Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:2:
- Kupsabiny: “And on that fifth day of that month in the fifth year after king Jehoiachin had been taken to another country to become a prisoner,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I am Ezekiel the priest the child of Buzi, and I was one of those who-were-taken-captive to Babilonia. One day, when I was-living beside the River Kebar together-with the others captives, the heaven opened-up and I was-empowered by the LORD, and then he showed me visions. This happened on the fifth day of the fourth month on the 30th year. This was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoyakin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I am Ezekiel, a priest, the son of Buzi. When I was 30 years old, I wasliving among theIsraeli people who had been exiled from/forced to leave Judahand had come to Babylon. I was living along the Kebar River/Canalsouth of Babylon. Almost five years after King Jehoiachin had been exiled/forced to leave Judah, on the fifth day of the fourth monthof that year, it was as though the sky was opened and I saw visions from God.
On that day,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
