Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:15:
- Kupsabiny: “You did not have any blemish from when you were born until when you came into sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You were blameless in your ways from your birth until later you did wicked-[thing].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You were completely good in all that you did,
from the day that you were created/born,
until you started to do wicked things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:16:
- Kupsabiny: “That trade caused you to concentrate on heaping up wealth, until strife/uproar overwhelmed you, something that brought you to sin. So, I chased you from my mountain, I pursued you, oh you guarding cherub, to get up from those glittering stones.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your many businesses became the reason for your being-cruel and sinning. Therefore I drove you from my holy mountain; I caused- you -to-leave from the shining stones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then you became busy trading things,
and you started to act violently,
and you sinned.
So I caused you to be disgraced;
and the angel who was guarding you forced you to leave my holy mountain,
forced you to leave your place among those fiery stones.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:17:
- Kupsabiny: “You boasted in the beauty you had destroying your wisdom. This matter made me throw you down so that kings can learn from this that I am fierce.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You became proud because of your beauty, and you used foolishly your wisdom so-that you will-become famous. That is why I threw you to the ground, and you became a-scene for the other kings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You were extremely proud
because you were very handsome.
Because you loved beautiful things,
you did things that wise people do not do.
So I threw you to the ground,
and allowed other kings who saw you to laugh at you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Your sins and your business of stealing where one prays from caused you shame.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of your many sins and cheating in business, you defiled the places where- you -worship. Therefore before/[lit. in front of] everyone who look-at you, I burned your place and you were-burned until you became just ash on the ground.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “By committing many sins
and by trading things dishonestly,
you caused your places of worship to become unacceptable to me.
So I caused a fire to burn down your city.
Your city was burned completely;
the people who were watching it saw
that only ashes remained on the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:19:
- Kupsabiny: “All the countries who know you were simply astounded! You were destroyed completely never to recover.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “All the nations who know you were-afraid by your end-result. Your end was horrible, and you now are-vanished forever.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All the people who knew what your city was like previously
were appalled.
Now your city has disappeared,
and it will not exist any more.’ ’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:20:
- Kupsabiny: “God said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh gave me another message. He said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:21:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, turn towards the city of Sidon and prophesy bad matters to (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Man, you face Sidon and preach against her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘You human, turn toward Sidon city, and declare the terrible things that will happen to it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:22:
- Kupsabiny: “Tell (it) that, ‘The God of power is saying: Sidon, I am not looking you in the eye (I hate you). I shall show you that I have great power. Then people shall know from this that I am God and I am holy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Tell her that I, the Lord GOD, say: I am against you, Sidon. The people will-praise me if I punish you now, and they will-know that I am the LORD. In this way, I can-show you my holiness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Give the people of Sidon this message from me, Yahweh the Lord:
‘I am your enemy, you people of Sidon,
and by what I do to you,
I will reveal that I am very great/glorious.
When I punish you and reveal that I am holy,
everyone who is watching that will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)