complete verse (1 John 3:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:7:

  • Uma: «My children, don’t you allow any of those who want to deceive you [to do so]. People who do God’s will, they are upright people, like Yesus is upright.» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: «My children-grandchildren, be careful so that you will not be led astray from the true teaching. Whoever does the straight/righteous, is straight as Almasi (is).» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: «My children, it’s necessary that you do not listen to any lying person who would like to teach you. What is true is this: if there is a person who behaves properly, he is the righteous person just like Christ is righteous.» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: «My children whom I esteem, be careful so you are not deceived. Whoever continually does what is good, that is a righteous (lit. straight) person as is Cristo just the same.» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: «My like children, don’t let yourselves be misled by anyone. As for the one who does righteousness, he is righteous in the sight of God, like Jesu-Cristo who is really righteous.» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: «Listen, my children, don’t let anyone deceive you into committing sin. The one who lives good is good like Jesus Christ is good.» (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: «My little children, we must not permit anyone to deceive us. If we do what we ought to do we walk straight as Christ walks straight (is righteous).»
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: «My dear children, don’t let ourselves be deceived. He who habitually does good, it is known that his heart is good, like Christ.»
  • Tzotzil: «My children, don’t let anyone deceive you. If what we do is good, it is because our hearts are straight like Christ’s heart is straight.» (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
  • Candoshi-Shapra: «Children, beware, don’t allow anyone to deceive you. The person who lives straight is a -straight-one. Like Jesus is a-straight-one like that he will be.»
  • Yanesha’: «Not, my little ones, you allow anyone to deceive you. Christ, the one who does that which is fitting, he is the one who is all good, thus like him, completely fitting whatever he does.»
  • Aguaruna: «My little children don’t be deceived by others. He who works good is good, like Christ is good;» (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
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