Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 5:5:
- Kupsabiny: “When I see/look around, you have become very many more than the people of Egypt. Why do you want to rest without working?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Pharaoh again scolded, ‘The people have become more in number in the country. You are not letting the people to do their work.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Look-at how many people that you (plur.) are-stopping from working.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then the great chief said, ‘The Israel people became numerous in this area, but the two of you want to cause them to leave their work.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And he also said to them like this «Look!! Now, people of Israel be many very, and you make them they stop from work!»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “The king also said, ‘Listen to me! You people who now live in this land are now more numerous, and you want them to stop working and rest!’” (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 5:7:
- Kupsabiny: “that, ‘Do not any more give these slaves straw for making clay for building. They must look for their own alone.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Now do not give the straw to the people who used to be provided with straw for making brick, they must search the straw for themselves.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] no-longer give the workers straw for them to use for making bricks, but-rather they themselves now (are)-the-(ones) to-look-for this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘You (pl.) can’t/mustn’t do like in the recent past and since. You can’t/mustn’t give dry weeds to the people for mixing together with earth for making those hard stones. They alone must go gather their dry weeds.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “«From now on, you not people of Israel grass give that they might make bricks with it. Let them go harvest and bring back grass by themselves.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “‘Do not continue to give the Israeli people straw for making bricks, as you have done previously. Make them go into the fields and gather straw for themselves.” (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 5:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Squeeze these people with work without rest so that they may not again have opportunity to listen to rumors.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Make their work even harder so that they won’t have time to concentrate on unnecessary things.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Make- them -work much harder so-that they keep- much more -busy and no-longer keep-on listening to lies.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Put heavy work on them in order that they go without rest in the doing of their work and so it won’t be possible for them to listen to false talk like this any more.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Burdens their, increase it, that they might not word of liars hear.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Force the men to work harder, so that they will not have time to listen to lies from their leaders!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 5:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Then those in charge and those guards went to tell the people of Israel that, ‘The ruler has said that you are not supposed to be given the straw for making clay.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the taskmasters and the Israelite foremen went to the people and said, ‘Pharaoh has said, ‘From now I won’t provide you not even one piece of straw.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So they went to the Israelinhon and said, ‘The king has-ordered/commanded that we (excl.) no-longer give you (plur.) straw.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “It came about that the work leaders of the Isip people and the Israel people’s spokespersons of the laborers went to the people and then said, ‘The great chief of the Isip people says that he certainly won’t give dry weeds to you (pl.) any more.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, chiefs of work went to people of Israel, said to them «King of Egypt said to you like this ‹I not you grass will give!” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “So the slave bosses and supervisors of the slaves went to where the Israeli people were and said to them, ‘The king has said that he will no longer give you any straw.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 5:11:
- Kupsabiny: “But be looking for your own from wherever you would get it. Although it is like that, do not make the bricks lesser than the usual.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You bring the straw from where you can get them. But as for the work, it must not be less.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) now are-to-look-for/search-for this everywhere/[lit. where ever], but you (plur.) are- still -to-make particularly the same number of bricks.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “You (pl.) alone will go gather your dry weeds in whichever area you find it. But you must make many hard stones similarly as all the time.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “you go harvest and bring back grass by themselves. And I not work your down will decrease!›»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “So you yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it. But you must still keep working to make the same number of bricks as before.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 5:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people went to look for their straws from all over Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So the people spread all over Egypt in search of straw.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So the Israelinhon scattered over all Egipto to-gather straw.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “The Israel people heard like that and so they dispersed and went here and there in all the areas of Isip to gather the rubbish of weeds to be for their hard stones.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, people of Israel be scattered in Egypt, go to grass seek.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.” (Source: Translation for Translators)