Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Parents shall eat their children in Jerusalem and children their parents. I shall punish you and spread the people who remain to go/move to every other place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The parents will-eat their children, and the children will-eat their parents. I will- surely -punish you, and the survivors among you I will-scatter to the entire earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “As a result, parents among you will eat their children, and children will eat their parentsbecause there will be nothing else to eat. I will punish you severely, and I will cause those who will still be alive to be scattered in all directions.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:11:
- Kupsabiny: “Since I am the God of power, and since you (plur.) have defiled my house through the shaped things and witchcraft, I have made up my mind about you (tied my stomach for you). I shall no longer have any mercy for you!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I, the living Lord GOD, swear that I will-destroy you without mercy because you have defiled my temple by worshipping gods and by doing detestable things.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, because you have polluted my temple with all your disgusting statues of idols and by the other detestable things that you do, I will no longer bless you. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:12:
- Kupsabiny: “An epidemic shall finish a portion of your people and hunger shall destroy/kill others. Others will be killed outside the city and I shall spread others to all parts of the land and chase them with the sword.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-divide you into three parts. One part will-die through famine and diseases there in the city. The other part will-die by sword outside the city. And the remaining part I will-scatter to the entire earth and I will-continue to pursue them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One-third of your people will die inside the city because of the plagues they will experience or by famine/lack of food. One-third of your people will be killed byyour enemies’ swords outside the city. And one-third I will cause to be scattered in all directions; butyour enemies will still pursue you and kill you with their swords.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, my anger and the punishment I have for those people shall subside because I have had my revenge/pay. Then they will know that I God have spoken with severity.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If this will-happen now I will-recover from my severe anger with you, and I will-be-able-to-take-revenge/lit. pay-back you (plur.). When I have now let- you -experience/[lit. taste] my anger, you will-know that I, the LORD, had spoken to you because of extreme feeling to you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then I will no longer be angry with you; I will stop punishing you after I have gotten revenge on you. And when I stop punishing you, you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken to you because I have been very strongly concerned aboutwhat you have done.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Jerusalem, you shall become a deserted place and be insulted/scorned among other nations and even those who pass by shall laugh at you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-destroy your city and you will-put- you -to-shame by the nations around you and by the ones-who-pass-by your place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause your city to be a ruins, with the result that people of other nations that are around you will pass by and see it and sneer at you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Since you are insulted/shamed for what I have done to you, that will cause other nations to be afraid and tremble. It is I God who have said (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You will-be-put-to-shame, will-be-mocked, and will-be-dreaded/taunted by the nations around you. You will-be-a-warning to them in times that I will-punish you in my fierce anger. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They will make fun of you and taunt you. When I severely punish you because of my being very angry with you, they will be horrified and they will be warned. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:16:
- Kupsabiny: “I will block for food to come from outside and then famine will finish you. I will send drought and famine until (it/they) wipe away your people completely!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-send you a famine that is like an arrow that will-destroy you. The famine will-become-more-serious and more-serious until you no-longer have something-to-eat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When I cut off your food supply and cause there to be more famine, it will be as though I am shooting at you with my arrows that will destroy you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:17:
- Kupsabiny: “I will send famine and animals that eat people and destroy your children and you will lose one child after another. A plague/epidemic shall destroy you and blood shall be shed because of war. It is I God who am speaking.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Aside from famine I also will-send you fierce animals and they will-kill your children. You will- also -die in diseases and in war. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause you to experience a famine, and I will send wild beasts to attack you and your children, and all your children will be killed. You will experience plagues and wars, and I will cause your enemies to attack you with their swords. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)