Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priests shall sprinkle salt on the meat of those animals and then burn them completely to make for me sacrifices with (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and you will-offer to the presence of the LORD. The priests will-sprinkle them with salt and they will-offer to the LORD as burnt offering.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You must offer them to me, Yahweh, and the priests must sprinkle salt on them and completely burn them on the altar for a sacrifice to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “For seven days, animals that are ceremonially clean shall be taken and used to make sacrifices that sweep away sin. Those animals are a he-goat, ram and bullock.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Each day for a period/[lit. inside] of one week, you will-offer one male goat, one young-bull cow, and one sheep all having no defects as an offering of cleansing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then, each day for seven days, you must bring to the priest a male goat to be sacrificed for an offering to cause the altar to be acceptable to me. You must also sacrifice a young bull and a ram, each without any defect.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priests shall in that way cleanse the altar for seven days preparing it for work.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In this way the altar will-be-cleansed and can now be used.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “For seven days the priests will consecrate the altar and cause it to be acceptable to me. By doing that they will dedicate it to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 43:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 43:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “When those seven days are over, those people of sacrifices shall start in each day to burn sacrifices that are burned completely and those of fellowship. When you have like that you are my people. It is me the God of power who has spoken.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “From the eighth day, the priest will- now -offer on the altar your burnt offerings and offerings for a good relationship. Then I will-accept you. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “At the end of those seven days, starting on the following day, the priests will continue to put on the altar offerings to be completely burned and offerings to maintain fellowship with me. Then I will accept you. That it what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 44:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the man led me towards the outer gate of the House of God on the East side. That gate was closed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I was-brought again by the man to the outside way of the temple, facing the east, but it was closed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then in the vision the man brought me back to the outer entryway to the temple area, the one on the east side, but the outer entrance was shut.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 44:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then God said to me, ‘This gate will stay closed like this without ever being opened. No person may enter this gate any day because I the God of the people of Israel have entered through it” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me, ‘This way should always closed. This will never be-opened so-that no one will-pass-by here, for I, the LORD, the God of Israel, had-passed-by here.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh said to me, ‘This entrance must remain shut. It must not be opened by anyone; no one will be permitted to enter it. It must remain shut because I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, have caused it to be sacred by entering through it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 44:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is only the king who is able to eat food that has been given to me there, but he must pass through the gate of the outer courtyard and return the same way.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Only the leader of Israel can-sit in this way to eat what was-offered to me, but there he will-pass-by at the balcony of the way/path, and there he will- also -go-out.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Only the king of Israel will be permitted to sit inside this entryway to eat food in the presence of Yahweh. But he will must enter and leave the temple area through the entry room of this entryway.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 44:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the man took me to go through the gate on the side of North up to the front of that House of God. Then, I saw the light of God blinking having filled his House. Then I fell down and bowed the head to the ground.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then I was-brought by the man to the front of the temple. There we passed-by the way at the north. I saw there the mighty presence of the LORD that engulfing his temple, and I then fell-facedown.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the man brought me through the north entryway to the front of the temple. I looked and saw that the glory of Yahweh filled his temple, and I prostrated myself on the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)