Language-specific Insights

complete verse (John 5:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:29:

  • Uma: “and they will rise from their graves. Those who did good behavior are raised in order to receive good life. Those who did evil behavior are raised in order to be punished.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When they hear it they will come out of their graves. The people who have done good will come out and live forever in heaven. And the people who have done bad will also come out and they will be hit by God’s judgment and will be punished.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and they will all be resurrected. The ones who have done good, they will be given eternal life, and the ones who, on the other hand, have done bad, they will be raised from the dead so that they might be punished.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “and they will come-out-from their burial-places. Those who have done what is good, they will come-to-life so that they will gain life that is forever, but those who have done evil, they will come-to-life so they will be condemned to be punished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well they will be made alive again and come out from their graves. All who have been doing good while still alive will be given life which has no ending. But all those who have been doing evil will be sentenced to be punished.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “They will come out of the place where they were buried. Those who lived good lives will be resurrected in order to live anew. Those who lived evilly will be resurrected in order to be sentenced.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 12:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:23:

  • Uma: “The people who saw that were astonished, with the result that they asked one another, they said: ‘Maybe He is the Redeemer King the descendant of King Daud that was promised long ago!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All the people wondered and they said, ‘Is this the descendant of Sultan Da’ud?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The many people were amazed. They said, ‘Maybe he is the prophesied descendant of King David.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The people were extremely surprised and they said, ‘Is this perhaps the descendant of David that we are waiting for?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “All who saw it really were amazed. They were saying, ‘Surely this is that one God promised who would come from the descendants of king David.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “All the people were astounded when they saw what Jesus did. They said: ‘But he must be the descendant of David who is to take up his work or isn’t he?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Corinthians 11:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:3:

  • Uma: “But I am nervous/uneasy now, lest [lit., don’t-don’t] someone deceive you with the result that you don’t keep believing in Kristus with all your hearts. Like Hawa long ago was tempted by the snake with smooth/gentle words, so also there are those who want to tempt you to follow teaching that is different from your faith in Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I am sad/troubled about you perhaps your thinking is diverted from Almasi and then your love for him is no longer wholehearted. Perhaps you are deceived like Sitti Hawa (Eve) in old times. For she was deceived by the expertise of the snake who lied.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I’m worried about you because you might abandon your carefully carrying out of the commands of Christ. For perhaps your faith is mixed up with other beliefs. Perhaps you are going to imitate Eve long ago, because she was deceived by that lying snake which was Satan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But I fear lest you go-astray and leave your sincere/heartfelt love for Cristo like Eva who was deceived by the trickiness of the snake.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I am really worried that just as Eva was deceived by the snake that Satanas indwelled, maybe you also will be deceived by some (people) there. Maybe you will transfer, your believing/obeying and trust no longer being totally in Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Like Eve was deceived by the devil, thus I fear that you will be deceived so as to separate from Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:14:

  • Uma: “When the people saw that miracle, they talked to each other, they said: ‘He must really be the prophet that was promised long ago, that they said would come to the world!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the people who were there saw the wonder-causing deed that Isa had done, they said, ‘This is now really the prophet we (incl.) have been waiting for to come to the world.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the people saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, ‘This one must really be the prophet of God whom he is to send here to the world.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When the many-people saw that amazing-thing that Jesus did, they said, ‘This one indeed (surprised realization) is the prophet whom they prophesied would come to this world.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the people saw that amazing sign done by Jesus, they were saying, ‘Surely this is that Prophet who would come here to the world.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The people saw the sign Jesus had done. They said, ‘Truly this one is the prophet of God who was to come here to the earth.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:5:

  • Uma: “There were also some which fell on stony ground, just a little bit its land/soil. That sowed-thing very quickly grew, because the soil was thin.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Other seed fell onto bedrock with little soil (lit. not deep it’s soil). The seed sprouted easily because the soil was not deep.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also that which he was planting that fell and landed on the stones where the soil which was on top of the stones was very thin. And the plant quickly sprouted because the soil was thin.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Others that he broadcast, they fell on a rocky-area. Because its soil was shallow (lit. on-the-surface), they quickly-sprouted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Where others got scattered was in a rocky place. Well since the soil was only superficial over those rocks, these seeds sprouted quickly.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Others of the seeds he sowed landed where the earth was not deep because there was rock under it. These seeds quickly sprouted because the earth wasn’t deep where they were.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Corinthians 12:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 12:2:

  • Uma: “I know a Kristen person, fourteen years ago he was pulled-up to God’s dwelling in heaven. I don’t know if it was really his body that was pulled-up, or if was just his soul. Only God knows.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There is a certain man who follows Isa Almasi that I know, he was taken to heaven. Fourteen years have past since. I don’t know if he really went there or if heaven was shown to him in a vision. God only knows it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Long ago there was a believer whom I know who miraculously was able to visit there in the very high Heaven where God lives. This was fourteen years ago; I don’t know if his body also went there, or whether God just showed him this by means of a dream; the only one who knows this is God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There is that which happened to a believer in Cristo whom I know. Starting from when it happened until now, fourteen years have gone. That aforementioned happening, he was raised to heaven where God is. I admittedly don’t know whether it was only his spirit that went or his body was included. Only God knows that. But I know that that person was raised to Paradise (RL Paraiso),” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Fourteen years ago, there was an acquaintance of mine who was a believer in Cristo who was taken to heaven, the real heaven where God lives. Only I’m not sure whether it was just his soul/spirit that was taken there or his actual body. God is the only one who knows.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now years have passed since I have believed in Christ. Fourteen years ago I was taken up to heaven where the Lord Jesus is. But I do not know whether my body went or not. It is only God himself who knows what happened.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:46)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:46:

  • Uma: “But do not say thus, there really have been people who have seen my Father. Only I alone have seen him, because I am from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “This does not mean that any man has seen my Father God. Nobody has seen my Father except only I, the one sent by God have seen him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am not saying that there is a person who has seen God, for as for me, the one sent here by God my Father, I am the only one who has ever seen him. There is no one else who has seen my Father except me alone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I don’t mean to say that someone has seen God, because no one has been able-to-see him except only I who came-from him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “This doesn’t mean that there is anyone who has seen the Father, because only that one who came from God has seen the Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It isn’t that anyone has seen the Father. Rather he who came from here God is, is he who knows him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:37:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘The owner of the garden who sowed the good seed stands-for Me, the Child of Mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He answered, he said, ‘I, the Son of Man, am figuratively the man who broadcasted the good seed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, I am the person who plants that which is good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘The one who planted the rice, it is I who am Child of a Person” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Yes,’ said Jesus. He said, ‘That one who planted good seed, it’s I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to his learners: ‘The one who planted the good seed is the Man who came from heaven.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)