complete verse (Acts 5:39)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:39:

  • Uma: “But if their teaching is actually from God, we will not be able to defeat them. Because if [you do] like that, it will look like [lit., its appearance] we are just opposing God.’ So, those words of Gamaliel were accepted by the judges.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But if this is from God, you will really not be able to stop them. You may perhaps even be fighting/opposing God.’ So-then the councilors heeded that advice of his.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However if it comes from God, we can’t overcome it. And that’s not all, because it is possible that we might be opposing God,’ said Gamaliel. And then the leaders went along with the advice of Gamaliel.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But if God is where-it-is-from, we have no way to defeat them, because God is the one whom we are opposing.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But if it’s coming from God, of course you won’t be able to prevent it, but on the contrary it will turn out that you are opposing God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:9:

  • Uma: “Yesus asked him: ‘What is your (sing.) name?’ He said: ‘My name is Legion, for there are many of us (excl.) in one group who have entered into this person.’ (This name Legion, it’s meaning is: thousands.)” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa asked him, he said, ‘What is your name?’ He answered, he said, ‘My name is Thousands because we are many.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus asked that person, he said, ‘What is your name?’ And the demon answered, ‘My name is Thousands, because we who possess this person are very many.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus asked him, ‘What is your (sing.) name?’ ‘By-the-thousands,’ he said, ‘because we (excl.) are many.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus questioned him, saying, ‘What is your name?’The evil spirit replied, ‘Multitude, for we are really many who are possessing this one.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Timothy 3:1)

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

  • Uma: “For your information [lit., In order that you know], in the coming days, our life on earth will be difficult, for the actions of mankind will be very evil.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Really remember this, Timoteo. When the end of this world is soon to be reached many will be the sorrows/troubles here on earth.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You must understand that the last times in the future before mankind is punished will be hard times.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You (sing.) must remember that in the last days there will arrive a time of hardship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Mark this which I am saying. When the end of the world is near, hardships will really become many.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Know this word which I tell you now. When the days are about to end, then it will be painful.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 7:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:14:

  • Uma: “After that, Yusuf sent news to Yakub his father, saying that the whole family should move to Mesir. The amount of the people who moved to Mesir, [was] seventy-five.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Yusup sent for his father Yakub. He told Yakub and all of them in the family to come to Misil. They were seventy five in all.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Joseph had word carried to his father that he should come to him, that is, his father and all his relatives.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jose caused-to-be-invited his father Jacob and all his siblings/cousins and their families to go to Egipto. They were seventy in all.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jose caused his father Jacob to be fetched and all his relatives, the number of them being seventy-five people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:41:

  • Uma: “He held the child’s hand and said to her: ‘Get/wake up, child!’ In the Yahudi people’s language, it sounds like this: ‘Talita kum!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He took the hand of the child and he said to her, ‘Talita kumi.’ In our (incl.) language it means, ‘Girl, I say to you, get up.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they were there, Jesus took hold of the hand of the child and he said, ‘Talitha kumi,’ which is to say, ‘Girl, get up!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus took-her -by-the-hand and said in their language, ‘Talita kom.’ It’s meaning is: ‘Young-lady, you (sing.) get-up.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus took hold of the hand of the child and spoke saying, ‘Talita kumi!’ That means, ‘Daughter, go ahead, get up!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Timothy 4:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Timothy 4:16:

  • Uma: “The first time my case was tried [lit., sat-on], there wasn’t one person who was on my side. They all forsook me [emphatic]. I call out to the Lord that he not pay back that behavior of theirs.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “At the start of my being investigated there at the law (at place of judgment) there was nobody to bear testimony for me. I was left/abandoned by all of them. May God not punish them because of what they did to me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At that first time I was investigated, no one helped me by testifying in my favor, for everyone had left me. I pray that God may forgive them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they first interrogated me, I had absolutely no companion to help-me with what I answered. They all abandoned-me. May God not count-it as their sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Really no-one sided with me, when I first went before the judge. They caused- me -to-be-all-alone. I hope they will be forgiven by the Lord.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When I first went to defend myself at the court, I looked for who would support me. But no one arose to help me. Rather all my brethren deserted me. May God not remember what they did to me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 7:46)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:46:

  • Uma: “That Daud made glad the heart of the Lord God. He called-out to the Lord God, he said: ‘O God who was worshipped by Yakub long ago, I request that you (sing.) permit me to build your dwelling house.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “God was pleased with Da’ud. Da’ud asked permission to make a house for God, the one who was also really worshiped-as-God by our (incl.) forefather, Yakub.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he became king, he pleased God, and David begged God that he would be permitted by God, that he would be the one to build a true house for a worship place where God would be worshipped, the God who was worshipped a long time ago by our ancestor Jacob.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now David, God loved-him, and he requested God if it would be possible to build a proper dwelling-place-for-him so that it would be a place-for Jacob’s descendants -to-worship him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because David really pleased God, he requested that if possible/acceptable, he would permit him to build a house which would be their worship-place of God, they who were descendants of Jacob.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:30:

  • Uma: “The messengers that Yesus had send to spread God’s Word the other day [lit., yesterday], they returned from their journey and told Yesus all that they had done and what they had taught to the crowds.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then the people whom Isa had commissioned gathered again there at him. They told Isa all that they had been able to do and what they had taught. Many people hep were going to and coming from them therefore they didn’t even have time to eat.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the disciples of Jesus, when they returned to him, they told him everything they had done and taught.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The apostles returned, and they told Jesus all they had done and taught.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When those twelve disciples whom Jesus had sent out had returned, they related to him all that they had done and taught.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)