The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “chief priest” in English is translated in Muyuw as tanuwgwes lun or “ruler-of peace offering.” (Source: David Lithgow in The Bible Translator 1971, p. 118ff. )
complete verse (Matthew 27:6)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:6:
- Uma: “The leading priests picked up the money and said: ‘This money is money traded for blood. According to the laws of religion, money like this may not be put in the box putting-place for money offerings in the House of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the leaders of the priests picked up the money and they said, ‘This money cannot be added to the money of the prayer-house for this money was wages for killing a man.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the chief priests, when they got the money, they said, ‘We break the law if we put it into the money container here in the worship place, because this was paid in order to kill a person.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The leaders of the priests picked up that money and they said, ‘Our law prohibits that this be added to the money of the Temple, because it used-in-paying-for the life of a person.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The chiefs of the priests picked up that money. They said, ‘It really is against the law to put this money into the storage-place here in the Templo, because as for this, it is the payment for a person’s life.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There at the church the chief priests picked up the money which Judas had thrown down and said among themselves: ‘Now we can’t mix this money with the offering because it is the wages of the person who betrayed one to death.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)