Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 6:18:
- Uma: “God, he does not lie saying his promise, nor does he lie uttering his swearing/oath. And those two words/talks of his do not change. So, from God’s promise and swearing, our hearts are strengthened, relatives. Because we, we are people who have requested-to-be-made-alive to God [word used of someone in trouble who takes refuge in the house of a powerful person and pleads for protection], we hope/trust that he will give us goodness [salvation]. From God’s promise and swearing, our hearts are strengthened so that we not stop hoping in God and waiting for what he has promised us in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God’s promise and his oath are sure. These two really do not change because God really cannot lie. Therefore we (incl.), the saved ones, our (incl.) livers are really encouraged and our (incl.) expectation/hope in him is really strong.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there are two things which God does which cannot be changed by anybody. One of these is His promise, and the other is His making His promise strong. Now we (incl.) can understand by these two things, that it’s not possible for Him not to fulfill His promise, and because of this, as for us (incl.) who have come to Him for refuge, our faith in Him is very strong and because of this, we hold tightly to our expectancy of all the good things that He had promised to us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He did that so there would be two unchanging means-of-people’s -knowing that what he promised would come-true, because it is not possible for God to lie. Because God wants that we who went-for-protection to him, there-will-be these two means-of-strengthening our minds so that we will persevere in hoping-for what he promised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As long as God has promised (something) and furthermore made a vow, the fulfillment is really certain for it’s not possible that he will lie. Therefore our minds/inner-being have now been made happy, we who have gone for shelter to him, so that we will hope/expect with firmly grounded hope/expectation the good-things/situation that he has promised.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning all these words God speaks to us about what will be, they are firm because God does not lie. And now, we have asked God to save us. From the word God has spoken, we are assured that it will come to pass.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 11:30:
- Uma: “and they gathered that money. After that, Barnabas and Saulus were entrusted by them to carry the money to the leaders of the followers of Yesus in Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, this is what the disciples of Isa there in Antiyok did. They sent money through Barnabas and Saul to the elders of the trusters there in Awrusalam.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they did this and they sent Barnabas and Saul who were the ones to take the money there to the elders of the believers there in Jerusalem.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and then they sent-it by Barnabas and Saulo so-that they would take it to the leaders of the believers in Jerusalem.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore they truly did give. And then they asked Bernabe and Saulo to be the ones to take it to the overseers of the believers in Judea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 10:25:
- Uma: “It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s hole that for rich people to submit to God so that he becomes their King.’ [Note: it is clear that camel is an animal by the classifier used in Uma.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is easier yet for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle than for a rich person to be willing to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He cannot do it, for it is easier for the animal camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to subject himself to God to be ruled over.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is easier for a camel to enter the hole of a needle than a rich-person’s joining God’s ruling.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The truth is that it’s easier for a big kamelyo animal to pass through the eye (lit. bored-hole) of a needle than for a rich person to be able to enter the kingdom of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 8:2:
- Uma: “He does the work as-Big-Priest in the holy house, its meaning, the worship house that is in heaven. That worship house is the main worship house that God himself built, not a house that was built by mankind, like the Worship Tent built by Musa long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There he priests/he is priest in the Most Holy Place, that means in the true prayer-house/temple (from here on temple) which is not made/built by humans but by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He’s carrying out His priesthood there before God in the true house of worship in Heaven, which was not made by people but rather, it was made by God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And the location of where-he-is-serving as highest priest is the true location of God which indeed also was made by God, not that which is called the Holiest Room in the Tent that was made by mere people back then.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He is doing the work of the Most-important Priest in the true worshipping place which is in heaven, that not just people made but rather it was really God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He does the work of high priest there in heaven where God is. It is not here in churches made by people where he does his work of high priest.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:7:
- Uma: “They traveled all over that island, until they arrived at the town of Pafos. There they met a Yahudi, his name Baryesus. In the Yunani language, his name was Elimas. That Elimas was a magician/sleigh-of-hand-artist with much magic [lit., knowledge], and he also said that he was a prophet of God. He was friends with the governor of that island, Sergius Paulus his name. The governor was a smart person. He called Barnabas and Saulus to meet with him, because he wanted to hear the Word of God. But Elimas, that magician, refuted their words, because he wanted to block-the-way so that the governor wouldn’t believe in Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “That Bar-Isa was a friend of Sergus Paulus, the governor of that island. That governor was a man whose thinking was deep. The governor called Barnabas and Saul to come to him because he wanted to hear the word/message of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He was a friend of Sergius Paulus, the governor of that island. Now this Sergius Paulus was a smart man. He called Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He was a companion of the governor of Cyprus who was Sergius Paulus. The governor was an intelligent/clever person, and he had Barnabas and Saulo called because he wanted to hear the word of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He was a constant-companion always of the governor of Chipre who was Sergio Paulo. As for that governor, he was a wise/thinking person. What he did was, he caused Bernabe and Saulo to go to him, for he also wanted to be able to hear the word of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 11:5:
- Uma: “The people standing there asked them: ‘Why are you untying that keledai‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There were people standing there. Some of them asked them, they said, ‘Hey, why do you untie that offspring of the asnu‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they were untying it, there were some people there who asked them, they said, ‘What are you doing there? Why are you untying it?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “those standing there said, ‘Why are you untying that?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “they were questioned by the people standing-around there. ‘Why are you untying the tether of that asno‘ they said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 9:21:
- Uma: “Another time also, with the same custom, Musa sprinkled blood on the Worship Tent and on all the stuff used to worship the Lord God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Likewise Musa sprinkled blood on their house of worship and on all the equipment they used in their worship.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In the same way also Moses sprinkled the church, which was the cloth house, and all of the things that were inside of it which were used in worshipping God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After that he also sprinkled the Tent and all that they used therein to worship God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He also applied blood to that worshipping-place and to all the equipment/paraphernalia (used) in worshipping.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Moses then sprinkled the blood on the church and he sprinkled it on all the things inside the church.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:39:
- Uma: “We cannot be freed from the punishment of our sins by our following the Law of Musa. But whoever believes in Yesus, they are indeed freed from all their sins, to the point that they do become straight in God’s sight.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, my brothers,’ Paul said, ‘you all should really know that even if you obey the law of Musa, this really cannot take away your sins. But whoever of you trusts in Isa, all your sins are taken away. Therefore this message about Isa is proclaimed to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We cannot be set free from our sin by means of our obeying the system of laws of Moses. However, anyone who believes in Jesus, he will be set free.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because by-means-of him, God counts-as righteous whoever believes, but there are none among us who can become-righteous in the sight of God by-means-of our fulfilling the law of Moses.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All who will believe-in/obey and trust him, all their sins will be forgiven. But no-one will be able to be saved from the judgment by God if what he is relying on is his obeying the laws of Moises, for our obeying of those laws is always lacking.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
