Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “that his father did not do. This son eats meat/food that has been offered to idols which it is not right to do and chases/runs after the wives of other men.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “which his fathers not do: He eats the offerings for the little-gods in the places-of-worship on the mountains, and lies-down-beside/(has-sexual-relations-with) the wife of others.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He eatsmeat sacrificed to idols on the hilltops.
    He has sex with other people’s wives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “He tricks the poor and robs the things of other people. He does not return to the people who have borrowed money the things he holds (as surety). He worships idols something that is hated/unacceptable/should not be done.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He oppresses the lowly-ones and poor. He steals, and he does not return the guarantee of the ones who-loan from him. He worships little-gods, and does detestable things.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He mistreats/oppresses poor and needy people.
    He robs people.
    If someone gives him his cloak to guaranteethat he will pay the money back,
    he never gives the cloak back to himbefore the sun goes down.
    He seeks help from idols.
    He does other detestable things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “When he lends out money, he wants to add a high interest. Is a person like this in/with life? No! There is not life in him at all. As/since he has done these horrible things, he shall die his death.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He loans-out with interest. So, will he live? No! This man will- surely -die because of all the detestable things he did. He is responsible of his death.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When he lends money, he chargesvery big interest.
    If you think that such a person willbe allowed to remain alive , you are certainly wrong. Because he has done those detestable things, he will surely be executed, and it will be his own fault.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “Let us say that this second man has a son. This son sees all the sin that his father is doing and he refuses to follow those.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘But for-example, that wicked man has a male child/(son), and this child saw all the sin which his father did, but he did- not -follow.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But suppose that man has a son who sees all the sins that his father commits, but he does not do those things:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “He does not worship those idols of the Israelites or eats food that has been offered on the hills and he does not defile/seduce the wife of another person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He does not worship little-gods/false-gods of Israel or eat the offerings for these little-gods in the places-of-worship on the mountains. He does- not -lie-down-beside/(have-sexual-relations-with) the wife of others.” (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 other people’s wives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “He does not oppress a person or rob a person of his things. He returns a thing he has held as a pledge. He feeds a person who is hungry and gives clothes to the one who does not have.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He does not oppress, and he does not get/take a guarantee of the ones-who-loan from him. He does not steal but he causes-to-eat the ones who-are-hungry and gives clothes to the ones who have no clothes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He does not mistreat/oppress people.
    If he lends money to someone, he does not require that person to give him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back.
    He does not rob anyone.
    He gives food to those who need it.
    He gives clothes to those who need clothes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “He hates sin and does not loan out money wanting to add high interests. He honors my will and obeys my laws. This person will not be killed for the sins of his father. This person will live for a long time.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He does not do bad, and he does not take-interest when he loans-out. He obeys my commands and regulations/statutes. This man will- not -die because of the sin of his father but he will-continue to live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He does not commit sins, like his father did,
    and does not charge big interest when he lends money.
    He faithfully obeys all my laws.
    That person will not be executed for his father’s sins; he will surely remain alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 18:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 18:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “The father shall die for his own sins because he is the one who deceived, robbed people of their things and went around doing bad things to people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But his father will-die because of his sin, for he made/money-(in cheating), stole and did bad to his fellowman.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But his father will be executed for the sins that he committed, because he cheated people and robbed people and did other things that are evil.” (Source: Translation for Translators)