Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 2:4:
Uma: “There was no way for them to get close to Yesus because it was full of people. That is why they climbed the stairs going to the top of the house, they lifted/pried-off the roof above Yesus, and they lowered their friend with his mat going into the house.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because they could not come close to Isa because (there were) so many people, so-then they broke down the flat roof above the head of Isa. When they had made a way, they lowered the sick person on his stretcher.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They can’t get near to Jesus because of the many people who are gathered there, so then they made a hole in the roof above Jesus, and when the hole was already big they lowered the man on his hammock down to Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But they had no way to bring-him-near to Jesus because of the crowded-in people, so they climbed-up-with-him to the roof and they removed some of the roof directly-above Jesus. Then they lowered the stretcher on-which-the cripple -was-lying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Those people weren’t able to get that person close to Jesus for (the house) was full of people. Without anything further, what they did was, they made-an-hole in the roof above Jesus. And then they let down that person they had carried, still on what-he-was-lying-on.)” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Amele: “While the people sat crushed together because they had no way to take and put him before (lit. in his eye) Jisas they climbed up above the house. They climbed up and removed the house roofing at Jisas stood and they tied a rope to that stretcher the man lay on and as they let him down he went down to before Jisas stood.” (Source: John Roberts in this article )
Kim text for oral translation: “As they could not find the way to bring him to him, they saw the flat roof there where it was, they went up there, they made a hole, they lowered the bed that the paralytic was lying on (with the help of ropes) gently, gently until putting it on the ground.” (Source: Bayamy Tchande Awakde in The Bible Translator 2025, p. 23ff.)
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “When they couldn’t bring him through, because of the crowd, they pulled away the roof above the spot where he was. And after they’ve dug up the tiles, they lower the pallet down — where this paralyzed man was lying.”
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:28:
Uma: “From there, the news talking-about Yesus was spread all over Galilea-land.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then his fame immediately became well-known in all the places there in the land Jalil.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And through this the fame of Jesus quickly spread through the whole province of Galilee.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “That being so, (news) concerning Jesus was rapidly reported-from-one-to-another in all parts of Galilea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The news concerning Jesus spread very quickly over the whole area of Galilea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 2:15:
Uma: “After that, Yesus and his disciples ate at Lewi’s house, and many other people whom the people said were evil came to eat with them, because many of them followed Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then Isa was eating there in the house of Libi. Also many people collecting taxes and sinful people were sitting and eating together with him and his disciples. For many of them were following him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while Jesus and his disciples were eating in the house of Levi, there were many tax collectors and law breakers eating with them, for many had followed him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “While Jesus and his disciples were eating in plural Levi’s house, there were many eating-with who were tax collectors and other sinful people. Because there were many who were accompanying Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And then when Jesus and his disciples went to the house of Levi to eat with him, many joined them in eating who were official-receivers-of-payment and others who were regarded by the leaders of the Judio as sinners. There were now many of these who went around with Jesus. They all ate together.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “So he is reclining at table in his house. — Now, many tax collectors and many public sinners used to recline at table with Jesus and his disciples. They were many in number, and they were among his followers. –”
