Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 15:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:25:

  • Uma: “From there, that woman came anyway and bowed down in front of Yesus, saying to him: ‘Lord, please help me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But when the woman heard this, she came close to Isa and prostrated/bowed down, she said, ‘Sir, help me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the women came near, and she knelt down to Jesus saying, ‘Chief, help me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But that woman, she went nevertheless to kneel in front of Jesus. ‘Lord, please (strongest request) help me,’ she said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But that woman came up to him anyway, bowed down in front of him and spoke, saying, ‘Pity me truly, Lord!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But the woman approached Jesus and knelt before him. She said: ‘Listen, Lord, help me.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:26:

  • Uma: “Yesus answered: ‘It is not good to take the food of the children and feed it to the dogs.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered her in a parable, he said, ‘It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘It is not good if we (dual) take the food of the children and feed it to the dogs.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jesus said parabling, ‘It emphatically isn’t right if the child’s food is fed to dogs.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus spoke saying, ‘It really isn’t possible/acceptable to grab-away what is being eaten by a child just in order to throw it to the dogs.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to this woman: ‘But if I first help you and you are not a Jew, it is as though the food were taken from the children and given to the dogs.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:27:

  • Uma: “That woman said: ‘That is very true, Lord, but usually the dogs eat the crumbs of food that fall from the table in the house of its master.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘True, Sir,’ said the woman, ‘but even the dogs eat what falls from the table.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the woman said, ‘That’s true, Chief, but even the dog can eat the scraps that fall from the table of his master.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Yes admittedly, Lord,’ said the woman, ‘but even the dogs, they eat the food-scraps that fall when their masters are eating.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘That’s true, Lord,’ said that woman, ‘but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from where their owners are eating.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The woman said to him: ‘Yes, Lord, that is right. Yet the dogs eat the bits of food of their owners which fall from the table.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:28:

  • Uma: “From there, Yesus said to her: ‘Your (sing.) faith is very strong, mother/woman! Therefore, let it be/happen as your (sing.) will/desire.’ At that time, her child did indeed get well.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered her, he said, ‘O woman, your trust is really strong. What you ask is given to you.’ Na, at that time her daughter was immediately well.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered this woman, ‘Woman,’ he said, ‘your faith in God is very big. I will give you what you ask for.’ And then immediately the child of this woman was cured.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘Mother (vocative for woman whose name is unknown), that trust of yours (sing.) is large! What you (sing.) asked for will thus be fulfilled.’ And at that hour/time, her young-lady child became-well.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Jesus heard that, he said to that woman, ‘Your belief in me really is big. That which you need will be yours.’ At that very hour, that child of hers truly did get better.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Then Jesus said to the woman: ‘Listen woman, you believe well that it can be done as you say. Therefore it will be done.’ Then the woman’s daughter who walked with the evil spirit at once had the spirit depart from her.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:29:

  • Uma: “After that, Yesus also left from there, he walked on the edge of Lake Galilea. He climbed going to a hill, and he sat teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa continued from there and went along the edge of lake Jalil. Then he climbed onto a mountain and he sat down there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus left there, and he went along the shore of the Lake of Galilee. He climbed up a hill and sat down there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus left and went to the edge of lake Galilea. He climbed to the mountainous-area and sat down.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Going from there, Jesus returned to the shore of the Lake of Galilea. And then he went up a hill and sat down.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus passed on and went to the other side of the lake of Galilee. There at the hill he arrived at, he sat down.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:30:

  • Uma: “The people thronged towards him, bringing the lame, the disabled, the blind, those who could not speak and also the other sick people. They put them in front of Yesus and he healed them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Very many people/crowds of people went to him, and they brought the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many people with other sicknesses. They put these sick people at Isa’s feet and he healed them all.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Very many people went up to him. They brought with them crippled people, maimed people, blind people, dumb people. And they brought with them also many who were sick. And they placed them in front of Jesus, and he cured all of these who came to be treated by him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There were extremely many who went to him taking-along sick-ones. There were lame-ones, blind, cripples, dumb and many others. They took them in front of Jesus, and he healed them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Very many people kept arriving, bringing with them the lame, blind, ones with defective parts, dumb and other kinds of illness. They took them into Jesus’ presence and he healed them all.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Very many people arrived there where he was. There were brought to him sick people who were lame, blind, dumb, crippled in hand and in foot, and many other sick people were brought for Jesus to heal.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:31:

  • Uma: “The crowds were surprised to see all the people that Yesus healed: people who could not speak, were able to speak, the disabled got well, the lame walked, the blind saw. That is why they honored God who is worshipped by the Israel people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The people really wondered when they saw that the dumb could speak now, the crippled were healed now, the lame could walk well now, and the blind saw now. So-then they praised God who is worshipped by the tribe of Isra’il.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The people who saw this were very amazed because dumb people can speak already, maimed people are cured, the lame are able to walk already, and the blind people are already able to see. And they praised God whom they, the descendants of Israel, worshipped.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “That being so, the many-people were amazed and praised God who is the God of the descendants of Israel, because they saw that the dumb were speaking, the cripples became-well, the lame were walking and the blind were able-to-see.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Those people were amazed, when they observed that the dumb could now speak, those who had defective parts returned-to-normal, the lame could now walk and the blind could now see. They did nothing other than praise the God of their nation of Israel.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When the people saw what Jesus did in healing the sick people, they were astounded. The dumb could speak, the crippled in hand were healed, the crippled in foot were healed. The blind could see. When this had taken place then the people praised God, he whom the Jews worship.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:32:

  • Uma: “After that Yesus called his disciples, he said to them: ‘My heart is moved [lit., far-away] to see all those people over there. They have been with me for three days, they have no food. I can’t bring myself [lit., my heart isn’t there] to order them to go home hungry, they will faint on the way/road.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa called his disciples to him and he said, ‘I have pity on these crowds of people, for it is three days now that they are here with me and they have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them home if they haven’t eaten, perhaps they will faint on the road.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus called his disciples and he said to them, ‘Pity these people here because for three nights they haven’t separated from me, and they no longer have any food. It’s not good if they go home without having eaten because they might get weak on the way.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they were three days there, Jesus called his disciples and said, ‘I feel-pity for these many-people, because they have stayed-here -with us for three days and their pack-lunches are already used-up. I don’t want to send-them -home when they haven’t yet eaten, because they may faint-from-hunger on the way (lit. path).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When it was the third day that they were there, Jesus called his disciples and said, ‘I pity these people, because today is now the third day that they have been with me, and they have no more food. I really don’t want to send them on their way hungry because maybe they won’t make it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus called his learners to himself and told them: ‘I pity the people here because now it is the third day that they have been here with me. I know that now there isn’t anything for them to eat. I do not want to send them away to their homes without having first eaten, for they would faint on the road.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)