Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:7:
- Kupsabiny: “I am going to send very fierce enemies towards you. Those people shall destroy every beautiful thing you got from your knowledge.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-have- you -attacked by the ones-from-other-place, who are most-violent of all the nations. They will-destroy your beautiful properties which you possessed through your wisdom. And your honor will-vanish.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will now bring a foreign army to attack your country,
an army that causes other nations to be terrified.
They will pull out their swords to strike you,
you who think that you have marvelous/great wisdom,
and they will destroy all your beautiful things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:8:
- Kupsabiny: “(They) shall kill you and put you into the world of the dead in the ocean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your death is painful; they will-throw you into the depths of the sea.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They will bring you down to your grave;
you will die violently
like those who died in the sea.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Will you really be saying in front of your enemies that, ‘I am like God’? You are just a person in front of those people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So, can- you still -say that you are a god before/[lit. in front of] the ones-who-killed you? For them you are just a man and not a god.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then you will certainly not say to those who are killing you,
‘I am a god!’
because they will know that you are not a god;
you are only a man.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:10:
- Kupsabiny: “You shall die in front of those people like a dog. It is I the God of power who has said it.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You will-die in the hands of the ones-from-other place like the death of a man who does not believe in me. This will- really -happen, for I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You will die like other people who are unacceptable to me die,
killed by foreigners.’
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 28:11:
- Kupsabiny: “God again said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD again said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh also gave me this message:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:12:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, speak to the king of Tyre in/through a song saying, ‘The God of power is saying: You were the one who was righteous, you were wise and you were very beautiful.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Man, you lament concerning the king of Tyre. Tell him that I, the Lord GOD, say: In time-past you were an example of being-perfect. You were-wise and very beautiful.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says:
‘You thought that you were completely perfect,
extremely wise and handsome.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:13:
- Kupsabiny: “You lived where it was like in the garden of Eden, that garden of God. You had been decorated with beautiful and expensive stones like: carnelian, chrysolite, emerald, topaz, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. All these things had been set at the base/foot in gold and they were waiting before you were born.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You were in Eden before, in the garden of God. You were-decorated with different kinds of precious stones: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. You were- also -decorated with gold which was-prepared already for you on the day of your birth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You had a wonderful life, as though you were in my beautiful garden in Eden.
Your clothes were decorated with many kinds of very valuable stones—
ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, turquoise, and beryl stones.
Those stones were set/placed in gold mountings.
They were prepared for you on the day that you were born.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:14:
- Kupsabiny: “I chose you to be a cherub who is a guard and I anointed you. You were there on my holy mountain and you walked around with glittering stones.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I chose you as cherubim that watch-over my holy mountain. You walk in the midst of the shining stones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I appointed you to be like a strong angel to guard the people.
It was as though I put you on my holy mountain,
and you walked among fiery stones.” (Source: Translation for Translators)