Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:23:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘It is very true, you will indeed carry suffering like what I carry. But as for who sits on my right side and my left side, it is not I who determines [lit., make-certain]. It is my Father who determines who gets that portion.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa said, ‘You will really be persecuted as I will soon be persecuted. But as to seating (anyone) on my right or left,’ said Isa, ‘I am not the one who rules/has authority over that. But those seats belong to those whom my Father God has prepared.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘It is true,’ said Jesus, ‘that you will endure suffering like I will have to endure, however I am not the one who will choose who will be allowed to sit on my right side and on my left. The ones who will be able to sit there are those my Father God has prepared for.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘It’s admittedly true that you will suffer like my suffering. But the one-to-sit on my right and my left, I have no authority to say, because my Father has already chosen the ones to sit there.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘It’s the truth,’ said Jesus, ‘the hardship I will experience, you will also experience it. But the determining of who will sit at my right and at the left doesn’t originate with me. Those seats being referred to are being kept for whom my Father in heaven is keeping them for.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said: ‘Truly it will thus be, very much will you suffer, like the suffering I must go through. Overflowingly the people will make you suffer like I will be made to suffer. But concerning this matter you speak of, it isn’t for me to determine who will sit at my right or who will sit at my left. It is my Father who has already determined who will sit at each side of me.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)