complete verse (Mark 9:39)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 9:39:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Don’t forbid him, for people who do powerful things with my name, they won’t disparage me later.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Don’t forbid him,’ said Isa. ‘For whoever utters my name when he does powerful deeds, cannot easily speak evil about me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘Don’t scold one like that because if there is a person who can do miracles by using my name, he will not easily become my enemy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Don’t be forbidding-him,’ said Jesus, ‘because the one who does miracles using my name, he can not speak-evil-of me in a-little-while.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But when Jesus heard, he said, ‘Don’t tell him to stop. Because there’s nobody who after he has done an amazing thing in my name will at once speak evil against me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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