complete verse (Exodus 6:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 6:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “You will be my people and I will be your God. You shall know that I am your God on that day that I will be freeing you from the yoke of slavery in Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will accept you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the one who brought you out of slavery in Egypt, I the Lord God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-consider you (plur.) as my people and I will-be your (plur.) God. Then you (plur.) will-know that I am-namely/particularly the LORD your (plur.) God who freed you (plur.) from slavery in Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And so I will make you to become my people, and then I will become your God. And you will know that I am your Chief God who brought you so that you left your laborer work for the Isip people.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “I will take you for my own (people), and I will be God your. It is that which you will recognize it that I am Yahweh, God your, which untie you from burdens heavy of Egyptians.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause you to be my own people, and I will be your God, the one you worship. You will truly know that I, Yahweh your God, am the one who has freed you from the burdens of work as slaves of the Egyptians.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 7:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 7:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘If the king wants you (plur.) to do a miracle so that he may know that I am the one who sent you, tell Aaron to throw down his stick before that ruler. That is when that stick will change into a snake.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘When Pharaoh says to you ‘perform some miracle’ then you say to Aaron, ‘throw your staff down before Pharaoh’. It will become a snake.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘If the king of Egipto says that you (plur.) are-to-do/perform a miracle, you (sing.) Moises are-to-say to Aaron, ‘Throw your (sing.) staff/walking-stick in-front of the king, and it will-become a snake.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘If the great chief of the Isip people says for the two of you to do some miracle to show that I sent the two of you, then you (sing.) will speak to Aron in order that he take his walking stick and then throw it down in the sight of the great chief of Isip, and then his stick will change itself and become a snake.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “«When king of Egypt will say to you ‹Show me power your by miracles,› you Moses, you say [to] Aaron that he take his cane, let him throw it down in front king, [in order that] it might changed into serpent.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If the king says to you, ‘Prove that God sent you by performing a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Throw your stick down in front of the king, in order that it may become a snake.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 7:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 7:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “Moses and Aaron did as God had commanded/told them. As Aaron was before the ruler and his leaders/officials of his land, he lifted up his stick and struck/beat the river. After striking/beating, all the water in Egypt turned into (human) blood.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded. He raised his staff in front of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the river Nile and all the water became blood. Para” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Moises and Aaron obeyed what the LORD had-commanded. While the king and his officials were-watching, Aaron raised-up his staff/walking-stick and struck the Nile River, and all the water became blood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Therefore Moses and Aron did as the Chief spoke to the two of them about. In the sight of the great chief of Isip and his [subordinate] leaders, Aron lifted his stick up and then struck the river Nail, and then all the water became blood.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And Moses and Aaron did that which The Lord said to them. He lifted cane, hit river of Nile in front of king and his servants, and water changed into blood all.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “So Aaron and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded. As the king and his officials were watching, Aaron lifted up his stick and then struck the water in the Nile River with it. And all the water in the river turned red like blood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 8:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 8:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “You must allow us take a journey of three days into the wilderness to go and make sacrifices to our God as he has told us.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “We must take a 3-day journey to the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God, as ordered by him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) must go/[lit. walk] for three days to-the-desolate-place to offer sacrifices/offerings there to the LORD our (excl.) God, according to what he commanded us (excl.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “We (excl.) must walk and go to the desolate area for a duration of three days in order to make offerings to our Chief God there, as he spoke to us about.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Therefore, its is necessary [that] we (excl.) might go wilderness for days three, [that] we (excl.) might go give God our (excl.) namely Yahweh thing there, as he said to us (excl.).»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “No, we need to travel for three days into the desert. There we will offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God we worship, just as he commands (OR, has commanded) us.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 9:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 9:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the ruler called Moses and Aaron and told them that, ‘I know now that I have sinned today. God’s words are true, but I and my people are the ones who are wrong/mistaken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "This time I have sinned. The Lord is in the right and I and my people are in the wrong.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the king summoned Moises and Aaron. He said to them, ‘This time I accept that I have-sinned. The LORD (is) right; and I and my people are in-the-wrong.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about that the great chief of the Isip people called Moses and Aron to come to him and then he said, ‘Today my behavior is bad. Chief God’s behavior is upright, but I with my people have a bad fault.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Therefore, king of Egypt called [this direction] Moses and Aaron, said to them like this «Now, I sinned. But Yahweh not sin, it is us (excl.) and my people who sinned.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the king sent someone to summon Aaron and Moses/me. When they/we came to the king, he said to them/us, ‘This time I admit that I have sinned. What Yahweh has done is right, and what I and my people have done is wrong.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 10:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 10:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the ruler called Moses and said that, ‘Go to worship your (plur.) God. Go with your wives and your children but leave your goats/sheep and cattle.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, ‘Take your women and children and go worship the Lord. However, you are not to take the animals."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the king summoned for Moises and told (him), ‘Okay, [you (plur.)] now worship the LORD. Bring even your (plur.) families, but only leave your (plur.) livestock/animals.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about that the great chief of the Isip people called Moses to come to him and then he said, ‘You (pl.) go lift up your Chief God’s name. All right, you together with your spouses and your children will go. But your bulmakaos and sipsips will stay in Isip.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Therefore, king of Egypt again called [this direction] Moses and Aaron, said to them «you go do service for Yahweh! you go with children your together. Livestock your only, may you leave.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “The king summoned Moses/me and said, ‘All right, you may go and worship Yahweh. Your wives and your children may go with you. But your flocks of sheep and goats and your herds of cattle must remain here.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 12:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 12:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Be eating/celebrating this festival of breads that have not risen to show/remind how I removed/rescued you from the hands of the people of Egypt. You must do this festival in all years from generations (age-sets) to generations.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Observe the feast of unleavened bread because on that day I have brought you out of Egypt, in ordered groups. Till later generations will be born and forever observance of this day is like an ordinance to be kept.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘You (plur.) should-celebrate the Feast of the Bread that Has-None of That-Which-Causes-To-Expand, for it will-remind you (plur.) of-the day that I caused- you (plur.) -to-go-out from Egipto. You (plur.) should-celebrate this forever/[lit. until whenever] as a that-which-is-to-be-followed that you should obey until generations to-come.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘You (pl.) will do this feast of Bret Not Having Yis Existing in it, because I brought each of the families of you Israel people so that you left Isip on this day. You must do this big feast each and every year and onward, and so later your children and descendants will be doing it also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Yearly, you shall remember days of joy of bread which lacks yeast thus, because that is what be day which I take away tribes your out from Egypt all. you and generation your which will come all, you shall remember this day as that which you put down until forever.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Every year you must keep celebrating this festival of eating bread that has no yeast in it, because it will remind you that it was on this day that I brought all your tribal groups out of Egypt. So every year, in all the generations to come, you must celebrate this day as a festival. It must continue forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 12:49)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 12:49:

  • Kupsabiny: “This law touches/applies to you Israelites and any foreigner who has come to live with you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The same rule will be applied to the native-born and to the alien living among you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This regulation is for all — to the native Israelinhon and to the non Israelinhon who live among/together-with you (plur.)’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “This same law fully applies (lit. reaches) to you (pl.) Israel people and people from another area who are living in the midst of you.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “even though he be one who they birth among you, even though he be foreigner who lives home your.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “These rules apply to people who were born as Israelis and to foreigners who come and live among you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)