Lo-debar that you have plundered
    and you are proud that you have plundered Karnaim in/with your strength.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You boast about defeating the city of Lo Debar
    You boast, "we defeated the city of Karnem by our own strength.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) rejoice in your (plur.) victory against the towns o Lo Debar and Karnaim, and you (plur.)say, ‘We (excl.) defeated them through our (excl.) own strength.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You are proud because you have captured Lo-Debar town,
    and you have said, ‘We captured Karnaim by our own power!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Amos 6:14)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “But the God of authority is saying,
    ‘Please, stomach of Israel,
    I shall cause another community to attack you.
    They shall cause you to suffer starting from Lebo-hamath
    to the valley of Arabah.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD God Almighty says, "Oh, House of Israel,
    I will rise up a nation against you
    and they will oppress you from Lebo Hamath
    as far as the valley of the Araba."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The truth-is the LORD God Almighty says, ‘You (plur.) people of Israel I will-cause- a nation -to-attack (you pl). They will-oppress you (plur.) and your (plur.) place will-be-under-jurisdiction from Lebo Hamat going to the place-where- water -flows of Araba.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But the Commander of the armies of angels declares,
    ‘I will cause another nation to attack you people of Israel;
    they will oppress you/cause you to suffer all the way from Hamath Pass in the northwest
    to the Dead Sea in the southeast.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Amos 7:1)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “This is the message that God showed me. The first food/crop was ready for harvest and the king had received his share. Also the crop of the second planting has begun to grow. Then, I saw God sending a swarm of locusts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me in a vision – This is what I saw: After the king’s part of the crops had been harvested and when the new crop was sprouting, he created a swarm of locusts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is what the Lord GOD showed to me: I saw that the LORD gathered so many locusts after the king had-been-given his share from the first produce/harvest and when the second produce/harvest was- now -about-to-start.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh our God showed me in a vision that he was going to send locusts to destroy our crops. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Amos 7:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those locusts ate everything green in the land. And when they had finished eating, I said, ‘Oh, God, forgive your people! They are so few! How can the people of Israel survive now?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When they had finished eating the harvest in the fields I said, "Oh Sovereign LORD forgive. How can Jacob survive? He is so small."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the locusts ate-up all the plants, and nothing else was-left. And then I said, ‘Lord GOD, I ask-for-a-favor from you (sing.) that you (sing.) will-forgive the descendants of Jacob. How can- they -live if that punishment will-happen? They are weak and have no capability.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And in the vision I saw those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, ‘Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israeli people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive ?/we will not be able to survive!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Amos 7:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, God changed his thoughts and said, ‘It shall never happen like that.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD relented concerning this.
    "This will not happen", says the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore the LORD changed his thinking/mind and he said, ‘What- you (sing.) -saw will- no-longer -happen.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Yahweh changed his mind and said, ‘That will not happen.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)