Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 9:1:
- Kupsabiny: “When a few months had passed, the leaders came to me and said, ‘The people of Israel together with the priests and the Levites did not stay away from doing evil/sin like that of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After all these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, The people of Israel, even the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the repulsive worship practices of their neighbors, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Ezra still said: After this happening, the leaders/[lit. heads] of the Jews came to me and said, ‘Many of the people of Israel, as-well-as the priests and the Levites, (are) the-(ones) acting/behaving like the people around them. They do the dreadful deeds of the Canaanhon, Hithanon, Periznon, Jebusnon, Ammonhon, Moabnon, Egiptohanon, and Amornon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Some time later, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, ‘Many Israelis, and even some priests and other men who are descendants of Levi who work in the temple, have not kept themselves from doing what the other people who are living in this land do. They are practicing the detestable things that the Canaan, Heth, Periz, Jebus, Ammon, and Amor people-groups, and the people from Moab and Egypt do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
