Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “I God am saying that I alone shall go around looking for my sheep and take care of (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘I, the Lord GOD, say that I myself will-be- the -one-to-look for my sheep and will-take-care of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you leaders: I myself will search for my sheep and take care of them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “Like a shepherd grazes his sheep when they are together, I also shall take care of my people in that way. I shall rescue them from every place where they were scattered to on the day when calamity buried/covered the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-become like a watcher who looks for his sheep that have-scattered. I will-save/rescue them in all the places where they have-scattered at that time of trouble.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Like a shepherd finds his scattered sheep, I will rescue my people from all the places to which they have been scattered, at a time when things were very gloomy and they experienced disasters.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall gather (them) from where they were taken to and I shall return them to come to their (own) land. I shall go around feeding (them) on the hills of Israel, there on the ridges and every place where it is possible to live in the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-take- them -away from the different nations, and will-be-brought to their own land. I will-have- them -graze on the mountains of Israel, beside the rivers, and in the lands where the people live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will bring them back from many countries and gather them together again in their own land. Because my people are like sheep , it is as though I will enable them to find good pastureland on the hills of Israel, and in the ravines, and in the villages of Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “From the hills to the valleys in Israel that place shall become a good grazing ground. (They) shall graze there until they lie down/rest/sleep because grass is plenty there on the hills of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-have- them -graze in the good grazing-field on the mountains of Israel. There they will-lie-down and will-graze.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It is as though I will allow them to graze in good pastures on the mountaintops. They will lie down in good grazing areas/grassy fields there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “I alone (is) the shepherd of my sheep and I shall look for where they can lie down to rest. I the God of power has said it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I myself, the Lord GOD, the one-who-will-take-care of my sheep, and I will-have- them -rest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I myself will take care of my people and enable them to lie down and rest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall go around searching for the lost ones and bring back the lonely/isolated ones. I shall treat the broken ones and comfort the weak but I shall destroy those who think they are strong and those with power because I am a shepherd who does what is right.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-look for those who were-lost and gone-astray. I will-bind-up the ones who have wounds and will-strengthen the ones who are weak. But I will-destroy the ones who-are-fat and strong. I will-do to them what is just.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will search for those who are lost and bring back the ones who have strayed away. I will bandage those who have been injured and strengthen those who are weak. But I will get rid of those who are fat and powerful. I will act fairly toward the people who are like my sheep. That is what I, Yahweh, promise.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “But you, oh, my sheep, I the God of power am saying, ‘I shall examine the life of all of you and separate the sheep from the goats.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘People of Israel who are my sheep, I, the Lord GOD, says to you that I will-judge you. I will-separate the good from the bad, the sheep from the goats.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And as for you who are like my sheep, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will judge between each of you; and I will separate those that are peaceful like sheep from those that are always trying to dominate others like goats.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 34:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 34:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Hey, is the good grass not enough for you (plur.)? So why are you trampling down the grass that you do not eat? You drink clean water and muddy what you do not drink to become dirty.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Some of you were not satisfied to graze the good grazing-field; you even trampled the other grazing-field/pasture-land. You were not satisfied to drink the clear water; you even muddied the other water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It is bad that some of you keep the best pastures for yourselves. It is even worse that you trample the good grass with your feet. You yourselves drink the clear water. But with your feet you cause the other water to become muddy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)