complete verse (1 Corinthians 16:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 16:5:

  • Uma: “I will visit you after I visit them in Makedonia, for I want to go there first.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I will come to you but I will stop over first in Makedoniya to visit the prayer-houses there as I had planned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I’m going to Corinth when I finish my purpose there in the province of Macedonia, because I’ve decided to pass through Macedonia.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “What I am thinking now is that I will pass-through Macedonia to teach there, then I will visit you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I really will continue-on to there from Macedonia, for I plan to go-and-check on the groups of believers there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When I leave here I am going to the land of Macedonia. After that I will continue on and go to Corinth where you live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Macedonia

The name that is transliterated as “Macedonia” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with a sign that shows pillars, a hallmark of the architecture used there in the Roman period and also prominently used today at Archaeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia (see here ). (Source: Missão Kophós )


“Macedonia” in Libras (source )

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More information about Macedonia (Greece) .

formal 2nd person plural pronoun (Japanese)

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Like a number of other East Asian languages, Japanese uses a complex system of honorifics, i.e. a system where a number of different levels of politeness are expressed in language via words, word forms or grammatical constructs. These can range from addressing someone or referring to someone with contempt (very informal) to expressing the highest level of reference (as used in addressing or referring to God) or any number of levels in-between.

One way Japanese shows different degree of politeness is through the choice of a formal plural suffix to the second person pronoun (“you” and its various forms) as shown here in the widely-used Japanese Shinkaiyaku (新改訳) Bible of 2017. In these verses, anata-gata (あなたがた) is used, combining the second person pronoun anata and the plural suffix -gata to create a formal plural pronoun (“you” [plural] in English).

(Source: S. E. Doi, see also S. E. Doi in Journal of Translation, 18/2022, p. 37ff. )

Translation commentary on 1 Corinthians 16:5

Passing through is literally “I go through,” meaning “I intend to go through.”

Macedonia: in many languages one will need to make it clear that Macedonia is a province, that is, a subdivision of a country or territory. In this case Macedonia was a Roman province that corresponded to the northern part of Greece today.

Quoted with permission from Ellingworth, Paul and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, 2nd edition. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1985/1994. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 16:5

16:5a After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you;

I am going to travel through Macedonia ⌊province⌋ and then I will visit you (plur.).
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After I go through Macedonia ⌊province⌋ I will go to see you.

16:5b for I will be going through Macedonia.

I do plan to pass through Macedonia.
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I am going to go by that route.

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