Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 1:17:

• Uma: “When I saw him thus, down I fell prone in front of him, I was like a dead person. From there, he placed his right hand on my body and he said to me, ‘Do not be afraid. I am the beginning and the end.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When I saw him, immediately I fell at his feet. I was like a dead person. But he placed his right hand on me and said, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am the beginning and the end of all things.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when I saw Him I fell on my face in front of Him, and it was as if I were dead. He placed His right hand on me and He said, ‘Don’t be afraid because I am the origin and the ending of everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When I saw him, I fell-over before him as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, ‘Don’t (sing.) be afraid, because I am the first and last.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet. I couldn’t respond because it was like I was lifeless. But he touched me with his right hand and said, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am the one who is first before all and also I am the one who is right at the end. Everything is really in my control.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Seeing him standing there, I fell, arriving at his feet like a dead person. He put out his hand, his right one, and touched me. He said to me: ‘ Do not be afraid. I am the one who was living when all things began to exist, and I will be continuing to live when there is the end.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)