Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:4:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But if he is found still having that cow or a donkey or a sheep which he stole being still alive, it will be compensated two for one.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If the stolen ox, donkey and sheep are not found, the thief must pay back double ox, donkey and sheep.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If the cow or donkey or sheep that he stole is-found still in his (possession) and it is- still -alive, he/she should-pay double for this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘If a man steals his fellow companion’s bulmakao, or donki, or sipsip, and then they apprehend that man of stealing, and the animal is still living, the man of stealing must pay back two animals to the owner of the animal.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If they find him with animal which he stole, and animal lives, even if it be cow or donkey or sheep/goats, he must give it for two.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If the thief still has the animal when he is caught, whether it is a bull or a donkey or a sheep, and it is still alive, the thief must give back the stolen animal as well as giving two additional animals for each one that he stole.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:5:
- Kupsabiny: “If someone is grazing his livestock/animals in the grazing area and they come and eat/destroy the crops in somebody’s garden, he has to give out/compensate to the other person using the crops/food in his garden.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If a man deliberately lets his animal loose and it goes into another man’s vineyard; he must pay for all damages by giving him from the best of his own field or vineyard.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If a man lets his livestock/animals graze in the field of another, he must pay-for the plant that-was-grazed with the best produce of his field or his field of grapes/(vineyard).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘If a man brings his tame animals to eat grass at the garden, or close to a oain garden, but those animals overstep the boundary and then go eat another man’s garden, the owner of those animals must pay back good food and good oain to the owner of the garden.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If a man herds animal or untie it [that] it might go eat, and it went eat sorghum or fruit in farm fields of a man, he must give it with his sorghum with his trees which be good.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If someone allows his animals to graze/eat the grass in his field or in his vineyard, and if they stray away and eat the crops in another person’s field, the owner of the animals must pay the owner of those crops by giving him the best crops from his own field or vineyard.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:6:
- Kupsabiny: “If someone has burned his garden/field and fire crossed into the neighbor’s garden and burned the crops which are growing or those that have been slashed/cut and heaped, that man should pay back that person’s food/crops.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When a man sets fire to thorn bushes and the fire gets out of control and goes into another field so that the shocks of grain or the standing grain are destroyed, the one who started the fire shall make full restitution.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If a man starts-a-fire/burns-something, and the fire spreads through the weeds to the field of another person, the one who started-the-fire must pay-for the plants that were-damaged.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘If a man sets fire to his garden, and the fire burns out of control, consuming dry weeds and then crosses over and goes and consumes another man’s garden, or consumes his heap of wit, or other wit which they haven’t cut yet, the main who kindled the fire must pay back whatever food the fire consumed.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If a man burn fire, and it eat grass, go eat sorghum which be present to drying rack or that which be present field, one who burn fire will give it all.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Suppose someone starts a fire in his own field, and the fire spreads through the grass and starts burning in someone else’s field, and the fire burns grain that is growing or grain that is already cut and stacked. Then the person who started the fire must pay completely for the damage.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:7:
- Kupsabiny: “When/If someone keeps money for somebody in his house and it is stolen, if that thief is traced and found, he has to compensate twice.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If someone gives money or goods to anyone to keep for him, and it is stolen, the thief shall pay double if he is found.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘For-example, a man stores-away his money or whatever thing to the house of his neighbor, and it got-stolen. If the thief is-caught, he must pay double.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘If a man brings his silva money, or his other things to stay with his fellow companion for him to watch over it, but a man of stealing comes and steals those things from his companion’s house, and then they apprehend him, the man of stealing must pay back two-each for the things to the owner of the things.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If a man give a man thing [that] he might safekeep for it [eye], money or household things, and thief come steal it, if they find thief, he must give it for two.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Suppose someone gives to another person some money or other valuable goods and asks him to guard them in his house for a while. If those things are stolen from that person’s house, if the thief is caught, he must pay back twice as much as he stole.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:8:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But if he is not found, the one who kept those things should be brought before God to defend himself.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But if no thief is found, then the owner of the house must go before the judges to determine whether he has laid his hands on the other man’s property.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if the thief is- not -caught, the one who was-left-with the property/things should-be-brought to the presence of God, so-that (it) will-be-determined/known whether or not he took the (thing)(that)-was-caused-to-be-stored-away with him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But if they don’t apprehend the man of stealing, the house owner will go stand in the presence of the people who straighten disputes, and then he must make talk to them like this, ‘[It’s] true, I didn’t steal my fellow companion’s things.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If they not thief find, one who safekeep for it [eye], he must go in front of God in order that God, he might show it that that man be thief or not.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “But if the thief is not caught, the owner of the house from which the things were stolen must stand before the judges, so that the judges can determine whether the owner of the house was the one who took the other man’s goods and sold them to someone else.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:9:
- Kupsabiny: “If two people quarrel and claim ownership of cows, donkeys, sheep, clothes or anything that got lost, (they) should present those issues before God. And if God reveals that (he/one) is guilty, (he) will pay to the other one twice.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In every case in which an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which both parties say ‘this is mine, then both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘For-example, there-are two people who are-arguing as to who is among them the owner of a property like a cow, donkey, sheep, cloth/garment, or whatever thing, they should bring their case to the presence of God. The one who has-sinned according to the decision of God will-pay double to the owner.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And if two people argue about something like a bulmakao, or a donki, or a sipsip, or a change of clothes, or anything else, and so the two of them are insistent with talk and so say, ‘This is mine,’ then the two of them will go stand in the presence of the people who straighten disputes. If the people who straighten disputes say that one among the two of them is lying, that man must pay back two-each to that fellow companion of his.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If two people will quarrel [mouth] about household things, cow or donkey or sheep/goats or clothes or that which be lost which a man says that be his own, let them go in front of God together. And one who God show that he sin, he must give the other it for two.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If two people argue about which one of them owns a bull or a donkey or a sheep or some clothing, or something else that has been lost, the two people who each claim/say that the item belongs to them must stand before the judges. The one whom the judges declare is lying must pay back to the real owner twice as many bulls or donkeys or sheep or pieces of clothing.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:10:
- Kupsabiny: “If a neighbor lends a donkey, cow, sheep or any animal to a person for safe-keeping, and then that animal dies or breaks (a leg) or enemies come and steal (it) when no one is watching,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If a man lets his ox, sheep, or any other animal keep to his neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘For-example, a man has- someone-take-care-of his donkey, cow, sheep or any animal to his neighbor, and it died, or was-wounded, or disappeared/was-lost, which no sees-(what happened).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘If a man takes his donki, or bulmakao, or sipsip, or some other tame animal so that it goes to his fellow companion for him to watch over it, but that animal receives an injury, or it dies, or a man of stealing runs off with it, and no one else sees it,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If a man give a man animal he might safekeep for it [eye], even if it be donkey or cow or sheep/goats or animal other, and it die, or it be bad some part, or they steal it during time when others not see,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Suppose someone gives his donkey or bull or sheep or some other animal to someone else and asks him to take care of it for a while, and the animal dies or is injured or is stolen while no one is watching.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 22:11:
- Kupsabiny: “that person should go before God and vow/swear that he is not the one who stole (it). And if its like that, he should not pay the owner.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “then the neighbor must take an oath before the Lord that he did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The one who-took-care must go to the presence of the LORD and take-an-oath that he has-no knowledge of what-happened. The owner must believe this, and he should- not -have- him -pay.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “then the two of them will make true talk in the Chief‘s name, and so the man who watched over the animal must make talk like this, ‘I swear (lit. truly above), I didn’t destroy my fellow companion’s tame animal, and I didn’t steal it either.’ And the owner of the animal must listen/consent to this talk. And so his fellow companion won’t pay back anything to him.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “one who safekeep for it [eye], he must swear in front of Yahweh that he not it steal. Owner of animal, let him hear his oath, and the other, let him not (imp.) it give.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Then the person who was taking care of the animal must swear/solemnly declare, knowing that God is listening, that he did not steal the animal. If he did not steal it the owner of the animal must accept/believe that the other person is telling the truth, and the other person will not have to pay anything back to the owner.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
