Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Mark 6:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:35:

  • Uma: “When the sun was about to set, his disciples came to him, they said to him: ‘Teacher, it is uninhabited hereabouts, and the sun is about to set.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When it was afternoon already, his disciples went to him and they said, ‘This is a place hep were people don’t come to often and-what’s-more it is already late afternoon.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When evening came, his disciples came to him and they said, ‘It’s late evening and there are no villages here near us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When it was late-afternoon, his disciples went to him and they said, ‘Here it is already late-afternoon and it is isolated here.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When it was late afternoon, Jesus’ disciples came up to him. They said, ‘Excuse please, this is a wilderness place and look here, it won’t be long now till the sun sets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:36)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:36:

  • Uma: “We should order [lit., It-is-better we order] these people to go to the villages and houses in the gardens/fields that are close to buy their food.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Tell these people to go to the farmers in the places inland and into the villages surrounding so that they can buy their food.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Let the people leave now so that they might go to the villages and homestead nearby and buy something for them to eat.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Tell the people to go buy what they will eat in the nearby towns.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Hopefully if possible/acceptable, send these people on their way to go to the nearby barios or houses so that they can buy something to eat.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:37:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘You feed them.’ His disciples answered back: ‘Ei’! What are we (excl.) to give them? Even two hundred silver moneys wouldn’t be enough to feed this many people.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa said to them, ‘You feed them.’ They said to him, ‘Na, how (shall) this (be)? For those many people it should be the wages of a person working for eight months to buy bread to feed them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Jesus said, ‘You be the ones to give them something to eat.’ ‘What!’ they said. ‘Even if we had a lot of money, even two hundred pieces of denarius money, that would not be enough to buy food for all these many people.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Jesus said to them, ‘Better (lit. even-if) you be the ones to feed them.’ Then they said, ‘Do you (sing.) mean to say that we (excl.) are to buy bread worth how-many thousands to feed-them -with?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But Jesus replied to them, ‘You be the ones to give them something to eat.’ Those disciples were saying, ‘Oh expletive, what’s to be done? Shall we (excl.) go and buy bread, what it could be bought with being what could rightly be paid in wages for work lasting eight months, for us (excl.) to give them to eat?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:38:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Take a look, see how much bread you have.’ After they looked, they said: ‘There is some, only five, and two fish.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa asked them, he said, ‘How many pieces of bread have you there? Go and look.’ When they knew it they said, ‘Five (pieces) of bread and two fish.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘Find out how much food we have.’ When they found out, they said to Jesus, ‘Five pieces of bread and two fish.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus inquired, ‘How many breads do you have? Go see.’ When they had gone to see, they said, ‘Five breads and two dried-fish is what there are.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But Jesus said to them, ‘How many breads do you have? Check there.’ When they had checked, they said, ‘There are just five units and two little-fish.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:39)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:39:

  • Uma: “From there Yesus ordered the many people to all sit in groups on the grass, for there was much green/fresh grass at that time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa told them all to sit down in groups/piles (tumpuk) on the grass.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus had the people get into groups and sit down on the grass.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he commanded that they have-the many-people -sit-down in-multiple-groups on the grass.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus caused everyone to sit down in groups.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:40)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:40:

  • Uma: “They sat in groups, every groups was about a hundred, there were also some that were around fifty.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore they sat down in groups, some in groups of one hundred each and some in groups of fifty each.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they sat down, and there were a hundred or fifty people in each group.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And they sat-down in-multiple-groups, some by-hundreds and (some) by-fifties.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Their seating was by hundreds and by fifty people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:41:

  • Uma: “After that, he took the five [loaves of] bread and the two fish, and he looked up to the sky to pray. After that, he broke the bread up and gave it to his disciples to distribute to the crowds. And the two fish he also distributed to them all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa took the five breads and the two fishes, and he looked up to the sky giving-thanks to God. And then he divided the bread and gave it to his disciples telling them to give it to the people. Likewise also the two fishes he divided them for them all.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus took the five pieces of bread and those two fish and looked up to heaven and gave thanks to God. He broke up the five loaves, but in spite of that, that from which he was breaking off was never exhausted, and he gave it to his disciples that which he had broken off so that they might give it to the people. In the same way also was his breaking of those two fish.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus got the five breads and two dried-fish, and he looked-up to heaven thanking God. After that he broke-it-up-into-small-pieces (lit. smallened-it) and gave it to his disciples to distribute to the many-people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus asked for those five units of little-bread and two units of little-fish. He looked up to heaven/sky and gave thanks to God. And then he broke up that bread into pieces and handed it to his disciples to hand out to those people. He did the same with the two units of fish to be handed out also.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 6:42)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:42:

  • Uma: “They all ate until they were full.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They all ate and were filled/satisfied.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They ate and everybody was satisfied.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They all ate and they were full/satisfied.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “All were able to eat and were full.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)