Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 9:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:35:

  • Noongar: “A voice spoke from the cloud, ‘This is my son, the one I send. Hear him!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “They heard a speaker from inside the cloud that said: ‘This He is my Child whom I chose. Listen to his words!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And there was a voice from inside the cloud saying, ‘This is my child whom I have chosen. Listen to him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they heard someone suddenly talking, coming from the cloud, ‘This is the one I have chosen to rule — my son; you listen to his words.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then there was a voice from the clouds which said, ‘This is my child whom I have chosen. Listen to what he says.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then there was a voice which seemed to come from the cloud, which said, ‘This is my Son whom I chose to send/entrust. Listen to him well.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Revelation 7:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 7:5:

  • Uma: “From each tribe there were twelve thousand sealed. From the descendants of Yehuda, twelve thousand were sealed. From the descendants of Ruben, twelve thousand. From the descendants of Gad, twelve thousand.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “From the descendants of Yuda twelve thousand were marked. From the descendants of Ruben twelve thousand were marked. From the descendants of Gad twelve thousand were marked.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Of the descendants of Judah, twelve thousand were marked. Of the descendants of Reuben, twelve thousand; of the descendants of Gad, twelve thousand;” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Twelve thousand-each were marked who were descended from each one of the children of Israel who were Juda, Ruben, Gad, Aser, Naftali, Manases, Simeon, Levi, Issakar, Zebulun, Jose and Benjamin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because from the clan of the descendants of Juda, twelve thousand. It was like that too for Ruben, Gad, Aser, Neftali, Manases, Simeon, Levi, Isacar, Zabulon and for Jose and Benjamin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning Judas, his relatives who lived later added up to 12,000 who were sealed. Concerning Urbane, his relatives who lived later added up to 12,000 who were sealed. Concerning Gad, his relatives who lived later added up to 12,000 who were sealed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Romans 7:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:1:

  • Uma: “Relatives, you do know the laws of governing-ones/government. So certainly you know what I say here: we men [mankind] live under the power of laws of governing-ones while we still live. But if we die, the laws have no more power over us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “My brothers who believe in Isa Almasi, it is certain you (pl.) understand what I am going to say because you know the law. The law has authority/right hep over a person as long as that person is alive.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Brothers, we (incl.) now understand what the government law is and we know that we (incl.) are under the commands of that law until we die. But when we die it is no longer possible to have us carry out the commands of the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You who are my brothers, I know you will understand this that I will say, because you all understand about law. You know then that the law has authority over a person only while he is living.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen my brothers, you know that concerning the law there is, it has authority to rule the person while he lives. But when the person dies, then the law no longer rules him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:5:

  • Noongar: “When you go into a house, first say, ‘Let peace rest on this home’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘When you enter into a house, immediately you say: ‘Goodness from the Lord arrives to you houseowners!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And when you go up into a house, say first, ‘May God give peace to all in this house.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whichever house you go up into, you greet the people there. You say, ‘You who live here, may God bless you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If you enter a house, say first, ‘May it be that God will bless you in this household.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Whichever house you go into, first say, ‘Hopefully peace/protection of mind/inner-being which God gives will be yours (pl.).'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Revelation 9:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 9:7:

  • Uma: “The appearance of those grasshoppers was like the appearance of horses that are ridden by soldiers going into battle. On their heads was something like a golden hat. Their faces were like the faces of men.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Those locusts look like horses prepared to be taken to a battle/fight. They have like golden crowns on their heads and their faces are like human faces.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the locusts, they look like horses that warriors ride on. On their heads they had what seemed to be hats of gold. Their faces were like human faces.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The appearance of those locusts, they were like horses ready to go join-in-battle. They were hatted with something like gold crowns, and their faces, they were like people’s faces.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for the physical-appearance of those locusts, you could say they were horses which were in readiness which were ridden by ones going to fight. Their heads were crowned with what were like gold crowns. Their faces were like human faces.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “These grasshoppers have the appearance of horses which have been prepared to go to war. There on their heads there is seen on them crowns of gold. Their faces appear as faces of people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Romans 8:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:8:

  • Uma: “People who follow the evil desires of their hearts are unable to please God’s heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The ones who follow the wishes of their greedy-desire, they cannot really please God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who is controlled by the evil desires of his body, there is no activity of his which pleases God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Thus the person who obeys his human mind, it is not possible that God will be pleased with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Therefore those people who only like to do what is evil are those whose lives are not looked well up[on by God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:37:

  • Noongar: “The Law man said, ‘The man who helped him.’ Jesus said, ‘Then you go and do like him.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “That religion teacher asked: ‘The person who helped him.’ Yesus said: ‘Go, you (sing.) also do like that.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He answered he said, ‘The one who had pity on him and helped him.’ Then Isa said to him, ‘Go and do as that person did.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the teacher answered, ‘The one who became the true companion of that person who was robbed by the bandits was that one who pitied him and who helped him.’ And Jesus said, ‘That’s right. You do like that.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Well indeed the one who showed-mercy to him,’ answered that teacher of the law. Then Jesus said, ‘Go then in order to follow-his-example.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘In my opinion,’ said that explainer of law, ‘that one, the Samaritano, for he helped him.’ ‘Well, if it’s like that,’ said Jesus, ‘like that also is what you are to to do.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Revelation 11:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 11:7:

  • Uma: “When they finished carrying the Word of the Lord, the evil animal will come to oppose them, defeat and kill them. (That evil animal is the animal that will appear from the sinkhole whose depth is not measured.)” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then when they have finished making-known God’s message, there will be a frightful creature/beast coming out from the bottomless hole and fight with them. The two will be defeated by him and he will kill them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And these two preachers, when they finished telling the Word of God, the beast who comes out of the pit whose depth has no end will fight against them. They will be defeated by this beast, and he will kill them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When their telling what God made-known to them is finished, a fearful animal will come-out from the prison below and he will wage-war-with them. He will defeat and kill them” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the time has come which is the end of the length of this teaching of theirs, there will come out of that very, very deep ravine a strangely-different monster/man-eating-animal which will fight them. These testifiers will be defeated and killed by it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When they finished their work of speaking the word, the terrible animal who had come out of the hole without any end to its depth then made war with them. He conquered and killed these two.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)