Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall make Israel strong and I shall open for you Ezekiel you speak to those people. Then, they shall know that I am God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Ezekiel, at the time that it will-happen, I will-strengthen Israel again, and the Israelinhon will-realize that what you had-spoken was true. Then they will-know that I am the LORD.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And some day Israel will become a glorious nation again. When that happens, I will cause the Israeli people to respect what you say. And then they will know that it has happened because I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh gave me another message. He said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, prophesy. Tell people that, ‘The God of power is saying: Shout (plur.) saying, ‘A fierce day is coming!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Man, you tell my message to those-from-Egipto. Tell them that I, the Lord GOD, says: You (plur.) cry loudly because of your future destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘You human, prophesy about what will happen to Egypt. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says:
    ‘Weep and wail ,
    because terrible things will happen some day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “That day when God will show things has come near. That is a day when a cloud shall cover the land and communities shall be destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For that day will just arrive soon, the day that the LORD will-judge. That day will-be-cloudy and dark for the nations.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That day is near,
    the day when I, Yahweh, will punish people;
    it will be a day of dark clouds and disaster for many nations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people of Egypt will be defeated by sword and fear shall come to those of/from Cush. When those people of Egypt have fallen people shall take for themselves the wealth of that land and destroy everything that they had built.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Egipto will-be-attacked, and Etiopia will-suffer. Many will-die in Egipto, and her wealth will-be-taken-away, and it will-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “An enemy army will come to attack Egypt with their swords,
    and there will be great distress among the people in Ethiopia.
    Many people will be killed in Egypt;
    everything valuable will be taken away,
    and even the foundations of the buildings will be torn down.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “That battle will finish the soldiers who have come to their aid from Cush, Put, Lud, Arabia, Libya and it will also finish my people who live in Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In that battle, the ones-from-Ethiopia, Put, Lydia, Arabia, Libya, and still the other nations who were-allied with Egypt will-die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Soldiers of Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, and from all of Arabia, and all the other groups who are their allies, will be killed in the battles.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying: All who came to the aid of Egypt will be destroyed and Egypt will be ashamed of its power that they boasted of. They will be crushed from Migdol to Aswan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I, the Lord GOD, say that the allies of Egipto will- surely -be-destroyed, and the power that she boasts will-vanish. Her residents will-die from Migdol towards Aswan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is what I, Yahweh say:
    ‘The allies of Egypt will be defeated,
    and the power that the people of Egypt are proud of will end.
    From Migdol city in the north to Aswan city in the south, the soldiers of Egypt will be killed by their enemies’ swords’;
    that is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those areas will be made weak/desolate more than the desolate lands and their cities will become deserted.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Egipto will-become [the] most-desolate of all the nations, and her towns will-become [the] most-ruined of all the cities.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world,
    and its cities will be ruined,
    surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)