Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Romans 8:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:11:

  • Uma: “God brought Jesus back to life by the power of the Holy Spirit, and it is that Holy Spirit also who dwells in our hearts. So, even though our bodies will die, God will certainly bring our bodies back to life by the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells in our hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “If it is true the Holy Spirit is there dwelling in your liver, God will cause you (pl.) also to be alive like he caused Isa Almasi to be alive from his death.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God, He is the one who raised Jesus Christ. And if the Holy Spirit whom He sent, lives here in us, then we will also be raised from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit that lives here with us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Another-thing, God is the one who made-Cristo -alive again, so if his Spirit is in you, he will also make-alive your bodies that die because of the Holy Spirit who stays in you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is God who caused that Christ resurrected when he had died. He also will cause that our bodies will resurrect after we have died. Because we now walk with the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Tabasco Chontal : “God raised up Jesus from the dead. If his Holy Spirit is in you, just like God raised up Jesus, in the same way God will cause to live also your bodies which will die. He is going to raise your bodies because his Holy Spirit is in you.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
  • Kupsabiny: “And when a person has the Holy Spirit who made Jesus to resurrect from the dead, that same Spirit will make that person to resurrect and will give him a new life.” (Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “God lifted back Jesus from his death. And so if God’s Straight Spirit is living in your interiors, then he’s going to lift you back from your death also, similarly as he lifted back Christ from his death. He’s going to do like this by the Straight Spirit’s power who is living in your interiors.” (Bariai Back Translation)

complete verse (Romans 4:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:22:

  • Uma: “Because of that faith of his, there is written in the Holy Book long ago that says: ‘God said Abraham was straight in his sight.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore because Ibrahim really believed God’s promise to him, ‘he was considered straight by God’ as is written in the holy-book.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of that faith of Abraham, it was written long ago that God considered him to be righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And this faith of his was the reason that God counted him as righteous.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the faith Abraham had, this is why God cleared his sins.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Tabasco Chontal: “That’s why God told Abraham that he would accept him, because of that which he believed.”
  • Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “Therefore on account of his believing in God, God reckoned up that his heart was straight.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)