Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:44:
- Noongar: “Jesus began to pain more greatly and he prayed much more earnestly. His sweat fell, dripping to the ground like blood.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “He exerted-great-effort praying, because he felt great suffering/sorrow. His sweat dripped to the ground like blood.]]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because his liver was very grieved, he prayed very hard, therefore his sweat was like blood dripping on the ground.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time Jesus became very sorrowful and he prayed all the harder to God, and his sweat dropped out just like blood.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And in this exceeding hardship of his, he persevered still-more to pray, and his sweat, it was like blood dripping to the soil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His inside was churning terribly. Therefore he prayed with great intensity (lit. using up all that was in his mind/inner-being). Pitter-pattering on the ground was his sweat which was dripping which had blood in with it now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Italian (La Sua Parola è Vita): “In anguish he prayed even more intensely, sweat dripped copiously, as if it were blood from a wound.” (Cotrozzi 2019 explains: “Luke merely wants to highlight Jesus’ emotional strain ‘as so intense that he perspired profusely as a result. The sweat beads multiplied on his body like flowing clumps of blood and dropped to the earth.’”)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:12:
- Uma: “After that, God spoke to them in their dreams, he told them: ‘Don’t return to Herodes!’ So, on their return, they no longer went through Yerusalem, they avoided it going on another road.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this they were told by God in their dream, not to go back to Herod. So-then they returned home, following a different road.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God caused them to understand by means of a dream that they should not return to Herod. And because of this they did not retrace the way they came as they went home.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So then, God caused-them -to-dream, and he instructed them that they not return to Herod, so they walked-by-a-different -route to go-home to their country.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they were to go home now, that night they were caused to dream by God who said that they weren’t to stop-by Herodes. That’s why they went on a different trail when they went home.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “After this, while these men were sleeping, God showed them that when they returned home, they must not go to where Herod was. Rather they returned by another road.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:31:
- Uma: “So, strive to get abilities from the Holy Spirit that are better. But what is really the best, that is what I will tell you now.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Among the expertise given by the Spirit of God we (dual) should ask from God that he gives us (dual) the expertise that really helps our (incl.) fellow-men. But there is still one that really exceeds all expertise, that is our (dual) love for our (dual) companions.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Place in your breath that the proper thing to ask for from God are those skills which are of great value. But there is still a way whose value is very much greater, and it is loving our (incl.) companions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore since it’s not possible that each one of us has all the abilities that God gives, we ought to strongly-desire to receive the more-important/valuable abilities. But now, there is that which I will make-known to you which is far better to be followed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore strive- very -hard-after the best abilitites, those that are the most beneficial to everyone. But if/when you are using these abilities, there is a way/trail which is much better than the way/trail you are following/obeying now. As for this way/trail, it is valuing one another. That’s the way/trail that I will explain to you now so that you will really understand it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You must want that God gives you the work which is most valuable. But there is another matter you must want which is supremely good, and this what I want to teach you about now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:5:
- Noongar: “But they spoke more strongly, ‘Because this man says these things, people are beginning to argue and fight in everywhere in Judea. He started in Galilee and now he comes to this place.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But they just kept-on-insisting, saying: ‘He is stirring up the people with his teaching, all over the land of the Yahudi people. First he was in Galilea, but now he has come here.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But they really insisted they said, ‘He causes trouble to the people because of his teaching. He started his teaching there in the place Jalil and he also taught in all of Yahudiya and now he is also here in Awrusalam.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the people started shouting out all the more, saying, ‘The people who listen to his teaching are rioting! He started his teaching there in the province of Galilee and he has taught also in all the villages here in the province of Judea, and now he is here again in Jerusalem.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But they still insisted saying, ‘He has-been-throwing-all the many-people -into-a-riot, starting from Galilea up to Judea, and here he has also arrived here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But they were-persistent, saying, ‘Really through what he is teaching, he is inciting the people through the whole land of us (excl.) Judio to oppose the government. He began this which he is doing there in Galilea. Today/now what else but it’s now here.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 4:4:
- Uma: “Yesus answered: ‘In the Holy Book it is written like this: ‘Mankind does not live from food alone. They live from following every word that God says.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘It is written in the holy-book it says, ‘It is not just food that causes mankind to live but that is what causes mankind to live the words/speech of God.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘There is written a saying of God which says, ‘It is not only food which man lives on, he also needs every word which God speaks.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Jesus answered saying, ‘The written word of God says, ‘It is not only food that is a person’s means-of-life, but rather they also need everything that God says.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But Jesus replying said, ‘Isn’t it so that what God said is written, which says, ‘It isn’t only food which causes a person to be able to live, but on the contrary each word which comes out from the mouth of God.’ ‘” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus answered and said to the devil: ‘In the Holy Book is written the word that says ‘Concerning the person who does not want to hear what God says, even though that person eats bread, he cannot live.’ ‘” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But Iesus answered his talk and so said, ‘God’s book has talk like this, ‘People won’t be able to receive good living/life from eating bread alone. But they receive good life from listening to all of God’s talk.’ ‘” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Kupsabiny: “But Jesus answered him that, ‘But the writings of God say that, | ‘A person does not survive/live on food alone | but he survives/lives on every word that God speaks.’ ‘” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “But Yesus says: ‘In the Holy Book this is how it is written: ‘People’s life is not by means of only food; But actually by means of all the messages which come down from Above-One’s mouth’ it says.’ ‘” (Source Enggavoter 2004)
For the Old Testament quote, see Deuteronomy 8:3.
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:19:
- Uma: “But in a service I would far rather speak with a language that others knew so that they understood my words. I would rather speak a word or two [a pat phrase used at the beginning of a (hopefully) short speech] to teach others, than to speak at-length in a language from the Holy Spirit that others could not understand.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if in the gathering of the trusters in Isa Almasi I choose yet to speak five words only if only the people understand in order that I am able to preach to them than that I speak thousands of words in language that people don’t understand.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “but in spite of that, if I’m in a gathering of believers, I don’t use it because it’s better for me to speak there even five words that can be understood and can help my companions, rather than my speaking thousands of words that cannot be understood.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But when I join-in-congregating, it is better if I say only five words that can-be-understood so that my companions will be instructed than ten thousand words in a different language that is not understandable.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But in the gathering of believers, this is really what I want, even to be able to speak just five syllables as long as it can be understood and is a means-of-strengthening the believing/obeying of others, rather than thousands of words that can’t be understood by anyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But there where the people gather, it is much better that with just five words I teach the people if those are words which they hear, rather than I speak ten thousand words which the people do not understand the meaning of.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:37:
- Noongar: “and said, ‘Save yourself if you are the King of the Jews!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “and they said: ‘If you (sing.) are really the King of the Yahudi people, then help yourself [lit, your body]!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And they said, ‘If you are the king of the Yahudi, help yourself.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said, ‘If it’s really that you are the King of the Jews, then save yourself!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “while saying, ‘Save yourself (sing.) then if it is true that you (sing.) are the king of the Jews.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And they said, ‘If you really are the King of the Judio, go ahead, free your own body!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:11:
- Uma: “‘Blessed are you people disparage and persecute you and libel/falsely-accuse you with all kinds of libel because of your following me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Better off are you when people talk bad to/about you, and persecute you and slander you which is not true because you follow me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For you are far better off if because you are my disciples people insult you and treat you badly, and they tell lies saying that your doings are bad.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Fortunate are you if people cause- you -shame and persecute you and lie in speaking-evil-of you because of me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You (pl.) can be happy when/if you are ridiculed by others, when/if you are being caused suffering and you are having all evil things spoken about you which are their lies about you because you believe/obey and trust/rely-on me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The good fortune will be met by you when you are persecuted because you follow me. They will speak evil of you and make up lies about you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
