Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 9:19:
- Uma: «So, certainly there will some person who will say like this: ‘If it is like that, then why does God criticize our bad behavior, because our that behavior of ours is just following his decision [he made] beforehand.'» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: «Perhaps one of you (pl.) says to me, ‘If it is like that, why does God find-fault/accuse people. Nobody can oppose his will/wish.'» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: «Certainly there will be someone who says, ‘If that’s the case with God, then why does He get angry with people because of their sins, because it is not possible for them not to obey what God wants.'» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: «Now there may be those of you who will say, ‘If that is indeed the case, why does God still accuse-people -of-sin? Is there even one person who is able-to-change what God wants?'» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: «I suppose that there is someone who wants to say to me: ‘How come then God says that the people have sin? Because no one can go against what God has determined’ they will say to me. Now we, being just people, who are we to say that we do not look well upon what God has determined? Take a pot, for instance, can it say to the maker of pots: ‘I do not look well upon the form in which you have made me’ it will say.» (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
