Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:2:
- Uma: “and flow along the middle of the road of the village. On the banks of the stream on both sides grew tree(s) called tree(s) of life. Those trees / That tree fruited twelve times a year, each month it/they bore fruit. The leaves were used as medicine to heal people all over the world.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “and it flows in the middle of the street of that city. On both sides of that water there is a tree, the tree that gives life. In one year this tree bears fruit twelve times, once every month. And the leaves of this tree cause the tribes of the earth to be well.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The water flows in the middle of the street of that city, and on either shore of the water can be seen the trees which give life. As for that kind of tree, it has twelve kinds of fruit, and each month it bears a different kind, and the leaves are medicine which can cure the people of the kingdoms of the earth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “flowing-down in the middle of the street of the town. On both-sides of the river, there are trees which give life. They bear-fruit twelve-times yearly once monthly. Their leaves also, they are used-for-medicine by the collective-people in the collective-towns/countries so that they don’t get sick.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And where it flows is in the center of the big street of that city. Sprouting/growing on both banks is the tree which also gives life. Each month those trees bear-fruit, that’s why twelve times a year they have new fruit. And as for their leaves, they cause people to be well so that no-one is ill.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the big street of the city, down the center of that street was the path of the water. On each side of the water stood trees which give new life. Twelve times a year they bear fruit. Because each month they have fruit. Concerning their leaves, they are what heal here on earth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
