Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:24:
- Uma: “‘These words of mine are very true: Whoever hears my words and they believe on the Lord God who sent me, they have certainly received good life forever. They will not be punished because of their sins. They have been freed from death, they have received life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Truly I tell you, whoever hears my teaching and believes in the one who sent me, he will live forever. He will not be hit by the judgment of God. God will not punish him anymore instead he will live forever.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is very true what I say that the person who obeys my words and believes in God who sent me, he is the one who will come to own eternal life. He will not be punished in the future because his soul has escaped from death and he has already come to own eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘This that I tell you is true. Whoever believes/obeys what I am saying and also believes/obeys the one who sent me, he has life that has no end. He will not be condemned to be punished, because his separation from God is already finished and he has been given life that is forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This which I am saying to you is really true. The one who listens to what I am saying and believes-in/obeys the one who sent me, that one has life which has no ending. He will no longer receive the heavy sentence. Instead of punishment which is death, it’s certain there is in store for him life which has no ending.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is true what I tell you. He who respects what I speak and believes in him who sent me already has the new life forever. Now he will not be sentenced. He has escaped from the sentence he had and now has the new life forever.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:16:
- Uma: “And he said to them: ‘Do not spread all around what I did for/to you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “and instructed them not to tell about him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and he told them that they should not tell to others that which he had done.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “while-simultaneously he also instructed them that they not be telling concerning him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But he impressed on them not to spread the news concerning him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But concerning the people he healed, Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what he had done.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 10:17:
- Uma: “So, like is written in the Holy Book long ago: ‘Whoever wants to have big hearts [i.e., be proud], they must make-big [i.e., glorify] what the Lord has done.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The holy-book says hep, ‘Whoever wants to boast, he should boast only about what God has done.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is a written word of God which says, ‘If a person wishes to boast, it must be that he only boast about what the Lord has done!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Let’s follow what God caused-to-be-written which says, ‘If someone wants to boast-about whatever, he should boast-about what the Lord has done.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For like it says there in the written word of God, ‘Whoever will boast, it would be good if God is the one he boasts of.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now then, the person who wants to have the work he does praised, must praise his Lord who is in heaven who enables him. He must not boast as though he himself did the work.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:9:
- Uma: “‘Here is a child who has [lit., food-bundled] five pieces of bread and two smoked fish, but what use is that for those many people?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He said to Isa, ‘There is a small boy here, he has five units of bread and two fish. But this really isn’t enough to feed all these people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘There is a child here who brought a lunch of five pieces of bread of barley flour and two fishes. But what good would this be since there are so many people?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Here is a male child who has taken-as-lunch five barley breads and two dried-fish. But this is by-contrast very-few (CVC redup. of how-many) with this many people (lit. manyness of people).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘There’s a child here, a young-boy, with packed-food-for-a-trip, however what is to be done with five units of small-bread and two units of small-fish? It really wouldn’t be enough to go around all that crowd of people.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘There is here a boy who has five breads and two fish. But where will they do any good, there are a lot of people.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Chol: “‘Here is a boy. He has five unites of food made of cebada (barley) and two fish. Is this enough for so many of us (incl.)?'” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:48:
- Uma: “From there, Yesus pointed to his disciples and he said: ‘As for [lit., If] my mother and my siblings, they are these people here.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But Isa said to the one who informed him, ‘Who is my mother and who are my brothers?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘I have someone else to show you who are also my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘Yes admittedly of-course, but there are yet others that I count as my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus heard, he said, ‘Yes, in a while.’ He added on by saying, ‘Try-to-understand, who is my mother and which ones are my siblings?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But Jesus said in answer to this: ‘I am going to tell you who are my mother and my brothers,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:31:
- Uma: “All that I have just said, it’s all true, I am not lying. God the Father of the Lord Yesus is my witness! Praise him forever!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All that I said to you is true. I am not lying. God know this, the Father of our (incl.) Leader Isa Almasi. He is worthy to be praised forever.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, may He be praised forever. He knows that this that I am saying is not a lie.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God who is the God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he knows that what I am saying is not a lie. He is praised/worshipped forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Truly, I am not lying in this. God knows this, he who is the Lord and Father of our Lord Jesu-Cristo. He should be praised without end.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this word I tell you, God knows that is true in what I say. And God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is the one I want to be praised forever.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:41:
- Uma: “From there, the Yahudi people were-all-complaining, because Yesus said that He was the food that descended from heaven.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the people grumbled about what Isa said there, when he said, ‘I am the food from heaven.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the rulers of the Jews got angry with Jesus because he said, ‘I am the food which comes from heaven.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon the Jews began to grumble-in-a-mutter on-account-of what Jesus had said that he was the food from heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the Judio heard that, they talked-among-themselves about that which Jesus had said saying, ‘I am the food which descended coming from heaven.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “With this word the Jews began to be angry at Jesus because he said, ‘I am the tortilla/food which came from heaven.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:30:
- Uma: “Just let the grass grow with the rice, until the time of harvest. Later I’ll order the harvesters to first pull up the grass, gather it, tie-it-in-bundles and burn it. After that, only then will they collect/harvest the rice, and store it in my storage bins.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Let both of them grow until harvest time. Then when harvest time has come I will say to those harvesting: Pull out those weeds first and bundle them and then burn them. And then harvest the fruit of the field and store it in the storehouse/barn.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We will just let them alone until harvest, and then I will have the harvesters pull up the bad plants and tie them up to be burned. And as for the good plants, by contrast, we will put their fruit into the storehouse.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Leave-it-alone so that the weeds will grow-with until the harvest-season. Then I will tell the harvesters to first get the weeds so they will bundle them to be burned, then they will harvest the rice and bring it to my granary.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Leave all alone to grow. Wait till harvest-time. For when it’s harvest-time, I will order the harvesters to go for those weeds first and tie them up to be burned. (They will) just get the wheat afterwards for that is what will be put there in my silo.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Let it alone, let them grow together until all is ripe. I will tell the workers to pull out the weeds then, bundle them and burn them. Then the wheat will be stored in the wheat storer.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
