complete verse (Matthew 2:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:23:

  • Uma: “and they lived in the village that is named Nazaret. From that also was fulfilled the word of the prophet long ago that foretold that Child, which say: He will be called a Nazaret person.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore they went there and they lived in the town called Nasaret. Na, what the prophets had said about the Almasi was fulfilled, they said, ‘He is called a person of Nasaret.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They made their home there in the town of Nazareth. The reason they did this (involuntarily) is that the prophecy long ago of the inspired ones of God is being fulfilled, for they said that Jesus would be called a person-of-Nazareth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “and they resided-with(-others) in Nazaret. This was done so that what-God -caused-to-be-said by those prophets would be fulfilled saying, ‘In the future he will be designated as from-Nazaret.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They made-their-destination the town of Nazaret in the district of Galilea, because that’s where they would live. Fulfilled in that was what was spoken by the prophets, who said, ‘He will be called a Nazaretanen.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When they arrived at the land of Galilea, they lived in the city of Nazareth. Thus they did in order that it would happen according to the word which had been spoken, the spokesman of God who had said: ‘Concerning this one, the people will call him the inhabitant of Nazareth.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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