Language-specific Insights

complete verse (1 Corinthians 1:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 1:8:

  • Uma: “He will strengthen you until the end of the world, so that when our Lord Yesus Kristus comes again, he will find you without any fault.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “God will continue to cause your trust to be strong to the last day so that there will be no sin of yours when the day of Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader’s return comes to judge all mankind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He is the one to make you strong until the end time, so that there will be nothing to rebuke you for on that day in the future when He returns.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He is the one who is continually-strengthening your faith so you will have no lacks/faults on the day when he comes again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And another item of his grace/mercy is, until the end of the world he will make you firm in your believing/obeying so that there will be nothing in you to find fault with on the day when our Lord Jesu-Cristo returns to judge.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “God will strengthen you so that you will be firm until the end. Because he wants that not any word will be found against you on that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 16:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 16:27:

  • Noongar: “‘Then the rich man, he said, ‘Then I beg you, Father Abraham, send Lazarus to the house of my father.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘From there, that rich man also said: ‘If it is thus, Father, I ask that you (sing.) order Lazarus to go to the house of my father.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the rich man said, ‘If it is like that, Grandfather, we can’t do anything about it (lit. I am not blaming). But I beg you, send Lasarus to the house of my father,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the rich man spoke again, ‘If that’s the case, Grandfather, I only beg you to send Lazarus back to the house of my father,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Then the rich man said, ‘I request you (sing.) then sir that you (sing.) send Lazarus to the house of my plural father,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The rich person spoke again, saying, ‘Well if it’s like that, Uncle, please send Lazaro to the house of Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 2:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 2:9:

  • Uma: “But like is written in the Holy Book: ‘For people who love God, he has already prepared for them something really good, that mankind has not-yet seen or heard and that has no-yet entered mankind’s hearts.’ [i.e., never entered a human mind]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But it is written in the holy-book, it says, ‘There is (something) that God prepared for those who love him. This that he prepared, there is no person who was able to see it, or hear it. There isn’t even that was able to think of it.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, the thing which we teach is that which was written long ago in the Word of God which says, ‘Those very good and miraculous things that have not yet been seen, not yet been heard by mankind, not yet thought of even by anybody, these are the things that God has prepared to give to all the people who are precious in His breath.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “What we (excl.) are talking-about is the fulfillment of what God caused-to-be-written which says, ‘What people have not seen nor heard nor have they been able to even think-of, that is what God has prepared for those who love him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But-I-tell-you this just conforms to the written word of God which says, ‘That which no eye has seen or ear heard, (which) neither has entered the mind/thinking of people, that is what has happened which God determined for the benefit of those who hold him dear.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It happened like the word in the Holy Book which says, ‘God now has determined what he will do for the people who love him. It will be blessing of God which no person has come to know about. Because never before has happened what God will do.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 17:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:28:

  • Noongar: “That Day will come like the days of Lot. People always ate and drank, and traded and planted and built houses.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “So also was the laxness of the people long ago in the town of Sodom when Lot lived there. People continually ate, drank, sold/acted-as-merchants, farmed and built houses.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Likewise it was at the time of Lot ley. They ate and drank, bought and traded, planted and built houses.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The time when I return will also be like the time long ago, of Lot. Because at that time they were continually making merry, and eating and drinking; they continued buying and selling, planting and building houses.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It’s also like in the time when Lot was in Sodoma. Because all of them, they were continuing to eat and drink, buy and sell, plant and build houses” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It was indeed like that in the time of Lot, the people in Sodoma and its neighboring towns also having no awareness of danger. For those people, they kept on eating, drinking, buying, trading, planting and building houses.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 4:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 4:2:

  • Uma: “What is really sought in a person who is ordered is, he must faithfully follow [lit., must continue following] orders.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “A person who has been given work to do by his master should be really trustworthy that he will do the work commanded him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for a trusted person, he must be faithful to carry out those commands of his master.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You know that the person to whom work is entrusted, he must be confirmed as trustworthy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore we (excl.) are attending-to/facing well this position/responsibility of ours(excl.) well, for that is what is required in those who have been entrusted with work by their master.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “You know that concerning a worker who has been given a work, it is vital that he does the work that he was told to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 18:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:23:

  • Noongar: “But this man, when he heard that, he became very sad, because he had much property.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “When he heard those words, he was sad, because he was very rich.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When he heard those words of Isa, he was very sad for he was very rich.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the person heard Jesus’ advice, his breath became very painful (he was very sorrowful) because he had much wealth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When he heard that-aforementioned which Jesus had said, he was greatly sad, because he was extremely rich.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When that person heard, he was really grieved, for he was extremely-wealthy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 5:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 5:13:

  • Uma: “As for people who are not Kristen, I have no right [lit., seat] to punish them. God will punish them. You yourselves must punish your one-faith relative who is wrong. So, like what is written in the Holy Book: ‘Make the person whose behavior is bad leave/depart your midst,’ don’t permit him to attend-services with you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “As for the people who do not trust in Isa Almasi, it isn’t for me to observe/check-up-on them. God will judge them. But your fellow trusters in Isa Almasi who-gather-with-you, it is for you to observe/check-up-on them. Because it is written in the holy-book, it says, ‘Cause to leave from you the people who do bad.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, as for those people who do not believe in Jesus, we have no responsibility to check up on their activities. The one who will check up on them is God. However, it’s necessary that we check up on the activities of our companion believers, because there is a written word of God which says, ‘As for that companion of yours whose doings are evil, don’t you allow him any more to go around with you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because we have no business to judge those who aren’t our fellow believers, because God will be responsible for that. But you do indeed have a responsibility to judge those who belong-to/are-joined-to your congregation, because there is that which God caused-to-be-written which says, ‘It is necessary that you remove the one who is joined-to/belongs-to you who has done evil.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because I don’t have authority to pass judgment on people who are not trusting and believing/obeying Cristo. It’s up to God to judge them. Just our fellow believers are whom we judge. Therefore remove now from your group the one doing that disgusting behavior, in accordance with what it says in the writings.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because concerning the people who are not my brothers, it doesn’t come to me to judge them. God himself will judge them. But you, where you meet, judge how the believers walk there where you live. Therefore concerning this man whom I tell you did the sin I am talking about, you must throw his outside.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:12:

  • Noongar: “o Jesus said, ‘One day, an important man was going to a far country. There people would make him become king, and after, he wanted to come back home.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He said: ‘A nobleman planned to go to a far town, going to be installed as king, and return.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore Isa spoke in a parable, ‘There was a certain prominent person. He went to a far country so that he would be given the title of king there, and then he would come back to be king in his country. (In this parable there is no time involved in Yakan. It can be understood either as past, present or future.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of that, he gave this parable; he said, ‘There was a prince who was summoned by the high king into another kingdom, because he was to be made a king over his own town. And when that was finished he was able to return home.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He said, ‘There was a high person who went to a far country in order that they would appoint him to return to his country to be-king.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “His illustration was, ‘There was an important person who went to a foreign/overseas land to be put-in-office of kingship by the Impiradur, and then he would return home to reign.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)