Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:14:
- Uma: “On their journey, Yesus’ disciples didn’t remember to take a food-bundle, there was only one [loaf of] bread in the boat.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The disciples of Isa had not remembered to take food with them. They had only one bread in the boat.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The disciples forgot to bring their supply of bread, and there was only one piece of bread among them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Now (new development particle) his disciples had forgotten to take-along bread for their pack-lunch. Only-one bread was what was in the boat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus and company were now sailing crossing over but well, the disciples had forgotten to take along a lot of bread. They only had one bread for their bit-of-provisisons.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:15:
- Uma: “Yesus spoke to them with a figure-of-speech, he said: ‘Be careful, watch out for the yeast of the Parisi people and the yeast of King Herodes!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa instructed them in a parable. He said, ‘Be careful. Avoid/stay-away-from the leaven (lit. for-rising) of the Pariseo and the leaven of King Herod.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then there was a parable which Jesus told them. He is causing them to understand that they should avoid the bad customs of people. He said, ‘Be on your guard so that you might avoid the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of the followers of King Herod.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus admonished them saying, ‘Beware of the yeast/baking-powder (labadura from Sp. levadura) of the Pharisees and the yeast/baking-powder of Herod.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus warned, saying, ‘Now you be careful of the raising-agent of the Pariseo and of Herodes.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:16:
- Uma: “But they did not know the meaning of that riddle, so they began talking among themselves, they said: ‘The reason he said that is that we don’t have any bread.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His disciples spoke-among-themselves about what he had said because they did not understand it. They said, ‘Perhaps that’s why he speaks like that, because we (incl.) didn’t take bread along.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They didn’t understand that it wasn’t really for bread he was talking about. So they were talking together, they said, ‘The reason he says this is because we did not bring our supply of bread.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When he told them that, they talked-together saying, ‘Jesus said that because we have no bread for our pack-lunch.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When those disciples heard, they said-among-themselves, ‘He spoke like that because we don’t have any bread with us.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Usila Chinantec: “They asked each other why he had said this, and finally decided that it was because they had no bread.”
- Michoacán Nahuatl: “Then they began to say to each other, He said this because we didn’t bring bread. They spoke thus because they did not know that Jesus was talking about the teaching of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
- Tzotzil: “There they began to say among themselves, In all probability it is because he knows that we have not brought bread. The disciples said this among themselves because they did not realize what the yeast was that Jesus talked about, that it is like the teachings of the Pharisees and of Herod.” (Source for this and two above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:17:
- Uma: “But Yesus knew what he disciples were saying, so he said to them: ‘Why do you keep talking about the fact that you don’t have any bread? Do you still not understand? Are your hearts still not clear, [even though] you have often heard my teaching, often have seen my power? You have-eyes and have-ears, yet do you still not understand what you see and hear? Don’t you remember,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa knew what they were talking about. Therefore he said to them, ‘Why do you speak about your not having bread? Do you still not know or understand? Are you unteachable?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus knew what was in their minds, and he said, ‘Why are you troubled that you did not bring bread? Don’t you really understand? It’s as if you have no mind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus knew what they were talking-about, so he said to them, ‘Why are you worried about your not having bread? Do you still not understand? Is your thinking difficult?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But what those disciples of Jesus were-discussing-among-themselves wasn’t hidden from him. That’s why he questioned them, saying, ‘Why are you discussing-among-yourselves that you didn’t bring any bread along? Can’t you comprehend or understand it yet? Can’t your minds/thinking reach that far?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:18:
- Uma: “But Yesus knew what he disciples were saying, so he said to them: ‘Why do you keep talking about the fact that you don’t have any bread? Do you still not understand? Are your hearts still not clear, [even though] you have often heard my teaching, often have seen my power? You have-eyes and have-ears, yet do you still not understand what you see and hear? Don’t you remember,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You have eyes but it is as if you can’t see. You have ears but it is as if you can’t hear. Do you not remember what I did that day?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You have eyes, but it seems as if you cannot see. You have ears but it seems as if you cannot hear. Have you forgotten what I did?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You have eyes, but you can-not -see. You also have ears, but you can-not -hear. Have you forgotten” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Don’t you have eyes? Don’t you have ears? Have you already forgotten?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:19:
- Uma: “the five [loaves of] bread I chunked up and feed the five thousand people with? How many baskets of leftovers did you gather?’ His disciples said: ‘Twelve baskets.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When I divided the five breads among the five thousand people, how many baskets full of left-overs did you gather?’ They said, ‘Twelve.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For when I broke the five pieces of bread to feed the five thousand men, how many baskets did you fill of the leftover pieces of bread?’ And then they answered, ‘Twelve.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “the five breads that sufficed for the over five thousand people? How many baskets did you fill with left-overs?’ ‘Twelve,’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When I you-remember broke up those five units of bread with which to feed five thousand people, well how many baskets were filled with what was in excess?’ ‘Twelve baskets,’ was their answer.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:20:
- Uma: “Yesus asked further: ‘And the seven [loaves of] bread that I fed the four thousand with, how many baskets of leftovers did you gather?’ They said: ‘Seven.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘And don’t you remember the seven breads that I divided among the four thousand people? How many baskets full of left-overs did you gather?’ They said, ‘Seven.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘And when I broke the seven pieces of bread to feed the four thousand people, how many baskets did you fill of leftover pieces?’ And they answered, ‘Seven.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘And the seven breads that sufficed for the over four thousand people, how many baskets did you fill with left-overs?’ ‘Seven,’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Well when I also broke up the seven breads with which to feed the four thousand, well how many large-baskets did you put into which you filled with what was in excess?’ ‘Seven large-baskets,’ was the reply of those disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:21:
- Uma: “He said further: ‘Yet do you still not comprehend?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Na,’ he said, ‘and you still don’t understand?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘Perhaps you now understand that it is not bread that we have to worry about.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘And do you still not understand what I mean to say?’ said Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Well, why can’t you yet understand?’ said Jesus again/next. ‘It wasn’t food which I was alluding to in this warning of mine.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)