Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:9:
- Uma: “This blessing spoken of by Daud is not just for people who are circumcised according to the Jewish religious law, but for people who are not circumcised too. For as I already said earlier, God said Abraham was straight only because of his faith.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Is the joy/happiness spoken of by Da’ud only for the Yahudi the nation who circumcises? Not so! But/Rather he says that including the tribes/nations who do not circumcise also. I have said earlier that the reason Ibrahim was considered straight by God was because he believed God’s promise.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now this being better off that David spoke of, this was not given just to us (excl.) Jews but rather it was given also to the people who aren’t Jews, for according to what I’ve already said, as for Abraham, he believed in God and because of this belief of his, God considered him to be righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All right then, this good-fortune, is it only for the Jews who have been circumcised? No, it is also for the Gentiles, even though they have not been circumcised. Let us consider again what God caused-to-be-written which says that Abraham believed/obeyed what God said, so God counted him as righteous.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This good fortune now, is it only for the Jews who marked their bodies? No, not that. Rather also the people who have not marked their bodies encounter this good fortune. Because I told you that Abraham believed that the word God said would happen. In that he believed, for that God cleared him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
