Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:16:
- Uma: “When Herodes knew that the people who knew how to look at stars had deceived him, no kidding his anger. That’s why he ordered his soldiers to go kill all the male children in Betlehem and the villages around it, so that that Child who would later become king would be killed-along-with [them]. Herodes knew when that star first appeared, because he had asked those people who knew how to look at stars. That is why he commanded that all male children in Betlehem be killed, from babies to children who were two years old.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then, when Herod knew that he had been deceived by the men from the east, he was very angry. He commanded all male children to be killed who were two years or less than two years there in the town of Betlehem and in the places close to Betlehem, for he had been told by the men from the east as to when the star had appeared. Then the children were killed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When Herod found out that the stargazers had deceived him, he became very angry. And he commanded to be killed all the children two years old and under in all of Bethlehem and the neighboring villages. He did this so that Jesus might be killed. For two years already was the period since the stargazers saw the star.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Herod found-out that those who were wise/skilled in telling the meaning of the stars had tricked him, his anger was extreme, and he commanded that his soldiers go kill all the males aged two or less in Betlehem and in the surrounding towns. Because he estimated that that was the right length of time beginning from the appearing of the star based on what he found out from those wise foreigners/visitors.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Herodes realized that his plan had evidently been outdone, for those thinkers hadn’t fulfilled his agreement with them, he got angry with real rage. He commanded that all the male children in Betlehem be killed, incuding the surrounding area, from babies right-down-the-line-to the age of two years, so that Jesus would certainly be included in being killed, for Herodes wasn’t forgetting what those thinkers had said about the rising of that star.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Herod knew that these men whom he had told to search for the baby were not going to return, he was very angry. He sent soldiers to the city of Bethlehem to kill the boys who were of two years of age and under. All about in the surrounding area of the city of Bethlehem they killed the boys. Because the men had said that it hadn’t been yet two years when they had first seen the star.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
