Language-specific Insights

complete verse (1 Corinthians 2:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 2:11:

  • Uma: “For the one who knows the contents of a person’s heart is he himself. So also, the one who knows the contents of God’s heart is just the Spirit of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For example, nobody knows what’s in a person’s thoughts/mind except he himself. Likewise also nobody knows what is in God’s thoughts/mind except God and God’s Spirit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Who knows what is in the mind of a certain person except only that person knows what is in his own mind, and in the same way also, the Holy Spirit is the only one who knows what is in the mind of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because there is no one who knows what is in the mind/thoughts of a person except (lit. if not) he himself. So also with God, there is no one who knows his mind/thoughts if not indeed his Spirit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For in the case of people, who knows what his fellow-man is thinking, or what is really in his mind/inner-being? Only our own mind/inner-being knows. Well just like that, only the Espiritu Santo knows all the determined-plans of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the person, no one knows what his thoughts are. Only the person himself knows what thoughts he thinks. Also like this is God; no person can know the thoughts of God. Rather only the Holy Spirit knows well what are the thoughts of God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 17:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:30:

  • Noongar: “The Day when people see the Son of Man, his day will come like that.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “So also will be the laxness of men in the day of my coming back to the world to show my power.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “In the same way like that will also be the doings of the people in the world when the day comes when I, the Son of Mankind, will be shown/seen.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When I, the older sibling of mankind, return in the future, it will be just as fast as that.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Like that indeed also is what will happen on the day when-the one Child of a Person -will-appear.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It will indeed be like that at the returning here of the One From Heaven Born of Man/human.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 4:4)

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

  • Uma: “My heart is as clear/holy as a chicken egg [i.e., I have pure motives, am not hiding anything], I know I have done no wrong. But that doesn’t make me right/just. It’s the Lord who will decide whether I am right/just or not.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Even if I don’t know of any mistake of mine, that is no proof that I don’t have a fault/mistake. Almasi will be the one to judge me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Even though I don’t know that I’ve made any mistakes, it still can be that there is a lack in what I do, because God is the one who really knows. He is the one who checks up on my work.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “My conscience is certainly clean, but this doesn’t mean to say that I truly have no sin. The Lord alone is the one who is able-to-say that, because he alone will judge me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For even if I am not aware of anything wrong in the attending-to/facing this position/responsibility of mine, maybe there is something the Lord finds wrong. He is the one of course who judges me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “What I think about what I do, I think that I walk correctly. But it doesn’t matter if I think that I have no sin. Now, he who must judge concerning what I do is God himself who will judge.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 18:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:25:

  • Noongar: “If a man has much money, entering the Kingdom of Heaven, that is much harder for him than for a kangaroo going through the hole of a needle.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye [lit., hole] of a needle than for a rich person to submit to God so that He becomes their King.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “It is easier yet that a camel passes through the hole of a needle than that a rich person wants to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He cannot do it, because it’s easier for the animal camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to subject himself to God so that he might be ruled over.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It is easier for a camel to enter the hole of a needle than for the inclusion of a rich person in God’s ruling.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It’s true, it’s easier for a big kamelyo animal to pass through the eye (lit. bored-hole) of a needle than for the rich to be able to enter the kingdom of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 6:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 6:2:

  • Uma: “Don’t you know, relatives, on the Kiama Day it will be the followers of the Lord Yesus who will judge the contents of the world. So, if we are the ones who will be judges judging of the contents of the world, aren’t you even capable of deciding little cases at this time?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Don’t you know that in the last day we (incl.), the ones belonging to God will judge mankind? Now, if we (incl.) are the ones to judge the people in the last day, you can already judge your little problems/cases.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you realize that as for us (incl.) believers, we will be the ones in the future to settle the cases of all the people here on the earth? And if it’s possible for us to settle cases for all mankind, how much more it should be that we can settle these very insignificant accusations.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Don’t you know that the people of God are the ones who will judge the collective-people in this world? If that’s what you will do in the future, is it indeed-the-case (RQ implying of course not) that you aren’t capable of adjudicating cases that aren’t difficult (lit. heavy)?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For do you not know that, (we) believers, (we) will be included in judging this world in the future? Well since it’s like that, do you not have the ability to fix up just a little thing such as that?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Do you not know that God’s people are those who will judge the people who live here on earth? Well if you are to judge the people who live here on earth, how about a little matter that is bothering you., can’t you tell your fellow believers to make the solution?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:14:

  • Noongar: “Now, people of his country, they did not like him, so they sent messengers following him saying, ‘We don’t want this one to become our king’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “But in the town of that nobleman, there were also people who hated him. As soon as that nobleman left, they sent messengers going to follow him and say: ‘We (excl.) refuse that nobleman as our king!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But those people in his country hated him, so after he had left, they sent some after him to say that they did not want that person to be-king/rule over them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, the inhabitants of the town of this prince, they were disgusted with him, and when he left, they sent someone after him to tell the high king there where he was going, that they did not want that that prince should be their king.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘But his townmates/countrymen hated him, so they sent-some (partitive prefix = some from among them) to follow him to go say to the one-who-appointed, ‘We (excl.) don’t-want this person as our (excl.) king.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well since he was hated by some of his fellow countrymen, that’s why immediately after he had left, they caused some to race there to that one who would put-him in-office of kingship. They would say, ‘We don’t want that person to reign over us here!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 7:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 7:14:

  • Uma: “For that man who doesn’t believe is offered to the Lord because of his wife. And the woman who does not believe is offered to the Lord because of her husband who believes. If it weren’t like that, certainly your children would be the same as the children of those who don’t believe in the Lord. But as it is, your children are certainly offered to the Lord because of the faith of one of their parents.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Because you the ones trusting in Isa Almasi, even if your husband or wife does not trust in Isa Almasi they are like belonging to God because you are one. And your children also are like belonging to God. Because if this is not true your children are like the children of those who don’t follow God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For you who have believed in our Lord Jesus, who have spouses who are not believers, God will also bless your spouse because of you, even if he has not believed. And he will also bless your children. Because if this were not true, your children would be just like the children of people who have not believed in the Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because the one who doesn’t believe has already been dedicated to God because of his/her being-one-with her/his spouse who believes. If this weren’t true, their children would not be counted in God’s estimation, but the truth of it is, they are also counted as having-been-dedicated to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For because his wife has become a believer, even though that man is not yet a believer, God will now separate him out from other men whose wives are not yet believers. Well, it’s just like that if it’s the woman who is not a believer, but her husband has become a believer. For if God’s regarding was not like that of people whose spouse has become a believer, of course his regarding of their children would not be like that either. But this is the truth, even their children, God also separates-them-out from other children whose parents are not believers.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because the husband who is not a believer has part in the blessings which God gives to the wife who is a believer. If it were that only believers encountered God’s blessings, then the children wouldn’t be blessed. But it is well known that also children encounter the blessings which God gives to the father or mother who is a believer.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:46)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:46:

  • Noongar: “and saying to them, ‘The Scriptures say this: God says, ‘My house will be called a house of praying’. But you have made it a cave where thieves hide!”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He said to them: ‘In the Holy Book, God says like this: ‘My house is a prayer house.’ But you(emphatic), you consider it a house of robbers!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “and he said to them, ‘It is written in the holy book, God says, ‘My house is called a house for prayer’. But you,’ said Isa, ‘you make God’s house like a house for thieves to hide in.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said to them, ‘Get out of here, because there is a written word of God which says, ‘My house shall be called a house where people pray.’ However, as for you,’ said Jesus, ‘you’ve made it a place where cheaters stay.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “saying, ‘It is written in God’s word, ‘My house, it is a praying-place of people.’ But as for you, you have turned it into a place-for-cheating your companions!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He said to them, ‘It is contained in the written word of God, ‘As for my house where I am worshipped, it will be called a house which is a prayer-place.’ But you have made it a nest of thieves!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

For the Old Testament quote, see Jeremiah 7:11 and Isaiah 56:7.