Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 35:4:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall make your cities become ruins and be desolate. That is when you shall know from that about me that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your towns will-be-ruined and they will-become desolate. Then you will-know that I am the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause your country to be ruined and desolate. When that happens, people 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 35:5:
- Kupsabiny: “You (sing.) were always arrogant/rude to Israel long ago repeatedly while killing its people in the days of trouble when pain/punishment was heavy on them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your grudge is already a long-time to those from-Israel, and you left- them -behind-to-be-attacked in times of their difficulty, the times they had- been-punished already because of their sins.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You have always been enemies of the Israeli people. You rejoiced when they experienced a great disaster: their enemies attacked them with swords, when I punished them for the sins that they had committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 35:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Therefore, since I am the God of power, I will hand your people over to be killed. Because you enjoyed killing other people, death shall follow you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore, I, the Lord GOD who lives, swear that I surely will-have- you -killed anywhere you go. Yes, you will-be-pursued by the ones-who-kill, for you did not have-bad-(feelings) of the killings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will allow your enemies to slaughter you and continue to slaughter you. You were happy when others were slaughtered;” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 35:7:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall make you desolate so that no person will visit you or travel through.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-make desolate Mount Seir, and I will-kill all the ones-who-go-to-and-fro there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “so I will cause Seir Mountain to be abandoned/deserted, and I will get rid of anyone who enters it or leaves it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 35:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Many people will be killed where you are and corpses shall lie spread out on the hillside(s) and on the ridges.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The ones who will-die among you (plur.) in battle will-scatter to your mountains, valleys, and in the passageways/channels of water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause your mountains to be filled with the corpses of those who have been killed. The corpses of those who have been killed by your enemies’ swords will lie on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 35:9:
- Kupsabiny: “I will make that place desolate forever so that no one will ever live in the cities. That is when your people shall surely know that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-make your place desolate forever/[lit. until whenever]. No one will-live in your towns. Then you will-know that I am the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause your land to be deserted forever. No one will live in your towns again. When that happens, you 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 35:10:
- Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) thought that those two communities were yours to take for yourselves even though I am their God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘You say that Juda and Israel will-become yours, and you (plur.) will-possess it even-though I, the LORD, am-with them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You people said, ‘Israel and Judah will become ours. We will take over their territory!’ You said that even though I, Yahweh, was still there and protecting them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 35:11:
- Kupsabiny: “So, since I am the God of power, I will repay/avenge you for that rudeness of yours, envy and persecution. You (plur.) will know that I have punished you because of what you did to other people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore I, the Lord GOD who lives, swear that I will-take-revenge on you in your anger, jealousy, and hatred which you have-shown to my people. Then they will-know that I am the LORD while I am punishing them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will punish you for being angry with my people, envying them, and hating them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)