Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 17:14:

• Kupsabiny: “Then afterwards, God told Moses that, ‘Write this victory down so that it may not be forgotten. Tell Joshua these words: I want to totally destroy the Amalekites that (they) may not be seen another day in the world/land.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “After overcoming the Amelekites, The Lord said to Moses, ‘write this on a book as something to be remembered and announce to Joshua that I will blot out Amalek.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to Moises, ‘[You (sing.)] write this so it will- not -be-forgotten and tell this to Josue: I will- surely -erase/blot-out the whole-of the Amaleknon.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “And when it was done, then the Chief spoke to Moses like this, ‘Write the following talk onto a book/paper (lit. leaf), for the people to remember as follows, ‘I will kill off the Amalek people, and so people certainly won’t remember them any more.’ And you will inform Iosua of this talk also.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “Afterwards, The Lord said to Moses like this «This be thus, write it on skins of writing for thing of remembrance. When you will write it finish, read it for Joshua, because I will wipe out name of people of Amalek out from earth.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ‘Write an account of this battle, and then read it to Joshua. Also write that some day I will completely get rid of the Amalek people-group.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 17:15:

• Kupsabiny: “Moses built an altar for burning sacrifices and called it ‘God fights for me.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Moses built an altar there and called it the Lord is my flag.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Moises built an altar and called it, ‘The LORD is-namely my Banner of Victory.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “It came about that Moses erected a table of offerings and so called that table’s name like this, ‘The Chief is like my totem/emblem.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “And Moses erected altar of stone, named it «Yahweh be my flag.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “Then Moses/I built a stone altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is like my flag’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 17:16:

• Kupsabiny: “Moses said that, ‘This thing of (the) altar shows that the Amalekites opposed God for many days. So he will fight them for ever.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He said, ‘The Lord swore to fight against the Amalekites from generations to generation.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘Because the Amaleknon raised their fists to the throne of the LORD, the LORD will-continue to fight against them forever/[lit. until whenever].’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “Moses called its name like that because he said, ‘They lifted up their hands to fight against the Chief who is seated on his chief seat. Therefore the Chief will be fighting against the Amalek people and their children and descendants continually and on.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “He said «I will swear with throne of Yahweh that Yahweh will make war with generation of people of Amalek who will come all.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “He/I said, ‘Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group forever/in all future generations!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 18:1:

• Kupsabiny: “Jethro who was the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses heard what God had done to/for Moses and his people of Israel. He also heard how God brought those people to leave Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought them out of Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jetro the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moises heard-the-news of all God had-done for Moises and for his people the Israelinhon. He heard also how the LORD brought- the Israelinhon -out of Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “And Moses’ [father]-in-law Ietro, the man of offerings in the Midian area, he heard about all the things which God did to help Moses and his people Israel. And he heard also about what things the Chief did to bring the Israel people so that they left Isip.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “And Jethro who be priest of people of Midian, who be father-in-law of Moses, he heard that which God did to Moses and people of Israel all. And he heard taking which The Lord had taken them out from Egypt.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “Jethro, who was the priest for the Midian people-group, and who was also Moses’/my father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for the Israeli people. He heard about how Yahweh had brought them out of Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 18:2:

• Kupsabiny: “There was a time when Moses had told his wife and her/his children to go to their home. Jethro welcomed his daughter Zipporah together with” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then he took Moses’ wife Zipporah” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “At-that-time back-then Moises had- Zipora his wife and their two male children -sent-home there to Jetro his father-in-law. The name of the first was Gershom, for when he was-born Moises said, ‘I (am) a stranger in another/(foreign) land.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “But previously, Moses sent his spouse Sipora together with his two children to go to his father-in-law Ietro to stay with him.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “Therefore, at first when Moses had not Egypt still arrived, he said to his wife they must return place of his father-in-law namely Jethro” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “Moses/I had previously sent his/my wife Zipporah back home when he/I was returning to Egypt. But now Jethro came to him/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 18:3:

• Kupsabiny: “her two sons. The big/elder son is/was Gershom, the name that Moses gave him meaning that he was foreigner/alien in that country,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “and his two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses said, ‘I have become an alien in a foreign land’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “At-that-time back-then Moises had- Zipora his wife and their two male children -sent-home there to Jetro his father-in-law. The name of the first was Gershom, for when he was-born Moises said, ‘I (am) a stranger in another/(foreign) land.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “Those two children of Moses’, one was named Gersom, because previously Moses said, ‘I’m a man from another area, yet I’ve come to live in this land.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “with male children two his one, they called him Gershom, because Moses said «I be foreigner at place of nation other.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “bringing Zipporah and their/our two sons. One son was named Gershom, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘foreigner’, because he/I had said, ‘I have been a foreigner living in another land.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 18:4:

• Kupsabiny: “and the other one is/was Eliezer. Moses gave him that name showing/meaning that God delivered him when the king of Egypt intended to kill him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “the name of the other son was Eliezer, it means ‘My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharoah’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The name of the second was Eliezer, for when he was-born Moises said, ‘The God of my father was my helper. He saved me from the sword of the king of Egipto.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “And he called his other child’s name Elieser, because he said, ‘The God of my father, he is my help. He saved me (lit. retrieved me back), and so the great chief of Isip wasn’t able to kill me.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “And one, they called him Eliezer, because he said «God of my father helped me because he saved me from king of Egypt [that] he might not me kill.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “Her other son was named Eliezer, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘God helps me’, because he/I had said ‘God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 18:5:

• Kupsabiny: “Then Jethro visited Moses together with his daughter and those two sons. They went to the wilderness where Moses and his people had stretched their tents in/at the Mountain of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jethro with Moses’ sons and wife came to Moses in the desert, where he was camped near the mountain of God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, Jetro went together-with the wife of Moises and their two children/(sons) to the-place-where- Moises and company -were-camping in the desolate-place, near the mountain of God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “Therefore Moses’ father-in-law Ietro together with Moses’ spouse and his two children came and arrived to Moses at his camp in the desolate area close to the mountain of God.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “And Jethro took wife of Moses with children male her, went the place which he lived there in the wilderness at side of mountain God.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “While Moses/I was camped with the Israeli people in the desert near Sinai, God’s sacred/holy mountain, Jethro came to him/me, bringing along Moses’/my wife and our two sons.” (Source: Translation for Translators)