Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 2:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Ezekiel, listen to the words that I am saying. Do not also you go astray from me like that house/family that went astray from me. Open your mouth and eat what I am about to give you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘But you (sing.) man, listen to what- I (am) -saying to you (sing.). You (sing.) do not rebel-against me like them. Open-[your (sing.)-]mouth and eat what- I (am) -giving you (sing.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But human, you must pay attention to what I say. Do not be rebellious like they are. Now open your mouth and eat what I give to you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 2:9:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, I saw a hand that stretched itself out to me. There was a book that was rolled up in the hand.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then I saw a hand reaching-out to me a rolled-up document.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then, as I watched, I saw his hand that was stretched toward me. In his hand was a scroll.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 2:10:

• Kupsabiny: “Then (he) released/unrolled that book. On both sides of that book were written words of tears/lament and grief together with pain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He spread it before me, and it had written words of mourning and laments in the front and on the back.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He unrolled the scroll. On both sides of it were written words that expressed sorrow and mourning and words about trouble/disaster.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 3:1:

• Kupsabiny: “(He) said to me, ‘Ezekiel, chew this book and then go and preach/speak to the people of Israel.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The voice still said to me, ‘Man, eat this rolled-up document, and you (sing.) go and speak to the people of Israel.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to me, ‘You human, eat this scroll that is in front of you. Then go and speak to the Israeli people.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 3:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Then I opened my mouth widely and (he) gave me that book to eat” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So I opened-up-[my-] mouth, and he caused- me -to-eat the rolled-up document.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 3:3:

• Kupsabiny: “while saying to me, ‘Eat this book until you are satisfied/full.’ So, I ate (it) but/and it was sweet like honey.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He said to me, ‘Okay, eat that until you (sing.) will-be-satisfied.’ And when I ate-it, it was sweet as honey.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then he said to me, ‘You human, eat the scroll that I have given to you. Fill your stomach with it.’ So I ate it, and in my mouth it tasted as sweet as honey.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 3:4:

• Kupsabiny: “When I had finished, (he) said to me, ‘Ezekiel, go to where the stomach (people) of Israel is and tell (them) my words.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He then said to me, ‘Man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my message to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then he said to me, ‘You human, go to the Israeli people and tell them my message.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 3:5:

• Kupsabiny: “You are not being sent to where people who speak a language you do not know are but to where the house of Israel is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I am- not -sending you (sing.) to the people whose language is different and hard to-understand, but to the people of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The people to whom I am sending you are not people whose language is very difficultto learn, a language which you do not understand. I am sending you to your Israeli people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)