Language-specific Insights

complete verse (2 Corinthians 10:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 10:10:

  • Uma: “For there are some there who are talking about me [this verb has a negative, talking-behind-one’s-back connotation], they say like this: ‘In his letters, how harsh his words and strong his advice, [yet] when he is with us here, he is submissive and doesn’t know how to talk!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There are some there who say, ‘When Paul writes, what he says is really strong and he knows how to argue, but when he is facing us (incl.) in our presence he has no strength and does not know how to speak.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, some say that I Paul, I am very bold to rebuke you when I talk to you by means of a letter, but when I’m there with you they say I’m a coward and I don’t know how to talk.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Some are saying that my letters, they have weight and they show my authority, but if I am there, it’s as if I have no importance while also what I say has no weight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because some say, ‘If he writes it, his sayings are really stern (lit. heavy), like a person who has authority. But in (people’s) presence, he is scared to speak sternly. Only ineffective words are what he speaks.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because that is what some people say, saying that when I write a letter to send to you I speak strong. But when I speak personally to you, they say that I speak softly. And they say that concerning the words I say, they are not anything upon hearing them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:3:

  • Uma: “He climbed to the side of a hill with his disciples, and he sat there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “One day when the festival of the Yahudi was near again which they call Festival For-Remembering Isa crossed over to the other side of the lake Jalil which is also called lake Tiberi. Very many people followed him because they had seen his wonder-causing deeds when he healed the sick people. So-then Isa and his disciples went up the mountain and they set down there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus and his disciples climbed up on a hill and sat down there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then plural Jesus climbed a hill/mountain and they sat-down there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus ascended-a-short-way up a hill accompanied by those disciples of his, then they sat down.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus went to a hill and there he sat with the learners.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 12:44)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:44:

  • Uma: “He returned to the person he had left the other day [lit., yesterday], he saw that there was no-one dwelling-in him. That person was like a house that was uninhabited, swept clean, neat/orderly its appearance.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then he says in his thinking/to himself, ‘I will go back to the place where I stayed before.’ When he arrives back there he sees that there is nobody living there and it is swept and ready.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “he says, ‘I better go back where I was living.’ And he goes back and he sees the place where he was living. It is empty and the things in it are put away, and it is thoroughly cleaned.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “it says in its mind, ‘I’ll just (lit. even-if I) return to the house I came from.’ And it returns and finds that no one is staying (there) and it is already cleaned and nicer than before.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “he will say, ‘I’ll go back again to that one I was possessing.’ And then on his arrival, he finds that no-one else has yet replaced him, although (the person) is like a house that is clean and tidy now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “‘I am going to return to my house which I left,’ he will say. When he has returned he will find the heart of the person without anyone living in it, just like a house cleaned out very good and swept.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Corinthians 11:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:24:

  • Uma: “Five times I was punished by the Yahudi people, they beat me thirty-nine strokes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Five times I was whipped by my fellow-Yahudi and each time I was whipped, thirty nine times the whip hit my body.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Five times the Jews beat me with thirty-nine stokes.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Five times my companions who are Jews whipped me with thirty nine (lashes).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Five times I received thirty nine lashes at the hands of the Jews.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the Jews, five times they severely hurt me, applying thirty-nine lashes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:35:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘I am the food that gives life. Whoever come and believe in me, they are no longer hungry and they are also no longer thirsty until forever.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said, ‘I am hep the food that causes-life. Whoever follows me will really not be hungry again. And whoever believes in me, will really not be thirsty again.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered them, ‘I am the food which can give life forever. He who follows me will never hunger, and he who believes in me will never get thirsty, for I am his means of life forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus said then illustrating, ‘I indeed am the food that gives life. Because the one who comes to me to believe, he will not again become-hungry and thirsty.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘I am the one meant by that food which can give life,’ said Jesus. ‘The one submitting himself to me, he won’t hunger again, and that one who believes-in/obeys me, till forever he will thirst no more.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to the people, ‘I am the tortilla which gives the new life. He who follows me never will be hungry. He who believes in me will never thirst.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Kuwaataay: “I am the bread that gives life to people. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty again.” (Source: Kwatay Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:26:

  • Uma: “That rice indeed grew until heads-appeared, [and] the grass also became visible in the midst of the rice.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then when the seeds were growing and began to bear fruit, the weeds were also seen.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the good plants sprouted, the bad plants also sprouted.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They two grew until they bore-fruit, then it was recognized that there were weeds that were added-in.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That wheat sprouted. Just as it was fruiting, those poisonous weeds sprouted.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When the wheat was grown, then the heads were produced. Then was seen which were just weeds.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Corinthians 13:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 13:2:

  • Uma: “While I was with you the second time, I warned those who had sinned. So, this time, while I am still far away, I’m repeating my admonishment to them and to whomever needs this admonishment: when I arrive, I will indeed be harsh, no-one will escape my anger.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When I came there the second time, I instructed hep those who had sinned formerly and all of you there. Now I instruct you again while I have not yet arrived there that when I come again I will not pity/be kind with whoever does not leave his sins.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “will be able to avoid my punishing him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “On my second visit to you, I warned the one who sinned previously as-well-as the others of you who were sinning that I would thoroughly punish them upon my return if they had not yet repented. And I repeat now to warn them even though I am not in your location.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “On that second visit of mine to you, I told those who had sinned to stop. And now, not yet having come there, I am telling them again, along with whoever else has sinned. I am warning them that if they have not yet dropped (their sin), there will be no forgiveness when I arrive.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the people who have sinned before, as well as others, just like the word I told you at the second time I saw you, when I come there again to see you and if I find that you continue in evil, then no longer will I be patient about what you are doing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:67)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:67:

  • Uma: “So, he also asked his twelve disciples, he said: ‘Are you going to leave too?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore Isa said to his twelve disciples, ‘Na, you, do you also want to leave?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus said, to the twelve apostles, he said, ‘You also, will you leave me?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So then, Jesus said to his twelve disciples, ‘And you now, will you also leave?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well since it was like that, Jesus questioned those twelve whom he had chosen as his disciples. He said, ‘Are you also wanting now to leave me?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus asked the twelve learners, ‘Are you also wanting to do like the others who have separated from me?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)