complete verse (Acts 2:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:15:

  • Uma: “We(excl.) here, we (excl.) are not drunk like you say/think, because it is not-yet of course the time for drinking. It is just nine o’clock in the morning.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “These persons/people are not drunk as you think-mistakenly, because it’s only nine o’clock in the morning.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You suppose, mistakenly, that these my companions are drunk. It cannot be because the sun has only half-way climbed up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You say/think that these are drunk, but (they) emphatically aren’t, because people don’t get-drunk at nine in the morning.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for us (excl.), we aren’t drunk like some suspect. How could we get drunk so soon since it’s still morning?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Some translations add something for clarification. San Mateo Del Mar Huave adds “it is not yet time for drunks to be out” and Isthmus Mixe has “we (incl.) Israelites don’t drink in the morning.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

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