Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 12:49)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:49:

  • Uma: “From there, Yesus pointed to his disciples and he said: ‘As for [lit., If] my mother and my siblings, they are these people here.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then he pointed to his disciples, he said, ‘These are my mother and my brothers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he pointed to his disciples saying, ‘These are my mother and my siblings.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he pointed to his disciples and said, ‘These are my mother and my siblings,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When he had spoken, he indicated his disciples and then said, ‘These are like my mother and my siblings.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “He stretched out his arms to include his learners and said to those around him: ‘Here are the people who are like my mother and like my brothers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 12:50)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:50:

  • Uma: “Because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, they are my siblings and they are my mother.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For whoever does the wish/will of my Father who is in heaven, is my brother and my sister and my mother.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For anyone who does what my father in heaven wants, is also my mother, my brothers, and my sisters.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “because those-who-do what my Father in heaven wants, they are counted as my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because whoever really obeys the will of my Father in heaven, they are like my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because whoever likes to do the will of my Father who is in heaven is as though he were my brother, as though he were my sister, as though he were my mother,’ he said to the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:1:

  • Uma: “On that day also, Yesus went away from that house going to the edge of the lake, and he sat down.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “That day Isa went to the edge of lake Jalil and sat down to teach.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And on that day Jesus left the house, and he went to the lake and he sat down on the shore.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “On that day, Jesus left the house and went to the shore of the lake. Then he sat down to teach,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That same day, Jesus left the house and set out again. He went to the Lake of Galilea and sat on the shore.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “On that day Jesus left the house where he was and went to sit at the side of the lake.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:2:

  • Uma: “Very many people gathered around him, that is why he went and got on a boat, he sat in it, and the many people stood on the shore.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Very-many people gathered there to him. Therefore he got into a boat and sat down. The many people (crowds) stood there at the edge of the lake.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were many gathered there to him, and since they were so many, Jesus got into a boat and sat down there. And the people, they were just there on the shore listening to him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “but because there were extremely-many people who were crowding-around him, he went to sit in the boat while the many-people stayed on the edge of the lake.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Many people came there to him. Therefore what he did was, (he) got into a boat which was floating there. The crowd of people was on the shore/edge.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Very many people gathered about where he was. Therefore he entered a boat and sat there. All the people were on the edge of the lake.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:3:

  • Uma: “He taught them many kinds of parables, he said: ‘There was a sower who went to sow [lit., scatter].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He preached to/taught the people and much (of it) he preached/taught in parables. He said, ‘There was a man who went to his field to broadcast seed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And by means of parables he taught them many things. He said, ‘There was a person who went to his field because he will plant.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He taught many things to them parabling. He said, ‘Once, there was a person who went to broadcast-(plant) seed in his swidden/garden.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus again began to teach many things using only illustrations. In beginning, he said, ‘There was a farmer who scattered his planting-seeds.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “He taught the people many words, seeking to make comparisons in the words he spoke. This is how he made comparisons, he said to the people: ‘A man went to sow wheat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:4:

  • Uma: “In his sowing, there were some sowed-things that fell on the roadway [lit., eye of the road]. Birds came, they pecked it until it was gone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When he was broadcasting, some of the seed spilled onto the road. So-then the birds came and ate it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in his planting there was some that fell on the path, and this was eaten by the birds.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When he was broadcasting the seed, some fell on the path and birds were-pecking-it-up.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well since the way he planted was by scattering (seed), some got scattered on the pathway. As-soon-as-he-turned-his-back, he was succeeded by birds for they then ate it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “As he went along sowing the wheat, some of the seeds landed on the path. Then birds went and ate the seeds.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:5:

  • Uma: “There were also some which fell on stony ground, just a little bit its land/soil. That sowed-thing very quickly grew, because the soil was thin.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Other seed fell onto bedrock with little soil (lit. not deep it’s soil). The seed sprouted easily because the soil was not deep.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also that which he was planting that fell and landed on the stones where the soil which was on top of the stones was very thin. And the plant quickly sprouted because the soil was thin.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Others that he broadcast, they fell on a rocky-area. Because its soil was shallow (lit. on-the-surface), they quickly-sprouted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Where others got scattered was in a rocky place. Well since the soil was only superficial over those rocks, these seeds sprouted quickly.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Others of the seeds he sowed landed where the earth was not deep because there was rock under it. These seeds quickly sprouted because the earth wasn’t deep where they were.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:6)

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

  • Uma: “When the sun got hot, it wilted till it was dry, because its roots were not deep.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the sun was shining, immediately (the plants) drooped and because the roots were not deep, they withered.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However when the sun shone, the plant quickly dried up because what its roots had penetrated was very shallow only.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But when the sun became-high, they wilted and withered, because their roots were lacking.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But when the heat became scorching, they shrivelled, because there was nowhere they’d been able to put their roots down deep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The roots did not go deep into the earth. When the sun came up, it burned the seeds which had sprouted.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)