Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:24:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall strengthen the king of Babylon and give him to take up my sword but I shall break the arms of Pharao so he groans in front of the other one of Babylon like a person who had been wounded and dying there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-strengthen the arms of the king of Babilonia and I will-have- him -hold my sword. But I will-break the arms of the king of Egipto, and he will-groan wounded and as-if to die already before/[lit. in front of] the king of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It is as though I will strengthen the arms of the King of Babylon and put a sword in his hand, and as though I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan in front of the King of Babylon like a soldier who is wounded and about to die.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:25:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall make the arms of the king of Babylon be strong and those of Pharao be weak. Then (he) shall know that I am God who gave the king of Babylon my sword inciting (him) against Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will- surely -strengthen the arms of the king of Babilonia, but the arms on-the-other-hand of the king of Egipto/Faraon will-become-invalid. When I will-cause- the king of Babilonia -to-hold now my sword and he will-use it against Egipto, then the Egiptohanon will-know that I am the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause the power of the King of Babylon to become greater, and the power of the king of Egypt will be useless. When that happens, when I give power to the army of the King of Babylon, they will use that power to attack Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 30:26:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall disperse the people of Egypt to wander around in other communities and countries. Then they shall know that I am God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-scatter the Egiptohanon to different nations, then they will-know that I am the LORD.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations. And when that happens, the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:1:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But when it was the first day of the third month in the eleventh year we being prisoners, God said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the first day of the third 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 Babylonia, on the first day of the third month of that year, 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 31:2:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, go and tell Pharao that king of Egypt and all his people that: Who can be compared to you in terms of your power?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Man, say this to Faraon the king of Egipto, and to his people:
‘To whom I will-compare your being-powerful?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘You human, say to the King of Egypt and all of his people,
‘You think that there is no country whose power is as great as the power of your country.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Look at the matters that came to Assyria. It was like a cedar of Lebanon that has beautiful branches that give shade. It was (so) tall that it looks down on all the other trees in the forest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Ah, I will-compare you indeed to Asiria, the nation who is like a cedar tree in Lebanon. This tree has beautiful branches that shade the trees and towers-above the other thick trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You think that your country is as great as Assyria was:
Assyria was previously like a tall cedar tree in Lebanon;
it was as though it had big beautiful branches
that provided shade for other trees in the forest.
It was very tall;
its top was above the leaves of the other trees.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Water fed it and rivers made it grow.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “It has plenty/abundant water from the deep spring which helps it grow. (This water flows to all the trees in the forest.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Water came from deep springs,
and as a result that cedar tree grew tall and very green.
Then water flowed around the base of the tree
into channels that took water to other nearby trees.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:5:
- Kupsabiny: “So, that tree grew to become tall surpassing all the other trees. Its branches became thick and round and spread out because of all the water that it was getting.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This tree towers-above all the trees in the forest. Its branches became-shady and grew-longer still because of the abundant water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “That huge tree grew very tall,
higher than all the other trees around it.
Its branches grew very thick and long
because of the abundant water at the base of the tree.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
