Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 23:36)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:36:

  • Uma: “Yes indeed! You who live at this time will be punished because of all those wrongs of your elders.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Truly I tell you, all this that they did will come home to you, the people living now (i.e. you will be punished for it.)'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I tell you, that you, you people today, you’ll also be punished for the murder of all of these.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This that I say to you is true that the people now, they will be responsible for the deaths of all of them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “What I will say to you really is true, that as for the punishment for all of this, it’s certain it will come to you Judio at this time.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Truly I tell you that concerning this punishment which must come, this is what all the people who live now will pass through.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 23:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:37:

  • Uma: “‘Ee Yerusalem people! Yerusalem people! You killed the prophets and you threw rocks at the people that God sent [with messages] to you. Many times I have put my arms out to embrace you, like a mother hen gathers her children under her wings, but you didn’t want to.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘O, people of Awrusalam, I am troubled/sad because of you/about you. You always kill the prophets and you stone those whom God sends to you. How often have I wanted to gather you and care for you, figuratively like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you do not want to.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus remembered the deeds of the people of Jerusalem and he said, ‘You people of Jerusalem, I am troubled over you because you murder the inspired ones of God, and the servants of God which he sends to you, you throw stones at to kill them. My desire to take care of you is very great. Figuratively speaking. I am like a hen who hovers over her chicks, but you don’t like.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘Oh you (expression of dismay) who are from-Jerusalem who have stoned and killed the prophets and others whom God has sent! How many times I have wanted to gather and take-care of you like the way a mother-hen shelters-under-her-wings her children, but you refused!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus said, ‘How pitiful are you taga Jerusalem! You who kill prophets and you stone those God sends here to you! How many now are the times I have tried-hard to care-for/rear the people from here like the caring by a hen who covers-with-her-wings her chicks, but you don’t want it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen, you people of Jerusalem, you kill the spokesmen for God and the speakers God sent, you stone. Very many times I wanted to gather you like the hen gathers its children to cover them with her wings. But you didn’t want to.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 23:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:38:

  • Uma: “So that your know / For your information: this house of worship of yours here will be abandoned by God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Look, God has now rejected/turned-his-back-on your place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your dwelling place will be very lonely because I am having done with you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore you will be responsible, because God will abandon/leave you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, since you are saying no to this aid/mercy of his, God will now just leave alone your city to be destroyed, including this Templo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now God will separate from you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 23:39)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:39:

  • Uma: “I say to you, you will not see me any more, until the time comes when you say: ‘Praise him who comes bringing the name of the Lord God.!’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I tell you that you will really not see me again as long as the day has not come when you say, ‘Let us praise the one sent by God.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For I tell you, that you will not see me again until that time in the future when you will be able to say, ‘Praise the one who comes sent by the Lord.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because I say to you that you will not again see-me until the future day when you will say, ‘May this coming one whom God has sent be praised/honored.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For what I will say to you really is true, that after I have left this world, you won’t see me any more until the day comes when you will say, ‘Praiseworthy is he whom God has sent.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that you will no longer see me until there comes the day that you say, ‘God bless the messenger He appointed’ you will say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 24:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:1:

  • Uma: “Yesus left the House of God. His disciples came and pointed out to him how well-built that house was.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When Isa went out of the big prayer-house/temple, his disciples went to him and they showed him the prayer-house.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus went out of the House of God, and as he was leaving, his disciples came to him because they will show him the House of God and the houses nearby.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When Jesus went-away from the Temple and was leaving, his disciples approached to show him the beauty of the Temple and the houses/buildings which it encompassed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus then went out of the Templo. When he was starting to go, his disciples came up to him and indicated to him the quality of the buildings of the Templo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus came out of the church and was going to go on. His learners came to him and pointed out the church.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 24:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:2:

  • Uma: “Yesus said to them: ‘Do you see all this? So that you know: there will not be one stone left in place. All of it will be destroyed.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said to them, ‘Yes, look at it, for I truly tell you, there is a day in the future when there will be no stone left on top of the other, but all will be scattered.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘Look at all of this, because I tell you that the stones they used to build this here, in the future there will not be even one sitting on top of another, because all of this will be scattered.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘You see all these beautiful things, isn’t it so? But this that I tell you is true that in-the-future they will all be scattered, because not even one stone will remain in its place.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But he said, ‘Those buildings that you are looking at, they will all be destroyed. Think about this, the day will come when no stone/rock will be left on the rock it is stacked-on. All will be caused to collapse.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to them: ‘You see how the church is here. But I tell you something true. Concerning this church here, there will come the day it will be razed by the people. It will be flattened, there won’t be any sign of the church left.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 24:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:3:

  • Uma: “After that, Yesus went and sat on Olive [Zaitun] Mountain. While he sat, his disciples came when there were no other people there, and they asked him: ‘Tell us when what you said earlier will happen, and what will be the sign that you are coming and of the end of this world.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then while Isa was sitting on/at the hill Jaitun, his disciples went to him privately (lit. they-they only) and they said, ‘Tell us, when will that happen what you said, and what sign will appear that you will soon come back and the world will come to the end?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And a short time later Jesus sat down on the mountain called the Place of Olives. And his disciples came to him again without any companions because they were alone. They said, ‘Tell us, when will all these things happen? And what also will happen as a sign so that we might know that it is already your return and the end of this time?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then they climbed the hill Olivo and Jesus sat down. Then his disciples went to him by themselves and they said, ‘Please tell when that will be done and by what sign we (excl.) we will recognize that your (sing.) coming and the end of the world are near.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then when Jesus and company were there on the Hill of Olibo, and he was sitting down, his disciples asked-him -privately. They said, ‘When will what you said come about that the Templo will be destroyed? What will be the signs that approaching now is your return here and the end of the world?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “In sight of the church is a hill where there is a woods of olives. There is where Jesus and his learners went. He sat there, his learners approached him to talk alone with him. They said: ‘We want you to tell us when that day you spoke about will be, when the people will raze the church. And tell us what signs there will be when you come and when the world will end, what signs will there be.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 24:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:4:

  • Uma: “Yesus answered: ‘Be careful, don’t be deceived.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘Watch out/be careful so that you will not be deceived.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘Be on your guard so that you will not follow a lying person.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus answered saying, ‘Be careful that you are not deceived.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘Be careful that you aren’t misled by anyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to the learners: ‘Be very careful, don’t want to be deceived.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)