Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Those leaders will listen to you. Then that is when you will go together with them to the ruler/king of Egypt, and you (plur.) tell him that, ‘Our God has appeared to us. Therefore, we request you to allow us to have a journey of three days into the wilderness and burn/offer sacrifices to our God.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Then the leaders of Israelites will listen to you. After that you go with them to the King of Egypt and say, ‘The Lord of the Hebrews has met with us. So please allow us to go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to The Lord our God.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘The ones-who-rule Israel will-listen to you (sing.). And then, you (sing.) and the ones-who-rule are-to-go to the king of Egipto and say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews appeared to us (excl.). So if possible allow us (excl.) to-go for three days into the/a desolate-place to-offer to the LORD our (excl.) God.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘The elders of Israel will listen to you and so follow your talk. And when it’s done, then you and those elders will go to the great chief of the Isip people and so speak to him like this, ‘The Chief God of us (excl.) Ibru people met with us and so said for us to come ask you to allow us to go the desolate area, for a duration of three days, and then we will kill animals to be for our offering to our Chief God.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “God again said to Moses «They will hear word your. And you with elders of people of Israel, you go to king of Egypt, go say to him like this ‹God of Hebrew namely Yahweh, he visited us (excl.). Therefore, you permit for us (excl.) it that we (excl.) might go wild for days three, that we (excl.) might go give God our (excl.) namely Yahweh gift(s) on altar there.›” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “My people will do what you say. Then you and their leaders must go to the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, who is God, the one we Hebrews worship, has revealed himself to us. So now we ask you to allow us to travel for three days to a place in the desert, in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:19:
- Kupsabiny: “God continued to tell Moses that, ‘But I know that, if that ruler/king of Egypt is not forced, he will never allow you to go.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I know that the King of Egypt will not let you go unless he is compelled to do so.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But I know that the king of Egipto will- not -allow you (plur.) (to go) unless someone will-force him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “You (pl.) will make talk to him like that, but I know that the great chief of the Isip people will certainly not allow you to go for nothing. But if I show him my power, then he will allow you to go.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “But, when they not king of Egypt will push with force, I knows it that he not you will let go that you might go.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “But I know that the king of Egypt will allow you to go only if he realizes I am more powerful than he is.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:20:
- Kupsabiny: “I will do to the land of Egypt the things that are tough/hard/difficult. And after those things, he will release/let you (plur.) go.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So, I will stretch out my hand and hit them with the work of wonders. After that he will let you go” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So I will-punish the Egiptohanon through the miracles that I will-perform/do among them. After-that, he will- now -allow/let you (plur.) go.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Therefore in my power, I’m going to destroy the area of Isip, and so I [will] amaze them with my various kinds of miracles which I [will] cause to happen before their eyes. And when it’s done, then he will allow you (pl.) to go.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, I will reach out hand, I will hit Egypt with that which will turn many people head. That is what he will let go for it you.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “So I will use my power to strike/punish the people of Egypt by performing many miracles there. Then he will allow you to leave.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:21:
- Kupsabiny: “I will make those people of Egypt to give you things so that when you are migrating you will be having something.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will make the Egyptians respect you. Then when you go away from there, you will not go empty-handed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And I will-make-it-possible that the Egiptohanon be-good towards you (plur.), so-that when you (plur.) now go they will- even -send-things with you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘And I will cause the Isip people to feel kindly toward you (pl.) and so you certainly won’t go empty-handed and leave Isip.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Egyptians, I will show them love which I loved you, in order that they might fear you. Therefore, when you will leave from Egypt, you not hand empty will go.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “When that happens, I will cause the people of Egypt to respect you. The result will be that when you leave Egypt, you will not go empty-handed/they will give you many valuable things to take with you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:22:
- Kupsabiny: “Every woman of Israel shall request/ask her Egyptian neighbor to give a cloth and things of gold and silver. The women of Israel will clothe/dress their sons and girls with those things. By doing that they will have taken the wealth from the people of Egypt.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The articles of gold and silver, and the clothes will be asked from the Israelites and their women who stay at home, and you’ll put those on your sons and daughters. In this way you’ll bring the wealth of the Egyptians.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The Israelinhon women will-ask-for silver and gold jewelry and for clothes/garments from their Egiptohanon neighbors and from those temporarily-residing there in Egipto. And you (plur.) will-cause- your (plur.) children -to-wear these things. In this way, you (plur.) can-take-(away) the possessions/wealth of the Egiptohanon.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “The women of Israel will be asking the women of Isip and the guests of the Isip people also, to give silva and gol things and new changes of clothes to them. And so you (pl.) will put them onto your children. In doing like this, you will take for nothing the Isip people’s many things.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Egyptians who be near you [body] and Egyptians who live with you together, women your all will ask them gold white and gold red, and clothes. Therefore, you will take away it, clothing male children your and female children your. That is what be plunder which you will plunder wealth of Egyptians with it.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “At that time, each Israeli woman will ask her Egyptian neighbors and each Egyptian woman who is living in her (OR, her neighbor’s) house to give her some silver and gold jewelry and some nice clothes. Each Egyptian woman will give them some, and you will put them on your sons and daughters to take with you. In that way you will take away/confiscate the wealth of the Egyptian people.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 4:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Then/later, Moses told God that, ‘But/And if I tell those people those words and they do not listen to me, what can I tell them when/if they say to me that, ‘God did not appear to you.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Moses said, "If they do not believe me and do not listen to my words, and they answer me saying, ‘the Lord did not appear to you, then what shall I do?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moises answered, ‘What if the Israelinhon do- not -believe me or do- (not) -listen to what I say? They might say that you (sing.) did- not -appear to me.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then Moses answered his talk like this, ‘But if the Israel people don’t trust me and they don’t listen to my talk and so say, ‘You’re lying. The Chief didn’t appear to you,’ then what will I do?’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Moses answered for God «Maybe, elders of people of Israel not me will believe. Maybe, they not my word will hear! Maybe they will say to me ‹The Lord not you [body] showed!›»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Moses/I replied, ‘But what if the Israeli people do not believe me/are not convinced or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 4:2:
- Kupsabiny: “God asked Moses that, ‘What is it that you have in (the) hand?’ Moses said, ‘A stick.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Lord said to him, "what have you in your hand?"
he said, "A staff."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to him, ‘What (is) that you (plur.) are-holding?’ Moises answered, ‘A staff/walking-stick.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then the Chief said, ‘What’s that thing in your hand?’
And then Moses said, ‘It’s a walking stick.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And The Lord said to him «What is it that you have in hand?» He returned back for him it «Be cane.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to him/me, ‘Look at that thing you are holding in your hand. What is it?’ He/I replied, ‘A walking stick/shepherd’s stick.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 4:3:
- Kupsabiny: “God told him that, ‘Throw it down.’ He threw it down. And after he had thrown it down, the stick changed to be a snake. Moses ran away from that snake.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Lord said, "Throw it on the ground."
Then Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake. Seeing it Moses was afraid and jumped back.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘Throw that on the ground.’ So Moises threw the staff/walking-stick and it became a snake. Moises was-afraid, so he ran from it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then he said, ‘Throw it down to the ground.’
Okay, Moses threw it down to the ground, and then it changed itself and became a snake. And Moses saw [it] and so was about to flee.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And God said to him «Throw it down!» Therefore he threw it down, and it changed into serpent. He ran from it.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “He said, ‘Throw it down on the ground!’ So, he/I threw it on the ground, and it became a snake! And he/I ran/jumped away from it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)