Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:12:

• Kupsabiny: “After that, Amaziah said to Amos, ‘Get away from here you prophet and flee to the land of Judah. Go and speak words there so you can be given something.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Amaziah said to Amos, "You prophet, get out of here, go to Judah and get your food there and prophesy there” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Amazia said to Amos, ‘You (sing.) prophet, you (sing.) get-out from here and you (sing.) return to Juda. Do/Earn there your (sing.) source-of-living as a prophet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Amaziah came to me and said, ‘You prophet, get out of here! Go back to the country of Judah! Earn money to buy food to be able to live there, and do your prophesying there!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:13:

• Kupsabiny: “Do not go to speak your news/words again in Bethel, because it is the holy home of the king and it is where all of Israel are praying.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Do not prophesy any more at Bethel because this place is the King’s place for doing puja and it is the temple of the kingdom."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) no-longer tell the message of God here in Betel, for it is here the temple where the king worships, the temple of his kingdom.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “But then Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I was not a prophet or even the son of a prophet. I was looking after sheep and pruning fig trees.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Amos answered to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet who prophesies for wages, nor am I one who belongs to a group of prophets. I am a shepherd and a man who takes care of sycamore-trees” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Amos replied to Amazia, ‘I (am) not a prophet before or a follower of a prophet, but-rather I was one-who-watches-over the sheep and care-taker of sycamore trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I replied to Amaziah, ‘I was previously not a prophet, and my father was not a prophet; I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:15:

• Kupsabiny: “But God called me to leave shepherding and he said to me, ‘Go and speak for me where my people of Israel are.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But the Lord called me from tending sheep and said ‘go and prophesy to my people Israel’.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But the LORD told me that I should-leave my work as (the) one-who-watches-over the sheep and I should-tell his message to you (plur.) from-Israel his people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Yahweh took me away from taking care of my sheep, and he said to me, ‘Go to Israel and prophesy to my people there!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:16:

• Kupsabiny: “So listen to the words that God is saying. You (sing.) are saying, ‘Do not go to prophesy about Israel and tell news about the house of Isaac.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Therefore, now listen to the word of the LORD: You say,
  "’do not prophesy against Israel
  and quit preaching against the people of Isaac.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, you (sing.) who are-saying that I will- not -tell the message of God to those from-Israel who (are) descendants of Isaac, listen to this that the LORD is-saying against you (sing.): ‘Your (sing.) wife will-sell her body in the city and your (sing.) children will-die in war/battle. Your (sing.) land will-be-divided by the enemies who will-take- it -by-force, and you (sing.) will-die in another nation. And very surely those from-Israel will-be-taken-captives to other nations.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to the people of Israel;
  stop saying those things!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:17:

• Kupsabiny: “So, now, Amaziah, God is saying to you, ‘Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city. Your children will be killed in battle and your farm will be distributed to other people. So, you yourself shall die in a country that is not clean and the people of Israel shall be taken to a faraway country.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Therefore, this is what the LORD says,
  ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city,
  You sons and daughters will be killed with swords.
  Your country will be measured and divided.
  You yourself will die in an unclean country that does puja to idols.
  And the people of Israel will surely be taken
  as exiles to a land far from Israel’s own land."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, you (sing.) who are-saying that I will- not -tell the message of God to those from-Israel who (are) descendants of Isaac, listen to this that the LORD is-saying against you (sing.): ‘Your (sing.) wife will-sell her body in the city and your (sing.) children will-die in war/battle. Your (sing.) land will-be-divided by the enemies who will-take- it -by-force, and you (sing.) will-die in another nation. And very surely those from-Israel will-be-taken-captives to other nations.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Therefore listen to what Yahweh says about you:
  ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city,
  and your sons and daughters will be killed by your enemies’ swords.
  Others will measure your land
  and divide it up among themselves;
  and you yourself will die in a foreign country.
  And the people of Israel will certainly be forced to leave their country and go into exile/to live in another country.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 8:1:

• Kupsabiny: “This is again/also (a) word/matter that God showed me. I saw a basket of fruits.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The Lord God showed me another vision. In a vision I saw a basket full of ripe fruit.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This is what the Lord GOD showed to me: I saw a basket with ripe fruits.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh showed me in a vision a basket full of ripe fruit.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 8:2:

• Kupsabiny: “God asked, ‘Amos, what are you seeing?’ I answered, ‘A basket of ripe fruits.’ (He) said to me, ‘It is the end of my people of Israel. I will no longer forgive them and I will not show mercy to (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He asked me, "Amos, are you seeing anything?"
  "A basket full of ripe fruit ready to eat," I replied.
  And the LORD said to me, "I am very ready to punish my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sins."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD asked me, ‘Amos, what do you (sing.) see?’ I replied, ‘A basket with ripe fruits.’ Then the LORD said to me, ‘The end has- now -come for my people from-Israel. I will- no-longer -have-mercy/compassion on them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He asked me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’
  I replied, ‘A basket of very ripe fruit.’
  He said, ‘That indicates that it almost the end for my Israeli people. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)