Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:27:
- Uma: “When the head of the jail woke up, what should he see but that all the doors were open. He unsheathed his sword wanting to commit suicide, because he said/thought that all the prisoners had fled.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the guard woke up and when he saw that all the prison doors were open, he thought-mistakenly that the prisoners had escaped. Therefore he pulled out his sword (bessi) and was about to kill himself.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the watcher of the prison woke up, and when he saw that the doors of the prison were all open, he supposed that the prisoners had all run away. So he pulled out his sword. He wanted to stab himself because he would commit suicide.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the guard then woke-up and saw that the doors were already-open, he drew his sword to kill himself koma, because he thought that all the prisoners had escaped.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The overseer of the jail awoke. When he saw that the doors were open, he unsheathed his blade to commit suicide, for he mistakenly-thought that the prisoners inside had already been able to run away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)