Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:29:
- Uma: “‘Disaster on you, you religious teachers and Parisi people! You are just good on the outside! You fix up so nicely the graves of the prophets and people who were upright long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘You are to be pitied teachers of the religious law and Pariseo. You are just pretending to follow God. You make the graves of the prophets and the righteous/straight people nice to honor them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you, teachers of the law and you Pharisees, because your faith in God is a lie. You decorate the stone houses where you buried the bodies of the righteous people and the inspired ones of God who died long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! Because you fix-up very-nicely the tombs for the prophets from long-ago, and you also decorate the tombs of righteous people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really extremely hard is being reserved for you, you explainers of law and Pariseo, who pretend to believe/obey God. Ornate memorials are what you build there where the prophets were buried and you fix-up-well the graves of people who lived straightly/righteously in the sight of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen, you teachers of the law and Pharisees, how great is the suffering you will have, for it is not true that you are good people. Concerning the spokesmen for God who were killed long ago, you make tombs for them. Also the dead people who did good you make ornamented stones to stand over where they were buried.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
