Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 7:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 7:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “The king will mourn, his son will be anxious so that he loses hope and the hands of the common people shall tremble. I shall punish a person according to his deeds and judge (him) according to the things he does. Then (they) shall realize that I am God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The king will-mourn and will-loose-hope, and the people will-tremble in terror. I will-judge them according to their ways and according also to their judgment of others. Then they will-know that I am the LORD.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Your king will mourn, and his son will no longer expectthat good things will happen. The hands of people throughout the country will tremble. And I will do to them what they deserve for their wicked behavior. I will judgeand condemn them the same way they have judgedand condemned others. Then they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 8:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “And in the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year while we were in the land that we had been driven to, leaders of the people of Judah were in my home. The power of God came to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the fifth day of the sixth month, on the sixth year of our (excl.) captivity, I was-empowered by the Lord GOD. I was-sitting at that-time in my house and the ones-who-ruled of Juda were-talking with me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On the fifth day of the sixth month of that year, almost six years after we Israeli people had been exiled/forced to go to Babylon, I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. Suddenly the power of Yahweh the Lord came on me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 8:2)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “And when I looked up, I saw something like a person. He shone brightly like fire from the waist to the feet. But from the waist going up, he was like metal that glowed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I saw (someone) seems-like a man. From his waist going-down he was like a fire, and from his waist up he was like a shining metal.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Thenin a vision I saw someone who resembled a man. Below his waist, his body was like fire, and above his waist his body was glowing like very hot metal.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 8:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then he extended something like a hand and took hold of my hair. The Spirit carried me up and went with me to Jerusalem. He went to place me there by the gate which was at the side of North in the courtyard of the House of God where that idol was that was being worshiped that incited God to become angry.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He stretched-out what-seemed-like his hand and he held me by the hair. The Spirit lifted- me -up into the air and brought to Jerusalem, in the north side of the gate of the inner courtyard of the temple, where a little god was-placed which really provoked- God -to-anger.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up high above the earth, and in visions God took me from Babylon to Jerusalem. He took me to the temple, to the north gate, to the place where there was an idol that caused Yahweh to be very disgusted and furious.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 8:4)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “The light/glory of the God of Israel was in front of me which was like when the revelation came to me in the valley.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then I saw there the mighty presence of God of Israel, like what I saw in the valley.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And there in front of me was the brilliant light that indicated the presence of the God whom the Israeli people previously worshiped. It was like the vision that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 8:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then he said to me, ‘Ezekiel, look towards the North.’ Then I saw this idol that had been formed that makes God angry there by the gate at the end of the side of North where one goes to the altar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then God said to me, ‘Man, you look toward the north.’ Then I looked, and I saw beside the gate near the altar the little-god which really provoked- God -to-anger.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh said to me, ‘You human, look toward the north!’ So I looked, and I saw in the entrance of the gate near the altar that idol that caused Yahweh to be disgusted and furious.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 8:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then God said to me, ‘Ezekiel, do you see the frightful things that the house of Israel is making here? Have you seen the things that are about to make me go far from my house? But you shall see even other things more frightful than these.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “God said to me, ‘Man, do you see what they people of Israel are-doing? Do you see their very detestable doing here, to drive- me -away from my temple? But you will-see even more detestable-things.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He said to me, ‘You human, do you see what those Israeli people are doing? They are doing detestable things here, things that will cause me to abandon my temple. But you will see things that are even more detestable.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 8:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, he took me to the gate of the courtyard. As I looked around I saw a small hole in the wall.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then he brought me to the gate of the courtyard of the temple, and when I looked, I saw a hole on the stone-wall.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard. I looked and saw a hole in the wall.” (Source: Translation for Translators)