complete verse (Hosea 9:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not rejoice, oh, people of Israel.
    Do not be happy as other communities are,
    you committed adultery since you did not obey your God
    and you enjoyed what you were given
    for the adultery you were doing in all the places where one threshes wheat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O people of Israel!
    do not rejoice like the people of other nations.
    For you have not been faithful to your God.
    You love to take wages for doing
    prostitution on every grain-threshing floor.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Hoseas said, ‘You (plur.) from-Israel, [you (plur.)] stop your (plur.) merry-making which (is) like what the other nations are-doing. For you (plur.) worship little-gods/false gods and walk-away from your (plur.) God. In any place-of-threshing of the stalks you (plur.) rejoice-over the produce/harvest which you (plur.) considered as payment of your (plur.) little-gods/false-gods because of your (plur.) worshipping them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You people of Israel, do not shout joyfully during your festivals like people of other nations do!
    I say that because you have not been faithful to/abandoned me, your God.
    At every place where the people thresh grain
    you have presented gifts to your idols like men pay money to prostitutes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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