Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Mark 15:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:33:

  • Uma: “[When] it was midday, suddenly the whole village got dark for three hours.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, when the sun was already in the zenith (lettu ellew), it was dark in that entire place/country until three in the afternoon.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when noon came the whole world suddenly became dark for three hours.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When it was twelve o’clock, the sun suddenly-stopped shining, and the entire country became-dark until three o’clock.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Just at noon (lit. as the sun passed its zenith), for the space of three hours the whole world/land got dark, up to mid afternoon.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 15:34)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:34:

  • Uma: “At three o’clock in the afternoon, Yesus cried loudly, he said: ‘My God! My God! Why have you (sing.) left me?’ In the Yahudi language it sounds like this: ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabakhtani?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When it was three o’clock, Isa shouted loudly, he said, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’ It means, ‘O my God, why have you abandoned me?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the sun was half-way down from the zenith, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli lama sabachthani,’ which is to say, ‘My God, why have you turned your back on me?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “At three o’clock then, Jesus raised his voice (lit. made-strong his speech) shouting, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ meaning to say, ‘My God, my God, why have you abandoned-me?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When it was now mid afternoon, Jesus shouted loudly saying, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, My God, why are you leaving me alone?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 15:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:35:

  • Uma: “Several people standing close to his cross heard that cry, they said: ‘Listen! He’s calling the prophet Elia!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the people who were standing there heard this, their hearing was faulty/mistaken. They said, ‘Listen. He is calling Nabi Eliyas.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the other people standing nearby, when they heard that word of Jesus, said, ‘Listen, for he’s calling Elijah, one of the long ago prophets of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When some standing there heard that, they said, ‘Listen to that! He is calling Elias!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When those who were still standing there heard, some said, ‘Listen! He is asking for help from Elias who was that prophet in the past.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 15:36)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:36:

  • Uma: “One ran to get a clump of flowers/plants that is like moss, he soaked it in anggur water that was sour, he put it on the tip of a pole and extended it to Yesus’s lips to drink. He said: ‘Wait, we’ll see if Elia indeed comes to take him down from the cross!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Immediately someone ran carrying like cotton and soaked it in a drink. Then he stuck it onto a stick and gave it to Isa to suck on. That person said, ‘Wait a minute. (da’a dahu’) Let us (incl.) see if Nabi Eliyas will come to take him down from that post!'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And one of the people there hurried and got a sponge and dipped it in vinegar and stuck a stick into it and put it up to the mouth of Jesus so that he might suck on it, and he said, ‘Leave him alone. Well see if Elijah will come to take him down.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “One of them instantly-ran to go get something like cotton. He soaked it in vinegar, and then he impaled it on a reed in order to hold-it-up-to-his-mouth so that he could suck-on-it. ‘Kindly wait so we will see if Elias comes to take-him -down from the cross,’ he said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Someone ran and fetched an absorbent thing. He saturated it with sour drink, pierced it with a stick and then held it up to the mouth of Jesus so that he could drink. He said, ‘Just leave him alone. Let’s see whether Elias will come here and remove him from that cross.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 15:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:37:

  • Uma: “From there, he cried-out again, and his breath snapped [idiom meaning he stopped breathing, died].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa shouted loudly once and then his breath was broken/snapped.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice, became unconscious, and died.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus shouted and died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus again shouted out, going right on to release (lit. cause to spring away) his spirit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 15:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:38:

  • Uma: “At that time, the cloth middle-wall that was hung in the House of God was split in half from the top to the bottom.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Immediately the thick cloth that made a divider in the temple tore. It tore in two from top to bottom.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The very thick piece of cloth used for a curtain inside the House of God was torn in half from the top to the bottom.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Immediately-after the curtain of the Temple tore and split-in-two beginning at the top going-downward.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “At the same time as the breaking off of the life of Jesus, suddenly/unexpectedly the thick curtain in the Templo which screens the Holy of Holies (lit. Extremely Far From Ordinary Room of the Templo) was torn. It was torn from the top all the way down to the bottom.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 15:39)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:39:

  • Uma: “The chief soldier who was standing in front of the cross saw how Yesus died. He said: ‘Why, he must really have been the Child of God!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the captain who was standing there facing the post saw that Isa’s breath broke like that, he exclaimed, he said, ‘Truly this person was the Son of God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now as for the chief of the soldiers who was standing in front of Jesus, when he saw that Jesus had died, he said, ‘This really was the Son of God!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When the captain of the soldiers who was facing Jesus saw the way he died, he said, ‘This person was truly the Child of God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Standing there in front of the cross was a captain of those soldiers. He really observed how Jesus died. What he could say was, ‘This person really was the Son of God!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 15:40)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:40:

  • Uma: “There were also there several women who were watching from far away. The name of one was Maria Magdalena. Another was Maria the mother of Yakobus the younger and Yoses. And another was Salome.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There were women there watching from far-off. In that group were Mariyam the woman from Magdala, and Salome. There was also Mariyam, the mother of Joses and Yakub the young one.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A little ways off from there there were some women watching. There were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joseph and of little James, and also Salome.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There were also women watching-from-a-distance. Some of them were Maria Magdalena and Maria the mother of Jose and Santiago who was nicknamed Small and Salome.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There were some women at a distance, viewing. Included were Maria Magdalena, Maria the mother of Santiago and Jose, and Salome.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)