vineyard

The Hebrew, Latin, and Greek that is translated as “vineyard” in English is translated in Noongar as boodjer-djildjiyang, lit. “land for fruit.” (Source: Portions of the Holy Bible in the Nyunga language of Australia, 2018).

complete verse (Mark 12:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:8:

  • Uma: “So they caught the child, killed him and cast him out of the field.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then he was seized by them and then killed and thrown-out by them to the outside of the fence of the garden.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then they grabbed him and killed him and threw him outside of the orchard.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then they caught-him and killed-him, after that they threw his body outside the grape-area.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, they set on him to kill him. They dragged him outside that ubas plantation. Well, they truly did kill him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Mark 12:8

Exegesis:

exebalon auton exō tou ampelōnos ‘they threw him out of the vineyard’: the words indicate that they did not bury the body but threw it out unburied, a final indignity. (If the cultural context of the language requires it, ‘cast him out’ may be read ‘cast the body out’ with no violence being done the Greek.)

Translation:

Took him is equivalent to ‘grabbed him.’

Cast him out may require a change to ‘threw his corpse out,’ for the use of the pronoun ‘him’ might imply that he was not actually dead.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of Mark. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1961. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .