Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 20:13:
- Kupsabiny: “But the Israelites went astray from me in the wilderness. They refused to follow my laws and did not honor my will that if a person follows (them), (it) brings him life. Those people also scorned the Sabbath. I had prepared to vomit/pour out my anger on these Israelites in the desert for them to be scattered.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘But they still rebelled against me there in the desert. They did not obey my commands and statutes, that if they would obey they would-live. And they never cause-to-become-holy the Day For-Resting which I caused- them -to-obey. Therefore I said that I would-have- them -experience my anger so-that they will-be-destroyed entirely there in the desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But the Israeli people rebelled against me in the desert. They did not obey my commands ; they rejected them, even though they tell people who obey them that they will live for a long time, and they profaned the Sabbath days. So I said that I would get rid of them in the desert, and that would show that I was very angry with them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
