complete verse (Exodus 38:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “(He) tied those curtains onto twenty bronze pillars and (they) stood on twenty things made of bronze, and had clips/hooks and horizontal poles made of silver.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made twenty bases of bronze for it and twenty bronze pillars as well. But hooks and ropes of pillars were silver.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They connected/hung this curtain to-the 20 bronze posts which is also inserted to-the 20 bronze bases. The thing- they -used-to-connect/hung the curtain was-the silver hooks which is-attached to-the silver rods on the posts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And they made the long side of that fence with its twenty posts. And they made twenty bras post-bases also to be for the standing-up of the posts. And on each of the posts, they made silva hooks and silva cross-pieces also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They pound metal red which be 20 for its hanging wood, with metal red which be 20 other for its planting-hole. They pound gold white, made crooks head, seal it on hanging-wood, and they pound gold white for its beams.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “To hang the curtain, they made 20 bronze posts and 20 bronze bases, one for under each post. To fasten the curtains to the posts, they made silver hooks, and they made metal rods covered with silver.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 39:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 39:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “And in the second straight line (they) arranged emerald, sapphire and diamond.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “a turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald in the second row,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “in the second row, emerald, sapphire, and diamond;” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And in the next group of stones, they arranged a blue/green terkois stone, and a blue sapaia stone, and a blue/green emeral stone.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Afterwards, they sew gem good on it, arrange it for three times four. Gem three which be present on its top, it be gem which be called odem, and pitdah, and bareqet, and gem three which be present underneath it, it be gem which be called nopek, and sapir, and yahalom, and gem three which be present underneath it, it be gem which be called lesem, and sebo, and ahlamah, and gem three which end it, it be gem which be called taris, and soham, and yasepeh.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “In the second row, they put a green emerald, a blue sapphire, and a clear/white diamond.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 39:43)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 39:43:

  • Kupsabiny: “Moses inspected that work and when he checked, those people had done (it) the way God had told him. So, Moses blessed those people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Seeing that all the works were done according to the commandment of the Lord Moses blessed all of them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Moises looked at-their work, and he saw that they did it all according to-the command of-the LORD. So Moises blessed them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And Moses inspected (lit. his eye followed) all the things which the people made, and he saw that they did it exactly like the Chief has spoken to him about. Therefore Moses made good talk for empowering them.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And Moses evaluate work their, see it that it be good, because they do it as The Lord said to him. Therefore, Moses blessed them.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Moses/I saw all the work that they had done. Truly, they had done everything exactly as Yahweh had commanded that it should be done. Then Moses/I asked God to bless them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 40:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 40:32:

  • Kupsabiny: “every day when they entered the Tent or when making sacrifices there by the altar as God had told Moses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They used to wash their hands and feet when they entered the tabernacle and went before the altar as the Lord commanded Moses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They washed when they enter the Tent Meeting-Place or went-near the altar. They did it all/They did all of-this according to-the command of-the LORD to Moises.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Always when they entered God’s shelter, or when they went close to the table of offerings, they washed their hands and feet, as the Chief spoke to Moses about.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “When they entered inside of tent, when they [were] coming near altar [body], they [were] washing as The Lord had said to Moses.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Every time Moses/I and Aaron and his sons went into the Sacred Tent or went to the altar, they/we washed their/our hands and feet ritually, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “The sons of Jacob who went with their father to the land of Egypt together with their children are these:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob taking their own family are” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the male children of Jacob who went-with/accompanied him to Egipto, with their families:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “The male children of Iakop who went to Isip with him, each of them went with their spouses and their children. The names of Israel’s male children are as follows:” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “When Jacob had gone Egypt, his children who they went with them together were” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 2:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 2:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “When Moses grew up, he visited his people of Israel. And when he looked/inspected, his people suffered from the work they were doing. He also saw how an Egyptian was beating an Israelite.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When Moses had grown up, one day he went out to where his brothers, the Israelites, were. There he saw them having to do hard labor. Then he saw an Egyptian brutally beating a Hebrew.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “One day, when Moises had-grown-up/[lit. was now big], he went to his blood-relatives, and he saw that they are-being-oppressed and causing- (them) -to-work very hard. He saw an Egiptohanon beating a Hebrew who (was) his blood-relative.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about later that Moses grew up and then went to see his own Ibru people. But he saw that they were doing the difficult work of the great chief of Isip. He saw a man of Isip hitting an Ibru man badly.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “When Moses had grown, on day past thus, he went to his people, went saw hard things which they do. And he saw man of Egypt hitting a Hebrew, one of his tribe.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “One day, after Moses/I had grown up, he/I went out of the palace area to see his/my people, the Hebrews. He/I saw how they were being forced to work very hard. He/I also saw an Egyptian man beating one of his/my Hebrew people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 3:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those leaders will listen to you. Then that is when you will go together with them to the ruler/king of Egypt, and you (plur.) tell him that, ‘Our God has appeared to us. Therefore, we request you to allow us to have a journey of three days into the wilderness and burn/offer sacrifices to our God.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘Then the leaders of Israelites will listen to you. After that you go with them to the King of Egypt and say, ‘The Lord of the Hebrews has met with us. So please allow us to go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to The Lord our God.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘The ones-who-rule Israel will-listen to you (sing.). And then, you (sing.) and the ones-who-rule are-to-go to the king of Egipto and say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews appeared to us (excl.). So if possible allow us (excl.) to-go for three days into the/a desolate-place to-offer to the LORD our (excl.) God.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘The elders of Israel will listen to you and so follow your talk. And when it’s done, then you and those elders will go to the great chief of the Isip people and so speak to him like this, ‘The Chief God of us (excl.) Ibru people met with us and so said for us to come ask you to allow us to go the desolate area, for a duration of three days, and then we will kill animals to be for our offering to our Chief God.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “God again said to Moses «They will hear word your. And you with elders of people of Israel, you go to king of Egypt, go say to him like this ‹God of Hebrew namely Yahweh, he visited us (excl.). Therefore, you permit for us (excl.) it that we (excl.) might go wild for days three, that we (excl.) might go give God our (excl.) namely Yahweh gift(s) on altar there.›” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “My people will do what you say. Then you and their leaders must go to the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, who is God, the one we Hebrews worship, has revealed himself to us. So now we ask you to allow us to travel for three days to a place in the desert, in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 4:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 4:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Moses narrated all things to Aaron on what God had told him. He also told him concerning all signs/miracles that God was going to do.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that Moses told Aaron everything that the Lord had sent and brought him (Aaron) to say. Moses also told him about all the miracles and signs the Lord ordered him to perform.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Moises then told Aaron everything the LORD had-commanded him to-say, and all the miracles that he was-being-commanded-to-do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about that Moses explained to Aron about all the things which the Chief sent him to say and about the miracles which he commanded him with.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And word which The Lord sent Moses that he might go tell and sign which he said to him that he might do, he told it for Aaron.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Moses/I told Aaron everything that Yahweh had said to him/me when he told him/me to return to Egypt. He/I also told Aaron about all the miracles that Yahweh told him/me to perform.” (Source: Translation for Translators)