Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 6:9:
- Uma: “After that, I also saw the Lamb open the fifth seal. I saw under the offering burning table there were the ghosts of people who were killed because they announced the Word of God and they did not retreat from their confession/admission that Yesus was their Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the Sheep removed the fifth seal. Na, I saw an altar and under that altar, there (I saw) the souls of those people who had been killed because they had proclaimed the message of God and because they had persevered telling about Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the young sheep removed the fifth mark on the scroll, and I saw then underneath the sacrificial altar the souls of the people who had been killed because of their faith in the Word of God and because of their spreading it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that the Sheep detached the fifth thing-that-was-adhering/affixed, and I saw beneath the altar (loan altar) the spirits of people who had been killed because of their following God’s word and the teaching that the Lord Jesus made-known.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And next the fifth fastening was removed by that one referred to as Young Sheep. Suddenly/unexpectedly I saw under the altar (lit.burning-place) the spirits of those who had been killed because of their testifying about the word of God and their standing up for this truth of his.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then the Lamb broke the fifth seal. Then I saw the souls of the dead, those who had been killed for their speaking God’s word, and who had not rested from speaking the word. Therefore they had been killed. All these were there at the altar.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
