Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 44:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “They shall eat the food that people bring to the House of God, like food that are given as gifts, those for sweeping away sin and those for appeasing a mistake. And again anything that the people of Israel gives to me, is to belong to the priests.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Their food will-come-from gifts offerings, offerings for cleansing, and offerings as payment for sin. And the things which were- already -handed-over completely to me will-become theirs.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They will eat the offerings other people make from grain, offerings to remove people’s guilt for having sinned, and offerings made when people fail to give to Yahweh the things that they are required to give. Everything else in Israel that is completely dedicated to me, Yahweh, will belong to the priests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 44:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “The things that people give to me are theirs like the firstfruits/crops. If people bake bread from the first crop that first bread must be given to the priests so that I can bless their homes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The very-best of your first produce and your special gifts to me will-belong to the priests. You will- also -give of your very-best flour to the priests, so-that your household will-be-blessed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The best fruits of the first part of each harvest and all the other special gifts that are given to me will belong to the priests. You must give them the first part of your finely-ground flour, in order that I will bless the people who live in your houses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 44:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “No priest are allowed to eat an animal or bird who has died or who has been killed by another animal.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priests should not eat whatever bird or animal that just died or was-killed by the other animal.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Priests must not eat the flesh of any bird or animal that was found dead or that has been killed by wild animals.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God continued to say, ‘Before you (plur.) divide up for the people of Israel the land according to their clans, you must set aside for me God my portion. It must have a length of twelve and a half kilometers and a width of ten kilometers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD continued to say, ‘When you will-divide now the land for each tribe of Israel, you will-give me a portion as a special gift to me. The length of it is twelve kilometers and the width is ten kilometers. This land will-be-considered holy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘ ‘When the land of Israel is divided among the twelve tribes, you must present to me, Yahweh, one part of the land to be a sacred district. It will be 8.3 miles/13.3 km. long and 6.7 miles/10.6 km. wide. That entire area will be holy/set apart for me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “From this land is divided out a field with all sides being equal to two hundred and fifty meters, so that the Homestead of God can be built there. An open enclosure must surround (it) which has a width of twenty-five meters.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In this land, you set-aside 875 feet square for a place-to-build the temple, and around the temple there is a vacant place which is 87 feet wide.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Part of that area, 875 feet/265 meters on each side, will be for the temple area. An additional strip of ground, 87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters wide, will be left empty all around the temple area.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “A portion which has a length of twelve and a half kilometers and a width of five kilometers must be taken/removed. This is where my holy House is to be built.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The half of the land which is for me, which is twelve kilometers long and five kilometers wide, will-be-set-aside for the priests who serve in my temple. This is where- their houses and temple -be-built-upon which is the most-holy place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Inside that sacred district, measure a section 8.3 miles/13.3 km. long and 3.5 miles/5.3 km. wide.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “This is a holy place in that land and it is to be set aside for the priests who work for me. Their houses are to be built there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The half of the land which is for me, which is twelve kilometers long and five kilometers wide, will-be-set-aside for the priests who serve in my temple. This is where- their houses and temple -be-built-upon which is the most-holy place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That section will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests who work in the temple and who come near to me to serve me. It will be a place for their houses as well as being a holy place for the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But the other half/portion shall belong to the clan of Levi who (plur.) do (the) work in the Homestead of God. They will build there their houses that they live in.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The half still of this land, which is twelve kilometers long and five kilometers wide, belongs to the Levites. They will-possess it, so-that they have towns where [they] will-live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “An area 8.3 miles/13.3 km. long and 3.5 miles/5.3 km. wide will be for the descendants of Levi who work in the temple. That area will belong to them, and they will be permitted to build cities there to live in.” (Source: Translation for Translators)