Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Peter 3:12:
- Uma: “For we here are waiting for God’s Deciding Day. We had better make good our following of the Lord to the best of our ability, in order that that Day will soon arrive. On that day, the sky will be burned up by fire, and everything that there is will dissolve/melt from the heat.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “while you wait for his coming. Really strive to do God’s will so that the day of his coming will soon arrive, the day when the sky will burn and be destroyed and the different-things in the sky will melt through/by fire.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For we are waiting for the day when God will punish the earth. Let us do as much as we can so that it may soon come to pass. On that day the sky will be completely burned up and everything will be melted by the great heat.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “as you are waiting for the day on which God will judge the collective-people. You should also put-forth your efforts (lit. ability) in order that its arrival will be-quicker/sooner. It is true that on that day, the sky will be burned-up and all that is there will be melted with fire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You must really persevere in these things, while you await this day which he has-set-as-the-end. Persevere so that the coming of that day will be quicker. Admittedly on that day, the sky/heaven will be burned up and all its created contents will be melted away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now you are waiting for the day God will come. Earnestly endeavor to get God’s work done in order that soon he will come. On that day the heavens will burn with fire. All that is above will melt from the fire.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
