Language-specific Insights

complete verse (John 11:54)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 11:54:

  • Uma: “So, that is why he no longer traveled in the land of the Yahudi people, so that he would no longer be seen by the people. He went away from there going to the town that is named Efraim at the edge of the wilderness, and stayed there with his disciples.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore Isa did not show-himself-openly to the people in Yahudiya. But he left with his disciples for a certain village called Epraim. This village is at the edge of the place where there are few people. He stayed there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For that reason Jesus did not again come out openly there in the villages of the Jews, but rather he went to the town called Ephrain near the land where nobody can live, and there he lived with his disciples.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When that was so, plural Jesus didn’t show-themselves to the many-people in Judea but rather they left there and went to Epraim, a town/place close to the mountain-region. And that’s where Jesus and his disciples stayed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore since that’s how it was, Jesus no longer mixed in with those Judio. What he did was, he went to Efraim, a town near the wilderness. There next was where he and his disciples lived.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Therefore Jesus did not go around where the Jews were, rather he went apart to a place in the land of Judea next to the wilds, to a town named Ephraim. There he stayed along with his learners.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 11:55)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 11:55:

  • Uma: “At that time, it was nearly the big day of the Yahudi religion called Paskah Day. Before that big day arrived, many people from other towns went to Yerusalem, to wash themselves following the customs of their religion.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then the festival of the Yahudi was near which they call the Festival For-Remembering. Many people from the different places went ahead of time to Awrusalam to purify their bodies before they were included in the festival.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Not long from then was the feast of the Jews called Passing By. And before the feast arrived, many people climbed up there to the village of Jerusalem coming from the other villages because they will carry out the religious belief of the Jews of cleansing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The fiesta of the Jews called Passed-By was near-in-time. So many went-uphill to Jerusalem from the barrios to fulfill their custom that they had to bathe before (lit. so that then) they could attend-the-fiesta.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The fiesta of the Judio was coming near again which was called Fiesta of Passed-by. Many were those from the provinces who went to Jerusalem before the fiesta arrived, so that they could do what was their custom in cleansing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It was close to the time the Jews had a celebration, which was called the Passover. Many people went to Jerusalem to atone for their sins at the church before the celebration began.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 11:56)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 11:56:

  • Uma: “The people who gathered in Yerusalem kept looking for Yesus. While they were gathered in the House of God, they talked to one another, they said: ‘What is your opinion? Perhaps he will not come attend the feast?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They looked for Isa there at Awrusalam and they spoke to one another while they were in the temple. They said, ‘What do you (pl.) think? Will Isa perhaps come here to the festival? Perhaps not, æ’?’ (æ’ – what do you think) They spoke like that,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They were looking for Jesus, and they spoke together there in the church, the House of God, and they said, ‘What do you think? Will Jesus attend the feast or not?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “These people, they searched-and-searched for Jesus, and as they were gathering at the Temple, they asked-one-another, ‘What do you (sing.) think/say? Perhaps he won’t come to attend the fiesta?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They kept looking around but they couldn’t see Jesus. That’s why when they were there in the Temple standing around, what they were doing was asking one another saying, ‘What do you think? Will he indeed come to the fiesta or not?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The people went around looking for Jesus. When they arrived at the church, they asked one another, ‘What do you think? Will he come here for the celebration or not?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 11:57)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 11:57:

  • Uma: “As for the leading priests and the Parisi people, they had already made a command to the people that said: ‘Whoever of you knows where Yesus is, tell us (excl.) right away, so that he can be caught.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “because the leaders of the priests and the Pariseo had ordered hep that if anybody knew where Isa was, they should be informed so that they could arrest him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The leaders of the sacrificers and the Pharisees commanded beforehand that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he should tell them so that they might have him seized.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees, they had commanded that whoever knew Jesus’ location, he should report it to them so they would arrest-him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because the chiefs of the priests and the Pariseo had issued an injunction that whoever knew where Jesus was, he must show/point out so that they could arrest him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The Pharisees along with the chief priests had told the people that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he should tell them. Because they wanted to grab Jesus to jail him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 12:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:1:

  • Uma: “Six days before Paskah Day, Yesus went to Betania, the town where Lazarus, whom he had made live again, dwelled.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Six days before the beginning of the Festival For-Remembering, Isa went to Betani, the place of Lasarus the person whom he had made alive from his death.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Six days from then is the feast of Passover and Jesus arrived there in Bethany, the village of Lazarus, the one Jesus raised from the dead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When it lacked six days until the arrival of the fiesta, plural Jesus went to Betania the town of Lazarus the one Jesus had made-alive when he died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Just six days before the fiesta which was the Fiesta of Passed-by, Jesus again arrived at Betania, the town of Lazaro whom he had made alive again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It was six days before the celebration of the Passover. Jesus went to Bethany where Lazarus lived. It was Lazarus whom Jesus caused to be resurrected after he was entombed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 12:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:2:

  • Uma: “They made a party, because they were glad to receive Yesus in their town. Marta was cooking, Lazarus sat together with Yesus and the other guests.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When he was there in Betani the people there made a feast to honor Isa. Marta helped to serve them. Lasarus ate together with Isa and the others.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there in Bethany they held a feast because they were happy because of the arrival of Jesus and company. Martha is the one who prepared for them, and Lazarus was the one of those eating with Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They cooked what they would eat to show-hospitality to Jesus, and Marta was the one who cooked-and-served. As for Lazarus, he ate-with plural Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “A meal/feast had been made there, Jesus being the one being honored. Marta was serving the meal, Lazaro was one of the companions of Jesus eating.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There they made a dinner for Jesus. Martha served them. Lazarus was seated at the table to eat with them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 12:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:3:

  • Uma: “While they were eating, Maria came carrying a half liter of fragrant oil. That oil was made from fragrant tree roots, it was very expensive. She poured that oil on Yesus’s feet and wiped them with her hair. How fragrant it was all through the house!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Mariyam took fragrant oil called narda, half a kilo it’s weight. This fragrant oil was very valuable and nothing was mixed in with it. Mariyam sprinkled/watered this fragrant oil on Isa’s feet and then she wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Mary, she took a salmon of nard-type perfume which was very expensive, and she came to Jesus, and she applied it to the feet of Jesus, and she wiped the feet of Jesus with her hair. And the smell went through the whole house.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When that was so, Maria took half a liter of pure nard (loan nardo) which was a most-expensive perfume. And she poured it on Jesus’ feet while wiping-them with her hair. And the house was filled with its fragrance.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “What Maria did, she fetched first-class perfume which was very expensive, about two cupfuls. She poured it on the feet/legs of Jesus. After she’d poured it, she wiped them with her hair. The nice-smell of that perfume went all over the inside of the house.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Mary then bought about half a liter of good oil which smelled good and was very expensive. She anointed Jesus’ feet. Then she wiped them with her hair. There in the house the oil smell filled it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 12:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:4:

  • Uma: “One of Yesus’s disciples named Yudas Iskariot–who would later sell Yesus to his enemies–said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Judas Iskariot, one of Isa’s disciples opposed. This Judas hep was the one who betrayed Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples of Jesus, he is the one who will betray Jesus, he said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon Judas Iscariot who was Jesus’ disciple who would later betray him, said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When one disciple who was Judas Iscariote observed it, he being that person who, the time would come when he would like trade Jesus, he said,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, was there. He was one of Jesus’ learners and he was the one who betrayed him. He said,” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)