Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 32:25:
- Kupsabiny: “Moses realized that Aaron had made the people to go out of control like dripping honey and (they) had become fools in the eyes of their enemies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Moses saw that the people did whatever they wanted. Aaron without controlling them had allowed them to do whatever they wanted – to the point even of becoming a laughingstock in front of their enemies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moises saw that the people were-acting-out-of-control, and Aaron just let them be. Because of-this they become a-laughing-stock to their enemies around (them).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Okay, Moses saw that the people were running here and there, and Aron wasn’t able to make them stop. Therefore Moses spoke in his interior like this, ‘[It’s] no good [if] our (excl.) enemies see [it] and then laugh badly about us.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “When Moses had seen it that children of Israel be doing evil things, and Aaron not them warn, and that which they be doing be that which enemies their will mock for it them,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Moses/I saw that Aaron had allowed the people to become completely out of control and to do things that would make their enemies think the Israeli people were foolish.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
