complete verse (Romans 1:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 1:7:

  • Uma: “That’s why I send this letter to all Kristen people in Roma. God loved you and called you to be/become his holy followers. Greetings: I call-out to God our Father and to the Lord Yesus Kristus, that he bless you from his grace [lit., white insides] and give you peace/well-being [lit., goodness of life].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “That’s why I here write to you the ones there in the land/place of Roma. God loves you and you were chosen by him so that you are his people. May it be that God, our (incl.) Father and Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader always take-care-of you. May it be also that they give you peace in your livers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, I will write to all of you in the town of Rome who are precious in the breath of God and whom He has made His subjects. As for our Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ, may he show favor to you and give you a peaceful situation.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Here then is my letter to all of you there whom God loves and has called to become his people. May you have the grace/kindness and peace that come from God our Father and the Lord Jesu Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I greet you, you inhabitants of Rome. God loved you and thus he called you to be in his hand. I want that God our Father and also our Lord Jesus Christ will bless you and put peace in your hearts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Central Mazahua: “You who are in Rome, I greet you. Very much God loves you. He summoned you to be his people. God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord look on you well and cause you to rest in your hearts.”
  • Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “And I write a letter to you, you who are the ones in the city Rome. And you are the ones whom God loves, and God himself has called you that you should be those who believe in God. Well then, God in heaven is our Father, and Jesus Christ is the Lord who has authority over us. And I wish that the two of them would do favors to you and that the two of them would make you peaceful in your hearts, I wish.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
  • Chichewa: “. . . May God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ favour you in heart and give you peace.” (Interconfessional translation, publ. 1999) (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 69)
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