Following are a number of back-translations of John 20:23:

• Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “If you forgive the sins of someone, he is no longer guilty; and if you do not forgive the sin of a person, he is still guilty.”
• Ojitlán Chinantec: “Of all those whose sins you have forgiven, God says that their sins are forgiven. And of all whose sins you have not forgiven, they are not forgiven.”
• Yatzachi Zapotec: “The people who repent of their sins, you have authority to tell them that they are blotted out. But the people who do not repent of their sins, you have authority to tell them that they are not blotted out.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
• Uma: “The ones whose sins you forgive, God will forgive them. If you do not forgive their sins, God will not forgive them.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If you forgive people their sins, God will also forgive their sins. If you do not forgive, God will also not forgive.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this when you forgive anyone who has sinned, God will also forgive him. And if you don’t forgive him, neither will God forgive him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “in order that whoever they are to whom you say that his sins are forgiven, God will already have-forgiven them. And whoever they are to whom you say that his sins are not forgiven, neither will God have-forgiven them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Through his putting it in your minds, whoever you tell that their sins are forgiven, it’s certain they truly are forgiven. But those you tell that they have not been forgiven, it’s certain they indeed haven’t been forgiven.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “To whom you forgive sin is that one whom God has forgiven. To whom you do not forgive their sin are those whom God has not forgiven.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)