Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 2:12:
- Kupsabiny: “But you made those people that I had set aside drink alcohol
and you told those prophets not to prophesy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “But you made your Nazarites drink wine
and you commanded the prophets not to speak prophecies. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “But what is-it- you (plur.) -have-done? You (plur.) caused- the Nazirites -to-drink wine and you (plur.) commanded the prophets that they should- not -tell my message.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But you commanded the prophets to not speak the messages that I gave to them,
and you persuaded the Nazir-men to drink wine,
which I told them never to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
