Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Then God said to me, ‘This gate will stay closed like this without ever being opened. No person may enter this gate any day because I the God of the people of Israel have entered through it” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me, ‘This way should always closed. This will never be-opened so-that no one will-pass-by here, for I, the LORD, the God of Israel, had-passed-by here.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to me, ‘This entrance must remain shut. It must not be opened by anyone; no one will be permitted to enter it. It must remain shut because I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, have caused it to be sacred by entering through it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
