Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:15:
- Uma: “There are people who can be compared to the seeds that fall on the road. They do hear God’s words, but the King of Evil-ones comes and makes-them-forget/distracts them, with the result that they no longer in-heart those words.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the other people are figuratively like the way where the word/message of God spilled onto. When they hear the message, immediately the leader of demons goes there to grab the message from their minds.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That which is planted which fell on the path, that’s like people who hear th word of God, and Satan appeared and makes it so that they forget the word which they had heard.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The ones-that-fell on the path, they are compared to the people who hear (things)-concerning God’s ruling. Whereupon Satan goes immediately and he removes from their minds the words that they heard.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What is meant by the pathway which got scattered on is the people who hear this teaching but then just forget it for it is quickly taken away by Satanas.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Mezquital Otomi: “The seeds that fell along the road are like people who hear God’s word, but right away Satan comes and causes them to forget the word which has been told to them.”
- Tzotzil: “Just like the seed that falls on the road and is eaten by the birds, thus are some people who having heard the word of God, the devil comes and he takes out the word of God from their hearts.” (Source for this and one above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:16:
- Uma: “‘There are also people who can be compared to seeds that fall in the rocky ground. When they hear God’s Word, their hearts are immediately glad.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The other people are figuratively like the soil on the bedrock. The message is broadcasted to them. When they hear the message of God, they immediately believe and are glad.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that which was planted which fell on the thin soil on top of stones, that’s like people who hear the word of God and they really like to hear it, and they believe.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The ones-that-fell also on the rocky-area, they are the people who were-happy to receive the word of God when they heard it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for others who are like rocky ground which gets scattered on, they are the people who when they have heard the word of God, they happily believe it at once.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:17:
- Uma: “But God’s Word is not really rooted in their in their hearts, that is why they don’t last long. When they are persecuted or caused to have trouble because of their faith in God’s Word, they [right away] retreat/give up.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the message of God doesn’t root deeply in their livers. Therefore they don’t endure long. When trouble comes or if they are persecuted because of their following the message, they no longer believe.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But their faith is not drawn tight, and in a short time when trouble overtakes them, or difficulty because of their receiving the word of God, they return to their former doings.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the word did not take-root in their minds, therefore if difficulties arrive or they are hardshipped due-to their having-received the word of God, they do not continue to believe but rather they immediately turn-their -backs-on their faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But they don’t really take it to heart (lit. store it well in their heads). That’s why they don’t hold-fast in their believing, like plants which don’t have roots. If they will be reached by hardship or they will be caused to suffer because of this belief/obeying of theirs of the word of God, they will drop/give-up at once.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:18:
- Uma: “‘There are also people who can be compared to seeds that fall among thorns. They hear God’s Word,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And other people also are figuratively like thorn-infested (ground). They are people who hear the message of God” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that which was planted which fell on the ground where there were thorny weeds, they are also like people who hear the word of God,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The ones-that-fell also on the thorny-area, they are those who are-hearing the word of God,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for these others, this sprouted-all-over-with-weeds (ground) which got scattered on, it’s the people who listen to the word of God,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:19:
- Uma: “but they are busy, always thinking about their life in this world, they just want to gather this world’s stuff, and many kinds of desires are in their hearts. All that makes them busy, with the result that there is no place for God’s Word in their hearts, and the word has no use in their lives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “but they always think about their troubles in the world. That is what is most valuable to them, their possessions. And they crave/desire many things. Therefore if in the figure of what was planted, the message of God which they heard is choked and doesn’t bear fruit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “however, because of their troubles here in this world and their desire for money and other possessions, they forget the word of God and it doesn’t do them any good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “but they are sidetracked by (their) worries and their getting-rich, so the word that they heard is choked-out and does not bear-fruit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “but their mind/thinking is bothered/busy with the things which are big/important in the mind here in the world. Like this wanting to increase wealth which only deceives and they are covetous of other things too. What else but this word of God gets overpowered by this which is in their mind/thinking. That’s why there’s no fruit of believing in their lives.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:20:
- Uma: “‘There are also people who can be compared to seeds that fall in rich ground. They hear God’s Word, they immediately receive it. In those people God’s Word really does have fruit. There are some who have a little fruit, there are some who have much fruit, there are some who have very much fruit.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the other people, (they are) figuratively like good soil. They hear the message of God and they believe it. If in the figure of what was planted, the message of God which they heard bears fruit in their livers. Some have enough fruit, some much and some very much.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That which was planted which falls on good ground, that is like people who hear the word of God and believe, and the word does good in them. For some, the word does a little bit of good in them. And others, the word does a large amount of good in them. And others, the word does very much good in them.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As-for the ones-that-fell on the good soil, they are those who are listening to God’s word while-simultaneously also they understand it, and the word has results in their lives. There are those with few results, there are (those with) measurably-more and there are also (those with) many.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And as for this, what is meant by the good soil/ground which was scattered on, it’s the people who truly believe/obey the word of God which they heard. Well since it is taken to heart (lit. stored in their heads), that’s why their(emphatic) believing bears fruit, like those full-headed grain-stalks with thirty, sixty and a hundred grains each.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Mopán Maya: “As many as are planted in the good ground, these are like those told the word of God by the man. They are believing/obeying the word. They begin to become good men. It is exactly the same as a good plant. There are some whose goodness is coming out like a plant that is giving thirty fruits, etc.” (The phrasing here was changed because “bearing fruit” meant “bearing children”)
- Korku: “Some people are like the seed sown in good ground. They hear (obey) the word and follow it and are like plants that bring forth grain. In the way that the seed sown in good ground gave birth to thirty grains, sixty grains, or a hundred grains, in that same way the ones who acknowledge (follow obey) God’s word do very good work.” (Source: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:21:
- Uma: “Yesus also said: ‘Would any of us take a lamp into a house and cover it with a pot or put it under a bed? Of course not. A lamp is put in its place so that it shines all over.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa said to them, ‘If you use-a-lamp, do you cover the lamp with a basin or do you place it under the bedstead? No. Instead you place it on it’s lampstand.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus spoke to them again, he said, ‘If a person lights a lamp, it cannot be that he will put it inside an upside-down basket or that he puts it underneath a bed, because he puts it on a holder.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus also said parabling, ‘Do-you-suppose there is someone who lights a lamp in-order-to then cover it with a basin or to put it underneath a bed? He sets-it-on-top (of something) indeed!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued speaking. He said, ‘Do you (sing.) light a lamp just so that you will cover it with a ganta measure or hide it under the bed? Surely not. Of course where it will be placed is on a proper stand/resting-place so that all will be made bright/clear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “Also Jesus told another story. He told them, Who will close up a kerosene lamp in a big jar, or who would put a lamp under a bed if he wants to light up the inside of the house well? No, that lamp needs to be put up high to light the house well.” (In this culture lamps are sometimes placed under beds so the wind coming in through the roof won’t blow them out. Because of this, the purpose, “to light up the inside of the house well” had to be made explicit.) (Source: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:22:
- Uma: “For all that is hidden must be revealed, and all that is concealed/obscured must be made visible.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The meaning of this parable is, all that is hidden will eventually be caused-to-come-out. Everything that is not understood now, will eventually be explained.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In the same way also, anything which is secret now will be made public in the future, and anything that you don’t understand now, you will understand in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s the same with what I have been parabling, because everything that is hidden or not known now, it will become-known and be-made-clear in the future (lit. addition of days).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, nothing is hidden which won’t be-brought-out-into-the-open and whatever has not yet been comprehended will be made known.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
