Language-specific Insights

complete verse (John 17:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:25:

  • Uma: “O my Father who is straight, the people in this world do knot know you (sing.). But I, I know you (sing.). And my companions over there know that you (sing.) are the one who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “O Father, you are the righteous one/straight one, even though the people who do not follow you do not know you, but I know you and these my disciples know that you are the one who sent me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My Holy Father, the people here on the earth who are your enemies, they do not understand who you are. But as for me, I understand. And these people who belong to us, they know that you have sent me here.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Righteous Father, those who don’t believe in me, they don’t know you (sing.). But I though, I know you (sing.), and these disciples of mine, they know that you (sing.) are the one who sent me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “My Father who is really straight/righteous, you are not known/acknowledged by the mass of people here in this world/land, but as for me, I really know/acknowledge you. And these companions of mine, they now know that you are the one who sent me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “My Father, you do only good. The people in the world do not know you. But I know you. And our people now know that you sent me here.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:5:

  • Uma: “We’d better not arrest him during the big day, lest the crowds go-wild / get-out-of-control.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Let’s not do it (lit. don’t) during the time of the celebration,’ they said, ‘perhaps the people will make an uproar/riot.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘It would be better,’ they said, ‘if we do not cath him at the time of the feast because people might cause trouble.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They said, ‘Just-so-long-as we don’t have-it-coincide with the fiesta lest the many-people riot.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But they said, ‘Don’t make it coincide with the fiesta for maybe the crowd of people will get angry and make-trouble.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this word they said: ‘Let us not arrest him during the feast, in order that the people won’t rise up to rescue him,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Colossians 3:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 3:24:

  • Uma: “Consider this: The Lord himself will give you the reward/return, like he promised to all people who are his children. Kristus, he is your Nobleman, and you are his slaves.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “because you know indeed that God will give you good/blessing in the future and that you will receive the (things) kept by him for his people. Because Almasi hep is really your master whom you work for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “for you already know that you will be rewarded in the future by the Lord, and He will give to you that reward that He promised for your true master is Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because you know that the Lord will give you the reward that he promised his people, because Cristo is the Lord you are truly serving.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For you know now that there really is a good reward that the Lord will give you in the future. This is the reward that he is holding-in-store for all his children. For Cristo really is the true Master whom you are serving.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “You know that our Lord Jesus Christ is the one who will pay you by means of all the good which he will give you afterwards. Because it is our Lord Jesus Christ who commands us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 18:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 18:31:

  • Uma: “Pilatus said: ‘Take him back/away, you yourselves try his wrong according to the customs of your own religion!’ Those Yahudi people said: ‘As for us (excl.), we (excl.) are not allowed to condemn a person to death.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Pilatus said to them, ‘You are the ones to judge him according to/following your law.’ The Yahudi answered, they said, ‘We (excl.) have no authority to fell the death sentence on anyone.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Pilate answered, ‘Take him away from here because you be the ones to investigate him according to the teaching of your law.’ And the Jews said, ‘The Law of the Romans does not permit us to sentence to death.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon Pilato said, ‘You be-in-charge then. You yourselves just be the ones to judge him based on your law.’ ‘But we (excl.) Jews, we (excl.) have no authority to have-a person -killed,’ they answered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Pilato said next, ‘You take him with you. You be the ones to judge according to your writings.’ ‘If it wasn’t for the fact,’ said the Judio, ‘that we (excl.) have no authority to judge anyone with a sentence of death.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Then Pilate said, ‘Take him, then. Judge him yourselves. You have your laws.’ The Jews said, ‘But we being Jews do not have the authority to sentence a person to death. You need to make the decision.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:37:

  • Uma: “But Petrus and the two children of Zebedeus he invited to go with him. At that time, his heart was sad and unsettled [lit., beating-strongly].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He took Petros and the two sons of Sebede along. He (his heart) began to palpitate and he was troubled in his liver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he took Peter with him and the two sons of Zebedee, and then he became very grieved, and his breath became very painful.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he called Pedro and the two children of Zebedeo, and they went-with him. Beginning with then, he was extremely sad and burdened (lit. heavied),” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But he took Pedro and those two sons of Zebedeo with him. He began to feel bad (emotionally, no particular connotation) and he was really sad.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus went on a bit farther, accompanied by Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. He began to feel very sad. Overflowingly his heart was sad.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Thessalonians 2:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 2:3:

  • Uma: “We did not invite/encourage you to follow teaching that was false. Neither was there any evil intention in our heart, we did not want to deceive anyone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All we (excl.) told you is true. It is not that our (excl.) thoughts are bad, (that is not the reason) why we (excl.) preach. We (excl.) do not deceive.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our preaching to people does not come from error or from an immoral purpose. We do not lie to anyone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because what we (excl.) are saying to convince people is all true. Our (excl.) purpose/motive also, it isn’t that we (excl.) trick them and neither is it women that we (excl.) are thinking about,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It really is the truth which we (excl.) taught to you there. It’s not as if there was a motive in our (excl.) mind/inner-being which was disgusting or just deceptive.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When we told you the word, we did not look for ways to deceive you. We did not tell you anything which was not correct; we told you only the word which would do you good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Mairasi: “Because our advice/exhortation did not originate from anything bad nor incorrect nor dirty. Because our exhortation cannot deceive.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
  • Bariai: “You (pl.) know, the strong talk which we made to you in that day, this we didn’t make to deceive you. We didn’t follow any behaviour of corruption (lit. having dirtiness) and neither trickery.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)

complete verse (John 19:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 19:23:

  • Uma: “When the soldiers were finished crucifying Yesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four portions, one portion each. But his shirt had no sewing, because it was woven just as one sheet.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the soldiers had finished nailing Isa, they took his clothes and divided them in four, one part for each of them. But there was still a robe of Isa which was not sewn, it was woven in one piece.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for the soldiers, when they had nailed Jesus to the cross, they got his clothing and they divided it into four parts so that each one of them might get something. And he had an upper garment which was woven without a seam.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As for the soldiers, when they had nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his clothes and foured them in order to share-them-out. But the robe however, it had no seam (lit. place-where-it-was-joined) its weave being continuous.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Jesus had now been nailed by those soldiers, they got his clothes to divide them up between four soldiers. They also took the cloak of Jesus. That one had no seams.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Having put Jesus on the cross, the soldiers took up his clothing to divide to each one of the four soldiers. They took up his shirt. This shirt did not have a seam, it was woven in one pass for the whole shirt.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:69)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:69:

  • Uma: “At that time, Petrus was sitting in the yard. While he was sitting there, there came up a woman who worked in the house of the Big Priest, she said to Petrus: ‘You (sing.) too are a companion of Yesus the Galilea person over there, right?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Petros was there in the yard sitting there. A female servant went to him and said, ‘You there are a companion of Isa the man from Jalil also.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter was in the yard sitting, and there was a servant girl who came up to him and said, ‘As for you, you are a companion also of Jesus of Galilee.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now as for Pedro, he was still sitting-with (others) in the yard of the house. A young-lady who was the servant of the highest priest went to him and said, ‘You (sing.) are indeed one of the companions of Jesus who is from-Galilea.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for Pedro who had followed after, he was only there in the yard, sitting. He was approached by a servant girl. She spoke to him saying, ‘You are indeed a companion of that Jesus of Galilea!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Peter was seated in the courtyard. A woman who served at the house approached where Peter was seated. She said to him: ‘You also accompanied Jesus, the native of Galilee.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)