Language-specific Insights

complete verse (John 4:53)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:53:

  • Uma: “The leader remembered that when Yesus said to him: ‘Your (sing.) child is well,’ it was right at that time that he got well. From there, the leader and his whole family/household believed in Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the father of the child remembered that that was exactly the time when Isa said to him, ‘Your child is well.’ Therefore he believed now in Isa and including all in his house they also believed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the man remembered that that was the time that Jesus said to him that his child was well. Because of this, this person believed along with his family.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then the official remembered that that had been the time (lit. hour) of Jesus’ saying, ‘Your (sing.) child will live (reassurance particle).’ That being so, he believed and all of them in the household.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The father realized that that was the hour of Jesus’ saying to him, ‘Your son is now okay.’ Therefore he and all his household believed-in/obeyed Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The man remembered that that was the hour that Jesus said that his son became well from his sickness. All those who lived in his house together believed in Jesus.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 4:54)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:54:

  • Uma: “That was the second miracle that Yesus did in Galilea when he came from Yudea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “This is now the second wonder-causing sign that Isa did in Jalil when he returned to Jalil from Yahudiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This was the second miracle that Jesus did. He did this there upon his return to the province of Galilee when he had come from the province of Judea.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This was the second amazing sign that Jesus did in Galilea upon his coming-from Judea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “This was the second sign which was an amazing thing done by Jesus there in Galilea. He did this when he had returned again coming from Judea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “This Jesus did when he had left Judea. This was the second time he did a sign in the land of Galilee.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 5:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:1:

  • Uma: “After that, Yesus returned to Yerusalem to attend the big day of the Yahudi people there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Not long after this, Isa and company went up to Awrusalam because there was a festival of the Yahudi there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Following this there was a feast of the Jews and therefore Jesus went up again to the town of Jerusalem.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When that then was finished, there was a fiesta of the Jews at Jerusalem and Jesus went to attend-the-fiesta.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It wasn’t really long again till it was fiesta again for the Judio. Jesus again went to Jerusalem.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Afterwards the Jews were celebrating. So Jesus went to Jerusalem.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 5:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:2:

  • Uma: “In Yerusalem, close to the gate called Sheep Gate, there is a pool, in the Yahudi language it is called Betesda. Around that pool, there were five patios [places to sit around and get fresh air].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There in Awrusalam was a pool, called in the Yahudi language pool Betsata. This pool is next to one of the gates for entering Awrusalam, called the sheep-gate. There are five huts for shade next to that pool.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in Jerusalem there was a pool near the gate of the fortress that was called the Gate of the Domestic Animal Sheep. And by the side of the pool there were five sheltering places, and that pool was called Bethesda in the language of Hebrews.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “In Jerusalem, near the gate of the sheep, there was a dammed-up pool that the Jews had named Betzata. At its edge, there were five small-roofed-structures” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There in that city, near to what was called Gateway of the Sheep, there was a big caused-to-pool water. The name of that in the Hebreo-language was Betesda. There were five roofed-places around it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There at Jerusalem is a pool of water which is called in the Hebrew speech, ‘Bethesda.’ It was located next to the gate which is called ‘The Gate for Sheep.’ Also there were there five porches around the pool.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Lalana Chinantec: “In Jerusalem there is a large hole containing water where people bathe. It is near the gate in the wall which goes around the outside of town which is called the gate of sheep. They call the hole which contains water Bethzatha in the Hebrew language, There were five porches along the water.” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 279)

complete verse (John 5:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:3:

  • Uma: “There were many sick people there. There were blind people, crippled people, lame people, continually lying in the patios, [[waiting for the stirring-up of the pool water.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Here in these huts were many sick people lying. There were blind ones and lame ones and half paralyzed ones. (They were waiting for the water in the pool to be caused-to-bubble.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were many sick people who stayed there in the sheltering places. There were blind, there were lame, and there were paralyzed. They were waiting there for the stirring of the water.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “where-sick-people -took-shelter. There were blind, there were lame, and there were also cripples. There were many who were lying there [waiting for the moving/rippling of the water.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Gathered there was a crowd of sick-folk, blind ones, lame ones, and those with paralysis (lit. with a dead part of their body). They were waiting for the water to ripple.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “At the porches were many sick people. There were blind people, those who were lame and those who were paralyzed. They were waiting for the water to be disturbed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 5:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:4:

  • Uma: “Because sometimes an angel of the Lord descended to that pool to stir-up the water. And whoever got into the pool first when its water was stirred-up, he was healed from the disease that he suffered from.]]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For sometimes, an angel from God went to the pool and stirred the water. And the first one getting into the water, after the water had stirred, was healed no matter what his sickness was.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For it was reported that there was a time when an angel of God would come down to the pool, and he would stir the water. And then the first person to jump into the water would become well of whatever sickness he had.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because from-time-to-time reportedly, there was an angel of God who went and entered to move/ripple the water. And the one who went-first to enter the water upon the angel’s moving/rippling-it, whatever was his sickness was removed.]” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because according to their folklore, an angel of God sometimes came down and he stirred up the water. Whoever was first to go down and step into that water which was stirred up, whatever illness was his illness would then get better.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because at times an angel arrived and disturbed the water in the pool. That one of the sick people who first got into the water when it was disturbed was healed of whatever sickness he had.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 5:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:5:

  • Uma: “There was a man there, he had been sick thirty-eight years.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There was a person there who had been sick for thirty eight years.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was there a person who had been sick a long time because 38 years was the length of his sickness.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There was a man there who had been sick for thirty eight years.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There was one person there who was a man, who had been ill for thirty eight years already.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There was a man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 5:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:6:

  • Uma: “Yesus saw him lying there, and he knew that he had been sick for a long time. He asked him: ‘Do you (sing.) want to be healed?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa saw him lying there and he knew that that person had been sick for a long time already. So-then Isa asked him, he said, ‘Do you want to be well?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus saw him there lying down, and Jesus knew that he had been sick a long time. And Jesus asked him, ‘Brother, would you like to get well?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When Jesus saw him and came-to-know that he had been lying there for a long-time, he said to him, ‘Do you (sing.) want to become-well?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He was seen by Jesus. He knew that this person had been ill for a long time now. Jesus approached him and asked, ‘Do you want this illness of yours to stop?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus saw him there, he knew that now it was a long time that he had been sick. He asked him, ‘Do you want to be made well?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)