Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 9:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:15:

  • Uma: “Yesus answered them with this parable, he said to them: ‘People at a wedding feast definitely are happy together with the groom, they do not fast while the groom is still with them. But the time will come when the groom is taken from among them. At that time, only then will they fast.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered them in a parable. He compared his disciples to people at a wedding. He said, ‘Are the people at a wedding sad/troubled as long as the bridegroom is still there with them? No. But in the future when the bridegroom has been caused to leave then they will fast.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus answered, ‘If there is a wedding, it cannot be that the companions of the bridegroom will not join in the festivities while the bridegroom is still with them. But at the time when the bridegroom leaves them, they will abstain from eating. In the same way also, while I am still here with them, they will not abstain from eating.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus answered parabling, ‘If someone has-a-wedding, do you think do-you-suppose that the groom’s (lit. one-marrying) friends whom he invited ought to be sad? But when the time arrives that the bridegroom will be taken-away from them, that’s the time-when-they -will-fast.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied saying, ‘Is it possible/acceptable for the ones invited to a wedding to be sad as long as the man whose marriage is being celebrated is with them? Surely not. Well it’s like that too with these disciples of mine. But the day will come when I will be separated from them. And then they will fast.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to those who were speaking to him: ‘People who have been called to view the marriage are not sad and fasting while the bridegroom is right there with them. Like that, my learners also do not fast while I am with them. But there is coming the day when my enemies will take me away. Of course on that day they will have reason to fast.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Ebira: “Jesus said to them: ‘Can the people (the relatives and friends of) a man, who is in the process of getting a wife, mourn while the husband is with them? They cannot fast when the husband of the girl is with them.'” (Ebira does not have formal terms for “wedding,” “groom,” and “bride”) (Source: Hans-Jürgen Scholz in Holzhausen 1991, p. 34)

complete verse (Matthew 9:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:16:

  • Uma: “After that, Yesus said two more parables, he said: ‘There is no-one who patches an old shirt with a new patch/piece of cloth. Because that new patch/piece of cloth will shrink, until that old shirt tears, with the result that the tear will just get bigger.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa told parables/parabled about the former teaching and his teaching. He said, ‘No person puts a patch of new cloth which has not yet been washed onto old clothes. Because if he does that, the old clothes will tear again and the tear will be greater.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus told a parable about how his new teaching and the old doctrine do not go together. He said, ‘New cloth which hasn’t yet been shrunk, it is not good to patch a shirt of cloth which is already weak. Because when it is washed, the new cloth will shrink, and the new will tear away from the old, and far bigger will be its torn place.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus also said parabling, ‘There is no person who uses-new cloth -to-patch an old garment. Because what-is-used-to-patch will shrink and what-it-is-patched-to will be ripped worse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then he taught them that it isn’t possible/acceptable to just add on this teaching of his to the customs of the Judio. He said, ‘No-one sews a patch of new cloth not yet laundered on to old clothes. Because when it shrinks, the tear will be all the bigger.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the new word I am teaching, it cannot be mixed with the old teaching. It is like a new cloth cannot patch old clothing. Because the new cloth will shrink, even more spoiling the old clothing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:17:

  • Uma: “So also it is not good to pour new wine into an old putting-place. Because when it bubbles [word used of fermenting], that old putting-place will break, with the result that the wine just spills, and the putting-place also is wasted. New wine must be poured into a new putting-place, so that all is good.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa also compared his teaching with fresh grape juice/water put in bags of goat skin. He said, ‘Nobody also puts fresh grape water which still bubbles/ferments into an old bag. Because if he does that, the bag will tear. So-then the grape water will be spilled and the bag is destroyed. Instead fresh grape water should be put in new bags. Then both will not be destroyed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In the same way also, wine which is just newly made and is placed in a goatskin container, it is not possible to put it into an old container because the container will burst, and the wine will spill out, and the container also will be ruined. It is necessary for wine which has just been made to be put into a new container. In that way, neither the wine nor the container is not ruined.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Neither of course does anyone put recently-yeasted grape juice in a dried-up leather bag for rice-wine, because when it ferments, the leather will crack-open and the bag will be ruined while-simultaneously the grape juice will also be thrown-away. Recently-yeasted grape juice then, it must be a new leather in which it is placed so that nothing will be ruined or thrown-away.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Also no-one puts new drink into an already old container made of skin which no longer gives/stretches. For if one does like that, as (the drink) develops/ferments (the container) will of course burst. Well isn’t it so that the drink put in will be spilt and the container destroyed as well. Of course what is fitting to put new drink in is indeed a new skin container. Well isn’t it so that both will last a long time.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is like new wine cannot be put into an old wineskin to ferment. Because the new wine will split the wineskin when it ferments, and be lost. Therefore the new wine is put in new wineskins in order that neither will be lost.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:18:

  • Uma: “While Yesus was still speaking, a leader of the house of prayer of the Yahudi arrived, he immediately knelt in front of Yesus asking for help, he said to him: ‘My female child has just died. Let’s go to (my) house, you (sing.) touch her so that she lives again.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “While he was still speaking to them, a leader of a prayer-house arrived there. He prostrated before Isa and said, ‘My little daughter has just died. But even if it is like that, come and lay your hand on her so that she will live.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “While Jesus was still speaking, a Jewish official arrived. He knelt down to Jesus and begged him, saying, ‘My daughter died a while ago, but if you will come and place your hand on her, she will come back to life.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus was still speaking to them while-simultaneously a ruler of the Jews arrived. He knelt in-front-of him and he said, ‘Our (excl.) female child just-died, but please come to lay-hands-on her and she will live.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As Jesus was still saying these things, a leader of the Judio arrived. He bowed down in front of Jesus and spoke saying, ‘My daughter is right now dying/about-to-expire. But I’m sure that if you just come with me and touch her, she will indeed live.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “While Jesus was telling the people these words, there arrived a man who was a leader of the Jews. He kneeled before him and said: ‘My daughter has just died, yet if you go and place your hand on her, then she will live again.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:19:

  • Uma: “Yesus stood up he followed that man, and his disciples also followed him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa went with him together with his disciples.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus stood up and went with him. The disciples of Jesus also went along.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore Jesus followed him, and his disciples also went-with.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything else, Jesus went with him, as did his disciples too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus got up from where he was sitting and went along with the man who came to get him. His learners also went along.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:20:

  • Uma: “On the way, a woman came getting close to him from behind. That woman had bled continually for twelve years, there was not its stopping. She said in her heart: ‘Even if I just touch his shirt/clothes, I will definitely get well.’ From there she touched/held the bottom of Yesus’ shirt/clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then there was a sick woman, blood was always flowing. She had this sickness already for twelve years. She approached Isa from behind and went and touched the edge of Isa’s robe/shirt.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now there was a woman whose flowing-out blood had not dried-up for twelve years. She approached behind Jesus and touched the hem of his clothes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Included among those who followed was a woman who for twelve years had been bleeding/menstruating abnormally. She persevered to get close behind Jesus. She brushed her hand/arm against what was attached to the hem of the cloak of Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “While Jesus was walking along, a woman who was sick approached him from the rear in order to touch the edge of his clothing. It was now twelve years she had suffered from menstrual bleeding.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:21:

  • Uma: “On the way, a woman came getting close to him from behind. That woman had bled continually for twelve years, there was not its stopping. She said in her heart: ‘Even if I just touch his shirt/clothes, I will definitely get well.’ From there she touched/held the bottom of Yesus’ shirt/clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “She said in her mind, ‘If I only touch his robe/shirt I will be well.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When they were going, a woman came near to the back of Jesus. Now this woman had a sickness. She had been bleeding for twelve years and it wouldn’t stop. And she thought that if she could touch only the shirt of Jesus, she would get well. And then she was able to touch the hem of the shirt of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because she said in her mind, ‘Even if I only should touch his clothes, I will get-well.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because (she said) to herself, ‘Even if I can brush against the clothes of Jesus, certainly this illness of mine will be cured.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “She thought to herself: ‘If I touch the clothing of Jesus, I will be healed,’ she thought.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 9:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:22:

  • Uma: “At that time also, Yesus turned to that woman, and he said to her: ‘My child, make-strong your (sing.) heart! You (sing.) have become well, because of your (sing.) faith in me.’ From there, she really got well.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa stopped and faced the people following him. When he saw the woman he said to her, ‘Cheer up (make your liver good), woman. You are healed because you believe in me.’ And immediately the woman was healed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus turned around and saw the woman and he said, ‘Woman, don’t be afraid, the reason you were cured from your sickness is because you trusted me.’ And immediately the woman got well.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus turned-around and he saw her. Then he said, ‘Strengthen your (sing.) mind/thoughts. Because of your (sing.) trust, you (sing.) got-well.’ And she got-well at-once.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus turned around because he was aware of it. When he saw the woman, he spoke saying, ‘Daughter, be encouraged. You are cured because of your belief in me.’ Well at the same time (as he spoke), the illness of that woman truly stopped.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Upon touching it, Jesus stopped and turned to look at the woman. He said to her: ‘Listen daughter, be comforted. Now you have been healed because you believed that you would be healed by my power,’ he said. At one she was healed of the sickness she had.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)