Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:16:
- Uma: “While he was walking on the edge of Lake Galilea, he saw two men. Their names: Simon with Andreas his relative. At that time they were fishing in the lake with nets, because that was their work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then, while Isa was walking at the edge of the lake called Jalil, he saw two siblings, Simon and Andariyas fishing-with-a-net (magpokot) there in the lake because they were fishermen.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “One day at that time as Jesus was walking along the shore of the lake of Galilee, he saw Simon and the younger brother of Simon, Andrew, who were netting for fish in the lake, for they were netters.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “On one-occasion when Jesus was walking along the edge of the wide pond/lake (henceforth lake) in Galilea, he saw Simon and Andrew who were siblings who were net-fishing, because that was their work.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Once when Jesus was walking there on the shore of the Lake of Galilea, he came upon two fisherman brothers, Simon and Andres. They were fishing (with a circular net hand-thrown from the shore).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Shipibo-Conibo: “Then, edging-along Galilee lake, Jesus saw Simon. He saw Simon’s brother Andrew also. They were cast-netting in the lake. They were fish getters.” (Source: James Lauriault in The Bible Translator 1951, p. 32ff. )
- Balinese: While walking at the shore of the lake of Galilea, He met I Simon [I is a personal article referring to regular people] and his brother, I Andreas, whilst they were casting their net in that lake, for both were cast-net-fishers.” (Source: J.L. Swellengrebel in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 75ff. )
- English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “And as he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, in the sea casting. (They were fishermen, after all.)”
