complete verse (Exodus 1:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 11:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will kill every firstborn son of the people of the Egypt even up to that of their ruler. Even the firstborn sons of the slave girls who grind and the firstborn bullocks of the cattle of the Egyptians will die.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Every first born son in Egypt will die. From the first born son of the Pharaoh, who sits on the throne to the firstborn son of the slave woman who is at a hand mill. Even all the firstborn of animals will die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and the first-born males in Egipto will-die, from the first-born of the king, who is-the-one who will-succeed the throne, to the first-born of the lowest slave woman. Including all the first-born of the animals will- also -die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and then all the firstborn male children of Isip will die. Your (sing.) own firstborn child whom you chose to take your place, he will die. And the firstborn children of people who have great status and the people who have no status, all of them up until the firstborn child of the laborer woman who grinds with fruit, they all will die. And the bulmakaos’ firstborn children will die also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And firstborn males all, even though he be firstborn male of king who sits on his throne, even though he be firstborn male of female slave who grinds stone, even if it be firstborn child of animal, they will die all.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “and I will cause all the firstborn/oldest sons to die. That will include your oldest son, the oldest sons of the slave women who grind grain, and the oldest sons of everyone else. I will also kill the oldest males of the Egyptians’ livestock.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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