Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 1:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Listen all you people,
  hear this word all you who live in this land/world.
  Let God of authority show/expose words/deeds,
  exposing (them) from his holy house.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Listen, you people of all the nations!
  Listen and give attention oh earth and all the people who are living on it!
  The Sovereign LORD has a witness against you,
  The Lord speaks from his holy temple.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] listen carefully/[lit. well], all you (plur.) people who (are) on the earth! For the Lord GOD will-witness against you (plur.) from his holy temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 1:3:

• Kupsabiny: “Listen (plur.), God is coming from where he lives.
  He shall descend and walk on the high places of this earth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Look! the LORD is coming from His dwelling Place.
  He is coming down and will tread in the highest places of the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Listen! The LORD will-come-out from his dwelling-place. He will-go-down and will-step/tread on the high places of the earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 1:4:

• Kupsabiny: “The hills under him shall melt
  and the ridges be split/divided,
  like bee’s wax that fire has caused to evaporate
  or like water that rushes down a mountain side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The mountains will melt beneath him,
  and the valleys will be divided into two.
  The mountains will melt like wax in a fire,
  the rocks will fall down like water fall down a steep slope.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The mountains that he will-step-on/tread-on will-melt like a candle in the fire, and the valleys/plains that he will-step-on/tread-on will-form-a-depression like the passage-way of water that flows from a slope.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 1:5:

• Kupsabiny: “All these things shall happen on account of the sins of Israel
  and the rebellion of the descendants of Jacob.
  But where are the sins of Israel seen?
  Is it not the city of Samaria?
  Where are idols worshipped in Judah?
  Is it not in the city of Jerusalem?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All this happened because of the transgression of Jacob
  and the sins of the house of Israel.
  What is Jacob’s transgression?
  is it not Samaria?
  Where are Judah’s pagan shrines?
  Is it not Jerusalem?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All of this will-happen because the people of Israel and of Juda have-sinned. The ones from-Samaria are the ones (who) are-pushing the other residents of Israel to-commit-sin. The ones (who) come-from-Jerusalem are the ones (who) are-pushing the other residents of Juda to-worship little-gods/idols/diminutive-gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 1:6:

• Kupsabiny: “So/Therefore God is saying,
  ‘Samaria shall be destroyed to become deserted.
  It shall become a place for planting vines.
  I shall push the stones used to build it into (a/the) valley
  and I shall be beating on its foundations.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of stones
  a field for planting vineyards.
  I will throw its stones down into the valley
  and I will uncover its foundations. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So the LORD says, ‘I will-destroy Samaria and this will- no-longer -be-inhabited/dwelled-in but-rather only will-be-planted with grapes. I will-cause- her rocks -to-roll towards the valley/plains until its foundations come-out/appear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

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

• Kupsabiny: “I shall smash to pieces the idols that those people are kneeling to
  and they shall be burned up completely!
  Those idols that are being worshipped shall be scattered
  and destroyed so that not even one is left.
  That city received wealth through worshipping of idols,
  and that wealth shall be given to idols of other communities.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All its idols will be broken to pieces.
  All its temple gifts will be burned with fire
  and I will destroy all its idols.
  Those gifts were collected from their prostitution
  and they will again be used as wages for prostitutes."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All the images of the little-gods/false-gods of Samaria are-to-be-smashed-to-pieces, and all that their men paid for having-sex with the women who sell their bodies in the temple are-to-be-burned. Samaria has-gathered-together images/statues through payments to the women who sell their bodies in the temple, so now her enemies will-take-(away) the silver and the gold which overlaid her images/statues in-order to-be-used also by her enemies as payment for having-sex with the women in their temple.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

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

• Kupsabiny: “So, please, I shall grieve and mourn.
  I shall walk around without clothes and shoes.
  I shall howl like a wild dog/jackal
  and moan like an owl.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Therefore, I will weep and lament.
  I will go about barefoot and naked
  and I will howl like a jackal
  and moan like an owl.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Micas said, ‘Because of the destruction of Samaria, I will-cry/weep and will-lament. I will-roam-around/stroll-around going-barefoot and without clothes to show my mourning. I will-cry-out the-same-as the howling of a wild-country dog and sound/noise of an owl.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)