Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 19:23:
- Kupsabiny: “Moses told God that, ‘People are not climbing to the mountain because you said that I put a boundary around the hill/mountain and set aside that mountain.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Moses said to the Lord, ‘The people cannot come up mountain Sinai because you yourself warned us ‘Put bamboos around the mountain.’’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moises said to the LORD, ‘The people can- not -climb-up the mountain for you (sing.) yourself warned us (excl.) that we (excl.) are-to-consider the mountain holy, and you (sing.) have- already -told us (excl.) to-put a marker/boundary around the mountain up-to [limiting particle] where we (excl.) are-to-stand.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then Moses said to the Chief, ‘But the people aren’t able to ascend and come to the mountain here. For you talked strongly to us (excl.) and so put the marker so that it surrounds Sainai mountain. [Since] it’s like that, then they [will] respect this taboo.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Moses said to The Lord «People not head of Mountain of Sinay will climb [this direction], because you youself, you warn us (excl.), saying ‹Delimit bottom of mountain [that] it might be holy.› »” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Then Moses/I said to Yahweh, ‘The people will not climb the mountain, because you commanded them, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain, to make it sacred/taboo.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:4:
- Kupsabiny: “If someone got/acquired his slave when that slave was already married, that slave will be released with his wife. And/But if a person got/acquired his slave before that slave had married and (he) gave him a wife, then the wife will remain and that man goes away without a wife. That woman will remain with any child who was born in the home of the master.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If his master gives him a wife and she gives birth to children, the woman and her children shall belong to the master, and only he shall go free.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If his master gave- him -a-wife and they have-children by his wife, he will-be-free, but his wife and children will-remain with his master.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And if his chief joins him in marriage to a woman and then she bears some children to him, that woman with her children will be the chief’s. The male laborer alone will leave his chief and go.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If [a] chief will buy woman for his slave, if she will bear children, [the] woman and her children, they will be that of [the] chief. Therefore, if chief will untie his slave, he will go alone.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters while her husband is a slave, only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:36:
- Kupsabiny: “But if that bull is used to knocking others all the time and the owner has not been taking care of it, let him give another bull to pay for the dead one and the dead one becomes his.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “if it was known that the ox had the habit of gorging, yet the owner did not keep it under control, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and the dead animal will be his.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if the bull that killed had-a-habit of goring and the owner had- just -let-(it)-be/allowed-(it)-to-do-whatever, the owner should also pay-for a cow in exchange-for the dead-one, and this dead bull will-now -become his.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But if they knew that that bulmakao was fighting all the time, yet its owner didn’t put him into a pen, he must pay back [with] another of his bulmakaos to the owner of that bulmakao which died. And the bulmakao which died also will become his.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Or, if they before were warning its owner that that cow butts domestic animal other, and he not it leash, he must exchange cow which died with that which lives.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died and do with it whatever he wants to do.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Do (plur.) not spread rumor mongering or defend/aid a person who has done wrong.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Do not speak a lie, do not cooperate with an evil man and give a false testimony.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] do- not -spread-news of lies. [You (plur.)] do- not -help the evil people by-means-of witnessing/(telling) lies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “God spoke again like this, ‘You (pl.) can’t/mustn’t spread false talk. If a man has a bad fault and so they make him testify on charges, you can’t/mustn’t make false talk about his enemy in order to help him.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “«Speaking lies, you (sing., imp.) not (imp.) it for others go tell. If a man sin, you (sing., imp.) not (imp.) him help with speaking lies.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “‘Do not tell to others false rumors/untrue reports about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by testifying falsely/lying about what happened.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:33:
- Kupsabiny: “Don’t ever accept to live together with those people. When/If you accept their words/customs, they will throw you into evil and make you sin against me. If you kneel to/worship their things, you have entered into a trap which is not very small (it is very big).’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Do not let them live in your country otherwise they will cause you to sin against me, and surely if you worship their gods, you will trap in their net.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -let them live in your (plur.) land for they might (be) the (ones to) cause/urge/[lit. push] you (plur.) to sin against me. If you (plur.) worship their little-gods/false-gods, certainly this will-be a trap/snare for you (plur.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And don’t allow them to be living in your (pl.) land either. Lest they pull you so that you do bad deeds against me, For if you lift up their gods’ names, then this practice will destroy you as [if] you got stuck up into a spring-trap.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “They must not (imp.) country your live, in order that they not you make you (sing., imp.) sin in front of me. Because, if you will do thing for gods their, it will trap you.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Do not allow those people to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught in a trap is unable to escape.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 25:14:
- Kupsabiny: “after that, someone enter one (of the poles) into the rings of this side and the other (pole) someone enter into the rings of the other side of the box.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Insert the poles for carry into both side rings of the Ark.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Insert the poles into the something-like-rings on each side of the Box so-that the Box can-be-carried.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And when it’s done then insert those two carrying poles into the box’s ring handles. Insert one pole on one side, and the other pole on the other side, and so it’s for carrying the box.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Put through carry-wood at the place where be bored hole, that is how you will carry it.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “They must put the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest, so that the chest can be carried by the poles.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 26:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Someone prepare fifty golden clips/hooks for joining those two big cloths together to become one so that (it) covers in this way the Tent of God on the inner side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After having made the hooks of gold join the two (large) pieces of cloth making one out of it with those hooks. In this way the two pieces of cloth will become one. para” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then [you (sing.)] have-(someone)-make 50 hooks to join the loops/things-like-rings of the two connected cloth-materials. In this way the Worship-Place Tent will-be-made.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And also, make fifty gol hooks to be for the attaching of these two big cloths, in order for it to go and become like one huge cloth.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “you shall pound gold red for loops which be 50, tie it inside of loops, in order that covering of Dwelling-Tent-of-God will be cloth one.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Tell them to make 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. As a result, the inside of the Sacred Tent will be as though it was one piece.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 27:1:
- Kupsabiny: “You (sing.) must see to it that the place of sacrifice/alter is built with/using acacia boards. All the four sides should be the same size, each side should be seven feet and 6 inches and going up to be four feet and 6 inches.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Make a square altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘[You (sing.)] have-(someone)-make a square altar of acacia. Its length and width is (to be) seven and a half feet, and the height is (to be) four and one half feet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “God spoke again like this, ‘You (pl.) must take akas wood and then make a table of offerings with it. Its height will extend 54 inches (lit. to our[incl] opposite elbow’s bending), and its length and width will turn out the same and extend 90 inches (lit. one fathom and an extra part extending to our[incl] elbow’s bending).” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And God also say Moses like this «you (sing., imp.) say children of Israel that they must chop white-acacia, they must build it for altar [so that] it be square which its width be joint of hand five and its height be joint of hand three.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “‘Tell them to make an altar from acacia wood. It is to be square, 7-1/2 feet/2.2 meters on each side, and make it 4-1/2 feet/1.3 meters high.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
