Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:11:
- Uma: “When they arrived, they entered into the house, they saw that Child with Maria his mother. They bowed down to worship him. After that, they opened up the storing places of their stuff, and they brought out their worship-gifts to that Child. Their worship gifts: gold, and expensive fragrant things that are called incense and mur.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then they entered that house and they saw the child and his mother Mariyam. They prostrated and praised the child. They opened their containers and gave him gold, incense and fragrant oil called mira.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When they entered into the house, they saw the child and Mary his mother. They knelt down because they will worship the child. Then they brought out the chests where they carried their wealth, and they gave him gold and some expensive sweet-smelling things called incense and myrrh.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they arrived at the place of that house, they entered and they saw the baby and Maria his mother. They knelt face-down to worship the baby, and then they opened the containers of the expensive things-they -would-give-as-gifts, and they gave him gold, fragrant incense insinso called frankincense (Eng. loan), and mirra (Ilocano loan).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they had entered that house, they saw the child being-held-on-the-lap of his mother Maria. They worshipped him with their faces down low to the floor. Then they unpacked the valuable things they’d brought to give to the child, which were gold, first-class incense and expensive perfume which was mira.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Arriving at the house they entered. They saw the baby there with Mary his mother. All the men knelt down to worship him. They opened their loads to take out the gold that was in them along with the good incense which smelled beautiful and another good incense called myrrh. All this they gave to him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
