complete verse (Matthew 13:52)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:52:

  • Uma: “From there he also said to them: ‘If so, here is also another parable: If there is a teacher of the Yahudi religion who asks-to-be-taught the teaching that says that God rules as our (incl.) King, that religion teacher can be compared to a house-owner: from the storing-place of his stuff, he brings-out and shows old stuff/goods and also new stuff/goods.’ [In an earlier draft we had added one more sentence to explain the point of this parable, but decided to delete it and make the point explicit in the section heading. The sentence was: ‘ Because he knows the previous / former teachings of the Law of the Lord, and he also knows my new teachings. ‘]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa said, ‘If there is a teacher of the religious law and-what’s-more he follows the ruling of God, he is figuratively like a rich person who has many treasures new and old because he knows to teach the former teaching and the new teaching.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘Therefore,’ he said, ‘if there is a teacher of the law who has followed God our King, he becomes like a person who has great possessions in his house. For that teacher of the law, it is not only the old that he can teach, but he can teach the new also.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘You will understand then that if there is a teacher of the law who believes what I am-teaching concerning God’s ruling, he can be compared to a house owner who knows (how to) bring-out old-things and new-things that can be used that were stored in his bodega.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Well,’ said Jesus next to them, ‘that explainer of the word of God who has studied these truths about the kingdom of God, he is like the owner of a household who easily-brings-out (implies, knows just where to put his hands on them) his possessions which are new and old from where he stores them. Because he knows how to teach not just those teachings of the past but these new ones too.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus again spoke to the people, he said: ‘Concerning the teacher of the law, when he becomes my learner, anew he will study how to be in the hand of God, and much more will he know. He will become like a man who has much to keep in his house, there are some things old, there are some things new.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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