Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:58)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:58:

  • Kupsabiny: “You yourself shall suffer the consequences of the immorality and the bad things you have done. It is I God who is speaking.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You will-bear the punishment because of your dirty/lewdness and detestable deeds. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:59)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:59:

  • Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying: I will do to you what you deserve because you are the one who despised what I promised, you broke the covenant.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is still what the Lord GOD is saying: ‘I will-punish you with what you deserve, for you did- not -pay-attention to your promise by breaking our covenant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:60)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:60:

  • Kupsabiny: “But I will remember the covenant that I made with you when you were still young and I shall make a new covenant with you that goes on for years and years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But I will-fulfill the covenant which I made with you where you were still young, and I will-make a covenant which will-continue without end.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago , and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:61)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:61:

  • Kupsabiny: “That is when you shall remember what you did and be ashamed at that time when you are returned to your big and small sister. I will make them become like your daughters even though I did not make the covenant to be like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then you will-remember how you acted before and you will-be-ashamed, especially if I make your sister, Samaria and Sodom, as your children, even-though they were not part of my covenant with you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome the people of Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will put them under your control by causing them to become like your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:62)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:62:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will renew that covenant that I made with you and you shall know that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-make-firm my covenant with you, and you will-know that I am the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will establish my agreement with you, and 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 16:63)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:63:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will forgive you for everything that you did wrong. But you shall remember that evil until you are speechless. It is I the God of power who is speaking.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You will-remember your sins and you will-be-ashamed, and as-if you will not speak anymore in too much shame when I will-forgive now all what you did. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again boast about them, because you will be humiliated.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 17:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 17:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh gave me another message. He said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 17:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 17:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, tell the Israelites a story.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Man, tell this parable to the people of Israel,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘You human, tell this story/parable to the people of Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)