Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 4:5:
- Uma: “Let’s not be carried by the desires of our (incl.) evil hearts, like what usually happens to people who do not know God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Don’t satisfy the greedy-desires of your bodies as the people do who don’t know God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and not because you are controlled by the desires of your body, for this is what happens to people who do not believe in God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It should not be the desires of your bodies that direct you like the way of people who do not know God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You aren’t to marry with what is really dominant in your mind/inner-being being only to indulge the desire of the body, as is still the way/nature of people who have no knowledge of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They must not cause them to live miserably like what is done by those people who do not know God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
