complete verse (Acts 2:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:13:

  • Uma: “But there were also part of them who made fun, they said: ‘They are just drunk!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But there were some they just mocked the disciples of Isa. They said, ‘Those men/persons are drunk.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And some of them, they criticized the believers saying, ‘They are all drunk!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But there were also others who downgraded/ridiculed the believers saying, ‘Those-people are just drunk.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But others only laughed. They said, ‘Expl., they’re drunk.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tepeuxila Cuicatec: “Others taking it as a joke said, ‘They already drank sweet pulque.'”
  • San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “But some of them just made fun, they said, ‘They are drunk, they have drunk much wine,’ they said.”
  • Desano: “Others made fun of them and said, ‘They are very drunk.'”
  • Lalana Chinantec: “Other people mocked, they said, ‘They’re drunk. They have drunk wine that is just in the making,’ they said.”
  • Central Pame: “Some laughed at it, they said, ‘They have drunk too much grape liquid.'”
  • Chuj: “But there were others of them, they only insulted; they said untruthfully: ‘They are drunk,’ they said.” (Source for this and five above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
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