Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “These kings built the houses of/for their idols here at my house and the only thing that blocked/separated us was the wall that is between us. This is the sin that insulted my name, something that made me angry and I punished them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Before in- time-past they built-up an altar for their little-gods/false-gods beside my altar, only a stone-wall was the division. They defiled my holy name by those detestable deeds. Therefore in my anger, I destroyed them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They placed their altars near mine, and the doorposts of their temples were next to the doorposts of my temple. There was only a wall between them. And they disgraced me by the detestable things that they did. So, being very angry with them, I got rid of them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Therefore, people must remove those idols of theirs and the things they built to honor their dead kings with. Then, I shall live with them forever.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, they need to stop worshipping little-gods/false-gods and the monuments of their kings who had-died already, and I will-live together-with them forever/[lit. until whenever].’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Now they must stop this disgusting worship of idols and these rituals to honor their kings who have died. If they stop doing those things, I will live among them forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Ezekiel, show the people of Israel how this House of mine is. Let them read and examine how the planning of the building was and how that House stays so that they can be ashamed because they worshipped mere/useless idols.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The voice continued to say, ‘Man, describe/picture to the people of Israel the temple that I have-shown you. Tell them its appearance so-that they will-be-ashamed of their sins.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You human, describe to the Israeli people what this temple that I have shown you in a vision is like, in order that they will be ashamed of the sins that they have committed which resulted in their temple in Jerusalem being destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “And when they have become ashamed of their sins, show them how the plan of the building of the House of God stood including the gates, entrances and how everything stood including the laws concerning the sacrifices and everything. Write all these things down and show (them) how to keep/do (them) so that they do not forget anything at all.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If they are now indeed ashamed of all their deeds, picture to them the making/building of it, as-well-as its ways/paths and gates/doors, and its entire form. Write-down the statutes/regulations of its work-construction while they are-looking so-that they can really follow [it] carefully/[lit. good].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If they are ashamed of all the evil things that they have done, tell them all about the temple that I showed you: its design/shape, the exits and entrances, and everything else about it. And tell them all my laws and regulations about worshiping me there. Write all these things down while they watch you, in order that they will be able to faithfully obey those laws.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “The (most) important law concerning the House of God is this: Its surroundings and the top of the hill where the House of God is built must be holy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And this is the leading law of the temple: The surrounding of the top of the mountain should be holy where the temple was-built-up.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And this is the supreme law about the temple : All of the area on top of the hill where the temple will be built must be kept sacred and holy.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “This is how the altar was: A trench of twenty inches going down and a width of twenty inches and an outside ring of nine inches surrounded (it)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘This is the measurement of the altar according to the official measurement: Around the foundation of the altar had somewhat-like-a-canal which was 20 inches deep and 20 inches wide, that had a border/hangings around which was six inches long.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “These are the measurements of the altar, using the same kind of measuring stick that was used for the temple area: There is a gutter around the altar that is 21 in./53 cm. deep and 21 in./53 cm. wide. There is a rim around it that is 9 in./23 cm. wide.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “It was built from down/ground going up three and a half feet, pushed in twenty inches and it climbed up again seven feet and then pushed in twenty inches.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The altar had three stories. The lowest story was 27 feet square, and three feet high. The middle story was 24 feet square, and seven feet high. It had somewhat-like-a-canal around which was 20 inches deep and had a hangings/border around which was ten inches high. The upper story was 20 feet square, and seven feet high, and here the offerings were-being-burned. The four corners of it were-as-if-like horns of an animal. There were stairs going-up to the altar at the east side of it.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The lower part of the gutter is 3-1/2 feet/1.1 meters high to the lower ledge/rim that surrounds the altar. The lower ledge is 21 in./53 cm. wide. The upper part of the altar is 7 feet/2.1 meters high, up to the upper ledge. That ledge is also 21 in./53 cm. wide.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “Where sacrifices were burned, it went up seven feet. Four horns sprang up from the corners at the top of the altar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The altar had three stories. The lowest story was 27 feet square, and three feet high. The middle story was 24 feet square, and seven feet high. It had somewhat-like-a-canal around which was 20 inches deep and had a hangings/border around which was ten inches high. The upper story was 20 feet square, and seven feet high, and here the offerings were-being-burned. The four corners of it were-as-if-like horns of an animal. There were stairs going-up to the altar at the east side of it.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The hearth/place where the sacrifices are burned at the top of the altar is another 7 feet/2.2 meters high, and there is a projection that juts/extends up from each of the four corners.” (Source: Translation for Translators)