Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:1:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘I am the true tree trunk, and my Father is the owner of the field/garden.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then Isa told a parable, he said to his disciples, ‘I am figuratively the stock of a good plant and my Father is figuratively the one who cares for this plant (lit. what is planted).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I,’ said Jesus, ‘am the trunk of the paras plant, and my Father God is the owner of the plant.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then he said illustrating, ‘I am the true/correct base of the grape-plant, and my Father is the care-taker.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued his teaching of his disciples though, for he was going to finish first what he wanted to say to them. He said, ‘I am the one who is the true like base and stem of an ubas plant, and as for my Father, he is the one who is the Cultivator.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “I am like a vine of grapes and there is no other like me. My Father is like a worker who tends the grape garden.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)