Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Since/As (sure as) I am the God of power, you shall not repeat any day saying this proverb in Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘I, the Lord GOD who lives, swear that you will no-longer say this proverb in Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, you Israeli people will no longer quote that proverb.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:4:
- Kupsabiny: “I rule the life of everybody whether child or its parent. So/Therefore, a person dies his own death (is punished for his own sins).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) listen to this! Every life is mine — the lives of the parents and the children. The man who only sinned is the one who will-die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Everyone who is alive belongs to me. That includes children and their parents; they all belong to me. And it is those who sin who will diebecause of their sins.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Let us say that there is a completely good person and kind.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For-example, there is a righteous man and he does what is right.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So, suppose there is a righteous person
whoalways does what is fair and right.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:6:
- Kupsabiny: “He does not worship those idols of the Israelites or eats meat that has been offered on the hills. He does not seduce/follow the wife of another man or sleeps with a woman who is in her days of the month.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He does not worship little-gods/false-gods of Israel or eat the offerings for these little-gods/false-gods in the places-of-worship on the mountains. He does- not -lie-down-beside/(does- not -have-sexual-relations-with) the wife of others or with a woman who is having-a-monthly-period.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He does not eatmeat sacrificed to idols on the hilltops,
he does not request help from idols.
He does not have sex with someone else’s wife
or have sex with a woman during her monthly menstrual period.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:7:
- Kupsabiny: “He does not trick people or rob a person of his things. He pays back the things that his giving a loan made him hold on to and those who are hungry he feeds. He also gives clothes to the one who has no clothes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He does not oppress, and he returns what is-being-guaranteed by the ones-who-borrow from him. He does not steal, but he causes-to-eat the ones who are hungry and he gives clothes to the ones who have no clothes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He does not mistreat/oppress people;
if someoneborrows money from him and gives him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back, he always gives the cloak back to that personbefore the sun goes down.
He does not rob people.
He gives food to hungry people.
He gives clothing to people who need clothes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:8:
- Kupsabiny: “He does not loan out money in order to get a high return. He does not go near/hates sins and he is a person who knows how to reconcile people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He does not take-interest when he loans-out. He does not do bad, and he does not take-favor in his judging.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When he lends money to people,
he does not do it just to charge big interest.
He does not do things that are evil.
He always decides things fairly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:9:
- Kupsabiny: “It is a person like that who honors my will and my laws. A person like that is righteous and shall be saved/well/live. It is me God who is speaking.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He follows well my regulations/statutes and commands. That man is righteous and he will-continue to live. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He faithfully obeys all my laws.
That man is truly righteous;
he will remain alive.
That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, promise.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Let us say that this person has a son who is a thief or a killer and are doing things” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘But for-example, that man has a male child/(son) who is-violent/cruel and kills or does these things” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But suppose that man has a son who acts violently, who murders people and does any of these other things, even though his father has not done any of them:” (Source: Translation for Translators)