Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall set fire to Egypt and finish the city of Sin completely. A storm shall make the wall of Memphis crumble, a spring will burst open and anxiety will be great in Memphis” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-burn Egipto! Pelusium will-groan in pain. Tebes will-be-destroyed, and Memfis will- always -be-afraid.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will burn Egypt by fires;
    the people in Pelusium will suffer severe pain.
    Enemies will conquer Thebes,
    and the people in Memphis will constantly be terrified.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis shall die in battle and others shall be caught and taken away as prisoners.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The young men of Heliopolis and of Bubastis will-die in battle, and the remaining people in this towns will-be-taken-captive.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Many young men in Heliopolis and Bubastis cities in northern Egypt will be killed by their enemies swords,
    and the others from those cities will be captured and taken to Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Darkness shall cover Tahpanhes when I destroy the power and strength of Egypt that they were boasting about. Then a cloud shall close in over Egypt and the people of its villages shall become prisoners.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When I will- now -destroy the power of Egipto, that day will-be-dark for Tapanhes. The power which Egipto boasts will- now -vanish. She will-be-covered with dark-cloud, and the residents of her towns will-be-taken-captive.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It will be a dark day of destruction at Tahpenes city in northeast Egypt
    when I cause the power of Egypt to end;
    that country will no longer be proud of being strong.
    It will be as though a dark cloud will cover Egypt,
    because the people of its villages will be captured and forced to go to Babylon.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall punish (them) like that so that they will know that I am God.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “That is my punishment of Egipto, and then her residents will-know that I am the LORD.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That is how I will punish Egypt,
    and people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “When it was the seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year while being prisoners in another country, the word of God came to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, on the seventh day of the first month, on the eleventh year of our (excl.) captivity, the LORD said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Almost eleven years after we had been taken to Babylon, on the seventh day of the first month of that year, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to me, ‘Ezekiel, I have broken the arm of Pharao that king of Egypt. No one can bandage it or fix it so that he again can hold a sword to go to war.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Man, I have-broken the arm of Faraon the king of Egipto. And no one ever drug it in-order to-be-healed again to hold a sword.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘You human, I have enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to defeat the army of the King of Egypt. It is as though I have broken one of the arms of the King of Egypt, and it has not been bandaged in order that it could be healed, and it has not been put in splints in order that after it heals the arm will be strong enough to hold a sword.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, The God of power is saying; I hate Pharao. I shall break both arms the good one and the one broken so that the sword shall fall from his hand.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore tell her that I, the Lord GOD, say that I am against her. I will-break her two arms, the good [arm] and the broken [one] already, so-that she can-drop her sword.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am the enemy of the King of Egypt. I will completely destroy the power of Egypt; it is as though now I will break both of the king’s arms, the good/strong one and the broken one, and cause the sword to fall from his hand.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 30:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall make the Egyptians be scattered in other communities and wander around in the lands of other people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-scatter the Egiptohanon to different nations.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)