Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Hebrews 1:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 1:5:

  • Uma: “Never once has God spoken even to one angel like this: ‘You (sing.) are my Child, Today a I-relate-to-you (sing.)-as-Child.’ Also never once has God spoken about one angel like this: ‘Me he relates-to-as-Father, and him I relate-to-as-Child.’ These words are directed only at God’s Child.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For God has not spoken to his angels as he spoke to his Son, he said, ‘You are my Child/Son. Now I am your Father.’ And God also did not speak about any angel like this, ‘I am his father and he is my son.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For there is a written word of God to His son which says, and He says, ‘You are my son and I say today I will show that I am your Father.’ However, there is no angel of His that He spoke to like that at any time. There is another written word of God which says, ‘It can be that I am His father and He is my son.’ And it’s not the angels He was talking about there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because there is absolutely no angel to whom God said, ‘You (sing.) are my Child. Today I will show that I am your (sing.) Father.’ Neither did God say regarding even any angel, ‘We (excl.) are father-and-child.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because, from back in the past, there wasn’t even one angel to whom God said, ‘Today/now, I am positively-indicating that you (sing.) are my Son. I am your Father. ‘ And there’s no angel at all he was referring to (lit. causing-to-be-hit) by these words of his saying, ‘From now on it is evident that I really am his Father, and as-for-him, (he is) really my Son.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “This Son of God is greater than all the angels. Because God said to his Son: ‘You are my Son. And now it will be known that I am your Father,’ he said to him. But God never has said to even one angel that which he said to his Son. Again God said: ‘I am his Father. He is my Son,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 9:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:27:

  • Uma: “But Barnabas, he went and befriended Saulus and accompanied him to the apostles of the Lord Yesus. He recounted to them how Saulus had seen the Lord Yesus on the road going to Damsyik, and how the Lord had spoken to him. He also told them of Saulus’s bravery newsing the news of the Lord Yesus in Damsyik.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Saul was helped by Barnabas and he took him to the commissioned ones. Barnabas told them that this Saul had seen the Lord, Isa, while he was on the road to Damaskus and (that) the Lord also talked to him, and that there at Damaskus he was brave/bold to preach to the people about Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Barnabas helped Saul, and he took him to the apostles, and he told them about the Lord appearing to Saul on his way and what the Lord said to him. And he told them also that Saul, even though the Jews in Damascus were against him, had no fear there in Damascus to spread the news about faith in the name of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon Barnabas accompanied him to where-the apostles -were, and then he related Saulo’s seeing Jesus on the path and Jesus’ conversing-with him. He also related his boldness to preach concerning Jesus in Damascus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But he was helped by Bernabe. He took Saulo to the apostles and related to them how Saulo had seen/met the Lord who spoke to him on the trail. And he also related how much was the boldness of Saulo in teaching concerning Jesus in Damasco.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 8:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:18:

  • Uma: “But Yesus knew what he disciples were saying, so he said to them: ‘Why do you keep talking about the fact that you don’t have any bread? Do you still not understand? Are your hearts still not clear, [even though] you have often heard my teaching, often have seen my power? You have-eyes and have-ears, yet do you still not understand what you see and hear? Don’t you remember,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You have eyes but it is as if you can’t see. You have ears but it is as if you can’t hear. Do you not remember what I did that day?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You have eyes, but it seems as if you cannot see. You have ears but it seems as if you cannot hear. Have you forgotten what I did?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You have eyes, but you can-not -see. You also have ears, but you can-not -hear. Have you forgotten” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Don’t you have eyes? Don’t you have ears? Have you already forgotten?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Hebrews 3:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 3:5:

  • Uma: “Musa remained [was faithful] doing his work taking care of the people of God, like a worker who remains [is faithful] doing his work in the house of his master/lord. And what Musa did is-a-figure-of-speech for the goodness [salvation] that God would show later.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Musa was a servant, and he really persevered working in God’s house and he spread/made-known about the words God would speak in the future.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Moses, he is servant whose ruling over the house of God is faithful, and his works became a shadow of those things which God would show which would come to pass at a much later time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It is true that Moses was faithful in serving all his companions in the family of God, but he was only a servant of God and what he did, it was only an illustration of what God would make-known in the future.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Really, as for Moises, his service in the household of God was good. But what he was like was just a servant in that household. And what he did, it was just like a picture of the things God would make known in the future.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Moses became like just a worker who worked among God’s people. Yet he did well the work God told him to do. He told the people about what must happen afterwards.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:16:

  • Uma: “That vision he saw three times, and after that the blanket was pulled up again going to the sky.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Three times this happened to him and then that blanket was taken up again to the sky.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now these words were spoken three times to Peter and then that which was let down was returned up to heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Three-times he saw and heard that, then the cloth was returned to heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Three times Pedro was instructed and rebuked like that, and then what contained those animals was pulled up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 9:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 9:12:

  • Uma: “He said to them: ‘It is indeed true. Elia must come first, for he is the one who will make-ready everything. But how about me, the Child of Mankind? Why is it written in the Holy Book that I will get much suffering and be disparaged by people?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered. ‘That is true,’ he said, ‘Nabi Eliyas comes ahead of Almasi to prepare everything. Na, what does the holy-book say about me, the Son of Mankind? The holy-book says that I have to endure/suffer much persecution and that I will be really criticised/be-put-down.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘It’s true that Elijah will come first for he will prepare everything. But why is it that it was prophesied long ago in the written word of God that I, the older sibling of mankind, will have to suffer many torments and be rejected?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Truly (empathy particle) Elias will first come to put-in-order everything,’ Jesus said answering. ‘But there is also that which God caused-to-be-written about me who am Child of a Person. It says that I must experience many hardships and I will also be scorned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘It’s true that Elias will first come here for he will prepare all things. Well if it’s like that, what is your thinking about why the writing says about me, who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, that I will be mocked and will experience great hardship/suffering?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Hebrews 5:2)

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

  • Uma: “Big Priests are just mankind too, and they certainly also have many weaknesses. That’s why they know [how] to be gentle [lit., soften their behavior] to take care of people whose hearts are not yet clear [i.e., not yet mature] and who do not yet know the right way.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And the high priest, because he is also human, he has also weaknesses therefore he knows how to be merciful towards the people who have gone astray from God because they are ignorant (mainly in religious matters).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And since he is just a human who always makes mistakes, it’s possible for him to be patient with his fellow men who make mistakes also because they do not understand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He is able-to-be-patient-with/put-up-with his companions who go-astray who don’t know that what they are doing is not right, because even he, he also has faults.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, because as for him, (he is) also just a person who is always/often being defeated by the sins he wants-to-do, he can easily feel pity for those who sin and who get-lost/misled because they have no idea what is good and what is not.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “This one pities his fellow men who do not know what to do, who are overcome by sin because they are not strong. He pities them because he also it not strong.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:48)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:48:

  • Uma: “That is why Petrus ordered them, Kornelius and the others, to be baptized naming the name of Yesus Kristus. After that, Kornelius and his companions requested Petrus to stay with them for a few nights.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore Petros told them to be baptized/bathed as a sign that they now belonged to Isa. Then Korneliyus and company urged Petros to stay there with them for a few days.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter commanded that someone baptize them in order that it might be known that they have fellowship with Jesus Christ. And when that was finished, Cornelius and company begged Peter that he stay with them still for how many days.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he commanded/instructed that plural Cornelius get-baptized to show that Jesu Cristo was their Lord. After that was finished, plural Cornelius persuaded (lit. hung-onto) Pedro to stay-with them for a few (lit. momentary) days.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then he instructed that they be baptized in the name of Jesu-Cristo. After they were baptized, they asked Pedro not to hurry to go home, but to stay there with them a while.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)