complete verse (Mark 7:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:14:

  • Uma: “After that Yesus again called the many people to come close to him, he said to them: ‘All of you listen, so you will know:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After that, Isa called the people again to him and he said to them, ‘You all listen to me so that you understand what I say:” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus called the people to him again, and he said, ‘All of you listen to my words and understand that” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus called the many-people and he said to them, ‘All of you listen to this so that you will understand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus again caused the crowd to come close and said, ‘Listen all of you and try-to-understand what I am saying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Mark 7:14

Text:

Instead of palin ‘again’ of the great majority of modern editions of the Greek text, Textus Receptus and Taylor have panta ‘all.’

Exegesis:

proskalesamenos (cf. 3.13) ‘calling to him,’ ‘summoning.’

sunete (cf. 4.12) ‘you must understand.’

Translation:

Hear me is ‘listen to me.’ Understand may be understood figuratively as ‘receive it in your hearts.’

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 .