Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 9:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:7:

  • Uma: “That lame person did get up, and he returned going to his house.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then the sick man got up and went home.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And immediately the man got up and went home.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then that-one got-up and went-home.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anytning further, that man stood up and walked going home.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The sick man got up, he went to his house.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:8:

  • Uma: “When the people saw what happened, they were afraid, they said: ‘No kidding the power of God! [Apparently] he really does give such big power like that to man!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the people saw that, fear entered them. They praised God because he had given authority to mankind to do something like that.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When the people there saw this, they were afraid, and they praised God because he had given to mankind authority like this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “All the people were frightened upon seeing this while-simultaneously they also praised God because of his-giving authority like that to a person.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That crowd of people there were amazed who saw it, and fear came to them. They praised God who had given to man authority like that.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Upon seeing what happened the people feared. But they praised God because it was apparent that God gave power for what this man did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:9:

  • Uma: “After that, Yesus went away from there. On the way, he saw a tax collector while he was sitting in his office, his name Matius. Yesus said to him: ‘Follow me!’ Matius stood up and immediately followed Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa continued (his walk) from there. Na, while he was continuing-his-walk he saw a man called Mateo sitting there in his office for paying taxes. Isa said to him, ‘Come, follow me.’ So-then Mateo got up and he followed Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus left them, and on his way he saw a tax collector named Matthew sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, ‘Follow me as disciple.’ And Matthew stood up and he followed Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “A-little-later when Jesus was walking, he saw one-who-collects taxes named Mateo who was sitting in his office. ‘You (sing.) right-now become my disciple,’ said Jesus. Mateo stood-right-up and went-with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “After that, Jesus and company set out again. On their walk they came upon an official-receiver named Mateo, who was sitting where payment to the government was caused to be made. Jesus said to him, ‘Come with me.’ Mateo stood up at once and followed Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus went, passing by an office of a man named Matthew, who taxed people for what they sold. When Jesus saw him he said: ‘Let’s go together, man, I will make you my learner,’ he said to him. Then Matthew left his office to go with Jesus.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:10:

  • Uma: “After that, Yesus and his disciples ate in the house of Matius, and there were also many tax collectors and other people that the crowds said had evil deeds who came to eat with them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa ate there in the house of Mateo. Also many tax collectors and other sinful people went there and they sat down to eat together with Isa and his disciples.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus and his disciples were eating in the house of Matthew, there were many tax collectors and law-breaking people who were eating there also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As then plural Jesus and his disciples were eating in plural Mateo’s house, many arrived who were collectors of taxes and other sinful people, and they joined-in-eating.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then when Jesus and his disciples went to the house of Mateo to eat with him, many came who were officlal-receivers of that payment and others who were regarded by the leaders of the Judio as sinners. They all ate together.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “One day Jesus went along with his learners to a meal at the house of Matthew. There where Jesus ate there were many tax collectors. There were also other people who were said to have many sins.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:11:

  • Uma: “There were some Parisi people who saw that. Those Parisi people said to the disciples of Yesus: ‘Why does your teacher eat together with tax collectors and sinners!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There were Pariseo there. When they saw this they said to the disciples of Isa, ‘Why does your teacher eat together with (lit. mix in eating with) the tax collectors and the other sinful people?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were some Pharisees who saw these people, and they said to the disciples of Jesus, ‘As for your boss, why does he eat and drink with cheating tax collectors and law breakers?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When the Pharisees saw them, they said to Jesus’ disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat-with collectors of taxes and other sinful people?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the Pariseo saw that, they questioned Jesus’ disciples. They said, ‘Why does your teacher eat together with money-grabbing official-receivers of payment and those others who don’t fully obey our (incl.) laws ?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The Pharisees saw what Jesus did and questioned his learners, saying: ‘How come your teacher eats together with the tax collectors and with other people who have many sins?’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:12:

  • Uma: “Yesus heard their words, that is why he said to them: ‘A person who is not sick does not need to be treated/medicated. It is just a sick person who needs to be treated/medicated.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When Isa heard this, he said to them, ‘It is the sick people who go to the doctor. As for those who are well, they don’t have a need to go to the doctor.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus heard this and he answered with a parable, he said, ‘He who has no sickness doesn’t need to have himself medicined, but rather only the ones who has a sickness.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Jesus heard what-they -questioned and he said parabling, ‘It is not the healthy people who need someone-to-medicine-them but rather the sick.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus heard that question of theirs, therefore he was the one who answered, saying, ‘The ones who have illnesses, they really are the ones who need a doctor. Not those who have no illness.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus heard what was said to the learners and said to those who were talking with them: ‘It is the people who are sick to whom the doctor comes. He doesn’t come to the people who are healthy.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:13:

  • Uma: “I do not come to call people whose behavior is straight. My coming, I call sinners so they repent from their sins. So, examine first what is the meaning of the Word of God that is written like this: ‘I do not request livestock that you use-as-worship-gift to me. What I request, [is that] you love others.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Study as to what the meaning of these words are that are written in the holy-book, it says, ‘Sacrifices are not valuable to me. But that is what I wish/want that you have pity/mercy on your companions.’ ‘ Isa said yet, ‘I have not come to look for the straight/righteous people but I came to look for the sinful people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Find out the meaning of the written word of God which says, ‘Your sacrifice is not what I want. Rather, what I want is your showing mercy to each other.’ ‘ Then Jesus said again, ‘As for me, I didn’t come here to stop righteous people from doing evil, but rather those who transgress against God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I did not come to go call the righteous people but rather the sinners. Therefore go learn the correct meaning of what God caused-to-be-written that says, ‘Your having-mercy on your companions is more valuable to me than your offering animals to me.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It would be good if you try-to-understand the meaning of these utterances of God which say, ‘I want you (pl.) to be merciful/generous. As long as you are not merciful/generous, I don’t want your sacrifices with which you ask for forgiveness.’ For like me. My purpose in coming here wasn’t to call straight/righteous ones, but on the contrary sinners who need to submit-to-the-rule of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Study the meaning of the word which is written in the Holy Book which says: ‘I want that you have mercy, because that is more valuable than the sacrifices you make,’ it says. I have come concerning the people who have sins, that I tell them to separate from evil, it is not the people who say that they live good that I came to call.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:14:

  • Uma: “From there, several followers of Yohanes the Baptizer came/arrived to Yesus. They asked, they said: ‘Why do your (sing.) followers not fast? As for us, with the Parisi people, we usually fast following our customs.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then the disciples of Yahiya went to Isa and said, ‘How is it, we and the Pariseo fast. Why do your disciples not fast?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then there arrived to Jesus some disciples of John Baptizer. They asked, ‘Your disciples, why is it they don’t observe our (incl.) custom of refraining from eating. We, (excl.) by contrast, and the Pharisees, we (excl.) are always abstaining from eating in order that we might perfect our worship of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then the disciples of Juan went to Jesus and they said to him, ‘As-for us (excl.) and the Pharisees, we (excl.) have days when we fast (lit. endure our (excl.) hunger). But your disciples however, don’t. Why?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The disciples of Juan who was the first to baptize came to Jesus. They said to Jesus, ‘As for us (excl.), we often/always fast. So do the Pariseo. Well why, excuse please, do your disciples not fast?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The learners of John went to where Jesus was standing. They said: ‘Why is it that your learners do not fast? After all we and the Pharisees fast very much,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)