Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Matthew 15:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:33:

  • Uma: “His disciples answered: ‘What shall we do? [lit., How?], because it is empty/desolate here. Where shall we (incl.) get food to feed all those many people?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “His disciples said to him, ‘Where shall we (incl.) get food enough to feed these crowds here in this lonely place?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his disciples said, ‘This place is far from houses. Where can we here get food to feed these many people?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Yes admittedly,’ said his disciples, ‘but where shall we get what will suffice for them to eat, because here it is isolated here?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Expletive,’ said those disciples of his, ‘Lord, wherever can we (incl.) get food here in this wilderness place which would be enough for a crowd of people like that?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The learners said: ‘But, where are we to get food for these people to eat? There are lots of them. And here where we are it is just wilds.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:34)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:34:

  • Uma: “Yesus asked them: ‘How many breads do you have?’ They answered him: ‘Seven, and just a few small fish.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said to them, ‘How many loaves of bread do you have?’ They said, ‘Seven breads and some small fish.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘How many pieces of bread do you have?’ asked Jesus. ‘Seven pieces and a few small fish,’ they said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘How many breads do you have?’ Jesus inquired. ‘Seven,’ they said, ‘and only-a-few small dried-fish.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Well how many units of bread do you have there?’ said Jesus to them. ‘Lord, only seven units is all there is and just a few units of little-fish.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus asked a question of the learners saying: ‘How much bread do you have?’ The learners then said: ‘Just seven breads are here and a few little fish.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:35:

  • Uma: “From there, he ordered the many people to sit on the ground.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa told the crowds to sit down on the ground.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus commanded that the people sit down on the ground.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “That being so, Jesus had-the many-people -sit-down.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus caused the people to sit down.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus ordered that the people should sit to eat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:36)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:36:

  • Uma: “He took the seven breads and the several small fish, and he said thank you to God. After that, he broke/chunked it and gave it to his disciples so that they could divide it to the many people there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He took the seven breads and the fishes and he gave thanks to God. Then he divided them and gave them to his disciples and they also gave them to the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he got the seven pieces of bread and the fish, and he gave thanks to God, and he broke it, and he gave it to his disciples, and they gave some to each of the people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he took the seven breads and the dried-fish and gave-thanks to God. After that he broke-them-small and he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the many-people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then he asked for those seven units of bread and those little-fish, and then he gave-thanks to God. After he’d finished, he broke them up and then gave them to his disciples to hand out to the people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “He held the seven breads and the fish. He thanked God that there was food for the people to eat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:37:

  • Uma: “They all ate until they were full. After they had eaten, his disciples gathered the leftovers, seven baskets more.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They all ate and were filled. And then they gathered the left-overs, seven baskets full.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “All ate and were satisfied, and seven baskets of leftovers were what the disciples gathered up from those people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They all ate and were full. When they gathered furthermore what was left-over, seven baskets were full (lit. placed-in) of the leftover food.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “All of them ate till they were full. Well, the disciples collected what was left over, filling seven large-baskets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “These people who ate were four thousand men. The women and the children weren’t counted. Yet all were filled. When the people finished eating, the learners of Jesus gathered seven baskets of bread which were left over.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:38:

  • Uma: “The number of those who ate at that time, four thousand men, not counted the women and children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The people who ate were four thousand men, not counting the women and children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Four thousand males ate, and they didn’t include in the counting the women and children that ate also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The number of those-who-ate, it was four thousand old-men and young-men, excluding women and children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for the number of those who ate, there were four thousand men only, not counting women and children.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “These people who ate were four thousand men. The women and the children weren’t counted. Yet all were filled. When the people finished eating, the learners of Jesus gathered seven baskets of bread which were left over.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 15:39)

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

  • Uma: “After that, he ordered them to return going to their homes, and he rode a boat going to the land of Magadan.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then the people were sent home by Isa and he got in a boat and went to the place Magadan.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus sent the people home, and he got into a boat, and he went to the town of Megatan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus sent-the people -home and he rode-with his disciples in the boat to go to the region of Magadan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Only then did Jesus send those people on their way, and then he and his disciples sailed, going to the land/place of Magadan.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Afterwards Jesus sent away the people. Then he went, traveling by boat and went to the land called Magadan.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 16:1)

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

  • Uma: “There were several Parisi and Saduki people who came to Yesus wanting to test/tempt him. They asked/requested Yesus, they said to him: ‘Do something surprising so that we will know clearly that you (sing.) are from God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then some Pariseo and Sadduseo went to Isa. They wanted to trap him therefore they asked to be shown a sign whether he truly had power from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were some Pharisees and Sadducees who went to Jesus because they will test him. Therefore they asked him, they said, ‘Show us a sign which proves that God sent you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There were some Pharisees and Saducees who went to Jesus. They wanted to test him, so they requested that he show an amazing sign that God was the one-who-sent him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “One day, a few people who were Pariseo and Saduceo went to Jesus, for they wanted to test him. That is why they were asking him for a sign which they would see in the sky/heaven, which is his authorization.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Where Jesus arrived some Pharisees with some Saducees came to word-trap Jesus. They ordered that there in the heavens he would do a miracle so that it would be shown that he was a messenger from God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)