Language-specific Insights

complete verse (1 Corinthians 3:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 3:6:

  • Uma: “I am the one who planted [lit., scattered], Apolos is the one who poured [water on it]. God is the one who made-it-grow.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “We (excl.) are figuratively like people planting useful-plants, I am like the one planting the seed of the plant and Apollos is like the one watering it. But God is the one who makes the plant grow.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for me, I’m like the one who plants; as for Apollos, he’s like one who waters the plants. But if God doesn’t cause those plants to grow, it is of no value.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If I compare you to a garden/field, I am the one who planted the seed, Apollos for-his-part is the one who watered-it, but God by-contrast is the one who caused-it-to-grow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because, what it’s like (is this), I planted, Apolos is the one who watered. But God is the one who caused-to-sprout and grow.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning that word I told you, it is like a seed when it is planted. And Apollos is the one who watered it. But it is God who is the one who causes it to grow.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 18:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:4:

  • Noongar: “Every day, the judge would not do a thing, but he said to himself, ‘Truly, I do not fear God or fear people,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘At first, that judge did not want to help her. But finally he said in his heart: ‘Even though I do not submit to God and I also do not pay heed to anyone,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “In the beginning that judge did not want to help the woman but after some time he said to himself, ‘I do not fear God and I do not treat people according-to-custom/honor them,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And for a long time the judge paid no attention to the begging of the woman. But since for a long time she kept on coming back and begging him, the judge thought, ‘Even though I don’t fear God and I don’t fear any person,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “For-a-long-time the judge did not pay-attention, but at the end, he said to himself, ‘I admittedly am not afraid of God and I also look-down-on my fellow humans,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “In all her going back and forth, that judge took no notice of her. But when it had been a long time now, he said, ‘Even though I have no fear of God and I don’t respect my fellowman,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 4:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 4:15:

  • Uma: “For even though you have thousands of teachers to guide you in your following Kristus, only I am like your father, for I am the first one who brought the Good News to you, with the result that you came to believe in Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Because even if there are thousands of religious-teachers teaching you about Isa Almasi, there is only one father of yours. Since you have become one with Isa Almasi, I am like your father because I told you first about the good news.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because even though there are many people who lead you by the hand as believers in Christ, there’s only one who is like your father because of your faith, and that’s I. Because when I preached to you the Good News, I became your father by means of your believing in Jesus Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because even though there are many who look-after and teach you in your lives as Cristiano, remember that I alone am your father because of your believing in Cristo Jesus, because I am the first-one who preached the good news to you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because even though there are ten thousand others to guide you concerning how to obey Cristo well, there is only one who is like your father in believing. For it’s like I gave birth to you in your becoming united/tied-together with Cristo Jesus, because you believed/obeyed the Good News concerning him that I taught you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Even though there should be ten thousand of your teachers who teach you the word about Christ, but only one person is like a father to you. It is I who am a father to you, because at the very first I told you the good news. Therefore it happened that you believe in Christ now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 18:36)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:36:

  • Noongar: “He heard many people passing nearby, so he asked, ‘What’s happening?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “When he heard many people passing by, he asked: ‘What is going on?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the blind person heard the many people passing by, he asked why that was.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when that blind person heard the noise of many people passing by, he asked what that was.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When he heard the many-people passing by, he inquired as to what was happening.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When he realized that many people were passing, he asked what was going on.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 6:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 6:13:

  • Uma: “Some of you also say: ‘Food is for putting in our stomach, and the stomach is for putting food in. And in the future God will discard it all.’ Do you think thus, that it doesn’t matter what we do with our bodies? Do you think that God made our bodies in order to behave wrongly with others’ wives or with unmarried women? Our bodies we are to use to do the Lord’s desire. He is the Lord of our bodies.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Perhaps there are also others there who say, ‘Food is made to be put into the stomach and the stomach is made to put food into.’ That is true, but we (dual) should not think that we (dual) have to indulge the desire of our (dual) body. In the future there will be no use for the stomach and food therefore God will destroy both. Don’t say that we (dual)/one will just commit fornication-adultery because that is what our (dual)/one’s body wants. Because God did not make our (dual) bodies so that we (dual) use it for fornication-adultery but so that we (incl.) could praise Isa Almasi and could work for him. And Isa Almasi also takes care of our (dual) bodies.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if there is also someone who says that the reason God made our stomachs is so that they might be filled with food, now that’s true also. But there will be a time in the future when our stomach will have no purpose, and there will no longer be any purpose for food because in the future, God is going to remove the use of these things. Our bodies are just like that also, because it’s not possible for us to use our bodies in order to satisfy our desires with a person who is not our spouse, because God did not create our bodies so that we might perform filthy activities, but rather He made them so that by means of these, He might be praised. And in the same way also, by means of our Lord Jesus, our bodies in the future will be made immortal.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There are also some who say, ‘Food was made so that the stomach would have a use, and the stomach, it was made so that food would have a use.’ That’s true, but in a future day, God will end (lit. boundary) the use of them both. But it’s not true that our bodies were made to sleep-with someone who is not our spouse. Because our bodies were made so we would use them to serve the Lord Jesus, while the Lord Jesus, he cares-for our bodies.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Someone else may say, ‘As for food, it just gets put in the stomach, and the stomach has no other purpose than having food put into it. Therefore if we are hungry, of course we eat. After all, the day will come when God will remove food, and our stomachs too for they’ll have no more use. It’s just the same with our body. Why should we not indulge its desire to have-casual-sexual-relations with whoever is also willing? After all, the day will come when our body will also be removed, along with its desires.’ But that is definitely not good. Because the purpose of our bodies is not immoral-behavior with one not our spouse. But rather the purpose is to praise the Lord with them. And the Lord is for the benefit of our bodies.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is true what is said, that concerning what a person eats, it goes to his stomach. Concerning the stomach of a person, it is there to contain what is eaten. But these two words now, God will cause there will be an end to it. But we cannot say our bodies are here to commit adultery. Rather a person’s body is here to do the Lord’s work. Concerning the Lord, he strengthens our bodies.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:25:

  • Noongar: “But they said, ‘Your Majesty, he has ten coins already, doesn’t he?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Those whom he commanded were confused, they said: ‘Why like that, King? Because he already has ten pieces!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘But, Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten gold-coins.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said, ‘He already has money, because the money that you caused him to hold was increased ten times.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “”Yes, Sir,’ they said, ‘but emphatically ten is what he already has.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Oh expl.,’ they said,, ‘Master, why increase his even more when he already has a thousand?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 7:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 7:25:

  • Uma: “Continuing on, relatives, I will mention people who are still single. I have received no command from the Lord Yesus, but even so, I will tell you my own opinion–and these words of mine are fit to be believed, for I have been appointed by the Lord as his apostle because of his love.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na about the unmarried women or men I have no teaching from Isa Almasi. But I tell you what I think about this. I here have been pitied/given mercy by God therefore my words can be trusted.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you also who do not yet have spouses, I have no command for you which comes from the Lord. However, as for me who has become God’s trusted one because of his great pity towards me, I have advice for you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Concerning also those who have no spouse, I have nothing to command you from the Lord Jesus, but because I am (conciliatory particle) one of God’s trustworthy people on account of the Lord’s grace, I will (polite request) tell you (lit. cause-to-hear) my opinion.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well now, about those who have no spouse, there is no command that I can give that comes from God. But I will tell you what I think. Surely this that I will say is not in error, because God has favored me with good understanding.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now concerning the people who have not yet married, the Lord did not speak any word about what should be done. But I will tell you the word I think I should say. And you can believe it because by God’s grace the words I speak have authority.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:9:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus told people this parable. ‘A man planted fruit on his land. Other people gave him money to use the land and this man went far away.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, Yesus spoke to the people, saying this parable to them: ‘There was a person who planted his field/garden with grapes, after that he gave his field to be worked to several people, and he went to a far town, and he stayed there a long time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa told the people this parable, ‘There was,’ he said, ‘a person who made an enclosure with grape vines and he told the people to take care of it for sharing the proceeds of the plants. And then he left going to a far country and he was there for a long time.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus told the people a parable, because he wanted them to know how God was doing things. He said, ‘There is a person who had a field, and he planted it with the vines called paras. He had some people take care of it for him and he left for a far place and stayed there a long time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus related this parable to the many-people. He said, ‘There was a person who planted many grapes. He caused-them-to-be-taken-care-of by other farmers, and then he went to a far country and was a long-time there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus faced the crowd again and gave an illustration, saying, ‘There was a person who planted ubas plants in his field. After he’d planted them, he left his ubas plantation in the charge of some people who were field-workers, for he went to another place and was a long time there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)