Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:14:
- Kupsabiny: “So, the Egyptians really punished/inflicted pain on those Israelites. They gave them to be doing a hard task/work of building and digging their farms without mercy!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They filled their lives with sorrow by making them knead mud, make brick, and do hard work in the field.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They did- not -have any compassion/mercy upon the Israelinhon. They made- them really -work-hard by-means-of having- them -work with bricks and for-cement. And they had- them -work very-hard in the field(s).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “The Isip people made the life of the Israel people bad with difficult work. They kept giving them work to mix earth to become hard and so they made it into houses, and they were doing various kinds of work in the garden also. The Isip people weren’t sorry for the Israel people. They made them toil very badly.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “They ruined lives their with work hard. They made them they mix soil, make bricks, cut field their. This work all, they make them they do it without resting.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “and by making them slaves, they made their lives miserable. They forced them to build many buildings with mortar and bricks. They also forced them to do other work in the fields. In making them do all this work, the Egyptian officials treated them ruthlessly/cruelly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
