Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Exodus 20:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘I am your God who brought you (plur.) out of Egypt, in that country/land where you were slaves. I am telling everyone that:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I am the Lord your God who brought you from Egypt from the land of slavery.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘I am the LORD your (plur.) God who brought- you (plur.) -out of Egipto where you (plur.) were-enslaved.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘I am your (sing.) Chief God, who brought you so that you left Isip. In that area previously, they restrained you so that you were doing their laborer work.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “«I be Yahweh who be God your, who took away you out from Egypt, from slavery your.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “‘I am Yahweh God, the one you worship. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 20:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Kneel to/worship (plur.) me alone, and do not worship other/any useless things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You shall not worship other gods besides me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] do- not -worship other gods besides me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘No other god is able to exist as your (sing.) god. I alone am your God.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Not god other have. Have be me alone.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • Mofu-Gudur: “You must not bow-down/worship other gods, (as for) bow-down. For me only (the only one). (Source: Ken Hollingsworth)
  • Buduma: “That you add to-me god another not.”
  • Nigerian Fulfulde: “You all will not follow other gods, except me only.” (Source: Mark Gaddis)
  • Jur Mödö: “Do not make (or “take”) anything as God for yourselves except me.” (Source: Andrew Persson)
  • North Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan Bibliyası 2008): “Except from me other gods must not be.”
  • English: “So you must worship only me; you must not worship any other god.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 20:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Don’t fashion/from anything to be like something in the sky/up or on earth or in water so that you kneel to/worship it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven, above or on the earth beneath or in the water below.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] do- not -make little-gods/false-gods in the form of anything in heaven, or on earth, or in water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘You (sing.) can’t/mustn’t make the carving of any god. And don’t make the carving of anything else either. Nothing existing in heaven or on earth, or in the water below the earth, are you able/permitted to make a carving of it.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Not image of gods of earth make, even if it appears as that which be present sky, or that which be present earth, or that which be present underneath of water.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or that is on the ground or that is in the water under the ground/earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 20:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “Don’t kneel to/worship those things, because I am your Creator/God, and I don’t want you to share me with anything else. I will punish those people who hate me, and I will extend that punishment to their grandchildren and it goes like that to great grandchildren.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You are not to bow down to them and worship them because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the father to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not ever -serve this and worship, for I, the LORD your (plur.) God, does- not -want that you (plur.) worship other-(gods). I punish the one who sins against me including their descendants until the third and the fourth generation that rejects me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And you (sing.) can’t/mustn’t kneel down to other gods and lift up their names either. For I, your Chief God, am very insistent and so it isn’t possible for me to allow any other god to take my place. And whoever (pl.) feels ill-will toward me, they have a bad fault existing in my sight, and so I will punish them for their bad deeds and punish their children and grandchildren and their great-grandchildren also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “you not knee bow down before its face, you not it entreat, because I Yahweh who be God your, I be God who be jealous for my own (people). They who reject me, I punish them with children their, with children of children their, with children of children of children their together.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I am very jealous/want you to worship me only. I will punish those who sin and hate me. I will punish not only them, but I will punish their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 20:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “But I will love those who love me and obey my commandments, and it proceeds like that to all generations.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But I will show love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But I show my kindness to the very many generations who love me and obey my commands.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But whoever (pl.) loves (lit. whose interior likes) me and follows my law, I will love them also and follow behavior of faithfulness (lit. of a straight eye) toward them together with their children and descendants and it goes as far as their thousands of family groups after them.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “But, they who love me, who hear my word, I show them love with seed their arriving to generation which be thousand.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “But I will steadfastly love thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations.)” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 20:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Don’t spoil my name with sinful words, because I am your God. I will punish anyone who does like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, whoever misuses his name shall be punished.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] do- not -use my name as no value/worthless. I the LORD your God, will-punish anyone who use my name without value for I, the LORD who (is) your (plur.) God, will-punish whoever uses my name as worthless.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘You (sing.) can’t/mustn’t call your Chief God’s name for nothing. For I, the Chief will punish whoever is calling my name for nothing.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Name of Yahweh who be God your, you not it be calling just, because among they who be calling my name just, there is no one who I will forgive, not will judge.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not use my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you should worship, and I will certainly punish those who use my name for wrong/evil purposes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 20:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Honor (plur.) the day of Sabbath and keep it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] remember/follow/[lit. obey] the Day For-Resting, and [you (plur.)] make this as a special day for me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘You (sing.) must remember well the Day of Rest and so respect that day’s taboo.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Remember The sabbath, let it be holy.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not forget that the seventh day of every week is mine, so dedicate those days to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 20:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) will be working for six days,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Six days you are to labor and do all your works.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] work within the six days,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “For six days, you (sing.) will do all your work.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “you do work with day six,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “There are six days each week for you to do all your work,” (Source: Translation for Translators)