complete verse (Revelation 2:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 2:20:

  • Uma: “But there is nonetheless something that I reprimand/am-surprised-at you for. Because that woman who is named Isebel, who says she is a prophet, you let her teach my followers. She teaches them to do wrong with young women and other people’s wives, and she teaches them to eat food that has been offered in worship to idols. Many of my slaves she has deceived with her teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But there is something that I find fault with in you: There is a woman there among you called Jesebel who pretends to be a prophet spreading God’s message. You simply/just let her/allow her to teach my servants but because of her teaching they are fooled/deceived already therefore they are influenced to commit fornication/adultery and to eat food that has been offered to idols.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But in spite of that, there is something you are doing that I do not like. Because as for that woman Jezebel who says that she is a prophet of God, you permit her to teach her bad practise to My servants. She says that it is not a transgression toward God to have sex relations with someone other than your spouse or to eat the sacrifice to false gods.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “”But there is nonetheless that which I dislike-about your way-of-life, because you have-been-permitting that woman Jezebel to be joined to you. She says that she is God’s spokesman, but because of what she is teaching, she is persuading those who are serving me to sleep-with those who are not their spouses and to eat food that has been offered to idols.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But this is what I hate/am-angry-at, why Jezebel is permitted by you, that woman who says she is sent by God, whereas she isn’t. Through her teaching she is really misleading the ones who serve me there. She is causing them to fall (fig.) by their doing what is disgusting with those who are not their spouses, and even daring/urging them to eat foods which are used in sacrificing to pretend gods.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But I have a word against you. Because you give the road to Jezebel in regard to the word she teaches. This woman says that God puts into her mind the word she speaks, but it is not true. Because I know that she deceives the people who believe in me. She says that it is permissible to fornicate and it is permissible to eat the meat offered to idols.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)