Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:29:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people will be harsh to you and will take from you everything that you had produced. They shall strip you to remain naked to reveal those your private parts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They will-punish you in their anger, and they will-get all you have-labored-for. They will-leave you naked, and the people will-see your shameful situation because of your dirty deeds which is the selling of your body.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked , and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:30:
- Kupsabiny: “Your promiscuity and lust brought this on you so that you met with/encountered these things, because you committed adultery with other communities worshipping their idols and then you defiled yourself.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the one who-brought you to destruction, for you had-sex with the ones-from-other nations and you defiled yourself by worshipping their little-gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me byworshiping their idols.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:31:
- Kupsabiny: “Because you followed the customs/habits/ways of your sister, you shall meet with the pain/punishment that she got.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You have-followed what your sibling has-done, therefore I will- also -punish you like I have-punished her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You have behaved likethe people of Samaria, who are like your older sister. So I will cause you to be punished like they were punished.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:32:
- Kupsabiny: “I the God of power am saying:
You shall drink/consume the pain/punishment of your sister
from a cup that is long and with a large mouth.
You will be scorned and scolded
because those things were heavy/serious.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Yes, I, the Lord GOD, am-saying that I will-punish you like I have-punished your female sibling. My punishment is-like a drink in a large and deep cup. And if you have already drunk this cup filled with my anger, you will-be-mocked and insulted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink:
It will be as though you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from;
a big and tall cup.
Because of your drinking what is in that cup,
many people will scorn you and make fun of you
because there is a lot of liquid in that cup.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:33:
- Kupsabiny: “(It) will make you drunk and cause you pain.
This cup brings you destruction and desolation
and (it is) the pain/punishment of your sister Samaria.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You will-be-drunk and feel-sad, for this cup is-filled with destruction. This is the cup of suffering which have-drunk from your sibling Samaria.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When you become very drunk,
you will become very sad,
becausedrinking what is in that cup will cause you to become ruined and deserted,
like what happened to the people of Samaria, who are like your sister.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:34:
- Kupsabiny: “You yourself shall drink from that pain until you finish (it)
and then you shall break that cup.
You shall chew the broken pieces repeatedly
and you shall cut your breasts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You will- surely -drink it completely, and then you will-break the cup, and you will-beat your chest in sadness. This will- surely -happen, for I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You will drink all the liquid that is in that cup;
then you will break that cup into pieces
anduse those pieces to gash/cut your breastsbecause you will be very sad.’
That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:35:
- Kupsabiny: “Therefore, since you forgot me and turned your back on me, you shall bear the consequences of your lust and that promiscuity. It is I the God of power who is speaking!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And because you have-forgotten me and turned-your-back, I, the Lord GOD, am-saying that you will- surely -suffer because of your dirty/rude deeds which is the selling of your body.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me , you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for beinglike a prostitute.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 23:36:
- Kupsabiny: “God said to me, ‘Ezekiel, are you ready to sit in judgment over Oholah and Oholibah? Scold them on account of the horrible thing they have done.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said again to me, ‘Man, sentence Ohola and Oholiba. Let- them -know their detestable deeds.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to me, ‘You human, you must judgethe people of those two cities represented by Oholah and Oholibah. You must remind them of their detestable behavior:” (Source: Translation for Translators)