Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:27:
- Uma: “That’s why Yesus said to her: ‘I, I help the Yahudi people now. It’s not good to take children’s food and feed it to dogs.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa spoke to her in a parable, he said, ‘The children should be fed first because it is not right to take the food from the children and to throw it to the dogs.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus spoke to her, he said, ‘The children are fed first because it is not good if we take the food of the children and give it to the dogs.’ Jesus meant that he would first help the Jews and then those who are not Jews.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jesus said, parabling, ‘Wait so-that first the children who are eating will-get-full, because it is emphatically not right if the children’s food is fed to dogs.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But Jesus replied, ‘It’s necessary to cause the children to eat-to-the-full first. It’s not possible/acceptable to grab away what the children are eating and throw it there to their dogs.’ He meant, the Judio were the ones he was going to first. Not yet those who weren’t Judio.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tsafiki: “Now Jesus thus said: First I must do things for the Jewish people. I must not do things for other people before doing it for the Jewish people. If I did things for you first, it would be like giving children’s food to dogs.”
- Palantla Chinantec: “Jesus said to the woman in double talk [= parable] Let me help my countrymen first, because it isn’t right to give what the children should eat to dogs, is it?” (Source for this and above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:28:
- Uma: “The woman said: ‘Indeed true, Lord. But even the dogs under the table, they usually eat the children’s food that scatters from the top of the table.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘That is true, Sir,’ said the woman. ‘But even the dogs under the table eat what is dropped by the children.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The woman spoke, she said, ‘That’s true, but the dogs can lick up the crumbs which are fallen from the food of the children.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘That’s admittedly so, Sir,’ said the woman, ‘but even the dogs, they eat the scraps-of-food that fall when the children are eating.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘That’s true, Lord,’ was the reply of that woman. ‘But isn’t it so that the dogs under the table eat the crumbs which fall when the children eat?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Mopán Maya: “She said to him, That is right, teacher. But me, I am like a little dog and the people of Israel are like a little child. When the child is eating, the crumbs fall and the little dog picks them up. Therefore help me a little bit.” (Source: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:29:
- Uma: “From there, Yesus said: ‘Your (sing.) answer is true! So, return home, the demon that has entered your (sing.) child has gone.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa said to her, ‘Go home now. Because of those words of yours the demon has already come out of your daughter.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus spoke to her, and he said, ‘Since that is what you have said, go home, because as for your child, the demon has left her.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘Due-to that answer of yours (sing.), you (sing.) may go-home. The evil-spirit has already left your (sing.) child.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus spoke again, saying, ‘Because of that which you said, it’s okay for you to go home now. Your child has been left now by the evil spirit.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:30:
- Uma: “So the woman went home. Arriving at the house, she saw that her child was quiet on her bed, for the demon had indeed gone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The woman went home and she saw her daughter lying on her bed. The demon had already come out from her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when that woman arrived at her house, she saw that her child was lying down, and the demon which had afflicted her had left her.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The woman went-home and found her child lying on the bed. The evil-spirit had truly (particle of reassurance) left her.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that woman heard, she went home. On her arrival, that child was resting-quietly on a bed, for that evil spirit which was possessing had now left.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:31:
- Uma: “From there Yesus left the village of Tirus and continued his journey passing by the village of Sidon, and returned again to lake Galilea, arriving at the land of Dekapolis.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa left from the places at Tiros and went back again to (places) near the lake Jalil. He went through the place Sidon passing by the place/country they call Ten Towns.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus went home, he passed through the city of Tyre and through the province called the Ten Towns, and then to the sea of Galilee.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus left Tiro and walked through Sidon, then the region of the Ten Cities, and returned to lake Galilea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus was returning now from that place which was in the district of Tiro, he came to Sidon, and then went on to the Lake of Galilea. He also passed through the place called Decapolis.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:32:
- Uma: “There, some people brought a person who was deaf and who could not talk. They requested that he lay-hands-on him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A man who was deaf and had a speech impediment was brought to Isa by people. They begged Isa, asking him to place his hands on him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were people who brought to Jesus a person who was deaf with an impediment when he spoke, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him and heal him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were those who brought to him a man that was deaf and had-a-speech-impediment. They entreated Jesus to lay-hands-on that man so-that he would get-well.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Taken to Jesus was a man who was deaf and couldn’t-form-words either. Jesus was being asked for help that he would touch that person.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:33:
- Uma: “Yesus took the person from the midst of the crowd. After he had taken him off by himself, he stuck his fingers in both his ears, he spit and he touched the person’s tongue.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa took the man away (lit. leaving) from the crowd. Then he placed his forefingers into the ears of the man. He also spit and then touched the man’s tongue.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus led that man because he would take him apart from the people, and he stuck his finger here in the ear of the deaf person, and he wet his finger with his saliva and rubbed it on the tongue of the person.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, Jesus separated the deaf-one from the many-people and they were alone (lit. they were two). After-that he inserted his finger in the man’s ear, then he spit-on his finger and placed-it (same root as lay-hands-on) on the man’s tongue.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What Jesus did was he led him a short distance away from everybody and then poked his finger into the ear of that person. And then he spat and applied-some to his tongue.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:34:
- Uma: “After that, he look-up to the sky, sighed [lit., pulled his breath], and said: ‘Open!’ (In the Yahudi language, it sounds like this: ‘Efata!’)” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa looked up to the sky and took a deep breath and he said to the man, ‘Eppata.’ That means, ‘Open (pl.)'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus looked up to the sky and breathed deeply, and he said, ‘Ipata,’ which is to say, ‘Be opened!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he looked-up to heaven sighing and he said in their language, ‘Eppata,’ its meaning being: ‘(You (sing.)) be opened.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus looked up to heaven/sky and sighed (lit. took a deep breath) through the big-size of his pity. And then he said to that person, ‘Effrata!’ which means, ‘Be-opened!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
