Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, I am telling you: I do not come near you (I hate you) on account of the lying you have and the false revelations you are receiving.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore I, the Lord GOD, am-saying that I will-go-against them, for their prophecies are lies and their vision is not true.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you prophets have said what is false, and because your visions are lies, I am opposed to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will punish those who get false revelations and those who predict things that do not come to pass. I do not want these people to enter into the council of my elders or counted among the house of Israelites or even to return to the land of Israel. That is when you (plur.) will know that I am the God of power.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-punish these prophets whose vision of theirs is not true and what they prophesying is a lie. They will not be-considered as part of my people and their names will- not -be-written in the list of the people of Israel, and they also can- not -enter into the land of Israel. Then you (plur.) will-know that I am the Lord GOD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will strike/punish all you prophets who falsely say that you have seen visions and prophesy things that are lies. You will not have any place among my people, your names will not be listed in the records of the Israeli people, and you will never return to Israel. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “These people are leading my people astray. They are saying there is peace even though there is no peace. These people are like people who build a fragile wall and plaster it with white soil to do as if/pretend that it is strong even though it is not.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘These prophets are-causing-to-wander my people by saying that everything is fine, but (it is) indeed/[surprise particle] not good/fine. As-if just like that the people are-building a frail stone-wall, and the prophets just plastered it with mixture of lime and mud.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They deceive my people, saying ‘Things will go well for us,’ when things will not go well. It as though the people have built a shaky/weak wall, and the prophets cover it with whitewash/white paint to make people think that it is a very strong wall.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Tell those prophets, ‘I shall send a wind and hailstorm to destroy that wall.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Tell those who plaster that their stone-wall will-be-broken, for I am sending a strong rain. The rain of ice that seemed-like stones will-land on that stone-wall, and it will-be-struck by a strong wind.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So, tell those prophets who cover the wall with whitewash that the wall will surely fall down. It will rain very hard. I will send big hailstones to fall. Very strong winds will blow against it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the wall has fallen you will be asked about what did your white soil help?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And when it has- now -fallen the people will-ask them, ‘What is the help of your plastering of lime and mud?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the wall falls down, the people will certainly say to those prophets, ‘The white paint certainly did not make the wall strong!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, I shall send a wind and hail on account of the words that have pained me. A rain that destroys people shall beat/hit (you).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore I, the Lord GOD, saying: In my great anger, I will-cause-to-fall-down the stone-walls through a strong wind, rain of that seemed-like stones, and strong rain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because I am very angry with you, I will send enemy armies to destroy Jerusalem. It will be as though I will send a very strong wind and hailstones and very heavy rains to destroy you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall destroy that wall that you smeared white soil on completely! That wall shall fall on you to crash you completely. Then you shall know that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Yes, I will-have- the stone-wall that you had-plastered with a mixture of lime and mud -fall. I will- really -have (the stone-wall) -fall until its foundations come-out/appear. And when it has- now -fallen, you (plur.) will-be-crushed and will-die. Then you will-know that I am the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The false prophecies of your prophets are like a wall that they have covered with whitewash, but I will break it down, and shatter it down to the ground, with the result that people can see its foundations. When the wall collapses, you also will be killed, and everyone will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 13:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 13:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall pour out my anger on that wall and the people who smeared it with white soul. Then I will say to you (plur.), ‘The wall does no longer exist and also those people who smeared it with white soil are finished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-cause- the stone-wall and those who plastered it -to-experience my anger. Then I will-have-it-known that the stone-wall is no more as-well-as those who plastered it” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In that way I will show that I am very angry withthe people who built the wall and those who covered it with whitewash/white paint. Then I will say to you, ‘The wall is destroyed/gone, and those prophets who put whitewash/white paint on it have been killed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)