complete verse (Acts 11:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 11:1:

  • Uma: “From there, the apostles of the Lord Yesus with the one-faith relatives in the land of Yudea heard that there were people who were not Yahudi people receiving the Word of God also.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The commissioned ones and the disciples of Isa throughout Yahudiya heard that the people who were not Yahudi had believed-obeyed the message/word of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The apostles there in the province of Judea and their companion Jewish believers, they heard that those who are not Jews had received the word of God which had been caused to be understood by them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When that was so, the apostles and their companions who believed in the many-towns in Judea, they heard-the-news that Gentiles had also received the word of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The apostles and other believers in Judea heard news that there were people who weren’t Jews who had now believed the word of God. But there were some who heard that news who couldn’t accept it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Alekano: “After that, after talk that those who were not Jews had joined on to God’s word had spread, the other apostles and their Jewish brethren who were in Judea land heard it.” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 91).

complete verse (Acts 7:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:20:

  • Uma: “At that time, Musa was born. Musa was a child who was very handsome. He was cared-for for only three months in his parents’ house, and he was thrown out.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “It was during that time that Musa was born. Musa was a very handsome boy. For three months he could still be hidden in the house of his parents.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now that was the time when Moses was born. He was a very lovely child and God was pleased with him. His parents took care of him for three months.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘And that was the time when-Moses -was-born who was a fine-looking baby. Three months were what his mother nursed him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “At that time Moses was born who was a really lovely child. He was cared for for three months by his parents.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Aguaruna: “When they stayed like that one little child was borne-remote-past, one-chosen by God, who was to be our grandfather Moses….” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 81)

complete verse (John 6:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:10:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Tell them to sit down!’ So they said down using the grass as a mat, because there was much grass there. In the midst of those people, there were five thousand just counting men.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa said to his disciples, ‘Tell the people to sit down.’ In that place there was a wide expanse of grass. They all sat down there. The men only, their number was five thousand. Women and children were still extra.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘Tell the people to sit down.’ And then they told them to sit down. It was a wide grassy place there, and five thousand was the number of the men alone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Please have-them -sit-down,’ Jesus said to his disciples. There was much grass in their location there, and that’s where the many-people sat-down. The number of grown-men and young-men, it was about five thousand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Have those people sit down,’ said Jesus. There was a wide expanse of clear ground there. The people sat down, their number being about five thousand if the men alone were counted.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Then Jesus said, ‘Tell all of the people to sit down.’ There were about five thousand men who sat there in the grass.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Chol: “Jesus said, ‘Tell the men and women to sit down. There is grass.’ he said. The men and women sat down. There were 5000 men.” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)

complete verse (John 6:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:9:

  • Uma: “‘Here is a child who has [lit., food-bundled] five pieces of bread and two smoked fish, but what use is that for those many people?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He said to Isa, ‘There is a small boy here, he has five units of bread and two fish. But this really isn’t enough to feed all these people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘There is a child here who brought a lunch of five pieces of bread of barley flour and two fishes. But what good would this be since there are so many people?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Here is a male child who has taken-as-lunch five barley breads and two dried-fish. But this is by-contrast very-few (CVC redup. of how-many) with this many people (lit. manyness of people).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘There’s a child here, a young-boy, with packed-food-for-a-trip, however what is to be done with five units of small-bread and two units of small-fish? It really wouldn’t be enough to go around all that crowd of people.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “‘There is here a boy who has five breads and two fish. But where will they do any good, there are a lot of people.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Chol: “‘Here is a boy. He has five unites of food made of cebada (barley) and two fish. Is this enough for so many of us (incl.)?'” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)

complete verse (John 6:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:6:

  • Uma: “Actually, he already knew what he was going to do. He asked like that to Filipus because he wanted to see his faith.)” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said this to test Pilip if he trusted in his power. As for Isa, he really knew what he was going to do.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “(The reason he said this was because he was testing Philip, because Jesus already knew what he was going to do then).” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus knew of-course what he would do, but he inquired that as a means-of-his -testing Felipe as to what he would answer.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He spoke like that because he was just testing Felipe, for Jesus already knew what he would do.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “He said this wanting to see what Philip would say. Jesus already knew what he would do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Chol: “Jesus spoke these words because he wanted to see the heart of Philip how he would answer , because Jesus knew it himself (by himself) what he wanted to do.” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)

complete verse (John 6:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:2:

  • Uma: “Very many people followed him, because they saw all the miracles that he did, healing the sick.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “One day when the festival of the Yahudi was near again which they call Festival For-Remembering Isa crossed over to the other side of the lake Jalil which is also called lake Tiberi. Very many people followed him because they had seen his wonder-causing deeds when he healed the sick people. So-then Isa and his disciples went up the mountain and they set down there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were very many people that followed after him because they had seen the miracles which he did in curing sick people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Extremely-many were the people who were following them, because they saw the amazing things that he was doing to those who were sick.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He was followed-after by many people because of those signs they were seeing which were amazing things which he was doing, which was healing sick people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Many people followed because they saw him healing the sick people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Chol: “Many went following Jesus because they saw the picture of his power which he showed on behalf of the sick ones.” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)

complete verse (John 5:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:2:

  • Uma: “In Yerusalem, close to the gate called Sheep Gate, there is a pool, in the Yahudi language it is called Betesda. Around that pool, there were five patios [places to sit around and get fresh air].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There in Awrusalam was a pool, called in the Yahudi language pool Betsata. This pool is next to one of the gates for entering Awrusalam, called the sheep-gate. There are five huts for shade next to that pool.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in Jerusalem there was a pool near the gate of the fortress that was called the Gate of the Domestic Animal Sheep. And by the side of the pool there were five sheltering places, and that pool was called Bethesda in the language of Hebrews.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “In Jerusalem, near the gate of the sheep, there was a dammed-up pool that the Jews had named Betzata. At its edge, there were five small-roofed-structures” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There in that city, near to what was called Gateway of the Sheep, there was a big caused-to-pool water. The name of that in the Hebreo-language was Betesda. There were five roofed-places around it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There at Jerusalem is a pool of water which is called in the Hebrew speech, ‘Bethesda.’ It was located next to the gate which is called ‘The Gate for Sheep.’ Also there were there five porches around the pool.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Lalana Chinantec: “In Jerusalem there is a large hole containing water where people bathe. It is near the gate in the wall which goes around the outside of town which is called the gate of sheep. They call the hole which contains water Bethzatha in the Hebrew language, There were five porches along the water.” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 279)

complete verse (Mark 5:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:27:

  • Uma: “That woman had heard a lot of people speaking of Yesus. That’s why she said in her heart: ‘If only just his shirt/clothes I could touch, I’d be well!’ So she squeezed in among the many people and approached Yesus from behind, and she held/felt his shirt.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then she heard the news/talk about Isa. Therefore she went close to the back of Isa mixing with the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The woman heard a report about Jesus, and she came crowding along also with the people to force her way behind Jesus so that she might grasp even the shirt of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “She heard-reports about Jesus, and jostled/shoved-through the many-people to approach behind him. Then she touched his clothes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “She had happened to hear the discussions of people concerning Jesus. Therefore what she did was she persevered to get close behind Jesus. She brushed her hand/arm against the clothes of Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Aguaruna: “She had heard-repeatedly people saying: “Jesus truly heals man” …” (Source: Larsson 1998, p. 81)