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)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 8:26:
- Kupsabiny: “Then Moses said that, ‘It is impossible because the Egyptians hate/do not like how we do our sacrifices. So if we do our sacrifice before their eyes, they will stone us to death.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Moses said,’ That would not be right because the Egyptians dislike the sacrifices we offer to the Lord, our God. And will they not kill us throwing stones on us if we offer such sacrifices to them with any reason?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moises answered, ‘(It) is not possible that we (excl.) sacrifice here in Egipto, for our (excl.) offerings to the LORD our (excl.) God are-detestable to the Egiptohanon. And if we (excl.) offer sacrifices/offerings that are-detestable to them, surely they will-stone us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But Moses said, ‘If we (excl.) do like this, it isn’t right. For the offerings which we are offering to our Chief God, the Isip people see these as a thing that is extremely bad (lit. bad and very bad). If the Isip people see us strike the animals for offering like that, then they will strike us with stones so that we die.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Moses answered for him it «It not be good that we (excl.) might do it in this country, because kind of animal which we (excl.) will give God our (excl.) namely Yahweh on altar, be kind of animal which Egyptians despise very. When we (excl.) will give type of those animals Egyptians despise thus, they not us (excl.) with stone will strike?” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “But Moses/I replied, ‘It would not be right for us to do that, because we will be offering sacrifices that are very offensive to the Egyptian people. If we offer sacrifices that the Egyptian people think are disgusting, they will kill us by throwing stones at us !” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 9:26:
- Kupsabiny: “It was Goshen alone where the Israelites lived that remained unbeaten by the hailstones in the land of Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The only place where hail did not fall was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The only (place) which was- not -rained-upon with ice was Goshen where the Israelinhon live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But only in the area of Gosen, in which the Israel people were living, the hard raindrops didn’t fall at all.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Place where hail not there fell, it is Goshen where people of Israel live there only.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Only in the Goshen region, where the Israeli people were living, was there no hail.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 10:23:
- Kupsabiny: “No one was able to see another for those three days, and no one was able to move from where (he/she) was and go to another place. But there was light in the area where the Israelites lived.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “For three days no one could see anyone. No Egyptian was even able to leave his house. However, in the places where the Israelites lived it was not dark.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “None of the Egiptohanon came-out from their houses for three days for they could- not -see. But the Israelinhon on-the-other-hand had light in their place where- (they) -were-living.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “No one in Isip was able to see his fellow companion. They were sitting in the house, but they weren’t able to go outside, because great darkness prevented them for a duration of three days. But that darkness didn’t happen to the Israel people. There were living in the light.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Egyptians not [body] were seeing each other. There was no one who arose up from place where he sat down there for days three. But, place where people of Israel live there all, it lightened.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “People could not see each other. No one left his house during that whole time. But there was light in the area where the Israeli people were living.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 12:16:
- Kupsabiny: “You must be meeting on that first day and on the seventh (day) to pray/worship. Do not let anyone do any work on those days, but only prepare something to eat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the first day and the seventh day of a week hold a sacred assembly to worship God. On these two days you are not to do anything except prepare food for everyone to eat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the first day and on the seventh day, you (plur.) are-to-gather to worship me. You (plur.) should- not -work on those days, except only in the preparation of food for you (plur.) to-eat. That is only what you (plur.) may-do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And on that day which goes first, and also on the seventh day, you (pl.) will come together to lift up my name. And you can’t/mustn’t do any work on these two days, because my taboo is existing on [them]. Just one work you are allowed to do, it’s the making of your food.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “On day of first and seventh day, you shall gather for gathering which be holy. you shall not work do inside of those days. It is preparation of bread only that I permit that you will do on that day.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “On the first day of that week, you must have a holy meeting/gather together to worship me. You must do the same thing on the seventh day. People must not work on those two days. The only work they may do is to prepare food for you to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)