Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:32:
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “And you will know the nature of the truth. And you will be liberated on account of having accepted the truth.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: ” . . . and when you know the truth you will be taken from your servanthood.”
- Aguaruna: “And when you do, you will know truth, and that truth will lead you to freedom.”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “And you will know what is truth. And because of truth you will not be ruled over by anyone else.”
- Chol: “You will begin to become acquainted with the truth of my words. My words are true. They will cause you to become free.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “You will know what my true words mean, and if you know what they mean, you will no longer be under the foot of evil like slaves.”
- Lalana Chinantec: “. . . You will no longer need to work without pay like you do now.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “and if you are really my followers, you will really know the true teaching, with the result that you will be free.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And you will know as to what is the truth from God. And this truth will free you from what is enslaving you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You will know the true doctrine, and by means of this you will be set free from slavery.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You will come-to-know the truth concerning me, and by-means-of this truth, you will-be-set-free.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You will really recognize the truth, and this truth is what will release you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And you will know the true word and the true word will save you.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:10:
- Uma: “and in the end he freed him from all his suffering. God gave him skill that gladdened the heart of Firaun the king in the land of Mesir, with the result that Firaun raised him to be the governor of the land of Mesir and to be the commander in his house.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God delivered him from all the troubles that came to him. God also gave him knowledge, and when he went to face the king of Misil, the king was pleased with him. Therefore the king gave him the title governor of that country Misil and he was given charge of the people in his palace.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and rescued him out of all the difficult things that happened to him. The Lord blessed Joseph. That’s why the king there in Egypt liked Joseph because he saw that great wisdom had been given to him. And as for the king, he made Joseph governor of all his kingdom, and the one who would be in charge of all of his possessions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and he saved/rescued him from all his sufferings. He gave him intelligence and a good behavior that was the cause-of-the Faraon or king of Egipto’s -liking him. Therefore, the Faraon appointed him to-be-governor of all the towns in Egipto and to also be-in-charge of all his possessions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Proof is, he freed him from all the hardships which happened to him, and also gave him far-from-ordinary wisdom/understanding, that being why the king of Egipto was pleased with him. And then what that king did was, he set Jose up as governor who had authority over the whole land of Egipto, including the household of the king.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “God saved Joseph. The sorrow of Joseph was all gone. The king of the Egyptian people whom they called Pharaoh came to like Joseph. Pharaoh heard that the words which Joseph spoke were very good because God had done that for Joseph. Therefore Pharaoh selected Joseph to be his assistant. He appointed Joseph the authority of the land of Egypt and of all of the things that he himself had in his house.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:33:
- Uma: “God lifted up Yesus, and seated him in the seat of honor on his right side, and he gave him the Holy Spirit. From there, Yesus ordered the Holy Spirit to come here to us (excl.), according to God’s promise. So, what you have just seen and heard, has happened because of the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa was greatly honored by God there at his right hand, the most important place. And as God had promised he was given by his Father the Holy Spirit. So-then he sent this Holy Spirit to us (excl.) his disciples. And this that you see and hear now is the work/doing of the Holy Spirit that he has sent to us (excl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus was made immortal, and he has been caused to sit on the seat of highest rank there on the right hand side of God. And our Father God gave him the Holy Spirit whom he promised to him. Therefore you have seen and heard today all of these amazing things because it comes from the power of the Holy Spirit which God has given.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He was raised to heaven by the power of God, and Father God gave him authority to send the Holy Spirit to stay in us (excl.), because that is the very thing that God promised. What therefore you saw and heard, it was done by the Holy Spirit that Jesus sent.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Now, Jesus has been given far-from-ordinary importance/highness at the right side of God the Father. And Jesus has now received what God the Father promised, that the Espiritu Santo would enter-to-indwell our (excl.) body. Well, this which you can now see and hear now, it’s because of our (excl.) having been caused by Jesus to be indwelled by the Espiritu Santo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “God called Him up above to where He Himself lives. Jesus is living at the right hand of God. God the Father gave to Jesus his Great Spirit as he had said. Jesus has sent the Great Spirit to this world. Jesus is doing all the things that you see and hear today.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:35:
- Uma: “Whoever submit to Him and who have upright character, he certainly receives them, and he doesn’t distinguish what sort of people they are.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “No matter of what nation/tribe, whoever respects/reveres God and his works are straight, God is pleased with him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because an inhabitant of any place here on earth, if he respects God and his custom is righteous, God will accept him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “but rather he receives even any person, Jew or Gentile, if they esteem God and do what is good.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “On the contrary, whatever nation of people, as long as they honor/respect him with fear and do what is righteous in his sight, they are all acceptable to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “For God is good-hearted with just anybody who reveres him, people who do good as he wants. He is good at heart with just anybody who does that, be he an Israel person, be he a different person.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:33:
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “I wouldn’t have realized who he was, but God, the person who sent me to baptize said to me, ‘You will see my Spirit come down where the person is who will cause my Spirit to be in your hearts to rule you.'”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: ” . . . ‘You will see the Holy Spirit who will come down from heaven. The Holy Spirit will come to rest on a man. He is the one who will send the Holy Spirit to people, as if to say, he will baptize with the Holy Spirit instead of water.'”
- Lalana Chinantec: “I didn’t know who he was at first, but the one who sent me said to me: ‘You are going to see the Great Spirit descend on a person. The Great Spirit will remain on him. He is the one who will cause my Great Spirit to enter into people’s hearts. That’s how he will baptize people.’ That’s what he told me.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “There is also this testimony of Yohanes. He said: ‘At first I did not know that Yesus was the Redeemer King. But God ordered me to baptize people with water, and he said to me like this: ‘If you (sing.) should see the Holy Spirit come-down and land on a person, He will be the one who will baptize people with the Holy Spirit.’ So, I did see the Holy Spirit come-down from heaven in-the-shape-of a dove, land and come-to-rest on Yesus. That is why these are my words: Yesus, He is the Child of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I did not yet know him, but God who told me to bathe the people with water told me, he said, ‘When you see the Holy Spirit come down going to a certain person and remaining there with him, he is the one who will bathe mankind in a different way, he will send to them the Holy Spirit.’ ‘ Then Yahiya testified about Isa, he said, ‘I really saw the Holy Spirit come down from the sky like the shape of a dove alighting and remaining with Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at first,’ said John, ‘I did not yet know that he was the prophesied king, but God who is the one who sent me that I might baptize by means of water, he told me beforehand, he said, ‘If you see a person upon whom the Holy Spirit comes down and doesn’t leave him, this is the person who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Previously, I-say, I didn’t know him. But then the one who sent me to go baptize-with water, he said, ‘The one whom you (sing.) see on-whom-my-Spirit -alights and remains, it is he who will baptize-with the Holy Spirit.’ And so it was that I saw the Holy Spirit like a pigeon/dove who came-down from heaven and stayed with/in him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I didn’t know that he was the one. But God who sent me to baptize in water, he’s the one who said to me, ‘You will see the Espiritu Santo who will descend on a person and enter-to-indwell him. Well, that one, that person is the one who will baptize, the Espiritu Santo being what he baptizes with.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Until then I did not know who was the Christ. But when I was sent to baptize with water, God told me, ‘That man you see that the Holy Spirit arrives upon, he is that one who will cause that the people will be empowered by the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 4:17:
- Uma: “But so that not all the people hear their teaching, it is better that we threaten/scare them and forbid them, so they no longer continue to teach anyone mentioning Yesus.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But,’ they said, ‘in order that this will not become any further known, let us (incl.) instruct them that they should not speak to anyone about Isa.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Let’s tell them that they must no longer teach the believing in the name of Jesus to anybody so that this, their teaching, may not spread to the people.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Let’s threaten them so they do not repeat to say the name of Jesus when they are talking to the many-people, lest others increasingly find-out-about-it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Of course we don’t want the number to increase very much of those who will know this, therefore what would be good is, we will tell them strictly not to teach anyone any more concerning that Jesus.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “But there is great danger of the word of Jesus spreading. We’ll tell those people that never again should they speak about Jesus. ‘We’ll just see what will happen,’ we will say, ‘if you continue to speak with people about Jesus.’ That’s the agreement that the people who judge reached.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:36:
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “Therefore if the Son of God liberates you, you will be truly liberated.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “I am the Son of my Father. If I free you from your servanthood, you truly won’t be servants.”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “You are like bought ones and the Son of God is able to free you and thus you will be able to rule yourselves.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “And if the Son of God cause you to get out from under the foot of evil so you are no longer like slaves, then truly you will get out from under its foot.”
- Lalana Chinantec: “So if the Son will save you, you will really be saved.”
- Central Tarahumara: “. . . If I shall help you so that you no longer have to do wrong, then you truly shall no longer be ruled as if you were a servant of the devil.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “So, if I free you from your sins, you are really free, because I am the Child of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore if the Son of God is the one who frees you, you are really free for sure.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore if you are set free by the Son of God, it is really true that you can no longer be ruled over by your former slave owner.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore if I who am God’s Child set-you -free from sin, you will indeed by freed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As long as I, who am the one meant by this Son, will be the one to release you from your slavery, it’s certain you will be truly released.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore if the Son of God saves you, you truly are saved.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:11:
- Uma: “From there, arrived a big famine all over the land of Mesir and the land of Kanaan. When this big famine arrived, many people suffered, and our ancestors also no longer had food.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then a famine came/arrived throughout the country of Misil and including the country Kana’an, the place of Yakub and company. The people were very short-of-food. Our (incl.) forefathers could not find any food.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So,’ said Stephen to the leaders, ‘a great famine took place in all of the land of Egypt and also in the land of Canaan, and the inhabitants there were having a hard time. And our ancestors, there was no place where they could get food.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘That being so, a famine arrived in the many-towns in Egipto and in Canaan, and people were excessively hardshipped. Our ancestors, they had no place-to-get what they would eat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, some years passed, then a painful famine occured in Egipto. It was the same in Canaan where our fore-fathers, the sons of Jacob, were living. They really had big hardship for it was hard to find where they could get food.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “So corn became scarce in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan. The people really suffered. Our ancestors were not able to find food.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
