Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:17:
- Uma: “The person who is sitting on his porch, don’t have him go into his house first to get his stuff.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person is outside his house he shall/must not go inside to fetch his belongings.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That person who happens to be outside of his house, he must not waste time to go in the house to get any of his possessions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who is in the yard/area-outside of his house it is necessary that he not be delayed by entering to go get his possessions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for the one on the flat roof of his house, he isn’t to busy himself going into the house to fetch belongings, but on the contrary having come down he is to run-away straight away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The person who will be on top of a house must not think that he will go into his house to get something to carry away, rather he should at once flee.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
