complete verse (Exodus 2:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 2:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “He answered Moses that, ‘Who has actually chosen you to come and rule over us? Are you a peacemaker? Do you want to kill me just like how you killed the Egyptian?’ Moses feared and asked himself that, ‘So, it is known what I have done?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The man said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you about to kill me also as you killed the Egyptian?’ When Moses heard this, he was afraid. He was thinking, ‘What I have done has become known.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The man answered, ‘Who made you (sing.) our (excl.) leader/[lit. head] and judge? What, are- you (sing.) -going-to-kill me also like you (sing.) did to the Egiptohanon yesterday?’ Moises became-afraid and said to himself/[lit. his own self], ‘The people indeed/[surprise particle] know what I did.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But that man said, ‘Who appointed you to become our (excl.) leader for straightening disputes? You want to strike me also like you struck that man of Isip yesterday?’
    Moses heard like that and so he was afraid and spoke in his mind like this, ‘This thing which I did, people know about it.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And he answered for him it «you and be chief our (excl.)? you and be judge our (excl.)? you will seek that you might kill me as which you kill man of Egypt?» Therefore, Moses was afraid. He thought it «Now, that which I did, people heard it all.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “The man replied, ‘Who made you our ruler and judge?/No one made you our ruler and judge! You have no right to interfere with us Are you going to kill me just like you killed that Egyptian man yesterday?’ Then Moses/I was afraid, because he/I thought, ‘Since that man knows what I did, surely other people know, too.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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