Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 1:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:5:

Kupsabiny: “Then The Spirit of God surrounded/enveloped me and told me to say to those people, ‘The God of power is saying: You stomach of Israel are saying like that but I know what you are thinking in your heads.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Then I was-empowered by the Spirit of the LORD and he told me to say this: ‘This is what the LORD says to you people of Israel: I know what you say and think.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then the Spirit of Yahweh came upon me and told me to sayto the people, ‘This is what Yahweh says: You Israeli people are saying those things, but I know what you are thinking.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:6:

Kupsabiny: “You have killed countless people in this city until the corpses have piled up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “You have killed many in this city and the corpses just are-scattered in the street.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “You have killed many people in this city and filled the streets with their corpses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:7:

Kupsabiny: “So, I the God of power is saying: Even though this city is well guarded, I shall chase you from this city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Therefore I, the Lord GOD, says this to you: (It is) true that this city is like a cooking-pot, but the corpses that you scattered in the city were the meat. And you on-the-other-hand I will-drive-out-from this city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Therefore this is what Yahweh the Lord says: The corpses of the people whom you have killed here are like the meat , and this city is like the pot , but I will expel you from this city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:8:

Kupsabiny: “You are afraid of (the) sword but this sword is what I will use to finish you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “You are-afraid of war, but I will-have- you- attack by your enemy. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “You are afraid ofbeing killed by enemies’ swords, and that is what I will cause to happen to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:9:

Kupsabiny: “I shall chase you from this city and hand you over to foreigners as I have decided for you to get punishment/pain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “I will-drive- you -out-from this city and cause-to-be-taken-captive by those from-other place and I will-cause- you -to-be-punished by them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “I will expel you from this city and enable foreigners to capture you and punish you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:10:

Kupsabiny: “You will be killed with (the) sword fleeing until the border of your country while I finish you. Then you will realize that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “You will-die in battle all-the-way till the border of Israel. Then you will-know that I am the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “They will kill you with their swords; you will be punished right here in Israel. Then people will realize that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:11:

Kupsabiny: “As this city is in a bad position you are also in a bad position! You will be killed until the border of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “This city will- not -be like a cooking-pot for you, and you will- not -be like a meat inside it. For I will-punish you till the border of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “This city will not be aa place were you will be protected like meat in a covered pot. I will punish you wherever you are in Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 11:12:

Kupsabiny: “Then you shall realize that I am God because it is my wishes and my laws that you did not follow. But you took over the habits/culture of the communities that are your neighbors.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Then you will-know that I am the LORD. I will-do this because you did- not -obey my commands and statutes. What you obey is the statutes of the nations around you.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “And you will know that I, Yahweh, have predicted that would happen, because you have not obeyed my commands and decrees; instead, you have imitated thewicked behavior of the people of the nearby nations.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)