complete verse (3 John 1:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of 3 John 1:13:

  • Uma: «There is still much I want to say to you, but I don’t want to write it in this letter.» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: «I would like to say much more to you but I won’t write (it) now.» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: «There are many things I would like to say to you but I don’t want to write them.» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: «There is still much that I want to tell you (sing.), but I have not included it in this letter» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: «There’s much more which I would like to say to you which I would like to write, but I decided not to write it after all.» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: «There are more words I want to tell you, but I do not want to write them all here on the paper.» (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: «I thought I would write you many things, but I do not want to write more on paper.»
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: «There is a lot that I want to tell you, but this is all (only this) I will put on this paper.»
  • Isthmus Zapotec: «I still have much more to write to you, but I don’t want to write it.» (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
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