Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Mark 5:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:6:

  • Uma: “Seeing Yesus from far away, off he ran toward him, and he knelt in front of him worshipping him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When he saw Isa from far off, he ran to him and prostrated before him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when that person saw Jesus in the distance, he ran to meet Jesus and worshipped him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When he saw-Jesus -from-a-distance, he ran from the place of the caves to go meet (him), and knelt in front of him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “While still at a distance, that person saw Jesus. He approached him running. On his arrival, he went-down-prone in front of Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:7:

  • Uma: “Yesus ordered the evil-spirit to leave, he said: ‘Depart from that person!’ The person shouted/hooted he said: ‘Ee Yesus Child of God who is in heaven! Why have you (sing.) come here? By the name of God I request that you (sing.) not torment me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa said to the demon, ‘Come out of that person/man, Demon.’ The demon screamed loud, he said, ‘You have nothing to do with me, Isa. You are the Son of God, the most high God. God is listening, I implore you, do not hurt/punish/persecute me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he said shouting, ‘Jesus, Child of the Highest God, why are you (sing.) disturbing me/us? Swear-by God that you (sing.) won’t punish me/us!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He shouted out, saying, ‘Jesus, Son of God who is By-far The-greatest/most-important, what is your business/interference with me? Swear in the hearing of God that you won’t cause me suffering!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:8:

  • Uma: “Yesus ordered the evil-spirit to leave, he said: ‘Depart from that person!’ The person shouted/hooted he said: ‘Ee Yesus Child of God who is in heaven! Why have you (sing.) come here? By the name of God I request that you (sing.) not torment me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa said to the demon, ‘Come out of that person/man, Demon.’ The demon screamed loud, he said, ‘You have nothing to do with me, Isa. You are the Son of God, the most high God. God is listening, I implore you, do not hurt/punish/persecute me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus spoke to that demon, ‘Get away from that person!’ Then the person screamed, and he said to Jesus, ‘Ay! You Son of the Most High God, what business do you have with me? I beg you to promise me that you will not punish me yet because we are here before God!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “That’s what he said, because Jesus had already commanded, ‘You (sing.) evil-spirit, leave that-one!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He spoke like that because Jesus had already said to that evil spirit who was possessing, ‘Leave this person now!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:9:

  • Uma: “Yesus asked him: ‘What is your (sing.) name?’ He said: ‘My name is Legion, for there are many of us (excl.) in one group who have entered into this person.’ (This name Legion, it’s meaning is: thousands.)” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa asked him, he said, ‘What is your name?’ He answered, he said, ‘My name is Thousands because we are many.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus asked that person, he said, ‘What is your name?’ And the demon answered, ‘My name is Thousands, because we who possess this person are very many.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus asked him, ‘What is your (sing.) name?’ ‘By-the-thousands,’ he said, ‘because we (excl.) are many.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus questioned him, saying, ‘What is your name?’The evil spirit replied, ‘Multitude, for we are really many who are possessing this one.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:10:

  • Uma: “Those demons kept asking Yesus that he not send them out of that village.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And the demons really begged Isa, that they would not be sent away from that place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The demon begged Jesus not to drive them away to a far land.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he begged again-and-again to Jesus that he not make-them -leave that town/country.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then the evil spirit kept on begging-for-pity from Jesus that they wouldn’t be driven out of that place.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:11:

  • Uma: “Not far from there, there were many pigs were feeding on the mountain side.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then there was a herd (lit. crowd) of pigs, very many feeding there on the slope.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Near there were many pigs grazing on the hillside.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There were many-pigs that were rooting there on the slope,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, on a hill a bit futher on there was a herd of pigs being caused to graze by herdsmen.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:12:

  • Uma: “Those evil-spirit requested of Yesus, they said: ‘Order us (excl.) to enter into those pigs over there.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The demons begged Isa, they said, ‘Command us to go to those pigs and cause us to enter their bodies.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the demons begged Jesus, they said, ‘Let us go over to those pigs so that we might enter into them.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “therefore the spirits begged saying, ‘Please permit (sing.) that we (excl.) go possess those many-pigs.’ ‘Yes, indeed,’ he said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Those evil spirits again begged-for-pity from Jesus. They said, ‘Just leave us alone to transfer to those pigs.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:13:

  • Uma: “Yesus permitted them. From there, the evil-spirits left and immediately entered the pigs. When they entered the pigs, the pigs stampeded off, plunged into the lake, [and] drowned in the water–their amount was about two thousand.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, Isa commanded them. So-then the demons came out of the person/man and entered into the bodies of the pigs. Immediately the herd of pigs ran down to the cliff and into the lake and they all drowned. The pigs were more or less two thousand in number.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus gave them permission. The demons left the person and they went into the pigs. There were two thousand pigs, and they ran down the steep hillside and jumped into the lake and were drowned.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So then they left the man and they went to possess the pigs. Then the pigs all-ran-together going-downhill and then they fell into the lake and they drowned. The number of pigs was about (lit. went to) two thousand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They were permitted by Jesus. Without anything further, they then left that person, and moved to that herd of pigs. Well, what else but those pigs then ran, the number of them being about two thousand, going directly to the cliff-like bank of the lake. They fell down from there and were all drowned.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)