Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 9:15:
- Uma: “But even though I had the right [lit., seat] to make-request-of you for something, I never used that right. And don’t you say that I am writing this letter so that you must give me something. Nobody will force me to request a salary of you! I am proud [lit., my heart is big] because I haven’t made-request-of you, and I’d rather die that have that [source of] my pride disappear.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But I here, even though it would be really right for me to ask from the people I have preached to, I have not asked wages for my work. And I am not writing this to you in order for you to give to me. I would rather die than ask of you because if I received wages from you, na, I wouldn’t be able to boast that I worked for you even though I was not given wages.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even though it’s allowable for me to get my living from those who had me teach them, I have not asked anything from anybody. And I also will not now ask anything from you. It will be better if I die of hunger rather than I ask anything, because I really am desirous that my reason for boasting should not be taken away, and that is: I have not hindered the spread of the gospel.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But as for me, I have absolutely never requested my right(s) and neither is that what I am hinting at (lit. causing-to-be-scraped-against) in this that I have written. Never-mind if I die of hunger! That would be preferable to me than the removal of my right to say that I am not being paid to preach.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But even though I have the authority, up till now, I do not ask help from those I am teaching. And I’m not as-might-be-said writing to you now so that you will just give me your help. For I would rather just starve than let be hindered this which I’m causing to be praised which is what God is doing through the teaching of the Good News.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But I have never told you to help me when I was in need. Even though it is proper to tell you to help me I didn’t tell you. And I am not writing this paper here in order to ask you to give me what I need. It would be better that I die of hunger rather than that I should ask you to help me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:4:
- Noongar: “because other people gave something from their great wealth, but this very poor widow gave everything, all the money she had.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because they gave from the surplus of their wealth. But that woman, even though she is so pitiful, she gave all [emphatic] that she had, that she needed for her life.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For all of them,’ said Isa, ‘gave from/of their wealth which they had extra/in abundance. But this woman, even though she is poor, she gave all her money, even (what she had) thought (should) meet (lit. help) her need.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because the others who made offerings here, they offered the surplus of their wealth. But that widow-woman, even though she is having a hard time finding her living, she offered every bit of her wealth.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because as for the others, it was only the excess of their wealth that they gave, but this widow, even though she is poor, she gave all her means-of-livelihood.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because as for those other moneyed-ones, what they drop is the excess which they don’t need. But as for this widow, even though her poverty is so great, she dropped (incl.) all she had left to live on.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:20:
- Uma: “My purpose is: whatever is offered to idols, it isn’t offered to God, it is [actually] offered to demons. And I don’t want you to accompany those who worship demons.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “No! But this is what I am saying, that (the things) given to the idols, they gave to demons not to God. And I don’t want that you follow the demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But in spite of that, it’s not only the image that is worshipped there, but rather, also the demons and not the true God. And I do not want you to share in the worship of demons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “No, but it’s nonetheless true that what pagans offer to idols, it is not God to whom they are making-the-offerings but rather demons, and I don’t want you to have-fellowship-with demons.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But no. I am explaining to you that, with those things with which they worship, they are mistakenly-thinking that they are worshipping gods, but it’s none other than evil-spirits (they are worshipping), who are messengers/servants of Satanas. I really don’t want you to be-going-along-with worshipping the messengers of Satanas.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This word I tell you is that those people who do not know God, in sacrificing to the idol, are actually sacrificing to evil spirits and are not sacrificing to God. And I do not want that you also end up that you do the same together with those who worship the evil spirits.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Deuteronomy 17:7.
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:36:
- Noongar: “Always watch out and always ask God to give you enough strength to safely go through all these things which will happen, and then you will stand up before the Son of Man.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Be-on-the-watch and keep calling-out to the Lord God, so that you will be strong to endure all the sufferings that are about to happen, to the point that [you] meet me, I the Child of Mankind.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Really keep watching. You should always be praying that God may cause your liver to be strong so that you can endure all that. Pray that there may be nothing that shames you when you stand in my presence, the Son of Mankind.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s why you should always be on your guard and you should always pray, because only by praying you will be protected by God, and you will not be harmed by all of these things which you’ll have to go through. And then you won’t be ashamed when you come before me,’ said Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Be prepared continually then while-simultaneously you are also praying so that you will have strength and courage to endure all these-things that will happen so that you will be able to face me who am Child of a Person.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore you be always ready, and always praying requesting that your belief-in/obeying and trusting me won’t be harmed/damaged when these hardships come. On the contrary, that you will be able to hold fast, so that you can come heppily into my presence who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human with nothing to fear.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:19:
- Uma: “It is indeed good / How good it is if you have disagreements, so that it is evident who of you strongly follows the Lord. [This sentence can be read as irony on Paul’s part.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Perhaps it is also good if you are divided, because if for example you are not divided, it is also not known as to who is pleasing to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Perhaps it’s necessary that these things take place there among you so that it might be known which of you can really be trusted by God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because it’s necessary that there be something like that so that it will become-known which of you God has approved.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Admittedly deeds like this can’t be left behind from the human race. But even though it’s like that, it has some usefulness for it will be evident who really has true believing/obeying that pleases God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But then it is necessary that there be arguments there where you are. It is that which makes known just who are the people who truly are believers and who are the people who are not believers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:30:
- Noongar: “You will eat and drink beside me in the Country where I am King and you will sit on the thrones of kings and you will rule the twelve tribes of Israel.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “That is why you will also be glad to eat and drink with me in my Kingdom when I become King. And you will sit in the twelve seats, ruling the twelve tribes/groups of Israel.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We will feast together there in my kingdom. And I will seat you in the greatest/mostly honored seats and you will rule over the twelve tribes of the descendants of Isra’il.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now in the future when I rule, you will sit down also with me because we will eat and drink together. And I will cause you to rule over the descendants of the twelve sons of Israel.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that you will thus eat-with me in my ruling and you will also sit on thrones to judge the descendants of the twelve children of Israel.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “so that we (incl.) will eat and drink together there in my kingdom. And you will be my companions in my ruling over my people who are as-it-were the descendants of the twelve sons of Israel.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 1:23:
- Uma: “‘A young woman will become pregnant, she will give birth to a male child. That child will be named Imanuel.’ Its meaning: ‘God is-with/accompanies us (incl.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘A virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a boy and he will be called Immanuel.’ (The meaning of Immanuel is – God is (mixing) with us.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a male, and the name of the child will be Emanuel,’ which is to say, God has come to be with us (incl.).” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘A young-lady who is a virgin (lit. whom no one has touched) will become-pregnant, and she will give-birth to a male who will be named Emmanuel,’ its meaning, God is with us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘An unmarried-girl who has not yet had experience with a man will conceive. Her child who will be born will be a boy/male. He will be called Emmanuel (which means, God is with-us/our-companion).'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘A young woman will carry a child, a son. When he is born he will be called Emmanuel,’ he said. This ‘Emmanuel’ means to say that God now lives together with us where we live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Isaiah 7:14 and Isaiah 8:10.
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:17:
- Uma: “If for instance all the parts of our body all became eyes, how would we hear? Or [if] they all became ears, how would we smell?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person’s whole body was only an eye, how should he hear? And if it was only ear how should it smell?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because if the body of a person was all eyes, then he could not hear; and if he were all ears, he could not smell.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If the body were only an eye, where perhaps would be the (part) for hearing? And if the body were only an ear, where perhaps would be the (part) for smelling?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For if the whole body were wholly eye, how could it hear? Just like that too, if the whole body were wholly ear, how could it smell?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Suppose all the person’s body was all eyes, then how ever could it hear then. Or if all our bodies where all ears, then how ever would we smell then?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
