Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:41:
- Uma: “Those apostles went away from the gathering. Their hearts were very glad, they said: ‘We are blessed/fortunate, because God has chosen us to be persecuted and reviled because of our following of Yesus.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the commissioned ones departed from those councilors and they were very glad because they were now considered worthy by God to suffer/endure persecution for their faith/trust in Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the apostles left, and they were very happy because they were considered by God to be able to endure their being shamed because of their trust in Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the apostles left, their happiness was great because God had counted them worthy to be publicly-shamed for Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since like that had happened to the apostles, they were very happy as they left the Sanedrin, for they had been given honor by God, for he had allowed/caused them to experience shame because of their being united/tied-together with Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- San Mateo del Mar Huave. “So the apostles when they left the big meeting they were very happy because Father God had caused them to suffer at the hands of the authorities there for Father Jesus.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “When they went out from the council they were happy in their hearts because they had seen suffering because of Jesus.”
- Morelos Nahuatl: “The apostles went from the junta with much joy. They rejoiced because God gave them the opportunity to suffer for Jesus’ sake.”
- Isthmus Mixe: “Then Jesus’ sent ones came out from before the authorities. They rejoiced that God was pleased with their lives even to considering it appropriate for them to suffer for Jesus.” (Source for this and three above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:12:
- Uma: “From there, his apostles returned from Mount Zaitun going to Yerusalem. That Mount Zaitun, [was] about one kilometer distance from Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then they went away from the hill Jaitun and returned to Awrusalam, about one kilometer distance.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the apostles left the mountain which is called Olive Place, and they returned to the town of Jerusalem. (That hill, it is very near to Jerusalem. Maybe one kilometer is its distance.)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mountain Olivo. The distance, it is almost one kilometer.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, without anything further, they then left the Hill of Olibo and returned to Jerusalem. That hill wasn’t far from Jerusalem, only about a kilometer.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Morelos Nahuatl: “Then his servants (apostles) went from on that hill which has olive-tree orchards. That hill is close to Jerusalem, only about 2 kilometers away. They returned to Jerusalem.”
- Central Pame: “Then the apostles came away from there, the hill called Olivar; they arrived in the town Jerusalem. This hill stands near Jerusalem, a little more than a kilometer, the distance they have permission to walk on a rest-day.” (Source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:12:
- Uma: “So, since that stopping-place was indeed not good for a ship to stop-at during the cold time, that is why many said, it is better that we just leave that stopping-place and hurry-with-effort so that we arrive in the town of Feniks to wait for the cold time to pass. This Feniks was a stopping-place for ships in Kreta that was good to be stopped-in during the cold time, because it was somewhat sheltered from the wind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “That harbor is not a good place to stop-in during windy season that’s why the majority wanted to sail aiming-to-reach Penisiya and let the winds pass-by (while they were) there. That Penisiya is a harbor there on the island of Kerete that is not hit by wind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the harbor there, it was not a good place to put the ship during the rainy season. Therefore, what the majority of our companions wanted to do was that we would continue so that we might arrive at Phoenix if it were possible. Because as for Phoenix, it is a harbor in the island of Crete that is sheltered from the wind, and there would be a good place to put the ship until the rainy season were over.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The majority also of our (excl.) fellow-riders, they wanted to continue, because it wasn’t good there as a place-for ships -to-stay in typhoon-season. So they thought/said that we (excl.) would try to reach Fenix which was a town in Creta so that there koma would be where-we (excl.) -would-stay during typhoon-season. Because it was a good docking-place, because it didn’t face the source of the wind.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For they said that there at that docking-place wasn’t good to stay in if the weather was bad. A good docking-place, they said, was at Fenice in that same district of Creta, for it was on the leeward side there. Therefore the majority wanted to sail again and try to get to that Fenice. Hopefully they could get there, and then wait out the passing of the cold season.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Morelos Nahuatl: “That place of Good Ports was not a good place for the boat because there it always rained and blew. Nearly everyone thought that it was better for us to leave from there. They wanted if possible to arrive in the town of Phoenix on that same island of Crete. The wind from above (north) and the wind from below (south) do not blow on that town of Phoenix. They wanted to wait there until when it would no longer blow on the sea.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:42:
- Uma: “Those new followers of Yesus continually requested-teaching of the apostles of Lord Yesus, and they kept gathering together. They ate together, breaking/chunking bread to remember the Lord Yesus death, and they also prayed together.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They were-very-happy/liked to be taught by the persons/people commissioned by Isa and they were all of one liver. They joined the ones trusting in eating bread to remember the death of Isa, and they also joined in praying to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And everyday they listened to that which the apostles taught them. They had fellowship with all of the believers, and they made a memorial of the death of Jesus by means of eating bread, and they were always praying.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They persevered in studying and following what the apostles were teaching. They also singlemindedly/persistently joined-in-companioning and praying-with their fellows who believed, and eating-together the bread that was their means-of-being-reminded of Jesus’ death.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And all of them, they really persevered in what the apostles were teaching and they often/always gathered-together. They also shared-with-one-another food including doing Communion and were also often/always praying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Morelos Nahuatl: “They continued studying with the apostles. They had joy in living together as brethren. Together they ate and prayed.”
- Teutila Cuicatec: “All of them would gather day by day and study the messages that the apostles would teach. They lived peacefully together, used to pray to God and break bread as our Lord Jesus established.” (Source for this and one above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:42:
- Uma: “Every day in the House of God or in other houses, there was no cessation of them announcing the Good News, that Yesus was the Redeemer King.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And every day they persistently taught there in the temple and in the houses of the people. And they continued proclaiming the good news about Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And everyday they were there just the same in the church and in the houses teaching the good news about Jesus, the one whom God chose so that he might rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Every-day they persevered in teaching and preaching in the Temple and in the many-houses that Jesus is the Messiah.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore instead of stopping that which they were doing, they continued it (emph.). Every day they were there in the Templo, and also in the houses, teaching concerning Jesus that he was the Cristo who was the Savior King promised by God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Morelos Nahuatl: “They did not close their mouth but every day they taught. They talked about Jesus Christ in the big church and from house to house.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:14:
- Uma: “They all gathered together and they stayed/kept-on praying. With them, there were also several women, with Maria the mother of Yesus and the relatives of Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All of them always gathered-together to pray to God. The women also joined them/were together with them, including Mariyam the mother of Isa and the brothers of Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “All of them, their breaths were just one in praying to God. And there were some women who joined in with them also. Also there was Mary the mother of Jesus and the younger siblings/cousins of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All these gathered-together constantly to pray, including the women, Maria Jesus’ mother and Jesus’ siblings/cousins.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All of those, they were really in harmony as they persevered in prayer. Their companions in that prayer were the women, including Maria who was the mother of Jesus, and the younger-brothers of Jesus who were also there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Morelos Nahuatl: “They were there along with the women and Mary, Jesus’ mother, and Jesus’ siblings. All of them were continually praying with one will.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “They all thought alike. They were accustomed to talking with God. There were there also some women and also Mary the mother of Jesus and the brothers of Jesus.” (Source for this and one above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:23:
- Uma: “Because last night, God whom I worship, God who is my Lord, sent his angel to meet me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because last night,’ Paul said, ‘there appeared to me an angel from the God whom I worship and I belong to him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A while ago during the night, the God which I worship, his messenger appeared to me, and he said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because last night, the God that I worship who is my owner, he sent an angel who went and stood where-I-was” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I have come to know this for, last night, an angel came here to me. He was sent by God, he who rules over me and whom I always am serving.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Morelos Nahuatl: “As you know, I am God’s son and I serve him. Last night an angel of God appeared to me.”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “Last night there appeared to me an angel whom God sent. This God is the one who commands me and the one for whom I work.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:43:
- Uma: “Many powerful things and amazing signs were done/made by the apostles of Lord Yesus. That’s why the crowds were very much afraid.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Many works of power and works causing-wonder were done by the persons/men commissioned by Isa, that’s why the people really feared God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were many miracles and signs which were done by means of the apostles. That’s why the people were filled with the fear of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were many amazing miracles that God was having-the apostles -do, and the many-people were greatly amazed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Many were the signs which were amazing things which the apostles were being able to do, that’s why everybody respected/honored God with fear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Morelos Nahuatl: “All the people feared God. They wondered because God helped the apostles to do inexplicable deeds and marvels.”
- Metlatónoc Mixtec: “Each one of them was awed because many miracles and signs there were that those who bore the Word of God did.”
- Desano: “Many people respected them and the chosen ones of God did many things by the power of God.” (Source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
