Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 7:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people do not pray to me in truth
when they cry out on their beds.
They cut marks in their bodies while praying to idols
but they refuse me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “They do not pray to me from their inmost hearts,
rather they lament on their beds.
They all gather together for grain and new wine
but they turn their faces away from me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Their calling to me is not sincere. While they cry in their beds asking-help from the little-gods/false-gods of grain and wine, they wound their body. They walk-away from me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They do not cry out to me sincerely ;
they only lie on their beds and wail.
They gather together and ask me to give them grain and wine,
but they turn away from me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
