complete verse (Hosea 14:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 14:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “The land of Assyria cannot save us
    and let us not hope again in horses of war.
    We will never again worship idols.
    Have mercy on children who are orphans/poor.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Assyria is not able to deliver us.
    We will not go to battle riding our horses.
    We also will never say again, ‘Our god’
    to idols we have made with our own hands,
    For you will have mercy on those who have no mother or father.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) shall- no-longer -ask for help from Asiria and we (excl.) shall- no-longer -trust in horses for war. We (excl.) also shall- no-longer -call our (excl.) God the little-gods/false-gods which we (excl.) made. For you (sing.) pity us (excl.) like the parentless.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Those-from-Assyria are not able-to-save us (excl.) and already we (excl.) have no horses. We (excl.) will stop worshipping the false/imitation gods we (excl.) have made, because you (sing.) are the place-of-refuge/reliance of the orphan.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “We admit that Assyria will not save us,
    and our war horses will not save us, either.
    We will never again say, ‘You are our gods’
    to the idols that we have made.
    You are the one who acts mercifully to orphans.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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