Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 25:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:26:

  • Uma: “‘The noble said: ‘You (sing.) are a bad lazy ordered-one! If you (sing.) knew that I reap what is not my planted-thing, if you (sing.) knew that I get what I did not work hard for,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “His master answered, ‘You are a bad and lazy servant. You know, surprise, that I take what is not mine and harvest what I have not worked for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his master answered, ‘Your work is very bad. You are a lazy servant. You knew, did you, that I harvest what I don’t plant and I get gain from what I do not invest.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then his master said, ‘You (sing.) are a bad and lazy servant! If you (sing.) already-knew that I am taking what I didn’t work-for and I am harvesting also what I didn’t plant,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Your nature/ways are really evil and you’re a lazy slave!’ said his master. ‘You knew apparently that I harvest what I am not the one who put in the hard work, and I take profit on what it wasn’t I who persevered.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The boss then said to his worker: ‘Are you an evil worker, man? You are very lazy. You tell me that I take what I haven’t worked hard for. You tell me that I harvest where I haven’t worked.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:27:

  • Uma: “why-in-the-world didn’t you (sing.) at least put my money in the bank so that when I got back I could get it with an increase [lit., its children]!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, why didn’t you put my money in a bank so it would gain interest? So-then when I returned I could have got my money including the interest.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Why didn’t you lend my money so that it might be percented so that its value might increase so that I might receive more when I return?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “then why didn’t you (sing.) bank my money so that when I came-home, there would have been even a little interest (lit. its child) that I would have been able to get?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, why didn’t you deposit (lit. drop) it with the money-lenders? If you had deposited it, isn’t it so that today I could have gotten a profit on it?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Well couldn’t you have put my money in a bank? Then when I had arrived you could have given me the wages of my money,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:28:

  • Uma: “The noble also said to another ordered-one: ‘Take the money from him, give it to the one who has ten thousand.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then he said to his other servants, ‘Take the money away from him and give it to the one who has ten thousand pesos.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said to another servant, ‘Take the thousand away from him, and give it to the one who was able to get ten thousand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he said to his other servants, ‘Get his talent so you will then give it to the one who has ten talents.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then that master said to his other slaves, ‘Go ahead, take that one thousand from him and add it to the one who got ten thousand.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Then the boss said to the workers who were standing there: ‘Concerning this worker here, take away the one thousand monies he has. Give that money to the worker who is holding the ten thousand monies.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:29:

  • Uma: “For people who are trusted with what is given to them, they will be given still more so that they have a more-and-more. But people who aren’t trusted, the little that they have will be taken away from them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “A trustworthy person will be given more so that he has very much. But the one who is not trustworthy, even the little that had been entrusted to him will be taken away from him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For he who can be trusted with that which was entrusted to him will get more. But he who cannot be trusted, even the little bit that was entrusted to him will be taken away from him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because whoever has capability (i.e. wealth, skill, ability), it will be added-to so that what he has increases, but the one who has no capability, even the little that he has will be taken-back.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because as for the one who is trustworthy and hard-working, he will be rewarded by having that means/ability of his increased. But as for the one who is not trustworthy and is lazy, even the little ability/means he had already will be lost-permanently to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because to the worker who has much will be given even more. But the worker who has very little, there will be taken away what little he has.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:30:

  • Uma: “And that useless ordered-one there, throw him outside into the darkness. There he will continually weep and suffer/groan.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, this useless servant, put him outside into the darkness. The people will wail there and gnash their teeth.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now this worthless servant, throw in the darkness outside. There he will yell and gnash his teeth because of his great remorse.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Concerning moreover this useless servant, throw him away to the place of darkness where-people -cry-bitterly and -clench-their-teeth-(in anger or pain).’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for that worthless slave, throw him there into the far-from-ordinary darkness/dark-place outside. He will cry-loudly there and his teeth will grind too.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “As for this worker who didn’t want to work, throw him outside. There he will cry and gnash his teeth,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:31:

  • Uma: “‘I the Child of Mankind, when I come back, my power will really shine, and I will be accompanied by my angels. I will sit and govern like a King on a beautiful chair/seat.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa said, ‘When I, the Son of Man, come back together with all the angels, I will be the ruler. Then I will sit in the place-for-judgment.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, when I return and the power of my shining is very great, and I am accompanied by all of my messengers, I will sit down to rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus continued to say, ‘I who am Child of a Person, when I come showing my authority and my dazzling godhood accompanied by all the angels, I will sit-down on my throne to rule-as-king.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued by saying, ‘When I come who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, my praiseworthiness/glory being evident and my companions being all the angels, I will sit on the far-from-ordinary seat of the king.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the Man who will come from heaven, when he comes to rule, he will be accompanied by the angels. There where he sits he will judge.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:32:

  • Uma: “All mankind will gather in front of me and I will separate them into two groups, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All the people from all the tribes in the world will gather before me and I will separate them like a person who cares for animals separates the sheep and the goats.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all mankind will have to come before me, and then I will separate them into two parts like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “All people on the earth, they will be gathered before-me, and I will separate them like the way one who takes-care-of animals separates-into-distinct-groups sheep and goats.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then all people will be gathered in my presence, for I will sort-them-into-groups as is done by a shepherd of/to sheep and goats.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “All the people on earth will be gathered there where he sits. He will separate each one like a shepherd does when he has goats amidst his sheep.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:33:

  • Uma: “The people who do the will of God I will make one group on my right side, and the rejecting/disobeying people on my left side.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The righteous ones I will put on my right side and the others on my left.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I will put those like sheep on my right side, and those like goats I will put on my left side.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The righteous people who are compared to sheep, I will put them on my right, and those who are compared to goats, I will also put them on my left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I will put on my right the ones meant by sheep, on my left the ones meant by goats.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The sheep will be put on his right, the goats on his left.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)