Language-specific Insights

complete verse (John 6:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:8:

  • Uma: “From there, one of his disciples who was named Andreas, the relative of Simon Petrus, said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then another of Isa’s disciples answered, Andariyas. This Andariyas is the brother of Simon Petros.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Andrew spoke, and as for Andrew, he was the younger brother of Simon Peter and one also there of the disciples of Jesus. He said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon one of his disciples named Andrew who was the younger-sibling of Simon Pedro said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Said another disciple who was Andres, who was Simon Pedro’s brother,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Andrew, who was another one of the learners, the brother of Peter, said,” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:9:

  • Uma: “‘Here is a child who has [lit., food-bundled] five pieces of bread and two smoked fish, but what use is that for those many people?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He said to Isa, ‘There is a small boy here, he has five units of bread and two fish. But this really isn’t enough to feed all these people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘There is a child here who brought a lunch of five pieces of bread of barley flour and two fishes. But what good would this be since there are so many people?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Here is a male child who has taken-as-lunch five barley breads and two dried-fish. But this is by-contrast very-few (CVC redup. of how-many) with this many people (lit. manyness of people).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘There’s a child here, a young-boy, with packed-food-for-a-trip, however what is to be done with five units of small-bread and two units of small-fish? It really wouldn’t be enough to go around all that crowd of people.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “‘There is here a boy who has five breads and two fish. But where will they do any good, there are a lot of people.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Chol: “‘Here is a boy. He has five unites of food made of cebada (barley) and two fish. Is this enough for so many of us (incl.)?'” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)

complete verse (John 6:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:10:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Tell them to sit down!’ So they said down using the grass as a mat, because there was much grass there. In the midst of those people, there were five thousand just counting men.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa said to his disciples, ‘Tell the people to sit down.’ In that place there was a wide expanse of grass. They all sat down there. The men only, their number was five thousand. Women and children were still extra.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘Tell the people to sit down.’ And then they told them to sit down. It was a wide grassy place there, and five thousand was the number of the men alone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Please have-them -sit-down,’ Jesus said to his disciples. There was much grass in their location there, and that’s where the many-people sat-down. The number of grown-men and young-men, it was about five thousand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Have those people sit down,’ said Jesus. There was a wide expanse of clear ground there. The people sat down, their number being about five thousand if the men alone were counted.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Then Jesus said, ‘Tell all of the people to sit down.’ There were about five thousand men who sat there in the grass.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Chol: “Jesus said, ‘Tell the men and women to sit down. There is grass.’ he said. The men and women sat down. There were 5000 men.” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)

complete verse (John 6:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:11:

  • Uma: “From there, he took bread, he said thank you to God and he divided it to the many people sitting down. Like that also what he did with the fish. They all ate until they were full.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa took the bread of the child (boy) gave thanks to God and then he divided it among the people who were sitting. Likewise also he divided the fish and they were given as much as they wanted.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus took those pieces of bread, and he thanked God for them, and he had them distributed to the people who were sitting down. And he did the same thing with the fish until everybody was satisfied.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus took the bread and thanked God. After-that he had-his disciples -distribute-it to the many-people. Likewise also with the dried-fish, he caused-to-be-distributed the quantity (lit. manyness) that each one wanted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus asked for that little-bread. After he’d given thanks to God, he divided up that little-bread and little-fish. All those people were distributed to. They were given as much as they wanted.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus took up those five breads. He prayed to God that God would bless. Afterwards he gave them to the disciples to distribute to all of the people who were seated. Also he did the same with the fish. The people ate all that they wanted to eat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:12:

  • Uma: “When they were all full, Yesus said to his disciples: ‘Collect the left-overs, so that nothing will be wasted.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When they were all filled/satisfied, Isa said to his disciples, ‘Gather the leftovers so that nothing will be destroyed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in spite of that, the bread and fish were not all consumed. And when they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, he said, ‘Gather up the food that is left so that it might not be ruined.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Gather-together what they have left so that nothing will be wasted.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When that crowd had now eaten their fill, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Collect those left-overs, so that they won’t be wasted.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When the people were filled, Jesus said to his learners, ‘Gather what is left over in order that nothing be wasted.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:13:

  • Uma: “They gathered it up, there were twelve baskets left over from the five pieces of bread that the many people had eaten.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then they gathered all the left-overs. From the five units of bread eaten by the people the left-overs they gathered were twelve baskets full.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they gathered up twelve baskets full of the pieces of the five loaves of barley.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they gathered-together then what was left-over of the original five breads, twelve baskets are what were filled (lit. placed-in) with the broken-scraps of food.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, the disciples collected those left-overs of bread. As for what got collected by them, twelve baskets got filled.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now five breads had been parted to feed the people. That which was left over was twelve baskets of leftovers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:14:

  • Uma: “When the people saw that miracle, they talked to each other, they said: ‘He must really be the prophet that was promised long ago, that they said would come to the world!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the people who were there saw the wonder-causing deed that Isa had done, they said, ‘This is now really the prophet we (incl.) have been waiting for to come to the world.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the people saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, ‘This one must really be the prophet of God whom he is to send here to the world.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When the many-people saw that amazing-thing that Jesus did, they said, ‘This one indeed (surprised realization) is the prophet whom they prophesied would come to this world.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the people saw that amazing sign done by Jesus, they were saying, ‘Surely this is that Prophet who would come here to the world.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The people saw the sign Jesus had done. They said, ‘Truly this one is the prophet of God who was to come here to the earth.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:15:

  • Uma: “So, they had a plan they wanted to force him to become their king. Because Yesus knew their plan, he left from there going to the hills/mountains.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa knew that the people would soon come to seize him and tell him to be their king, therefore he immediately left and went to the mountain, he by himself.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Jesus, since he knew that they would come to him because they would force him to make him their king, he left there by himself and went up on the hill.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Jesus however, he knew that they would koma force him to be-king-over them. And he immediately-left to go to the mountain-country by-himself.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Jesus observed that there was something those people wanted to do, which was to force him and put him into the office of kingship, he left them and then went-uphill by himself.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The people decided to take Jesus and make him to govern. But when Jesus knew what the people had decided, he left the people and went to a hill.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)