Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 39:34:
- Kupsabiny: “(They) also brought the red colored sheep skin for covering/sheltering, skin/hide of a hippo and curtain for covering/shielding the Inner Room.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “two set canopy to cover tent made of ram’s skin dyed with red color and of dolphin’s skin and curtain before the Lord,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “the covering made from leather of a male sheep which-was dyed red, the covering made from a good kind of leather, the curtains;” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “and its covering which they made from male sipsips’ skin on which they rubbed red paint, and the other cover which they made from dugong skins, and the big cloth which split the shelter’s interior so that it became two,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “with its cover which they make with skins of sheep/goats red, and that which they make with skins hard, and cloth of door of sacred-place,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “the coverings for the Sacred Tent that were made of tanned/dyed rams’ skins and goatskins, the curtains,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 40:23:
- Kupsabiny: “He placed sacrificial bread for God on the table as God had told (him).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then he put the bread on it before the Lord as the Lord commanded him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then he put on the table the bread offered to the presence of-the LORD. He did it/this all according to-the command of-the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And when it was done, then he put the offering bret onto that table so that it remained in the sight of the Chief, as he spoke to Moses about.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And he put sacred bread on its head in front of The Lord, as he said to him.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “He/I placed on the table the bread that was offered to Yahweh, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Although the Egyptians tortured the Israelites, the Israelites continued to prosper much spreading in that land. Those things made the Egyptians to fear the Israelites very much.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “However, the more they tortured Israelites the more their number increased. They filled in many places. Therefore seeing Israelites, they feared too much.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But while they were-being-oppressed again-again/[lit. being-oppressed being-oppressed], the more they in-fact kept-increasing, and they even spread-(out) within Egipto. So the Egiptohanon became- even more -afraid of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “The Isip people were strong in making the Israel people toil, but the Israel people were strong and so were becoming more numerous. Therefore the Isip people were afraid of the Israel people” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “But, when they were adding work of people of Israel, people of Israel were adding births their, and ground their was growing. And [body] fear people of Egypt very about people of Israel.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “But the more cruelly they treated the Israeli people, the bigger the Israeli population grew, and they became more numerous all over the land. So the Egyptian people began to be afraid of the Israeli people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 2:22:
- Kupsabiny: “After he had married, Zipporah bore Moses a boy child. Moses said that, ‘Just as I am a foreigner, I will call this boy, Gershom.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Zipporah’s gave birth to a son. Moses’s saying, ‘I have become an alien in a foreign land’ named him Gershom.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Zipora became-pregnant and gave-birth to a son, and Moises named him Gershom, for he said, ‘I (am) a stranger in this place.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Later, Sipora bore Moses a male child, and so Moses called his name Gersom, because he said, ‘I am a man from another area, but I’ve come and lived in this area.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “She bore for him male child, and he called him Gershom, because he said «I am foreigner in country of these others.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses/I named him Gershom, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘foreigner’, because he/I said, ‘I am living as a foreigner in this land.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 4:7:
- Kupsabiny: “God again told Moses that, ‘Put back your hand inside the cloth.’ Moses did like that. And when he removed the hand, (it) was seen to be fitting/well.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Again Lord said, "Put your hand again into your gaa." So he put his hand again inside. When he took it out again, it was as it had been before.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘Put your (sing.) hand again inside your (sing.) garment.’ Moises obeyed this, and when he now took-out his hand, it (was) already/now well like the other parts of his body.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then he spoke to Moses again like this, ‘Put your hand so that it goes inside again.’ And then Moses put his hand so that it went inside again, and he pulled his hand so that it came back out and then he saw [that] his hand had become well like all his body.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And God said to him «Return it inside of shirt your.» He returned it. When he drew it here out, it returned be good be the same with his flesh other.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said, ‘Put your hand back inside your robe !’ So he/I did that, and when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, it was normal again, just like the rest of his/my body!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 5:8:
- Kupsabiny: “See to it that these people have made the quantity of bricks they have always been making not even one is less. These people have become lazy, that is what is making them to say that they want to go and make sacrifices to their God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As for the number of bricks which they used to make before. They now still have to produce the same number. The number must not be less. They have become lazy. So, they are screaming, ‘let us go to sacrifice to the God.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But (it) must particularly-be the same number of bricks they are-to-make. They (are) lazy ones, that is why they are-requesting that I let- them -go so-that they can-sacrifice to their God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And you will speak strongly to them so that they make many strong stones just as they were doing in the recent past and since. They can’t/mustn’t move the number of hard stones down. They are people of laziness, therefore they cry to me and so say, ‘Allow us to go kill animals to be for an offering to our God.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “But, bricks which they make at the beginning, do not reduce the amount they make, because they are idle! That is what they say for it ‹Let go us (excl.) that we (excl.) might go give God our thing.›” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “But require them to make the same number of bricks that they did before. Do not decrease the number at all. They are lazy/do not have enough work to do. That is the reason they are asking me to let them go into the desert to offer sacrifices to their god.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 6:17:
- Kupsabiny: “And the men who come from the house of Gershon who started clans are: Libni and Shimei.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The male children of Gershon were-namely Libni and Shimei.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And Gerson’s male children’s names were as follows: Lipni and Simei. The two of them were leading in some of the families [descended] from Livai.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Male children of Gershon, be Libni and Shimei. They called family their like that.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei. They were ancestors of clans that have those names.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 7:19:
- Kupsabiny: “God told Moses that, ‘Tell Aaron to take his stick and lift up his hand upon/towards all the waters of Egypt including rivers, every stream, ponds and wells/water holes/springs. All the water of that land will redden to become blood even that (water) which is in the pots in the homes.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over all the rivers, ponds, canals. Then all the water there will become blood. In all those places in Egypt there will be blood just blood everywhere. Even water wooden or stone vessels will turn to blood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD still said/[continued to say] to Moises, ‘Tell Aaron to point-out his staff/walking-stick over all the waters of Egipto: over the rivers, streams, canals, ponds, and over all the places-where- water -is-gathered, and they will- all -become blood. This is what will-happen everywhere in Egipto. Even the water in the wooden or stone containers will-become blood.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then the Chief spoke to Moses again like this, ‘Tell Aron to take his stick and then lift it so that it points toward the big and small rivers and all the lakes in the area of Isip. And then the water will become blood. Therefore [in] every area of Isip, blood will be full in the water. And the [wooden] dishes and clay pots and [coconut shell] water containers also will be full of blood.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And The Lord again said to Moses «you say to Aaron ‹Take cane your, you lift hand on top of water of Egypt all, on top of river, and canal, and lakes, and wetlands, let it changed into blood. Therefore, blood will fill Egypt all. Even if it be water which be present in gourd, and water which be present in jar, it will changed into blood.›»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to Moses/me, ‘When you are talking to the king, say to Aaron, ‘Hold your stick out as though you were holding it over the water in Egypt—over the rivers, the canals, the ponds, and over the pools of water, in order that all of it may become red like blood.’ When Aaron does that, there will be blood throughout Egypt, even in wooden jars and in stone jars.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)