Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “One ram goes with one basket of flour, and/but all the small rams shall go with anything that the king brings for the burning of sacrifices. One basket of flour goes with four liters of olive oil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The gift offering which is to-be-with the mature sheep is a half sack of flour, but the leader is-pleased-to-do-as-he-wishes how much flour he will-put-with in each young sheep. In each half sack of flour which is he will-put-with the sheep offering, he will- also -offer one gallon of olive oil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The offering that he gives with the ram must be a bushel of grain, and the grain that he offers with the lambs should be as much as he desires to offer, along with 1 gallon/3.8 liters of olive oil for each bushel of grain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “On the day of the festival of the new moon, the king needs to bring a bullock, a ram and six small rams which are ceremonially clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘On each Feast of the Beginning of the Moon the leader will-offer one young-bull cow, one mature male sheep, and six young male sheep, all having no defect.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then each day that there is a new moon, he must offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all with no defects.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “That bullock shall go with one basket of flour and the ram goes with one basket. But for the small rams, he shall bring all the flour that he sees as fitting. One basket of flour goes with four liters of oil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The gift offering which is-to-go-with the young-bull cow and the mature male sheep by the leader is each-half sack of flour, but he is-pleased-to-do-as-he-wishes how much flour he will-put-with to each young sheep. In each half sack of flour which he will-put-with the animals offering, he will- also -offer one galloon of olive oil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He must also provide one bushel of grain with the bull, one bushel of grain with the ram, and as much grain as he wants with the lambs, along with one quart/liter of olive oil with each bushel of grain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the king comes, he is to sit down/stay by the veranda that belongs to the gate and return to where he came from.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the leader will-enter to offer, there he will-pass-by in the balcony of the way, and there also he will-go-out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the king enters the temple area, he must enter through the entry room of the entryway, and he must go out through that same entry room when he leaves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people who come through the gate of the side of North to come and worship me on all those festivals, must return by the one of South. But those that come through that one of the South, shall return through the one of the North. No person shall go out/leave by/through the side that they entered.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘When the people of Israel will-worship me in the temple at times of the feasts, the one-who-will-enter the north way needs to go-out the south way, and the one-who-will-enter the south needs to go-out the north. No one will-enter-and-go-out at just the same way, but-instead he needs to go-out at the opposite way if he entered in the opposite way.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the Israeli people come to worship me at the festivals that I have appointed, those who enter the temple area through the north entryway must go out through the south entryway. And those who enter through the south entryway must go out through the north entryway. People must not go out through the entryway through which they entered; they must go out through the opposite entryway.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “The king shall enter and leave with the people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The leader will-go-together-with them when they will-enter and when they will-go-out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The king must go in when the other people go in, and go out when the people go out.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “When any appointed/set aside festival is celebrated the things that are needed are one basket of flour together with a bullock, a ram and anything (they) are able to give together with the small rams. One basket of flour goes with four liters of oil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘At the times of the different feasts, the gift offering which will-go-with the young-bull cow and with the mature sheep is each-half sack of flour, but the offerer is-pleased-to-do-as-he-wishes how much flour he will-put-with to each young sheep. In each half sack of flour which he will-put-with the animals offering, he will also offer one gallon of olive oil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “During the festivals and sacred feasts, the king must present a bushel of grain along with each bull or ram, and as much grain as he wants to bring, along with the lambs and 1 gallon/3.8 liters of olive oil with each bushel of grain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 46:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 46:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “If the king wants to give as a gift something to God with a whole heart whether it needs to be burned completely or belong to that one of fellowship, the gate on the side of East is to be opened coming to the veranda. He must make those sacrifices like he does with those on the Sabbath. And when he comes out, the gate is to be shut immediately.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the leader will-offer a burnt offering or offering for a good relationship as a freewill offering, the way/road facing the east will-be-opened for him. And he will-offer his offerings like [the-way] he offered in the Day For-Resting. When he goes-out, the gate will- then -be-closed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the king gives an offering that is not required, either one to be completely burned on the altar or an offering to maintain fellowship with me, Yahweh, the entryway on the east side of the courtyard must be opened for him. Then he must present those offerings like he does on the Sabbath days. Then he must go out, and after he goes out, the entryway must be shut.” (Source: Translation for Translators)