Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:25:
- Uma: “‘That is why I say to you: don’t be afraid or say: ‘What are we (incl.) going to eat, and drink?’ Don’t be afraid or say: ‘What shall we (incl.) wear?’ Because your life is more than food and clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Therefore I say to you: do not worry about your livelihood as to what you will eat and as to what you will drink so that you live, or about your body as to what shall be your clothing. Life is more valuable than food and the body is more valuable than clothes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this I say to you, my disciples, that you should not be concerned about food and drink which is your means of staying alive. Don’t also worry about clothes to put on your body. For God has given you your breath and your body which are very precious. It’s not possible that he won’t also give you food and clothing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘This is the reason I tell you, don’t be worried about food, drink, and clothes which you need in this life. Because your lives are far-away more valuable than food, and your bodies are emphatically more valuable than clothes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s why I am saying to you not to cause your mind/thinking to be agitated about where you will be able to get all you need for your body like food, drink and clothes. For isn’t it so that life is more/greater than food and your body is more/greater than clothes? Well since life and body are indeed God’s gift to you, of course he will also give these things which you need, which are food and clothing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that you must not worry about what you will eat and drink or about what you will wear. For the soul of the person is more valuable than what one eats. The person’s body is more valuable than what he wears.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
