complete verse (1 Corinthians 14:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:35:

  • Uma: “If they want to know anything, they should ask it of their husbands at home, for it isn’t fitting if women are continually talking like that in the services.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “If they want to ask something, let them ask their husbands when they arrive at home. It is not fitting/right for a woman to speak in a gathering of the ones trusting in Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If a woman has a question, she should not ask it there in the house where they are gathered, but rather she should ask her husband when they return home; because it’s shameful activity for a woman to speak when the believers are gathered together.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If there is that which they want to ask, they should wait until they go-home so that they will then inquire of their husbands, because it is improper if women speak when you meet-as-a-congregation.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “If they have a question, they should just ask their husbands when they get home, because if whe speaks in front of everyone who has gathered, it is a disgrace.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “If some woman has a question she wants to ask, then she should ask her husband at home. Because it does not appear well if a woman speaks there where the believers are gathered.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Burmese (translation by A. Judson, first publ. in 1823, still the most widely-used translation in Myanmar): “If women want to learn anything. let them ask their own husbands at home. It is a shameful thing for a woman to preach in the church.” (Source: Hluan 2022, p. 82ff. — see there also for a detailed analysis of Judson’s translation.)
  • English translation by Helen Barrett Montgomery (1924) (verses 34-36): “‘In your congregation’ [you write], ‘as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law. And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.’ What, was it from you that the word of God went forth, or to you only did it come?”
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