Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:13:
- Kankanaey: “But as for plural Noe by-contrast, they all in the family had entered the ark OK,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “On that day Noah and his wife entered the ship, taking [their] three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth and their wives.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the very day the rain started, Noe and his wife and their three children Shem, Ham, and Jafet together-with their wives entered/went-into the ship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On the day that it started to rain, Noah went into the boat with his wife, and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and their wives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:21:
- Kankanaey: “When God smelled the fragrance of what Noe offered to him, he said in his thoughts, ‘Reassurance-particle, I will not again punish the earth because of what people do, because I know that what they think-about is nevertheless bad starting-from their childhood (lit. smallness). Therefore I will not repeat to punish all that breathe like the way I did now.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “So, rejoicing in His heart, the LORD said — ‘Even though the heart of man gives birth to evil thoughts from childhood now I will not curse the earth again because of man. And I will not annihilate all living beings again like I did before.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When the LORD smelled its fragrant-aroma, he said to himself, ‘I will- no-longer -curse again the land because of what a man/person does. Even-though I know that man is a sinner from his childhood, I will- no -longer again -destroy all that has-life like what I did before.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Yahweh smelled the pleasant odor, he was pleased with the sacrifice. Then he said to himself, ‘I will never again devastate everything on the earth because of the sinful things people do. Even though everything that people think is evil from the time they are young, I will not destroy all the living creatures again, as I did this time.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 11:2:
- Kankanaey: “When they journeyed then to go to the place of the coming-out of the sun, there-was a wide plain at Sinar which they arrived-at and they resided there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When they went, proceeding eastward, they arrived at a plain in the country of Assyria. And they settled there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “While the people were-transferring for a place-to-live eastward, they were-able-to-reach a plain in the place of Shinar, and there they lived.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:19:
- Kankanaey: “Why did you (sing.) say only that you (pl.) were a sibling-unit and you (sing.) permitted that I take-her-into-my-home-as-wife? Here is your (sing.) spouse. Call-her so-that you will depart (particle of strong disapproval)!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Why did you say that she was your younger sister? That was the reason I brought her here to make her [my] wife. This is your wife, take her and go.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Why did- you -say that you were-siblings? That is why I took her to-become my wife. Now, here is your wife, get her and you (pl.) go-away!'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 14:24:
- Kankanaey: “Therefore I will take absolutely nothing except only what my people ate and the share of these my companions Aner and Escol and Mamre.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Except for what the people have eaten, I do not need anything. Rather give only the share of Eshcol and Mamre, who came with me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will- not -receive anything for myself. What- I -will- just -consider that I have-received is what- my men -have-eaten, but allow my companions Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre to-get their portion of the things that were-taken from the war.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The only thing I will accept is the food that my men have eaten. But Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre went with me and fought alongside me, so let them also have a share of the goods we brought back.’ So the king of Sodom agreed to what he said.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 16:16:
- Kankanaey: “Eighty and six were the years of Abram when- Hagar -gave-birth to that-aforementioned child of hers/his.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “At that time Abram was eighty-six (86) years old.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The age of Abram was 86 years when Ishmael was born.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son Ishmael.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:14:
- Aguaruna: “That word, when he arrived here, was born a human being, and in this way he lived with us. That completely good person was a speaker of the truth. And also we came to know his greatness because his Father, God, had said to his only Son, ‘You are great.'”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “The Person who is the Word was born human and he was with us. He loved mankind very much and he taught mankind all the true words of God. We saw him and we realized that he is the Person of greatest worth because he is the only Son of our Father God.”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “And the One who is called Word, he became a Person, and he lived in our midst. And we saw how he had power. That power is that of the only Son of Father God. He is very kind and merciful and all which he says it is true.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “That Word, he became man[kind], and he lived among us (incl.). We (excl.) saw his power. That power of his he received from his Father, for He is the Only Child. [It is] from him that we know God and his grace [lit., white insides] to us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then, the Word appeared/was-born here in the world having a human body and living among mankind. All love and truth was there with him. We (excl.) were-able to see his power and his brightness, and this his power and brightness were fitting for him for he is the only Son of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the one called the Word of God became human and joined himself to us. He is very gracious and his words are very true. We saw his great high rank which is the high rank of the only child of God. And as for that high rank of his, it was given to him by his Father God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The Word, he became a person and stayed-with us (excl.). He was consistently-compassionate and what he said was all true. We (excl.) saw his godhood which was the godhood of the only Child of God who came-from his Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This Jesus who is called Word, he became a human and then lived here in the world together-with us. His praiseworthiness/glory was experienced by our (excl.) eyes, this glory of his being the glory of the one-and-only Son/child of God the Father. We (excl.) also comprehended the big-size of his grace/mercy and that everything which he revealed/came-out-with is indeed truth.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He who makes known how God is became a person. He lived here where we live. We saw that he is the greatest. He is the greatest because he is God’s only son. He spoke only what is true and he loves the people without limit.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “That which is-being-called the Word was-born and dwelt/joined-with us (incl.) here. We (excl.) have-seen his high-position as the only Child of the Father. He is very [intensifier] merciful and what he is-telling is pure truth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “This Message lived as a person, and He lived among us and we saw the height of His shining Glory. This person is the only Child of Our Father, He Himself has good insides and gave us goodness which is tuberfully correct.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Bariai: “And the Talk became human, and so he came living in our (excl.) midst. And so we saw his light and his great power, it’s the light of the one child whose Father sent him to come. He was full of the action/practice of a soft interior and true talk.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Kupsabiny: “That word became a person, it came to live with us and we saw his greatness. That greatness is what a son who is only one, gets from where the father is. He loved people completely and brought the word of truth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Anindilyakwa: “And that same one who revealed God who was hidden from us, he became a human being like us. He was born, he had flesh and bones and then he lived here and went around with us people. He is rich in love, he was very kind and he kept on and on speaking the truth. We saw that he was the leading powerful and beautiful one, the one who was his Father’s one and only Son, the one who came from his Father to here.” (Source: Julie Waddy in The Bible Translator 2004, p. 452ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 16:14:
- Uma: “From there, he again appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He admonished/reprimanded them because they faith was lacking and their hearts hard. Even though there had been people who had seen him, they still hadn’t believed that he had indeed come back alive.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that, Isa appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He scolded them because they did not believe and because they were stubborn (lit. had hard heads). He said, even though they had been told by those who had seen him that he was alive again from his death, they had not believed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus also appeared to the eleven disciples while they were eating. He scolded them for the hardness of their thinking, for they wouldn’t believe the people who had reported that they had seen Jesus alive.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus appeared to eleven of his disciples while they were eating and scolded them because of their absence of faith and hardness of their minds/thoughts, because they had not believed what those who had seen him upon his coming-to-life again had reported.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus next went-to-see/meet his eleven disciples. He coincided it with their eating. He rebuked then because their believing was still lacking, and because of their stubbornness (lit. the hardness of their heads) that they didn’t believe those he had-gone-to-see/meet on his coming alive again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
