Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 16:18:
- Uma: “Some of them will hold snakes, or even drink poison, but nothing will happen to them. They will lay-hands-on sick people, so that the sick ones get well.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If they suddenly/per chance touch a snake, and if they suddenly/per chance drink anything that causes-death, it will not do anything to them. And if they place their hands on the sick, they will be healed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even if they take hold of snakes and if they drink anything that poisons, they will not be harmed. And if they lay their hands on sick people, they will get well.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If they pick-up snakes or drink something-poisoned, nothing will happen to them. They will also lay-hands-on those who have a sickness and they will become-well.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There will be those who aren’t hurt at all even though they take hold of a snake or drink something poisonous. There will be those they will touch/place-hands-on who are sick, whom they will be able to heal.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 5:18:
- Uma: “After that, he prayed again, until the sky let-down rain and as a result there was the fruit of farming.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that he prayed again that it should rain now. So-then immediately it rained very hard, and the plants grew again.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then he prayed again, and it rained hard, and then the plants sprouted.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After that he again prayed that it would rain, and it truly rained and the plants grew.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then he next prayed that it would rain then. Without anything further, it rained, that being what strengthened the plants again and made them fruit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When he prayed to God again to ask that it rain, again it rained. The fields which the people worked produced.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 20:22:
- Uma: “‘Now I go to Yerusalem, following the command of the Holy Spirit to me. Yet I don’t know just what will happen to myself there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na now, I am going to Awrusalam because this is what the Holy Spirit has commanded. I do not know what will happen to me there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And now since I am carrying out the command that the Holy Spirit has given me, I am going to Jerusalem. And I do not know what is going to happen to me there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Now though, I am going to Jerusalem, because that’s what the Holy Spirit instructed/commanded me, and I don’t know what will happen to me there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now, I am now as it were being led along by the Espiritu Santo to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what things will happen to me there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:30:
- Noongar: “The angel said to her, ‘Mary! Don’t be afraid! God blesses you.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The angel then said: ‘Do not be afraid, Maria, because you (sing.) are the one God is pleased with to receive his blessing.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the angel said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid, Mariyam, for God is really pleased with you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that angel said again, he said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Mary, because the favor of the Lord toward you is very great.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, the angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Maria, for God has shown-you (sing.) -mercy/favor.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The angel said next, ‘Don’t be afraid, Maria, because you have been truly chosen by God to be shown grace/favor by him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 2:5:
- Uma: “so that you also are made by him to be like living stones that are used to build the worship house to God. He also made you holy priests. For like priests offer offerings/sacrifices to God, so also you offer your hearts to God, you consider it your offering to him. And that offering of yours does gladden his heart, because of the mediation of Yesus Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Now you have already new life from God. Let yourselves be used by God figuratively as stones for building his house. The meaning of God’s house is all the people who follow/obey him and are ruled over by his Spirit. And work also for God figuratively like priests (imam) chosen by him. Your work for him is thanking and praising God. And your thanksgiving and your praise God will accept because of Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for us (incl.) also who have been given life forever, let us submit ourselves to Him so that we also might become like building stones for a house where God will be worshipped. And in that house of His, He will make us to become sacrificers whom He has chosen. And then by means of the help of Jesus Christ, we can offer sacrifice. And the sacrifice which He desires is: we will worship Him by means of the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of your coming-near to him, you also can-be-compared to living stones, because you are being used in-being-built-into a spiritual (naispiritoan) temple. You are also serving as God’s holy priests who are offering to him spiritual offerings with which he is content/pleased through Jesu Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since you are now submitting to him, he has given you renewing of your lives, and a likeness of you also is smoothed rocks/stones too which the Lord is using as materials with which he is building a house which is a worship-place to God. He is also making you like priests who are secured/dedicated as belonging to God. However, what you(emph) are-to-be-using-to-worship is your serving and praising him, which pleases him because of what was done by Jesu-Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You must want that God makes you to be a stone for the building of God’s house of prayer. And you are as though priests in order for you to pray to God. God approves of this because you believe in Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Kekchí verses 4 and 5: “Gome to Christ, the very precious One who was chosen by God to give us life. Jesus Christ was appointed by God to serve like the big, very good stone which serves as the cornerstone of the house. And you, you are like the little stones that enter into the wall.” (Source: Eachus 2006, p. 266f.)
- Saint Lucian Creole French: “You are rocks that are living also, so let God use you in that house he is building with his Spirit. You are priests God has set apart to do his work. God’s Spirit made it possible for you to be able to offer sacrifices God will accept for the sake of what Jesus Christ did.” (Source: David Frank)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:16:
- Uma: “Several of our (excl.) one-faith relatives from Kaisarea escorted us (excl.), until we (excl.) arrived at our (excl.) dwelling house in Yerusalem. That dwelling house of ours(excl.) was the house of a Siprus person who had long been a follower of Yesus, his name Manason.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Some of the disciples of Isa in Kesarea came with us (excl.) also and they brought us (excl.) to the house of Manason because we (excl.) would stop/lodge there. This Manason was a man from Kiprus and he was one of the disciples of Isa in the beginning.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were some disciples from Caesarea who went with us to Jerusalem. They took us to the house where we were to stay, the house of Mnason from Cyprus. He was one of the earliest disciples of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were also disciples of Jesus from-Cesarea who went-along. When we (excl.) arrived, they took us (excl.) to the house of Mnason who had come-from Cyprus who was one of the original believers, in order that that reportedly is where-we (excl.) -would-stay.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There accompanied us (excl.) also some believers who were taga Cesarea. They pointed out to us (excl.) the house of Mnason in Jerusalem which is where we (excl.) were going to. As for that Mnason, he was a taga Chipre who had been a believer for a long time already.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:62:
- Noongar: “Then they signed to his father. They asked him what name he wanted to give his son.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From there, they signaled to Zakharia asking him what he wanted to name his child.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then they made signs to the father of the child as to what he wanted the child to be called.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they made signs to the father of the child because they would ask him what he wanted to name his child.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They then signaled to his father to ask what he wanted to name the baby.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, the people sign-languaged Zacarias as to what he wanted the child to be named.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 3:12:
- Uma: “For the Lord takes care of people who follow his will, and he hears their cries. But he opposes people whose deeds are evil.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because God always watches-over the straight people and always listens to what they pray to him. But he opposes those who do bad.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For God watches over the righteous people; He listens to their prayers. But those, by contrast, who do evil, He is against.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the Lord constantly sees/watches-out-for a righteous person and listens to his prayers, but he thoroughly opposes a person who does evil.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because God really doesn’t take his eyes off the ones who are righteous/straight in his sight, and he is always listening out for their prayers. But he opposes the ones who do evil.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because God approves when he sees good people and when they pray to God, God listens. But God does not approve of those who do evil.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Psalm 34:12 – Psalm 34:16.
