Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 22:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:35:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus asked his disciples, ‘That day when I sent you out to go out, without a purse, without a bag and without shoes, did you need anything?’ ‘Not one thing,’ they said.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that Yesus spoke to them, he said: ‘When I ordered you yesterday [implies recent past time] to go carrying the Good News, I did not permit you to carry a money bag or food-bundle or shoes. Did you lack anything?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said yet to them, ‘Formerly I told you who were going on a journey not to take a purse or a bag or shoes, did you have anything lacking?’ ‘Nothing,’ they said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus spoke to them, ‘When I sent you out long ago, telling you that you should not take any money, or change of clothing, or change of shoes — what did you lack there on your journey?’ And they answered, ‘We had no lack.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘When I sent you with you taking-along no money, backpack and change of sandals, did you lack anything?’ ‘No indeed,’ they answered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus questioned his disciples, saying, ‘Well, that time when I sent you traveling, when I said, don’t take provisions of money, something-to-put-into for what is given to you, or a change of footwear, well, did you have a hard time?’ ‘Well, no,’ was their reply.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 2:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:5:

  • Uma: “They answered him like this: ‘In the village of Betlehem in the land of Yudea. We know this because there is a Word of the Lord that was written by a prophet long ago. The Lord says:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They said, ‘The town of Betlehem there in Yahudiya, for Nabi Mika has written in the holy-book like this,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they answered, ‘He will be born in the town of Bethlehem in the province of Judea. We know this because there is a written saying of God by means of an inspired one long ago who said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘In Betlehem in this province of Judea,’ they said answering. ‘Because this is what God caused-the prophet long-ago -to-write saying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They answered, saying, ‘Respects to you, it’s said to be there in Betlehem in the district of Judea. Because that is what is there in what was written by a prophet, which is what was said by God,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The ones who were questioned said to Herod: ‘There in the city of Bethlehem of the land of Judah is where he is to be born. Because this is the word written by the spokesman for God who said:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 12:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:21:

  • Uma: “The eye cannot say to the hand: ‘I don’t need you (sing.)!’ Or the head say to the feet: ‘I don’t need you (sing.)!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore it is not possible for the eye to say to the hand, ‘I don’t have any use for you.’ Likewise it is not possible for the head to say to the feet, ‘I don’t have any use for you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this the eye cannot say to the hand, ‘As for you, hand, I don’t need you!’ And in the same way also, because the head cannot say to the foot, ‘As for you, foot, I don’t need you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So the eye cannot say to the arm/hand or the head to the leg/foot, ‘I don’t need you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, since it’s like that, the eye cannot say to the arm/hand, ‘I sure don’t need you!’ Like that too, the head can’t say to the leg/foot, ‘Expl, I don’t need you!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The eyes of a person cannot say to the hands: ‘I don’t need you’ they say. The person’s head cannot say to the feet: ‘I don’t need you’ it says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 22:67)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:67:

  • Noongar: “‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘You are the One Whom God Will Send, are you?’ Jesus replied, ‘If I tell you, you won’t believe.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Those judges said to Yesus: ‘Tell us (excl.) here, are You really the Redeemer King?’ Yesus said: ‘Even if I told you, you still would not believe.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They said to Isa, ‘Tell us if you are really the Almasi.’ Isa said to them, ‘Even if I tell you, you do not believe me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they asked Jesus, they said, ‘What do you say? Are you the one chosen by God to rule?’ And Jesus answered, ‘Even if I say that I am, you will not believe what I say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They said to him, ‘Please tell (us), are you (sing.) the Messiah?’ Jesus answered saying, ‘Even if I say, you won’t believe anyway,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then they said to Jesus, ‘Tell us if you really are the one who is the promised Cristo!’ Replying, Jesus said, ‘Even if I will tell you, you won’t acknowledge that it is true.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 3:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:14:

  • Uma: “But Yohanes was not brave / did not dare to baptize him, and he said to him: ‘Really, I am the one who needs to be baptized by you (sing.), yet here you (sing.) are coming to me!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Yahiya did not want to, he said, ‘Why do you come here requesting me to bathe you? You should be the one to bathe me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now John, he didn’t want that and he said, ‘I am the one fitted to be baptized by you, not that you will be the one to cause me to baptize you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Juan refused saying, ‘I am the one who needs to get-baptized by you (sing.). Why do you (sing.) come to get-baptized by me?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He was told not to by Juan, who said, ‘Respect to you, why is it reversed, that I am the one who will baptize you, since I really am the one who needs to be baptized by you?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But John did not want to baptize Jesus. He said to him: ‘I want that you baptize me, and here you have come for me to baptize you,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 14:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:9:

  • Uma: “So also with you, relatives: if you speak with languages that others don’t know, who will know what you say? You will be like a person who is speaking to the wind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Likewise also you when you speak but it isn’t clear/distinct the people will not know what you are saying. It is just like wind to their ears.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you also, brothers, you are like someone who plays the kutiyapi or blows the trumpet, because if you speak in a language and no one understand it, there won’t be any value to what you say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It’s the same with you. If you use words that cannot be understood, who perhaps will be able-to-understand what you are saying? Your words will be as if they are merely blown-by-the-wind.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, just like that, how will anyone know what you want to say if you are speaking different languages that they can’t understand? You would be like just talking to the air.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is like this for you. If the people do not hear (i.e., understand) the word you speak, then how can they understand what you say? Without effect you will be speaking, no one will hear what you say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 23:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:28:

  • Noongar: “Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Women of Jerusalem! Don’t cry for me, but only for yourselves and your children.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus looked at them and he said to them: ‘Ee women of Yerusalem, do not cry for me. It is better that you cry for yourselves and your children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa turned around and said to them, ‘Oy, you women of Awrusalam, do not weep about me. Weep about yourself and your children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus turned to them, and he said, ‘As for you women of Jerusalem, don’t you cry over me, but rather the thing that you should cry about, is what’s going to happen to you and your children.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus turned-to-face them and said, ‘Women from-Jerusalem, it shouldn’t be me that you are crying-for but rather yourselves and your children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus turned to them and said to them, ‘You women of Jerusalem, don’t cry for me. Your own selves and your children are who you are to cry for.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 5:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:4:

  • Uma: “Blessed are the people who are sad, for God himself will comfort them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Better off are the people who grieve, because they are comforted by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Much better off are those whose breaths are made painful by bad doing because God will comfort them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Fortunate are the people who sorrow/mourn because of sin, because God will comfort them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “(The people) can be happy who grieve because of sins committed, because God will comfort them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The good fortune will be met by the people who are sad. Because God will comfort the hearts of these people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)