complete verse (Matthew 6:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:5:

  • Uma: “‘When praying, let’s not be like a person who is good on just the outside. Their desire/preference is to pray standing up in the house of prayer or at the intersection of roads so that they are seen by others. So, since they have already received praise from others, truly I tell you: they will not receive anything from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘When you (pl.) pray to God do not be like the people who pretend. For they like to pray to God in the prayer-house and at the road-side in order to be seen by people. I tell you when people praise them they are already rewarded and that is their reward.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when you pray, don’t imitate those people whose faith if false. They like that they will be able to stand up praying in the worshipping places and on the streets so that people might see them. I tell you that they have already received people’s praise of them, and there is no other reward that they will receive which comes from God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘When you pray, you shouldn’t follow-the-example of the hypocrites, because they like to go and stand praying in the church and on the street corner so that people will see them. This that I tell you is true: they have already gained their reward.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Like that too when you (pl.) pray, don’t do the same as those who are pretending that they are obeying the will of God. For what they like best is to stand praying in their worship-place and at the crossings/forks in roads, so that they can be seen by people. What I will say to you is true, that they have already received their reward.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When you pray to God do not do like people who do not with their hearts do what they do. They like to go to the churches and stand up and pray to God. They want that all the people see what they are doing. Also in the streets they pray like this. But truly I tell you that in that the people look well on what they are doing is all the wages they get.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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