Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:4:
- Kupsabiny: “I looked around and then I saw a wind blowing from the side of North. It was a heavy cloud and lightning flashed and it was glowing red shining at the top/roof which surrounded the area. (It) glowed like iron that has just been taken from a fire!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “While I was-looking, I saw a storm which comes from the north. It was-lightening from the thick dark-cloud, so the surrounding became-bright. The lightening in the middle of the dark-cloud was-shining as-if-like a shiny metal.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “In one of the visions, I saw a windstorm coming from the north. There was a huge cloud, and lightning was flashing continually, and a brilliant light surrounded the cloud. In the center of where the lightning was flashing there was something that resembled glowing bronze.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:5:
- Kupsabiny: “There were four things there that were like a person” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I also saw in the middle of the dark-cloud four living creatures as-if-like men,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “In the center of the storm I saw what resembled four living creatures. They resembled humans,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:6:
- Kupsabiny: “but each one of those things had four heads and four wings.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “but each one of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight, and their feet were as-if-like the foot of a cow and shone like a shiny bronze. There was a hand of a man beneath each of their wing,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “but each of them had four faces and four wings.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Their legs were straight/stretched and they had hoofs like those of a calf and they shone brightly like bronze that has been rubbed until it became smooth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “but each one of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight, and their feet were as-if-like the foot of a cow and shone like a shiny bronze. There was a hand of a man beneath each of their wing,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Their legs were straight. Their feet resembled the hooves of calves, and the creatures shone like polished bronze.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:8:
- Kupsabiny: “And under each wing there was a hand/arm of a person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “but each one of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight, and their feet were as-if-like the foot of a cow and shone like a shiny bronze. There was a hand of a man beneath each of their wing,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On their four sides under their wings there were hands like humans have.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Those wings were the same size and touched one another. But the animals were stretched out to look forward so that they did not change/turn when they walked.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “and their wings were-touching-each-other. They were-flying together in any direction, without turning-around.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “As the four creaturesstood there, they formed a circle/square, with their wings touching each other. They did not turn when they were moving; they went straight ahead.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Each one of those things had a face of a person and on the right hand side there was a head of a lion and on the left the head of an ox. Each one had the head of an eagle on the back side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the appearance of their faces: in the front, appearance of a man; on the right, appearance of a lion; on the left, appearance of a bull; and at the back, appearance of an eagle.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Eachof the creatures had four faces. The face that was in front of each one was a face that resembled a human face. The face on the right side resembled a lion’s face. The face on the left side resembled an ox’s face. The face in back resembled an eagle’s face.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:11:
- Kupsabiny: “Two of the wings were spread out so that they touched the wings of the others which were near that animal but two of their wings were folded in to cover their bodies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Their two wings were-spreading and touching-each-other, and still their two more wings cover their bodies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Two of each creature’s wings were lifted up and touched the wings of the creatures that were on each side. The other two wings were folded against the creature’s body.” (Source: Translation for Translators)