complete verse (Matthew 11:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:19:

  • Uma: “But when I came, I the Child of Mankind, I drank and I ate. They also rejected me, they said: ‘Look at him! A glutton, a drunkard, the friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But even so, we know that God’s purposes are wise [lit., clear] if we look-at the actions of his followers.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then I, the Son of Man came and I eat and drink, na, and the people say, ‘Look at that man, he is a glutton and a drunkard. His friends are the tax collectors and other sinners.’ But,’ said Isa, ‘the works/deeds of God testify that God’s knowledge/wisdom is really deep.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, I didn’t fast and I, by contrast, drank wine, and you were surprised and you said that I am a glutton and addicted to wine. And you say also that I am a friend of wicked people like the tax collectors and the law breakers. ‘However,’ said Jesus, ‘We can recognize that God is very wise by means of what he does.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As for me who am Child of a Person, I was eating-with and drinking-with you and you say, ‘Now look at this person! He has-a-large-appetite to eat and he is a drunkard while-simultaneously also he makes-friends-of tax collectors and other sinful people!’ But even if that is what you say, the correctness of God’s wisdom will nevertheless be seen in the deeds of those who receive it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then as for me, the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, I join-in-feasts and drink what we (incl.) drink. Well, the people are saying, ‘Look at that fellow, a glutton and drinker, he’s a friend of money-grabbing official-receivers of payment and other sinners.’ But even though it’s like that, it’s evident that Juan’s and my teaching is indeed correct because of its results in the lives of those who believe/obey.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “And now I the man who came from heaven, because I eat everything that comes my way you say that I am a ‘Partier.’ You say that I am one with the people who have sin and also the tax collectors. Yet concerning the straight word, if the people will think well, they will know this word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “Then came the Son of Man, who took pleasure in eating and drinking. But you pushed him away, saying, ‘He gorges and guzzles, he hobnobs with tax collectors and the ungodly.’ But in both of them you could see by their works that God’s wisdom was at work in them.”

complete verse (Matthew 11:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:29:

  • Uma: “Carry the burden that I put-on-your-back, and request-teaching of me, you will [emphatic] receive goodness of life your souls. Because I am gentle and humble [lit., my heart is low].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Accept/receive my teaching and learn from me, for I am good and my liver is lowly/humble, so-then you will have rest in your liver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Do what I command you, and let me teach you, and you will be able to rest because I am not harsh and I don’t look down on anyone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Follow my commands and learn-from (lit. cause-yourselves-to-be-taught by) me, because thereby your minds/thoughts will be made-peaceful, because I am gentle/patient and I am not proud (lit. I do not exalt/make-myself -high.)” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Submit to my rule as your teacher and study here with me, because I am meek/patient and humble. Provided I am the one you are believing-in/obeying, it’s certain peace of mind/inner-being will be yours.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Make me your Lord. Take to yourselves the word I teach you. Concerning myself, I speak softly, I do not elevate myself as I speak. This word I speak will comfort your hearts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “Commit yourselves to my service and take me as an example: I renounce violence and have a humble heart. Then you will find peace for yourselves.”

For the Old Testament quote, see Jeremiah 6:16.

complete verse (Matthew 12:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:35:

  • Uma: “People who are good, definitely speak words that are good, because they continually think-about good [things/matters]. So also evil people, their words are also evil, because they continually think about evil [things/matters].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “A good person has good customs and says good things because he is/has good in his liver. But a bad person because he is/has bad in his liver therefore his customs and his speech are bad.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A person whose custom is good, what he says also is good. A person whose custom is bad, what he says is also bad.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The good person, what he brings-out is good, because of-course what is stored in his mind is good. But the bad person, what he brings-out is bad, because of-course what is stored in his mind is bad.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because as for a person whose nature/ways are good, what comes out of his mouth is always good, because wholly good is what he stores in his mind. However as for the person who stores wholly evil in his mind, wholly evil indeed comes out of his mouth.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The good person speaks the good word because his heart is good. But the person whose heart is not good has evil words in his heart and these come from his mouth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “Like a large chest, a person’s heart contains a store from which he draws what he shares with others. If the heart contains a treasure, then what a person passes on is good. If it contains only worthless junk, he is passing on bad things.”

complete verse (Matthew 16:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 16:26:

  • Uma: “What is the use we (incl.) gather all the riches of the world, if we (incl.) do not receive good life in the future. For there is nothing that we (incl.) may exchange for that good life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For a person, even if he owned all the wealth in the world, there would be no use in it if he does not have everlasting life. For there is no wealth in the world that can redeem him so that he has everlasting life.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Even if a person comes to own the whole world, it is worthless for him if he is not given life forever. For there is nothing which he can exchange so that he will be able to own life forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because what do-you-suppose will a person be-able-to-gain if he comes-to-own the entire world and then his life is lost and he is punished for ever? None! Because there is nothing that a person can give-in-exchange for his life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For what does a person gain, even supposing all the wealth here in the world would be his, if his soul/spirit will be lost-permanently because it will have to go there to hardship/suffering which is without ending? Of course there’s nothing he can do which could free him from there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because the person will not gain anything even though he becomes the owner of all the world and then loses his soul. No matter how much money he will pay, yet he is not able to save his soul.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “What good is it if the whole world lies at your feet, but you have to pay for it with your heart? What is more precious than one’s heart?”
  • Imbabura Highland Quichua: “‘Suppose a man were to get and have all whatever there is in this world. Although it is thus, if he went and lost his soul, what good would it be? . . . ‘” (Source: S. Levinsohn in Journal of Translation 18/2022, p. 67ff. )

complete verse (Acts 13:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:41:

  • Uma: “‘Be careful, you who disparage. You will be surprised seeing my deeds, in the end you will be punished with death. Because at this time, I do something that is very powerful. Yet you refuse to believe it, even though someone explains it to you.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘You who do not believe, and who make fun/mock, look/watch-out. You will be very amazed at what-I-do, and you will perish,’ says God, ‘because while you are yet alive, I will do (something) and you will not believe it, even if you are told.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘You who scorn, you’ll be very surprised at what I am going to do. And you will die because there is that which I will do which you will see. However, you will not believe it even though there is someone to explain it to you.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Listen, you who ridicule, because I will do something in your lifetime that will be an amazement to you, but you will nevertheless die, because you do not believe that it will be done, even though there is someone who-tells-it correctly to you.’ ‘ That was the ending of what Pablo said to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “which says, ‘Listen to this, you who habitually-insult. You really will be amazed at what will come to you which will cause your downfall/being-permanently-lost. Because I will do something in your time which, even if it keeps being told to you what I will do, you won’t acknowledge it as true.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “‘I will accomplish something so great in your lifetime that when someone tells you about it, you will stand there with your mouths open and not believe it and think it’s madness. And then you will perish.'”

For the Old Testament quotes, see Habakkuk 1:5 (from the Greek Septuagint).

complete verse (Acts 21:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:26:

  • Uma: “That advice Paulus indeed believed / paid-attention-to. The next day he did go with those four to do the religious ceremony of cleansing of the body. After that he entered the House of God and said to the priest how many more days it would be before [lit., how many more day and only then] the time of their cleansing would be finished. Because when the time of their cleansing was finished, Paulus and his four companions must each bring his sacrifice.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Paul took the four men and the next day they went together to perform the Yahudi customs about purification. After they had done that, Paul went to the temple to tell the priests as to when their purification would be fulfilled, and as to when each one of them would offer-sacrifice to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the next day Paul went with these men, and he took part in their fulfilling the custom of purification. Paul went into the House of God so that he might let them know how many days yet before their purification would be finished, because when that was finished there would be an offering given by each one of them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore on the next morning, Pablo accompanied those-aforementioned four men, and he joined in what they did to begin to cleanse their bodies. Then they went to the Temple, and Pablo told the priest the date of its (the cleansing) conclusion, in order that that’s when-his four companions -would-butcher and -would-get-balded.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, that which the overseers said was okay with Pablo, therfore the following day, he caused those four persons to accompany him to the Templo. When they had done their custom of cleansing, in which Pablo had also joined in, they then went in to the priest and informed him of what day that cleansing would be ended and then they would each bring his share of the sacrifice and thank-offering which would be burned. But as-had-been-said, Pablo would be the one responsible for paying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “Paul then took care of the Nazirites the following day, submitted to their ritual rules and went to the temple regularly. He promised them that he would pay for the sacrificial animals for each of them and thus promised them the end of their Nazirite period.” (see also under a vow)

complete verse (Romans 3:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 3:25:

  • Uma: “According to God’s plan/command, Yesus was killed and his blood was spilled. God did that so that Yesus was punished to pay-for/redeem the sins of mankind, so that he would forgive our sins if we believe in Yesus. Before Yesus died, God did not punish the sins of man. He let-be [i.e., did nothing about] the sins of man for the time being, because of his patience. But if he never punished sin, he would not be just. So, with the death of Yesus, God showed that he was upright.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa Almasi was sent here by God in order to die and that his blood be spilled, and because of that death of his, the sin of human beings/mankind is forgiven if/when they trust him. God did this demonstrating/showing that he is really straight. Formerly God endured the doings of people and it was as if he just did not do anything (about) their sins.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God sent him so that he might become a sacrifice in our (incl.) place, and because His blood flowed, God will forgive our (incl.) sins if we believe in Him. God did this so that we might understand that His judgment is righteous, even though long ago, because He was long-suffering, He did not for awhile yet punish people because of their sins.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “God sent him to die so that he would thus pay-for/undergo the punishment of our sins, and by-means-of his blood, our sins can be forgiven if we believe in him. God did that in order to show the righteousness of what he had done previously. Because previously, he had been bearing-with people’s sins, not punishing them immediately,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “God sent Christ in order to die before the face the eye of the people. He died in order to clear the sins of all people who would believe in him. When Christ died, it was seen why it is that people had been cleared of sin. In past days, God endured the people patiently, he didn’t send punishment for the sins they had done before.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “God used the violent death of Jesus as an opportunity to make Jesus Christ the public place of forgiveness for everyone. In this way, God proved that he himself is righteous by forgiving the sins that people had previously committed. This forgiveness is granted to the individual by believing in Jesus as its mediator.”

complete verse (1 Corinthians 14:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:10:

  • Uma: “In this world, there are ever so many languages, and every kind of language has meaning.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There are many different languages in the world and all have meaning.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There are many languages here on the earth and for each one of them there are people who understand it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It’s true that there are many kinds of languages on this earth and they all have meaning.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Probably there are very many different languages here under heaven, and as for each one, of course it has (it’s own) meaning.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Here in the world there are very many words in which the people speak. But all of these words which the people speak have a meaning.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

    • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “There are thousands of languages around the world, everybody communicates in specific languages.”