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

• Kupsabiny: “And then take a plate of shining metal and place it between you and the city and after that then turn yourself towards it. That is when you have besieged it and you are the one who has besieged it. That will show the house of Israel that something shall come.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then you (sing.) take a wide iron and set- it -up between you and the city as a stone-wall. You face the city as-if you are attacking it. This will-be a sign to the people of Israel that they will-be-attacked by their enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then take an iron pan, and place it to be like an iron wall between you andthe drawing of the city. Then turn your face toward the drawing. It will symbolize thatenemy troops will surround the city to attack it. That will be a warning 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 4:4:

• Kupsabiny: “Then lie down on your left side and carry/put on your head the sin of the house of Israel. Carry their sin for/during those days that you are lying on the left side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Afterwards, you lie-down side-way on the left side as a symbol that you are carrying-on-your-shoulder the sin of the people of Israel. You will-carry/bear their sin according to the number of the days of your lying-down.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then lie on your left side, and stay like that for 390 days. That willsymbolize that the Israeli people will be punished for their sins; you must lie like that one day for each year during which they will be punished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 4:5:

• Kupsabiny: “I have decided that I shall punish/pain you one day on account of their sins of/for each year that their punishment shall last. So, you shall carry the sin of Israel for three hundred and ninety (390) days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “One day represents one year. Therefore for a period/[lit. inside] of 390 days you will-carry-on-your-shoulder their sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then lie on your left side, and stay like that for 390 days. That willsymbolize that the Israeli people will be punished for their sins; you must lie like that one day for each year during which they will be punished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 4:6:

• Kupsabiny: “When those days are over, turn around on your right side putting on your head the sin of Judah. That shall take you forty days. One day is like one year.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Afterwards, turn-over to the right and carry-on-your-shoulder also the sin of the people of Juda for a period/[lit. inside] of 40 days; one day represents also one year.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After that, lie down again. This time, lie on your right side for 40 days. That willsymbolize that the Israeli people will be punished more for their sins, one day for each yearduring which they will be punished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 4:7:

• Kupsabiny: “Observe how Jerusalem has been surrounded/besieged and then show how much strength you have and prophesy to (them/it) bad things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Look- again -at the brick, which is Jerusalem being-besieged, and speak against Jerusalem while you are rolling-up the sleeves of your clothes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Turn your face towardthe drawing of Jerusalem and bare your armlike a soldier does who prepares to go into a battle , and prophesy aboutwhat will happen to the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 4:8:

• Kupsabiny: “I shall tie you so that you cannot turn around to see to this side or that side until you have finished the days of the siege.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-tie you -up with rope so-that you can- not -turn-from-one-side-to-the-other until your showing/demonstrating the besieging city has finished.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You will not be able to move; it will be as though I have tied you with ropes in order that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finishedsymbolizing how many years the city will be besieged/surrounded by enemy soldiers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 4:9:

• Kupsabiny: “Take wheat, barley, beans, peas/lentils, millet and sorghum. Mix all these things to prepare from them bread that you can eat until those three hundred and ninety days are over while you lie on one side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Now, you get some wheat, barley, seeds of vegetable, beans, millet and spelt, and put these all in one container and that is what you will-make into bread. This is what you will-eat for a period/[lit. inside] of 390 days that you are-lying-down side-way on the left.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Before you do that, take some wheat and barley, beans, lentils, spelt and millet, and put them in a storage jar, and use that to bake breadfor yourself. That is what you will eat during the 390 days while you lie on your left side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 4:10:

• Kupsabiny: “You are allowed at the appointed hours each day to eat bread that has been prepared from two hundred and thirty grams of the mixture.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “About 1/4 kilo/230 grams only of bread is what you are-going-to-eat each day at set times.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You will eat 8 ounces/a small loaf of bread each day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)