Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 11:4:
- Kupsabiny: “I led them along with a rope of
love and compassion.
I was like a person who removed the yoke from their necks
and fed them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I drew them with cords of
human kindness and love.
I lifted the yoke from their neck
and bent down to feed them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I led them with love like the love of a man/person to his cow. As-if like I took the yoke from their neck and stooped to feed them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When-I-led them, I showed my mercy/kindness and love. I can-be-compared to a person who holds- a baby -against his cheek. I bent-down to feed them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “It was as though I fastened ropes around them to lead them,
while I loved them and was kind to them.
It was as though they were young oxen ,
and I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
