Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 2:15:
- Kupsabiny: “When the ruler heard of these words/events, he ordered that Moses should be caught and killed. Moses fled. He went and/but when he reached the land of Midian, (he) sat down by a certain well.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Pharaoh came to know about this, he intended to kill Moses. As for Moses he escaped from there and went to the country of Midian. And there he sat by a well.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When- the king of Egipto -found-out what Moises had-done, he tried to-kill him, but Moises fled to Midian and lived there. When- he -arrived in Midian, he sat-down beside a well.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And the great chief of the Isip people heard that Moses did this thing, and so he was searching for him to kill him. But Moses fled from the great chief and so went and lived in the area of Midian, close to a water hole.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “When king of Egypt heard it, he seek let him kill Moses, but he out, ran country Midian. And he sit down at side of well there.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “And that was correct. The king heard about what he/I had done to that Egyptian. So he ordered his soldiers to execute/kill Moses/me. But he/I fled from the king and left Egypt. He/I traveled east to the Midian region and started to live there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:22:
- Kupsabiny: “Every woman of Israel shall request/ask her Egyptian neighbor to give a cloth and things of gold and silver. The women of Israel will clothe/dress their sons and girls with those things. By doing that they will have taken the wealth from the people of Egypt.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The articles of gold and silver, and the clothes will be asked from the Israelites and their women who stay at home, and you’ll put those on your sons and daughters. In this way you’ll bring the wealth of the Egyptians.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The Israelinhon women will-ask-for silver and gold jewelry and for clothes/garments from their Egiptohanon neighbors and from those temporarily-residing there in Egipto. And you (plur.) will-cause- your (plur.) children -to-wear these things. In this way, you (plur.) can-take-(away) the possessions/wealth of the Egiptohanon.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “The women of Israel will be asking the women of Isip and the guests of the Isip people also, to give silva and gol things and new changes of clothes to them. And so you (pl.) will put them onto your children. In doing like this, you will take for nothing the Isip people’s many things.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Egyptians who be near you [body] and Egyptians who live with you together, women your all will ask them gold white and gold red, and clothes. Therefore, you will take away it, clothing male children your and female children your. That is what be plunder which you will plunder wealth of Egyptians with it.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “At that time, each Israeli woman will ask her Egyptian neighbors and each Egyptian woman who is living in her (OR, her neighbor’s) house to give her some silver and gold jewelry and some nice clothes. Each Egyptian woman will give them some, and you will put them on your sons and daughters to take with you. In that way you will take away/confiscate the wealth of the Egyptian people.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 5:1:
- Kupsabiny: “And thereafter, Moses and Aaron went where the king/ruler of Egypt was and told him that, ‘The God of the people of Israel has said that, ‘Release my people to go to the wilderness land in order to celebrate for me a festival.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, ‘The Lord of Israel said like this, ‘let my people go so they may celebrate a festival for me in wilderness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, Moises and Aaron went to the king of Egipto and said, ‘This is what the LORD says, the God of Israel: ‘Let- my people -go, so-that they can-celebrate a feast for me in the/a desolate-place.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “It came about that Moses and Aron went to the great chief of the Isip people and then said, ‘We (excl.) Israel people’s Chief God says for you to allow his people to go into the desolate area to do a feast to lift up his name.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Afterwards, Moses and Aaron went place of king of Egypt, said to him like this «Yahweh who be God of Israel, he says ‹you let go my people that they might go prepare for me meal of joy [body] in the wilderness.›»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Then Aaron and Moses/I went to the king and one of them/us said, ‘Yahweh God, whom we Israeli people worship, says this to you: ‘Let my people go to the desert, in order that they may have a feast to honor me!’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 6:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, God told Moses that,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the Lord said to Moses,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to Moises,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And when it was done, then the Chief spoke to Moses like this,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, The Lord said to Moses” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 7:12:
- Kupsabiny: “They also threw down their sticks and they changed to be snakes. But the staff of Aaron swallowed those (staffs) of the others.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They each threw down their own staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staff.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Each one of them threw their staffs/walking-sticks and they also were-made-into snakes. But the snake of Aaron gobbled-up/devoured/swallowed-whole their snakes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Each one of them threw their sticks down to the ground and then they changed and became snakes. But Aron’s snake swallowed their snakes until they were finished.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “each throwing his cane down, it was changed into serpent. And cane of Aaron went swallowed cane of others those.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “They all threw down their sticks, and they became snakes. But Aaron’s stick, which had become a snake, swallowed up all their sticks!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 8:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, the magicians told that ruler that, ‘The one who did these things is God.’ But the ruler hardened the head as God said.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then magicians said to Pharaoh,’ there is hand of the God. But as said by the Lord, the heart of Pharaoh was hard. So he did not listen to them.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The magicians said to the king, ‘God (is) the-(one-who) has-done this!’ But the heart of the king was still hard, and he did-not [emphasis] listen to Moises and Aaron, just-as the LORD had-said.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And so the magic people spoke to the great chief of Isip like this, ‘God alone did this action.’ But the great chief was unwavering and refused to listen to Moses’ and Aron’s talk, as Chief God spoke about.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And spiritists of Egypt said to king «This thing [which] happen thus, it is power of God that did it.» But king of Egypt was with hard heartedness, not them listen, as The Lord said to them.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “The men who worked magic said to the king, ‘It is God who has done this with his power !’ But the king continued to be stubborn , and he would not pay attention to us, just as Yahweh had predicted.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 9:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Tell your people to lock themselves in the houses and/with their animals, because those hailstones are going to beat (fall on) the people and all the animals that are outside to kill (them).’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Immediately give orders to bring your livestock, people and everything that you have in the fields (to a place of shelter) otherwise when the hail will fall everyone left in the open, man and animals all will die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So [you (sing.)] command immediately to-have- all your (sing.) animals and all your (sing.) slaves who are in the field -put-under shelter, for all who (are) outside, either people or animals, will-die if (they)-are-hit by ice rain/[rain linker ice].’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Right now you (sing.) must make strong talk to your people in order that they bring their bulmakaos and other things which area outside, to come and enter the house(s). For hard raindrops like stones will be falling onto all humans and animals who are located outside. And so they will die.’ ’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, you send others, [that] they might go take livestock to house with household things all, because people and animal which not house enter, when hail will pierce them it will kill them.» › »” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “So you should send a message to everyone to put their cattle, and everything else that they own that is out in the fields, under shelters. The hail will fall on every person and every animal that is out in the fields and that is not put under a shelter, and they will all die.’’ So Moses/I did what Yahweh said.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 10:16:
- Kupsabiny: “And there/then, that ruler called Moses and Aaron and told them that, ‘I have sinned against your (plur.) God and I have sinned also against you (plur.).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron, "I have sinned again against the Lord your God and against you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The king quickly summoned Moises and Aaron, and said, ‘I have-sinned against the LORD your (plur.) God and against you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Therefore quickly the great chief of the Isip people called Moses and Aron to come to him and then he said, ‘I did a bad deed to your (pl.) Chief God and to you also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, king of Egypt immediately called [this direction] Moses and Aaron, said to them «I sinned in front of God your namely Yahweh, and front your also.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “The king quickly summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, ‘I have sinned against Yahweh, your god, and against you two.” (Source: Translation for Translators)