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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "teatsiranda šviesa"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "det bli lys"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"lang_code": "cu",
"roman": "da budetŭ světŭ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "да будетъ свѣтъ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ġeweorþe lēoht"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "niech stanie się światłość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "haja luz"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "să fie lumină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "da búdet svet",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "да бу́дет свет"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "нека буде светлост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "нека буде свјетлост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "neka bude svetlost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "neka bude svjetlost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "sea la luz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "hágase la luz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "varde ljus"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ışık olsun"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "xaj búde svitló",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "хай бу́де світло́"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "phải có sự sáng"
},
{
"code": "yua",
"lang": "Yucatec Maya",
"lang_code": "yua",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "yanchajak sáasil"
}
],
"word": "let there be light"
}
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