Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 5:18:

• Kupsabiny: “How bad it is for you
  who are waiting for the day of God!
  Why do you want that day of God?
  That day is of darkness
  and not of light.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Woe to you,
  who are waiting for the Day of the LORD.
  What benefit will there be to you from that Day?
  That Day will be darkness and not light.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) are-to-be-pitied who wait for the day of the LORD. You (plur.) do- not -think that that day you (plur.) will-be-saved but-rather you (plur.) will-be-punished.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)