Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Mark 3:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 3:1:

  • Uma: “One time, Yesus again entered the prayer-house. There, there was a person whose hand on one side was dead.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then, Isa went back again into the prayer-house. There was a man there his hand was withered.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus again went into the church of the Jews, and there a person whose ligaments were dead in one of his hands.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus went again to the synagogue and entered. There was there a man whose arm/hand was atrophied.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus again entered the worship-place. On his arrival there was a man there whose hand/arm was useless/limp.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Timothy 5:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 5:8:

  • Uma: “For if there is a person who says he believes in God, but he does not take care of his parents and the people who are in his house, that behavior of his repudiates/rejects his faith, he is worse that a person who does not believe in God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But if there is a person there who does not take care of his/her relative, especially if they are a family, that person, the teaching we (incl.) believe is abandoned/left by him and he is yet more evil/worse than a person who does not trust in Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For if there is a believer who does not thoroughly care for those who depend on him, especially those who live in his house, he has abandoned his fulfilling of our doctrine. The one who has never believed is better than he is.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because if there is a believer who refuses to take-care of his relatives, especially his family, he has left/abandoned his faith. A person like that, his behavior is worse than one who doesn’t believe, because even those who don’t believe, they know how to take-care of their relatives.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For that person who says he believes in God but doesn’t know how to look after his relatives, especially his children and parents, it’s clear that he is rejecting true obeying of the will of God. He will be regarded as his nature/ways being more evil than people who haven’t believed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the believer who does not give what is needed by his father or mother or relative, he is a believer who does not walk according to his faith. Even the people who are not believers do not refuse to give what is needed to the older people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 4:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 4:24:

  • Uma: “When their companions heard those words, they made-request at one time to God, they said: ‘Lord, You (sing.) are the one who made the sky, the earth, and the sea with all the contents.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When they heard this, they prayed together/at-the-same-time to God. They said, ‘O God, you are the ruler and you are the one who created the earth and the sky and the sea including all kinds-of-things inside them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the believers heard this, they gathered together to pray. And this is what they prayed, they said, ‘God who is Lord of all, you created heaven and earth and the sea and all that they contain.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When their companions heard-it, they all prayed their mind/thoughts being one, saying, ‘All-powerful Lord, it was you (sing.) who created the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When those companions of theirs heard, they all prayed to God, saying, ‘Our(excl.) Master, no-one else created heaven/sky, the world, the sea and all their contents but on the contrary you only.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 3:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 3:33:

  • Uma: “Yesus gazed at the people who were around him and he said: ‘As for my mother and relatives, it is these people here.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘Who is my mother and who are my brothers?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered them, ‘But there are those yet that I will show you who are my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘Yes granted of-course, but there are also others that I count as my mother and my brothers.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Jesus heard, he said, ‘Yes, in a while.’ And then he spoke saying, ‘Try-to-understand this, who is my mother and who are my siblings?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Timothy 6:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 6:15:

  • Uma: “The day of our Lord’s return, God himself has set according to his own desire. It is he alone who has power/authority, whom it is appropriate to praise, King from [i.e., more than] all kings, Lord from all lords.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the time is reached, he will-be-caused-to-come-here back to earth by God. God only should be praised and he alone is the ruler. He is the one who rules over the ones who rule and he is the Leader of the leaders.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God will have Jesus return when the proper time is fulfilled. God is the One who controls everything. He is the One whose situation is good. He is the One who is in charge of every king and datu.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one-who-is-in-charge-of his appearing so that it will be fulfilled on the proper day, it is the honored God. He alone rules over all, because he is the highest King among all kings and the highest Lord among all lords.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For he really will be caused to come back by God provided the time which he determined has now come. For as for this God, his happiness is fully mature/complete. He alone is the one who controls everything, there is no other. For he is the one who is King of all who reign and Lord/Chief of all masters.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When there comes the day determined by God for him to come, then he will come. Concerning our holy God, he alone has power. He is the ruler of rulers. He is the Boss of the bosses.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 5:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:19:

  • Uma: “That night, an angel of the Lord opened the door of the jail and took them outside. That angel said to them:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But that night, an angel of God went (and) opened the doors of the prison to let them out. The angel said to them,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that night an angel of the Lord opened the prison and caused the apostles to go out,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But when it was night, there was an angel of the Lord who went and opened the door of the prison. He took-them -out and then he said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But when night came, the door was opened by an angel sent by the Lord and he caused them to come out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 4:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:30:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘If/when God becomes King on earth, how does it happen? It is like this parable:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa said, ‘To what shall we (incl.) compare the ruling of God over his people? And if we (incl.) speak-in-a-parable what shall the parable of it be?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus spoke again, ‘What is a good thing for us to liken the ruling of God to? What is a good parable for us to use?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘To what perhaps shall I compare God’s ruling? What is it like?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Well to what also shall we (incl.) liken the kingdom of God?’ said Jesus next. ‘What shall we (incl.) next use as an illustration so that it can be pictured well?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Timothy 2:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Timothy 2:8:

  • Uma: “Shoulder suffering, and remember Yesus Kristus, who lived again from death, the Redeemer King descendant of King Daud. That is the contents of the Good News that I carry.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Remember Isa Almasi, he is a descendant of Da’ud and he was made alive again from his death. This is the good news preached by me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t forget that Jesus Christ became a man, the descendant of King David, and that He allowed Himself to be killed and He was raised from the dead. This is what I preach when I announce the Good News.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Be-very-sure that you (sing.) store in your (sing.) mind the good news that I preach that God made-alive again Jesu Cristo who is the descendant of King David.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Always be remembering/meditating-on Jesu-Cristo, who was made alive again, he who is a descendant of king David. This is this Good News which I teach.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Only Christ, let rest in your heart. He is the descendant of David, he now rules because he resurrected after he had died. Thus is the good news I tell the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)