Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Acts 15:39)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 15:39:

  • Uma: “From there, Paulus and Barnabas argued, with the result that they separated. Barnabas took Markus to be with him, and they boarded a ship to the land of Siprus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The two really argued, therefore they separated. Barnabas took Markus along and they sailed to the island of Kiprus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This caused a dispute between them. Therefore they separated, and as for Barnabas, he took Mark and he got on a boat and went to Cyprus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then their argument was excessive, and they separated. Barnabas took-along Marcos, and they rode in a ship to go to Cyprus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Over that they really didn’t agree. Without anything further, they didn’t go together when they set out. Bernabe caused Marcos to accompany him when he sailed going to Chipre.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Isthmus Mixe: “They discussed but their minds did not meet each other. For that reason they separated. Then Barnabas took Mark with him. They entered a boat at the sea. Then they went to the land of Cyprus.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

complete verse (Acts 15:40)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 15:40:

  • Uma: “But Paulus chose Silas to accompany him, and they left. And their one-faith relatives in the town of Antiokhia gave them a send-off with prayer, so that God would watch over them with his grace [white insides] on their journey.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Paul chose Silas as his companion. The disciples of Isa there prayed to God for Paul and company that God would take care of them. And then they went.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But as for Paul, he chose Silas to go with him, and they left also. And as for the believers there in Antioch, they called upon God that he would help these two on their journey.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Pablo, he chose Silas as his companion. The believers prayed-for them that the Lord would have-mercy-on and take-care-of them in all the places-where-they were-going.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for Pablo, Silas is whom he caused to accompany him. Before they set out, they were entrusted by the believers there at Antioquia to be taken care of and graced by the Lord on their journey. And then they set out,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 15:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 15:41:

  • Uma: “Paulus and Silas traveled through the lands of Siria and Kilikia, strengthening the hearts of the believers in the Lord Yesus there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They crossed through the land of Siriya and the land of Kilikiya. They taught/preached-to the disciples of Isa in those lands in order to make their faith/trust firm.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they went through all the provinces of Syria and Cilicia, and they drew tight the faith of the believers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then they went to the various-towns in Syria and in Cilicia to go strengthen the minds of the believers in the various-congregations.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “and went all over all the places where there were believers in Siria and Cilicia, for they were causing their believing/obeying to become sturdy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 16:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:1:

  • Uma: “Paulus continued his journey going to the towns of Derbe and Listra. In that town, there was a believer in Yesus, named Timotius. His mother was a Yahudi who also believed in Yesus. But his father was a Yunani.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Paul proceeded to Derbe and then to Listara. There in Listara, there was a man trusting in Isa named Timoteo. His mother was a Yahudi who also trusted in Isa. His father was of the Girik tribe.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Paul and company went on to the villages of Derbe and Lystra. And there was a disciple of Jesus who lived there who was named Timothy. His mother was a Jew and a believer also, but his father was a Greek.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They also went to Derbe and to Listra, and that’s where they came-upon Timoteo who was a disciple of Jesus. His mother who was a Jew also believed, but his father, he was a Gentile.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “From Cilicia Pablo and Silas continued their journey till they arrived again at Derbe and then at Listra. There at Listra they met/saw a believer named Timoteo. His mother was a Jew who also believed-in/obeyed the Lord. However, his father was a Griego.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 16:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:2:

  • Uma: “Timotius was respected by all the one-faith relatives in the towns of Listra and Ikonium.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All the ones trusting in Isa in the place Listara and in the place Ikoni spoke well about Timoteo.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “According to the word of the believers there in Lystra and Iconium, the actions of Timothy were very good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “All the believers in Listra and in Iconium praised/spoke-highly of Timoteo,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for Timoteo, he was well spoken of by the believers who were taga Listra, and by the taga Iconio too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 16:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:3:

  • Uma: “It was Paulus’s desire that Timotius go with him on his journey to carry the Good News. That is why he circumcised him first according to the Law of Musa. His intention in circumcising him was so that the Yahudi would receive him, because all the Yahudi people in that land knew that his father was Yunani.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Paul wanted to take Timoteo along as his travelling companion. But all the Yahudi in those places knew that Timoteo’s father was a Girik therefore Paul first circumcised Timoteo so that he would be respected by the Yahudi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Paul wanted to take Timothy along with them, so he circumcized him. The reason he circumcized Timothy was so that the Jews there in the villages where they travelled would not be disgusted with Timothy, because all the Jews there, they knew that Timothy’s father was a Greek.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “and Pablo wanted to take-him -along. But because all the people there knew that his father was a Gentile, Pablo had-him -circumcised first so that the feelings (lit. thoughts) of their fellow Jews in the various-towns where-they -would-go would not be injured.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Pablo wanted to cause him to go along on that journey of theirs, therefore he asked him. But before they set out, he circumcized him so that the minds/thinking of the Jews there wouldn’t be agitated. For everyone knew that Timoteo’s father was a Griego, and as for the Griego, circumcizing wasn’t their custom.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Apinayé: “Paul arrived and saw him, and wanted to take him along with them. But Timothy was a mixed breed. His mother was an Israel but his father was a non-Israel. Thus Timothy was a mixed breed. Because the Israel ones knew it, Paul circumcised Timothy.” (Source: Callow 1972, p. 47f.)

complete verse (Acts 16:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:4:

  • Uma: “From there, Paulus and his companions left again, and in every town that they passed, they always announced to the followers of Yesus the decision of the discussion of the apostles of the Lord Yesus and the elders in Yerusalem the other day. And they taught them to follow the commands that had been specified.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Paul and company travelled and went to different places and they told the ones trusting in Isa the commands from the commissioned ones and the elders in Awrusalam. They told them to obey those commands.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They left again, and in all the villages that they passed through they told the Gentile believers the orders of the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem. And they told them that it was necessary that they keep that.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then they went and visited the towns there to go make-known to the Gentiles what the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem had decided that they follow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, on that journey of theirs, at each place they came to, they told to all the believers there, so that they would follow/obey also, those things which had been agreed upon by the apostles and overseers of the believers in Jerusalem, which was their advice to the believers who weren’t Jews.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 16:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:5:

  • Uma: “From there, the faith of the believers in the Lord Yesus in that town grew stronger-and-stronger, and every day more-and-more people believed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore the trust/faith of the trusting ones became strong and as days went on, their number also increased.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, the faith of the believers was drawn tight, and every day the number of people who believed increased.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore the faith of the brothers in the various-congregations became-strong while-simultaneously they became-more-and-more daily.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore the believing/obeying became sturdy of the believers in all the places where they were going and every day they were being added to.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)