Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Acts 10:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:14:

  • Uma: “Petrus said: ‘No indeed, Lord! I have never-yet eaten what is taboo/forbidden or called dirty according to the customs of our (excl.) religion.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Petros said, ‘O Sir, I won’t. As long as I live, I have never yet eaten anything defiled or forbidden (by the law).'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter answered, ‘Not me, Lord, because I have not yet eaten anything which was unclean like that because it is forbidden by the law.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘I absolutely refuse/don’t-want-to, Lord,’ he said, ‘because I have eaten-absolutely nothing -for-meat-viand that we (excl.) Jews consider-taboo.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But Pedro replied, ‘Oh, I can’t do like that, Lord, for since I came into the world, I haven’t trespassed by eating any food which is forbidden by our (excl.) handed-down laws.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:15:

  • Uma: “The one who was speaking said again to Petrus: ‘What God says is good, don’t you (sing.) [emphatic] say is dirty.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He heard the voice again saying to him, ‘Do not call forbidden what God has made lawful.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said to him again, ‘What which God says is good, don’t you say that it is unclean.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one-who-was-speaking said again, ‘What God has said is good food, don’t consider-it-taboo.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That one speaking spoke again, ‘Pedro, no longer taboo what God regards as acceptable to him now.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:16:

  • Uma: “That vision he saw three times, and after that the blanket was pulled up again going to the sky.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Three times this happened to him and then that blanket was taken up again to the sky.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now these words were spoken three times to Peter and then that which was let down was returned up to heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Three-times he saw and heard that, then the cloth was returned to heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Three times Pedro was instructed and rebuked like that, and then what contained those animals was pulled up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:17:

  • Uma: “From there, Petrus was confused thinking what was the meaning of the vision he had just seen. While he was still thinking, the messengers of Kornelius arrived in Yope. They asked the townspeople where the house of Simon was. The house that they were looking for was pointed-out to them, and they went and stood at the gate [door of the fence],” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “While Petros was still wondering what the meaning was of that which had been caused-to-appear to him, those sent by Korneliyus arrived at Simon’s house. They were now there at the gate.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while Peter was still thinking about what might be the meaning of this that he had seen, the messengers of Cornelius arrived in the village. They asked where the house of Simon was. And when they were already outside the house near the doorway,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As Pedro was thinking-about what perhaps it meant to say, those whom Cornelius sent arrived and inquired-about the location of Simon’s house. When they arrived then at the entrance,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Pedro was still trying-to-understand the meaning of that thing when those sent by Cornelio arrived in Jope, and they had themselves shown where the house of Simon was. There they were now at the gate,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Lalana Chinantec: “Peter very much meditated. ‘What in the world?’ he thought. As he was meditating, Peter, the people whom Cornelius had sent arrived. They asked where Peter lived. They stopped outside the door.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

complete verse (Acts 10:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:18:

  • Uma: “and asked, saying: ‘Is there a guest here named Simon Petrus?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They called out inquiring, they said, ‘Is there a man staying there named Simon, also named Petros?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “they asked for entrance, and they asked, ‘Is there a visitor of yours named Simon Peter?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “they then inquired if that was the house where-Simon who was nicknamed Pedro -was-staying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “asking whether that was the house where Simon Pedro was staying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:19:

  • Uma: “While Petrus was still thinking, the Holy Spirit said to him like this: ‘Listen! there are three people here looking for you (sing.).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “During that time Petros was still there thinking as to what the meaning was of what he had seen. Then God’s Spirit said to him, ‘Listen. There are three men there looking for you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter, at that time, was still thinking about what was to be understood by what he had seen, and then the Holy Spirit said to him, ‘There are three men looking for you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Pedro, he was still continuing-to-think-about the significance of what God had shown him, so the Spirit of God said to him, ‘There are three people looking-for you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for Pedro, he was still trying-to-understand what had been shown to him. The Espiritu Santo said to him, ‘Pedro, listen well. There are three people looking for you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Lalana Chinantec: “As Peter was meditating what he had dreamed about, the Great Spirit spoke to Peter: ‘Three Gentiles who are looking for you have arrived at your house.'” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

complete verse (Acts 10:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:20:

  • Uma: “Hurry down. Don’t let your heart be uncertain to follow them, because I [emphatic] am the one who ordered them.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Get up and go down. Do not hesitate to go with them because I was the one who sent them here.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Go down quickly, and don’t you be reluctant to go with them because I am the one who sent them.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Go-down, and do not doubt to go-with them, because I of-course am the one who sent them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Go downstairs now, and don’t hesitate in going with them for I myself am the origin of their being sent here.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:21:

  • Uma: “So, down Petrus went from the house and said to the ones who had just arrived: ‘I am the one you are looking for. Why are you looking for me?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore Petros went down and he said to the men, ‘I am the man you are looking for. What is your purpose (in coming) to me?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter went down and he said to them, ‘I am the one you are looking for. What is your purpose with me?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “That being so, Pedro went-down and said to those-aforementioned three, ‘I am the one you are looking-for. What perhaps was your purpose in coming here?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, Pedro then went downstairs and approached those people. He said to them, ‘I am the one you are looking for. What is this journey of yours about?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)