Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “This portion of God must not be sold or exchanged or turned over to another person because it is holy and belongs to God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They must never sell it or exchange even just a small portion of it, for this is the best land and it is holy for the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “None of this special land will ever be permitted to be sold or traded or used by other people, because it belongs to me, Yahweh. It is set apart for me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But the remaining portion from that set aside that of a length of twelve and a half kilometers, shall assist people in every way. People may live there or use it to become a grazing ground and a city is built in the middle.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The remaining land which the length is twelve kilometers and the width is two and a half kilometers is for the public. This can be inhabited by the people and grazing-field of their animals. In the center of it is the town” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The rest of that sacred area, a strip of land 8.3 miles/13.3 km. long and 1.7 miles/2.65 km. wide will be allotted for other people to use. It will be land where they will be permitted to build homes and have pasturelands. There will be a city at the center.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “The sides of the place where the city is built are equal (each) being two thousand, two hundred and fifty meters.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “which is two kilometers square.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The city will be square, 1.5 miles/2.4 km. on each side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “There must be an open space around the city of a width of one hundred and twenty-five meters.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “It is surrounded by a clear/clean place which is 125 meters square.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Around the city there will be an area for farming, that will be 150 yards/135 meters in each direction.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But the portion that remains of five kilometers going East and five kilometers going West of the city that touches upon the holy area the people of the city shall plant their food/crops there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Outside the town there is a farm which the length is five kilometers going-east and is five kilometers also going-west. It is in the boundary of the holy land. The produce of this land is for the food of the ones-who-work in the town.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Outside the city, to the east and to the west, there will be a farming area. It will extend 3 miles/4.8 km. to the east and 3 miles/4.8 km. to the west. Men who work there will produce food for the people who work in the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Each person who lives in the city shall have his garden where he plants his crops.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Whoever will-work in the town from the different tribes of Israel are-be-able-to-farm in this land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Some of those who come from the various Israeli tribes to work in the city may also work on the farmland.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “The sides of this place that is set aside are equal/same size, including the holy place and where the city shall be built. It must have twelve and a half kilometers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore the entire land which you will-give to the LORD as a special gift, including the holy land and the town, is twelve kilometers square.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That entire special area, including the sacred lands and the city, will be a square that is 8.3 miles/13.3 km. on each side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 48:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 48:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “The remaining portion shall belong to the king, on the side of the East until it touched the river of Jordan and the side of West touching the Ocean of Mediterranea. But the area of/in the middle belongs to God and the city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The remaining lands, in the east and west of the holy land and of the town, will-belong to the leader. These lands have a width of twelve kilometers and it reaches until the boundary of Israel in the east and west. Therefore in the center of the land which is for the leader is my holy land, the temple, the land of the descendants of Levi, and the town. The land which is for the leader is in the center of the land for thetribe of Juda and of the land for the tribe of Benjamin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The areas to the east and to the west of the sacred area and the city will belong to the king. One area will extend east to the eastern boundary of Israel and the other will extend west to the Mediterranean Sea. The sacred area in which the temple is located will be in the middle.” (Source: Translation for Translators)