Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 26:72)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:72:

  • Uma: “Petrus denied it again with oathing [sumpa], he said: ‘I don’t know that person!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Petros denied/argued again. He swore yet and he said, ‘I do not know that man.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the denial of Peter was very strong, he said, ‘I do not recognize that man.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Pedro again denied it saying, ‘I swear I don’t know that man.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Pedro again really denied it once more. ‘Expletive,’ he said, ‘I swear I really don’t know that fellow whom you mean!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Peter even called upon God as witness as he said: ‘No, I don’t know the man you are speaking of.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Thessalonians 4:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 4:5:

  • Uma: “Let’s not be carried by the desires of our (incl.) evil hearts, like what usually happens to people who do not know God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Don’t satisfy the greedy-desires of your bodies as the people do who don’t know God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and not because you are controlled by the desires of your body, for this is what happens to people who do not believe in God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It should not be the desires of your bodies that direct you like the way of people who do not know God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “You aren’t to marry with what is really dominant in your mind/inner-being being only to indulge the desire of the body, as is still the way/nature of people who have no knowledge of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “They must not cause them to live miserably like what is done by those people who do not know God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 20:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 20:16:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Maria.’ Maria turned to Yesus and she said in the Yahudi language: ‘Rabuni!’ (meaning, ‘Teacher’).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said to her, ‘Mariyam.’ Immediately she turned around to Isa and said in the Hibrani language, ‘O Rabbuni.’ That means, ‘Teacher.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus said, ‘Mary.’ And Mary faced him and in the Hebrew language she said to Jesus, ‘Rabboni!’ which is to say, ‘Teacher!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Maria,’ Jesus said to her, while-simultaneously Maria turned-around saying, ‘Rabboni,’ in the language of the Jews, its meaning being teacher.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Maria,’ said Jesus.Without anything else, she turned-to-face (him) and called out. What she said was, ‘Raboni!’ (The meaning of that Hebreo word is, Teacher.)” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ Mary turned and said in the Hebrew language, ‘Raboni.’ This means to say, ‘Teacher.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:29:

  • Uma: “They made a hat from thorny vines like a king’s hat, and they put it on him. They also gave him a staff in his right hand, like the staff a king holds, and they knelt in front of him, they said: ‘Greetings, King of the Yahudi people!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They twisted thorny vines making-them like a crown of a king and placed them on Isa’s head. Then they caused Isa to hold a stick in his right hand. After that they prostrated pretending to honor him and they said, ‘Assalamu alaikum, King of the Yahudi.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they wove a thorny vine to crown him with, and they put it on his head. And they made him hold a staff in his right hand, and they knelt down pretending to honor him. And they said to him, ‘Greetings, King of the Jews!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They also wove thorns which they put-on-him -as-a-crown. They also got a reed and caused-it-to-be-held in his right hand. After that they knelt in front of him, and they mocked him saying, ‘Live-and-live you (sing.) who are the King of the Jews!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then what those soldiers did was, they made a circle of a thorny plant for they made a crown of it. And then they used it as a crown for Jesus. They caused his right hand to hold a stick which was like it was the sign of kingship. And then they mocked him bowing down and giving him honor, saying, ‘Good morning to the King of the Judio!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The soldiers had woven a crown of thorns and they put it on the head of Jesus. They placed a stick in his right hand. An they knelt in front of Jesus as though they truly honored him as a king. They mocked him then and said: ‘Supreme is the king of the Jews,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Thessalonians 5:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 5:19:

  • Uma: “Don’t obstruct the work of the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Don’t oppose what God’s Spirit says to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Do not say no to the commands which the Holy Spirit gives you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Don’t be-blocking what the Holy Spirit wants to have-you say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Don’t like extinguish the Espiritu Santo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Do not oppose what the Holy Spirit wants to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 21:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 21:17:

  • Uma: “From there, Yesus asked him the third time: ‘Simon, son of Yohanes, do you (sing.) really love me?’ Petrus was very sad, because Yesus asked him three times if he rally loved him. So, Petrus said: ‘Lord, you (sing.) know everything. You (sing.) know that I love you (sing.).’ Yesus said: ‘If thus, care for my sheep.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa asked him for the third time, he said, ‘Simon, son of Yahiya, do you love me?’ Petros was grieved/sad because Isa asked him for the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ Petros answered, he said, ‘Sir, you know all things. You know that I love you.’ Isa said, ‘Na, care for my sheep, that means the people who belong to me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus said again for the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, am I very big in your breath?’ And then Peter’s breath became painful when Jesus asked him the third time saying, ‘Is your breath very big for me?’ And Peter answered, ‘You now everything. You know that my breath is big for you.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “After that Jesus the-third-time said, ‘Simon child of Juan, do you (sing.) truly love me?’ That being so, Pedro was sad (lit. Pedro’s mind hurt), because he had asked three times whether he loved him. And he said, ‘Lord, you (sing.) know everything. You (sing.) know indeed that I love you (sing.).’ Then Jesus also said, ‘Care-for my people then.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Three times was that question of Jesus saying, ‘Simon son of Juan, is that affection of yours for me really true?’ Pedro was grieved at that third question to him, saying, ‘Do you feel affection for me?’ Pedro replied, saying, ‘Lord/Chief, you really know all things. You are also aware of how much my affection for you is.’ ‘Well if it’s like that,’ said Jesus, ‘take good care of my sheep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The third time again he asked, ‘Peter, you are the son of Jonas. Do you love me?’ Peter was sad because three times he asked if he loved him. Peter said, ‘Lord, you know all things. And you know that I love you.’ Jesus said, ‘If you love me, take care of the people who believe in me then.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:61)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:61:

  • Uma: “But Maria Magdalena and the other Maria, they sat there outside the grave.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Mariyam, the woman from Magdala and Mariyam her namesake sat there facing the grave.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, they were sitting there watching the cave.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Maria Magdalena and her namesake Maria, they were also seated there facing the cave.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Maria Magdalena and another Maria also were there too. They were sitting opposite that grave.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Mary, the native of Magdala and the other Mary sat through all this, looking on where the corpse was entombed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Thessalonians 2:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 2:11:

  • Uma: “That is why God will send a kind of influence/spirit to those people that deceives them, with the result that they will believe in the lying words carried by that evil person.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Because they did/do not want to follow the truth, therefore God abandoned/abandons them to be deceived and that is what they believe the (things) that are not true,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of that God will permit them to be deceived by means of the lies which can deceive so that they will be able to believe what is not true.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore God will direct their minds so that they will be utterly deceived and will believe what isn’t true” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well since they didn’t receive this truth, God will set-in-motion a far-from-ordinary misleading so that they will acknowledge as true what is lies.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Therefore God causes that these people will be deceived, they will believe the word which is a lie.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)