Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 8:28:
- Uma: “Yesus with his disciples arrived on the other side of the lake in the land of the Gadara people. When they arrived there, two people appeared from the graves, they came to meet Yesus. Those two were possessed [entered-into] by demons, they were very wild, with the result that no-one dared to pass by there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa and company arrived on the other side of the lake, there in the place of the people of Gadara, two demon possessed people came to meet him. They came out of the burial caves. They were very bad, therefore nobody was bold enough to pass that way.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they arrived on the other side of the lake at the land under the jurisdiction of the town of Gadara. And Jesus was met by two men who had come from the burial caves. These two were demon possessed, and they were dangerous. That’s why people were afraid to pass that way.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Plural Jesus continued to cross the lake until they arrived in the region of Gadara. When Jesus got-out-of the boat, two men met (him) who were possessed by evil-spirits, coming from the location of the cemetery caves. They were extremely cruel and easily-angered/vicious so no one dared to walk there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They came to shore at the other side of the lake, the Gadareno being the people there. After they’d come to shore, they were met by two men coming from the cemetary. As for these two, they were possessed by evil spirits and really frightening. That’s why no-one could go there any more.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They arrived at the other side of the lake, at the land called Gadarene. There Jesus was met by two men who walked with evil spirits. But these men were very terrible, they came from the cemetery. It was a fearful thing for anyone to have to pass along that road.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
