complete verse (Matthew 3:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:4:

  • Uma: “The clothes of Yohanes were made from the hair of camels. His belt was from leather. His food was locusts/grasshoppers and honey.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The clothes of Yahiya were woven camels hair and his belt was of cow’s skin. His food were locusts and honey.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now John, he was shirted with woven (cloth) of the hair of a camel and he was belted with dried skin. Locusts and honey were what he lived on.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Juan’s clothes were merely woven of camel (loan kamel) hair and his belt was animal skin. What he ate also, it was locusts and honey (lit. water) of wild-bees.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Juan’s clothes were of cloth made from the hair of the kamelyo animal, and his belt was made from cow hide. Grasshoppers which are locusts and bees’ honey were his food.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The clothing of John was cloth made from the hair of camels. He was belted with leather. Concerning what he ate, it was grasshoppers that he ate. And he also ate honey which was found in the wilds.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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