Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Mark 8:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:30:

  • Uma: “From there, Yesus said to them: ‘Don’t right away you tell anyone that I am the Redeemer King.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then they were really instructed by Isa that they should not tell to anybody (lit. even to who) as to who he was.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus told them that they should not tell this to anyone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus commanded his disciples that they absolutely not be saying this to even whatever person.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus emphatically told his disciples that they weren’t yet to tell anyone that he was truly the Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 8:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:31:

  • Uma: “After that, Yesus began to teach his disciples who must happen to him. He said to them: ‘I the Child of Mankind must get much suffering. The village elders, leading priests and the religion teachers will repudiate me. They will kill me, but three days after that I will come back alive.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, Isa began to teach his disciples about himself. ‘I,’ he said, ‘the Son of Mankind, I have to endure/suffer much persecution and I will not be recognised/accepted by the elders and the leaders of the priests and the teachers of the religious law. I will be killed and after three days (bahangi) I will be alive again.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus taught his disciples, he said, ‘I, the older brother of mankind, there are many tortures that I will be caused to suffer. I will be rejected by the elders of the Jews, and the Pharisees, and the teachers of the law. They will kill me and in three days from then I will rise again.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus began to make-clear to his disciples what would happen to him in the future (lit. addition of days). He said, ‘I who am Child of a Person, it is necessary that I undergo much hardship/suffering. The elders (lit. fathers) and the leaders of the priests and the teachers of the law, they will reject me and they will have-me-killed, but I will come-alive again on the third day.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, Jesus began to make known to his disciples that, as for him who was the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, he would experience very-many hardships. He would be insulted/belittled by the important tribal-leaders, the chiefs of the priests and the explainers of law, and he would even be killed. But on the third day, he would indeed be made alive again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 8:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:32:

  • Uma: “All that he said plainly to them. But Petrus took him off to the side and rebuked him [i.e., tried to talk him out of it].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa spoke this clearly, therefore Petros took him aside (lit. cause-far-far) and he scolded him as to why he spoke like that.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he thoroughly explained to them what would happen to him. Peter, when he heard that, took Jesus aside and said that that which would happen to Jesus could not be.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He made-it-absolutely -clear, but-then Pedro took-him -aside and he began to rebuke him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He spoke-very-plainly-about-it to them.When Pedro heard, he took-Jesus -by-the-arm and tried-to-dissuade-him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 8:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:33:

  • Uma: “Yesus turned and looked at his disciples, and he got angry at Petrus, he said to him: ‘Depart, you (sing.) tempter! Your (sing.) thinking is the thinking of mankind, not God’s thinking.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa turned-around-to/faced his disciples and he looked at them. So-then he scolded Petros and he said to him, ‘Leave from me, Demon. For your thoughts are simply thoughts from mankind, not from God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus faced the disciples, and he said to Peter, he said, ‘You are like Satan, get away from me, for what God wants is not in your mind, but rather, that which is in your mind is what people want!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus turned-and-faced his disciples and he scolded Pedro saying, ‘You (sing.) leave here Satan! Because what you (sing.) are thinking is not what God wants/likes but rather what people want/like.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But Jesus turned around to look at his other disciples. And then he rebuked Pedro, saying, ‘Go far from me. You speak like Satanas. What is in your mind/thinking is not the will of God, but on the contrary of man only.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 8:34)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:34:

  • Uma: “After that Yesus called the many people to gather together with him and his disciples. He said to them: ‘Who[ever] wants to follow me must release his won desires, and he must carry [on the shoulder] his cross–that means he must follow my commands even if it means his death. After that, he can/may follow me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa called to him the crowds and his disciples. He said to them, ‘If there is a person who wants to follow me, he has to follow my will/wish, not his will/wish. And he also has to carry the post for killing him, that means he submits to endure/suffer persecution and even die. Then he can follow me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus called to him the people and his disciples and he said, ‘If there is one who wants to follow me, he must remove out of his mind the things he wants to do, and he must put his cross on his shoulder, which is to say, he must carry out my commands even if it leads to his death. Then he can follow me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus called the many-people and his disciples and said to them, ‘Whoever wants to join me, he must turn-his-back-on himself and carry-on-his-shoulder his cross so that he will then go-with me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus caused the people and his disciples to come close and he spoke, saying, ‘Whoever really wants to follow/obey me, he must deliberately-forget his own will. It’s like he will shoulder his own cross, for what he is now obeying is my will, even if it causes his life/breath to be severed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 8:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:35:

  • Uma: “Who[ever] hangs-on-to his own desires, he won’t get good life. But who[ever] releases his own desires because he is following me and because of the Good News, even if it means his death, he is the one who will get good life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For,’ said Isa, ‘if a person cherishes his life, he has no everlasting life. But if a person does not cherish his life and submits yet to die because of his persevering in following me and proclaiming the good news, na, that person has everlasting life.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For if there is a person who sets his heart on his life, he will die just the same. But if there is a person who follows me and spreads the good news even though it leads to his death, God will give him back his life and he will no longer die again forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because the one who esteems/considers-important himself, he will die just the same, but the one who dies on account of his faith in me and his preaching of the good news, there is life that has no end that God will give to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For the one who really values his life, it will indeed be lost to him. But the one who holds-fast to me and the spreading of the Good News even though it may cause his life/breath to be severed, life which is far-from-ordinary will really be his.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tlahuitoltepec Mixe: “Whoever restrains himself, whoever will not let himself do (that is, protects himself) for my sake, his soul will go to ruin; and whoever with all his heart offers himself, who does not pity himself for my sake and for the good word’s sake, his soul will go to be saved.”
  • Ocotlán Zapotec: “He who does not want to die for me, will die, but he who loses his life for me and for the words of the gospel will live forever, will be saved.” (Source for this and above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Mark 8:36)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:36:

  • Uma: “What is the use of us gathering all the world’s wealth, if we don’t get good life in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For a person, even if he has all the treasures/possessions/wealth in the world, there is no use in it if he has not everlasting life.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Even if a person can come to own the whole world, it’s no use to him if he is not given eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because what do-you-suppose will be the benefit to a person if he comes-to-own the entire world and then his life is lost and he is punished forever? None!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For what does a person gain, even supposing all the wealth here in the world would be his, if his soul/spirit will be lost-permanently because it will have to go there to hardship/suffering which is without ending?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tlahuitoltepec Mixe: “What does it profit if a man gains the world for himself and his soul gets lost?”
  • El Nayar Cora: “When someone will lose his life it will not help him the one who has everything in this world.”
  • San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “What if someone owns everything in the world. What will it serve him if he fails to get life from God.” (Source for this and two above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Mark 8:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:37:

  • Uma: “For there isn’t anything that we can trade for that good life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For there is no treasure/wealth in the world that can redeem him in order for him to have everlasting life.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For there is no possession which he can exchange in order to get eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because there is nothing that a person can exchange for his life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Of course there’s nothing he could do that could free/save him there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Peñoles Mixtec: “And it (all things in the world) will not do any good to help his soul.”
  • Tlahuitoltepec Mixe: “Nobody can put the price to a soul.”
  • El Nayar Cora: “There is nothing that he is able to do to buy back a person his own life when it is already lost.”
  • Isthmus Mixe: “What can a man give so that he wouldn’t come to ruin forever?” (Source for this and three above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)