Following are a number of back-translations of John 3:27:
- Uma: “Yohanes said: ‘We men do not receive anything that is not a gift of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Yahiya answered, he said, ‘A person does not have any authority if God does not give it to him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And John answered, ‘Nobody has any power if God doesn’t give it to him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Juan answered-them and said, ‘Even whatever person, there is no status/situation that he receives if it isn’t God who gives-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Juan replied, saying, ‘It’s true that a person can’t do things like these unless it is what God determined for him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “John said, ‘God decides for each one who will be more important than others.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:1:
- Uma: “Yesus called his twelve disciples to gather, and he gave them power/authority to cause-to-go-away evil-things and heal all the sick and disabled people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then he called his twelve disciples to him and he gave them authority/power to drive out demons and to heal all kinds of sicknesses.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus gathered to him his twelve disciples, and he gave them power so that they could cure those afflicted with demons, and so that they could cure also any kind of sickness and affliction.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “One day (lit. when one day), Jesus called his twelve disciples, and they gathered-together. Then he gave them authority to make-evil-spirits -leave and to remove all kinds of sickness and hardship/suffering of the body.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Once, Jesus gathered together his disciples and gave them authority with which they could drive out evil spirits from the people being possessed, and be able to cure all kinds of illnesses.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus called the twelve learners whom he had chosen. He gave them power to heal people who walked with evil spirits, and also people who had different kinds of illnesses they would heal.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 6:3:
- Uma: “We(excl.) really are careful so that our (excl.) behavior is beyond reproach, so that no-one will disparage our (excl.) work carrying God’s Word.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (excl.) don’t want that anyone can find fault with our (excl.) doing, therefore we (excl.) really take care so that there is no reason that people do not follow Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We want that there is nothing of our activity that people can scold us for, so that no one will be able to criticize our spreading the word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “We (excl.) take-care that we (excl.) do nothing that would be a cause-of-offense or cause-of-sinning of our (excl.) fellow people so that no one will criticize/look-down-on this work of ours (excl.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “We (excl.) are really careful not to do anything like something-to-be-tripped-and-fallen-over by anyone, so that our teaching of the Good News will not be shamefully-criticized.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I search for how what I do will come out well, because I do not want the people to say that the word of God which I speak is no good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:23:
- Uma: “But the time will come–and this is the time–people who really worship God the Father, must worship him with the power of the Holy Spirit and following the true way. Worship like this is what God the Father likes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the time is coming and it is now hep, that the people who truly worship, they worship our (incl.) Father God from inside their liver and their worship is really true. Like that is what our (incl.) Father God wants for-worship to him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This is already the time the people who want to worship God our Father, they must worship by means of their whole breath, and their worship of him must be true. These are the people that God will accept to worship him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The truth of it is, the time has already arrived when the true/proper worshipper of God the Father, sincere/heartfelt will be his worship of him through his Spirit based-on his true godhood. Because God wants that that be the way in which people worship him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But the time is arriving, this right now, when as for those whose worship of God the Father is genuine, they will worship with focused mind/inner-being and in harmony with the truth which comes from him, because this really is the will of the Father for those worshipping him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the day and time will come when those who truly worship the Father will truly from the heart worship.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:33:
- Uma: “But whoever says to others that he is not my follower, he also I will deny to my Father in heaven, I say: ‘This person, he is not my follower.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But whoever denies that he follows me, I will also deny before my Father in heaven that he follows me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the one who says to people that I am not his master, I will not own him in front of my Father who is in heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the one who denies that he believes in me in front of people, that also is what I will say in front of my Father who is in heaven.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if he denies-being-associated/acquainted-with me in the presence of people, I too will deny him in the presence of my Father in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But whoever will deny me before the people, saying that he does not believe in me, then I will say before my Father in heaven that I am not friends with him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 8:1:
- Uma: “Continuing on, relatives, we (excl.) tell you what has happened here in the land of Makedonia. The Lord’s help to your one-faith relatives in Makedonia has been big.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So then, my brothers, we (excl.) want to tell you how God helps the gatherings of trusters in Isa Almasi in the place Makedoniya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We want you to know, brothers, what took place because of the favor of God to the believers there in Macedonia.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Brothers, we (excl.) want you to know the good result of God’s grace to the congregations in Macedonia.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Now, my siblings in believing, I want to tell you about the good-quality of what the groups of believers in Macedonia did, through the strength of God’s grace/mercy to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen my brothers, I want to tell you about how the blessing which God gave the believers in the towns of Macedonia came out well.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:1:
- Uma: “After that, Yesus returned to Yerusalem to attend the big day of the Yahudi people there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Not long after this, Isa and company went up to Awrusalam because there was a festival of the Yahudi there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Following this there was a feast of the Jews and therefore Jesus went up again to the town of Jerusalem.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that then was finished, there was a fiesta of the Jews at Jerusalem and Jesus went to attend-the-fiesta.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It wasn’t really long again till it was fiesta again for the Judio. Jesus again went to Jerusalem.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Afterwards the Jews were celebrating. So Jesus went to Jerusalem.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:23:
- Uma: “‘And you also, Kapernaum people! Do you say/think thus, that God will lift you and make you high/important? No indeed! Rather he will throw you away and punish you. If for instance the miracles I did in your town had been done in the town of Sodom long ago, God would not have destroyed the town, that town would still exist until now.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And you people of Kapernaum,’ said Isa, ‘you think-mistakenly that you will be made great (reaching) up to heaven? You will be put down/humbled to hell. If the people of Sodom had seen the wonder causing deeds that you have seen, their place would still be here until now.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You also, people of Capernaum, it’s your desire to be praised by all, but you’ll be thrown into hell. For the miracles which I showed in your village, if these had been shown long ago to the people of Sodom, God would not have had to destroy their town. It would still be here today.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You also moreover from-Capernaum, do you think do-you-suppose that you will be raised to heaven to be praised? You will most certainly be brought down to hell. Because many are the amazing things I have done in your town, but you didn’t repent of your sins. If it had been in Sodoma where I had done these amazing things, they would have repented and their town would still be here now.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And you taga Capernaum, isn’t it so that it’s-like your greatness/importance has reached up to heaven/sky? But well, you will just be thrown down into not-exceedable suffering/hardship. For just supposing there in Sodoma of long ago is where had been done these amazing things which have been done here where you are, they would have repented of their sins so that God wouldn’t have destroyed their city, it would have remained till today.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the people who live in the town of Capernaum, it seems that they think that from here on earth even to there in heaven they will be praised. But what will happen is that they will go to hell. Because they did not separate from the evil in which they lived. The old time people who lived in the town of Sodom, if they had seen the miracles like those that were done in the town of Capernaum, they would have separated from the evil in which they lived and then they wouldn’t have been finished off.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “And you, Capernaum, do you think your stellar career will lead you to heaven? Make no mistake, you will fall into the deepest hole. . . .”
