# For you were slaughtered "For they slaughtered you" or "For people killed you" # slaughtered If your language has a word for killing an animal for a sacrifice, consider using it here. # with your blood Since blood represents a person's life, losing the blood represents dying. This probably means "by your death" or "by dying." # you purchased people for God "you bought people so that they could belong to God" or "you paid the price so that people could belong to God" # from every tribe, language, people, and nation This means that people from every ethnic group are included.