Language-specific Insights

complete verse (John 14:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 14:29:

  • Uma: “I say that ahead-of-time before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I have told you beforehand while the time for my leaving has not yet come, so that when the time comes you will really believe.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And now before I leave you I have told you this so that when it happens you will be able to believe that I am the king whom God chose.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is what I am telling-in-advance to you now so that your faith will become-stronger upon its coming-true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I am telling you this already before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe-in/obey me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I am telling you this before it happens so that when it does happen then you will believe what I have told you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 14:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 14:30:

  • Uma: “‘I do not have much more opportunity to speak to you, because the King of Evil-ones is almost here. He is the one who has-authority-over this world, but he has no authority over me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I cannot talk to you much longer because soon the leader of demons will arrive who rules/leads in this world. He cannot rule over me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My words to you are very short because Satan, the boss of the people in the world who are my enemies, will soon arrive. He has no authority over me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘I will not still talk-with you for a long time, because here comes Satanas who is the leader of people who don’t believe. He has no authority over me,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I won’t make long my conversation with you, because Satanas who now rules here under the heavens is now arriving. But it’s true, he has no authority over me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It isn’t much longer that I will speak with you now because the devil is coming, he who commands the people who do not believe in me. He does not have the power to defeat me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Anindilyakwa: “The one who is different boss is coming here, the one who is the boss/ruler here in this place everywhere (i.e. in this world). Then/(So) soon I will finish my words. But he won’t take/grab my road away from me [to follow in their footsteps, to take on the responsibilities and authority of that person].” (Source: Julie Waddy in The Bible Translator 2004, p. 452ff.)

complete verse (John 14:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 14:31:

  • Uma: “But this must happen, so that all people know that I love my Father and I always follow all that he commands me. Stand-up, and let’s go.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But all mankind shall know that I love my Father, therefore I persevere doing all as my Father has commanded to me. Na, stand up now, let us (incl.) go,’ said Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, what I am going to do now is what my Father God commanded me to do. I will carry this out so that mankind will know that my Father is big in my breath. Now get going, because we are leaving here.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “but I permit what will happen so that all people will come-to-know that I love my Father and am careful/thorough to obey all that he has commanded me. All-right, let’s go.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But so that it will be comprehended by the people here under the heavens that I hold the Father very dear, I will really fulfill what he sent me here to do. Stand up now and we’ll be going now.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But it is necessary for what is to be, in order that the people will know that I love the Father. And I do what he ordered me to do. Get up now and let’s leave here.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 15:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:1:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘I am the true tree trunk, and my Father is the owner of the field/garden.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa told a parable, he said to his disciples, ‘I am figuratively the stock of a good plant and my Father is figuratively the one who cares for this plant (lit. what is planted).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I,’ said Jesus, ‘am the trunk of the paras plant, and my Father God is the owner of the plant.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he said illustrating, ‘I am the true/correct base of the grape-plant, and my Father is the care-taker.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued his teaching of his disciples though, for he was going to finish first what he wanted to say to them. He said, ‘I am the one who is the true like base and stem of an ubas plant, and as for my Father, he is the one who is the Cultivator.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I am like a vine of grapes and there is no other like me. My Father is like a worker who tends the grape garden.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 15:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:2:

  • Uma: “All the branches that stick to me that do not bear-fruit, he takes off. And all the branches that stick to me and that bear-fruit, he trims and cleans [verb specifically used of plants, as in cutting out dead growth etc.], so that its fruit will be more and more.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All my branches which don’t bear fruit he cuts off and all my branches that bear fruit he cleanses so that they will have more fruit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a branch of mine that does not fruit, he removes it. And all of my branches that fruit, he cleans them so that they might continue fruiting.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He cuts-off all the branches that don’t bear-fruit while-simultaneously he cleans those that have fruit in order that their fruit will increase.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He breaks off every branch of mine which doesn’t bear fruit, and he also cleans-up every branch which bears fruit so that the fruit of believing/obeying will become very much more in his life.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Those branches which do not bear fruit he takes off. But those branches which do bear fruit he cares for and takes off the dry bits so that it will bear more fruit.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 15:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:3:

  • Uma: “You, you are cleaned–meaning, you are holy/smooth made-holy-by the words that I have said to you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You are figuratively already cleansed because of my teaching to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You are all clean by means of your taking hold what I have taught you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You are the branches that are already cleaned on-account-of what I have been teaching that you have stored-away in your minds.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Now you are cleaned-up, because my word which is my teaching of you is what has cleaned-up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “And you are like the branches which bear fruit because you respect what I teach you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 15:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:4:

  • Uma: “‘Remain in-harmony [mutual-life] with me, and I also with you. A branch that is broken off from the tree trunk does not bear-fruit. A branch must definitely stick to the trunk in order to bear-fruit. So also you: You will only bear-fruit if you remain in-harmony with me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You shall remain with/in me and I also will remain with/in you. Take a branch for a parable (lit. parable branch) the branches cannot bear fruit by themselves only if they are not separated from the stock do they bear fruit. Likewise you, you cannot do good if you do not remain with me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t separate from me just like I also will not separate from you. There is no branch which can fruit if it separates from the body of the plant. And you also, if you separate from me, you cannot fruit, which is to say, you cannot do good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Continue being-united-with me and I will also continue being-united-with you. The branch of the grape, it has no way to bear-fruit if it is separated from its base. It’s the same with you, because your faith will have no fruit if you don’t continue to be united-with me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Hold fast to me. I will hold fast to you too. Because a branch can’t bear fruit by itself alone but only if it’s connected to the trunk. As for you, it’s like that too. You can’t be-really-fruitful unless you hold fast to me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Do not forsake me and likewise I do not forsake you. A branch cannot bear fruit when it is alone and not attached to the vine. It is like that for you. You cannot live good lives if you forsake me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 15:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:5:

  • Uma: “‘I am the tree trunk and you are the branches. People who remain in-harmony with me and I with them, they bear much fruit. But if you are separate from me, you cannot do anything.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘I am the stock of a plant and you are figuratively the branches. If you remain in/with me and I also remain in/with you you can do much good, for if you are separated/cut off from me, what you do has no good-end-result.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because I am the body and you are my branches. The person who does not separate from me just like I will not separate from him, he is the one who is able to continue fruiting. You cannot do anything if you separate from me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he repeated to illustrate, ‘I am the base of the grape-plant and you are its branches. Whoever continues to be-united-with me so that I will also be united-with him, this is the one whose faith has much fruit, because a person is able to do nothing if I am not with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I am the one who is the base and stem of the ubas plant. You are the ones who are like my branches. The one who will hold fast to me, I will hold fast to him also. If it’s like that, his fruit will always be much. For it’s true, there’s nothing at all which you can do if you separate from me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I am like a vine. You are like the branches. He who does not forsake me increasingly lives a good life because we are in fellowship. You can’t do anything if you forsake me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)