Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Mark 5:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:22:

  • Uma: “a leader of a Yahudi prayer house arrived, named Yairus. When he saw Yesus, he knelt in front of him” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “A person/man came to him who was called Jairus. This man was a leader in the prayer-house of the Yahudi. When he saw Isa, he went to him and bowed down/prostrated at the feet of Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then a man named Jairus arrived. He was the leader of one of the churches of the Jews. And when he saw Jesus, he came near to him and knelt down before him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then a leader of the synagogue arrived named Jairus. When he saw Jesus, he knelt face-down before him. He begged saying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “A person arrived who was called Jairo. He was one of the worship-place overseers. When he saw Jesus, he came up to him and bowed down in front of Jesus,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:23:

  • Uma: “and requested-help, he said: ‘My little-girl is on the verge of death at the house. Let’s go to my house, you (sing.) lay-hands on her for me please, so she’ll get well and not die.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And he really begged Isa, he said, ‘Sir, my child a girl is dying. Come and place your hands on her so that she will get well and will live.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he begged Jesus, he said, ‘My small daughter, her breath is about to leave her. I beg you that you come to my house and touch her so that she might be healed and live.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Our (excl.) female child is near dying. Please (strong entreaty) come to lay-your (sing.) -hands-on her so that she will-get-well and live.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “and begged-for-pity saying, ‘My daughter is-about-to-expire. If possible/acceptable to you, come with me and touch her so that her illness will stop after all, that she will revive again.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:24:

  • Uma: “Yesus did go with him, and the people thronged after him. Many people crowded-around Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa went along with him. The really large crowd of people went along with Isa and they pressed towards him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus went with him. And while they were going, there many people going along, crowding together.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore Jesus went-with him. The people in-a-large-group also were following, and they were jostling/shoving-each-other to get-near to Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, Jesus went with him. All those people followed too, jostling each other and Jesus was getting shoved by them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:25:

  • Uma: “In the midst of the crowd, there was a woman, for twelve years she had been bleeding, it never stopped.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then there was also a sick woman, she had always blood flowing out. It was already twelve years since the sickness began.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was a woman who had suffered very much, because for twelve years she had been bleeding, and it didn’t stop.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There was a woman whose flowing-out blood had not dried-up for twelve years (understood as a menstrual problem).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There was a woman there also who for twelve years had been bleeding/menstruating unnaturally.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:26:

  • Uma: “For years she had requested-healing of doctors, to the point that all her goods were gone, she had sold them to pay them [i.e., the doctors]. But she never got well, her disease just got worse.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And she had really suffered under (lit. in the holding of) many doctors and she had already spent all her money. But she had not become better. Her sickness simply increased/got worse.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for this sickness, many doctors had medicined it, and her money was consumed paying the doctors, but everytime they medicined her she got worse.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “She had been suffering extremely from the many who had been treating (lit. medicining) her, and she was totally spent (of money). But she hadn’t recovered but-rather her sickness was worse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Her condition was really hard now. She had had herself treated by many doctors (lit. mediciners) already. Really much was what she had endured in those treatments, and her possessions were getting used up in paying-fees. But instead of getting better, it was in fact becoming more serious.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

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)

complete verse (Mark 5:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:28:

  • 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: “She said in her mind, ‘If I only can touch his shirt/garment, I will really be healed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because in her breath she thought, ‘Even if I can grasp just his shirt, this sickness will leave me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because she said in her mind/thoughts, ‘Even-if I were only to touch his clothes, I would get-better.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because in her mind (she was thinking), ‘Even if I can brush against his clothes, it’s certain that this illness of mine will stop.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 5:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:29:

  • Uma: “Upon her hold/feeling it, in the blink of an eye her bleeding stopped. Right away she knew that she was well.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When she touched it, immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt it in her body that her sickness was healed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when she grasped the shirt of Jesus, her bleeding stopped and she knew that her sickness had left her.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “That being so, her flowing-out blood stopped immediately, and she felt that her sickness was removed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Truly when she had brushed against, it’s like her blood was abruptly-cut-off. She felt/was-aware that her illness had now stopped.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)