Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “Take out one in a hundred of the oil of olive trees you have plucked.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “the-100th part of your olive oil (the basis in measuring it is the ‘bat’; the ten ‘bat’ is one ‘homer’ or one ‘cor’),” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And you must give him one quart/liter of olive oil for every 100 quarts/liters that you make.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “One sheep out of two hundred that are in Israel are to be given out. These are the things that are to be given out for the sacrifices of food that are given as gifts, the things that are burned completely and the fellowship offering. This is done like that so that people can be forgiven for their sins. The one who has spoken is I the God of power.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and one sheep for each 200 from your animals. These are gift offerings, burnt offerings, and offerings for a good relationship, so-that you will-be-redeemed from your sins. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Also, I, Yahweh, declare that you must take one sheep from each 200 sheep in your flocks in the pastures of Israel. Those things that you take to the king will be used with the offerings of things made from grain and for the offerings that will be completely burned and the offerings to maintain fellowship with me, offerings in order for me to forgive you for the sins that you have committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “Each person must bring a gift to the king of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “All Israelinhon will-bring these offerings in-order to be-used by the leader of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All the Israeli people must join in bringing those offerings to the king of Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is the king who is to give the animals that are burned completely, food that are given out and wine for the new moon, the Sabbath, the fellowship and every appointed feast of the people of Israel.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “(It is the) responsibility of the leader to give the burnt offerings, gift offering, drink offering, offering for cleaning, and offering for a good relationship at the time of the feasts like the Feast of the Beginning of the Month, Day For-Resting, and still other feasts which are-being-celebrated by the Israelinhon. Offer these offerings so-that the people of Israel will-be-redeemed from their sins.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The king must provide the animals to be completely burned on the altar, grain for the grain offerings, and wine for the wine offerings for the sacred festivals that I have appointed for the people of Israel—including the festivals to celebrate each new moon and the Sabbaths. He must provide the animals for the offerings for the people to become acceptable to me, grain for the grain offerings, animals to be completely burned on the altar, and offerings to maintain fellowship with me, Yahweh, in order that I will forgive the Israeli people for their sins.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying, ‘On the first day of the first month, take out a bullock that is ceremonially clean and make sacrifices for cleansing my House.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Lord GOD still said, ‘On the first day of the first month, you (plur.) offer a young-bull cow with no defect so-that the temple will-be-cleansed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: On the first day of the first month of each year you must take one young bull that has no defects and sacrifice it to cause the temple to be acceptable to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall take a little of the blood that one washes away sin with, and go to smear it on the doorframes of my House, the four corners of the altar and the pillars of the inner gates.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priest will-take some blood of this offering of Cleansing and he will-rub the doorpost of the gate/door of the temple, the four corners of the altar, and the doorposts of the gate/door of the inner courtyard.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The Supreme Priest must take some of the blood of the offering to cause people to become acceptable to me, and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and on the entry posts of the inner courtyard.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “On the seventh day of that month do like this for any person who has done a sin that he is not aware of. In this way, you shall make the House of God clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is what you will-do also on the seventh day of the same month for anyone who had-sinned which was not intentional or had-sinned which he did- not -know. In this way the temple will-be-cleansed” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for any people who sin without intending to sin or without realizing that what they did is sinful. By doing that you will purify the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 45:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 45:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “On the fourteenth day of that first month, you must begin to do the Festival of Passover. For seven days, all people are to eat bread that has not risen.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘On the-14th day of the first month, you will-celebrate the Feast of the Passing-by of an Angel. You will-celebrate this for a period/[lit. inside] of seven days, and you will- only -eat bread which have-none of that-which-causes-to-expand.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In the first month of each year, on the 14th day of the month, you must start to celebrate the Passover Festival. The festival will last for seven days. During that time you must not eat bread made with yeast.” (Source: Translation for Translators)