Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 4:8:
- Kupsabiny: “You are eating the sacrifices that sweep away sin
and are happy for the mistakes of my people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The priests eat the purification offering that the people bring.
So when the people sin, the priests rejoice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) want that my people will-sin so-that you (plur.) can-eat their offerings for becoming-clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The priests get food from the offerings that the people bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned,
so the priests want the people to sin more and more
in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
