Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 4:5:
- Kupsabiny: “God told Moses that, ‘Go and do like that. Tell/Show the people of Israel that am the God of your grandfathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who has appeared to you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Lord said to him ‘by means of this action (emph.) they may believed me. By it they may know that I (emph), the God of their ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob have appeared to you."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘Do this miracle so-that they will-believe that I, the LORD, the God of their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has-appeared to you (sing.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then he said, ‘If you (sing.) go to the Israel people and do like that, then they will know well that I, the Chief appeared to you truly. I am the God of their ancestors Abraam and Aisak and Iakop.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And God said «you go do it like this, that they might believe it that God of ancestors their namely Yahweh, God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, be me that showed you [body].»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said, ‘Do the same thing in front of the Israeli people, in order that they may believe that I, Yahweh God, the one Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, truly appeared to you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 5:6:
- Kupsabiny: “On that same day, that ruler sent a tough message to reach the people of Egypt who were in charge of slaves and also the Israelites who were in charge of other Israelites” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the same day, Pharaoh gave this order to the taskmasters and Israelite foremen:” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On that very day, the king ordered/commanded the Egiptohanon who were-ruling-over the Israelinhon in work and the foremen who were-Israelinhon. He said,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Therefore on that day, the great chief of the Isip people made strong talk to the work leaders of the Isip people and to the Israel people’s spokespersons for the laborers and he said,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “On that day, king said to chiefs of work like this” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the Israeli men supervising the slaves,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 6:15:
- Kupsabiny: “And the men who come from Simeon are: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul whose mother was from Canaan. Those descendants/clans were from the house/family of Simeon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul who was the son by a Canaanite woman. These were the descendants of Simeon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The male children of Simeon they were-namely Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, (This Shaul was the child of Simeon from a/the Canaanhon woman.) They and their descendants were-namely the families who came-from Simeon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Simeon’s male children’s names were as follows: Iemuel and Iamin and Oat and Iakin and Soar and Saul. Saul’s mother was a woman of Kenan. These people were leading in the families [descended] from Simeon.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And male children of Simeon be Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul who be son of woman of Canaan. These people be family of Simeon.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul. Shaul’s mother was a woman from the Canaan people-group. Those men also were ancestors of clans that have those same names.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 7:17:
- Kupsabiny: “So, he has said that you are going now to know how he is like through the miraculous things he is going to do. I will strike this river with the stick for the water to become (human) blood.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “This is what the Lord says, ‘You will know that I am the Lord. Look, I will strike the water of the river Nile with my staff, and it will become blood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I, the LORD, say that by-means of what I am-going-to-do you (sing.) will-know that I am the LORD. By-means of this staff/walking-stick, I will-strike the water of the Nile and the water will-become blood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Therefore today Chief God speaks like this: You (sing.) will see the things I’m about to do, and so you will know well that I am the Chief.’ Yo, I will hit the Nail river with this stick here in my hand, and then the water will become blood.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, Yahweh says like this «you will recognize it that I am Yahweh with this: this staff I take in hand thus, I will hit water with it, and river of Nile will change into blood,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “So now Yahweh says this: ‘This is the way you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. Watch this: I am going to strike the water that is in the Nile River with the stick that is in my hand. When I do that, the water will become blood (OR, red like blood ).” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 8:24:
- Kupsabiny: “God did as he had said. An enormous swarm of flies went to the palace of that ruler. It filled all the houses including those of his leaders/officials up to the whole land of Egypt. That land really suffered due to the flies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And the Lord did the same. The palace of Pharaoh and the houses of his officials were covered by the swarms of flies. Then the whole country Egypt was full of flies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD truly did this. Many insects came-inside the palace of the king and the houses of his officials, and the whole/entire land of Egipto was-harmed by them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Therefore Chief God did like that. Swarms and swarms of flies flew into the great chief’s house. And also they entered into the houses of his leaders and [in] every area of Isip. The flies caused the area of Isip to become bad.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And The Lord did it like that. Many fly entered house of king of Egypt, and house of his servants. And land of Egypt all, it was spoiled with fly.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Early the next morning, Moses/I told that to the king, but the king would not pay any attention. So Yahweh did what he said he would do. He sent great swarms of flies into the palace of the king and into the houses of his officials. The whole country of Egypt was ruined by the flies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 9:24:
- Kupsabiny: “When hailstones fell like that, lightning flashed. This hailstorm was a very bad one that it had not beaten ever before like that in the land of Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “With the hail lighting flashed. Never before in the history of Egypt had there ever been such a hailstorm.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “were the worst since Egipto became a nation. While (it) was-raining ice, the lightning kept-on/continued.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Those hard raindrops were falling very greatly, and lightning flashed here and there in every area. Previously, [when] the area of Isip newly came up and until that day, the Isip people never saw any great rain like that.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “When hail was falling down, it was hitting very. And big stones of hail, there was no one who before had seen it in Egypt.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “While very heavy hail was falling, there was thunder, and lightning struck the ground. There had never been a hailstorm like that since Egypt first became a country.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 10:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, God said to Moses that, ‘Stretch your hand towards the sky/up, so that darkness may cover and bury the land of Egypt.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky. Then may it be dark all over Egypt. It will be such a dense darkness that it seems one can touch it with the hand.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to Moises, ‘Lift-up/Raise-up your (sing.) hand toward the heaven/sky so-that extreme darkness will-cover the whole-of Egipto.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “It came about that the Chief spoke to Moses like this, ‘Lift up your hand and then point it toward the sky, and so it will be possible for every area of Isip to become dark. This darkness will become very different, like a thing which goes up onto people’s skin and they feel [it].’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And The Lord said to Moses «Lift hand up, in order that country of Egypt all, [that] it might darken earth intensely.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to Moses/me, ‘Reach your hand up toward the sky, in order that there will be darkness over all the land of Egypt, a darkness so complete that people will have to grope around to know where to walk.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 12:14:
- Kupsabiny: “You need to be eating/celebrating this festival in all the years from generations to generations while remembering this day for what I your God has done for you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “This day will be the day of remembrance for you. On this day you must celebrate a festival to the Lord. This law is to be in force from generation to generation.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘You (plur.) should remember that day forever/[lit. until whenever]. You (plur.) are-to-celebrate that every year as a feast in honoring me. This regulation/that-which-is-to-be-followed should be-obeyed by you (plur.) until generations to come.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘Year after year on this day, you (pl.) must do this feast and so remember the big thing which I, the Chief did. And your children and descendants who [will] be coming about later and on, they must be following this law also.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “This day, you shall remember it. you shall eat meal of joy there for Yahweh. you and generation your which will come all, you shall put it down until forever.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Each year, you must celebrate this festival on this day, to remember what I, Yahweh, have done for you. In all the generations to come, each year you must celebrate this festival. It must continue forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)