Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:26:
- Uma: “But you see and you hear what that man named Paulus over there [out of sight] is doing. He says that images made by men are not appropriate to worship. Many are the people he has persuaded to the point that they believe in his teaching. Not only in Efesus, in almost all the province of Asia it is just like that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You have seen and you have heard what that man named Paul has done. He teaches that if a god is made by man, it is reportedly not a true god. And many already believe in this teaching of his, not only here in Epesus but almost throughout Asiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Surely you have seen and heard what this man who is named Paul is doing. He says that as for gods that are made by people, it is not proper to worship them. Many people have believed what he is saying, and not only here in our village of Ephesus but rather also in the whole of our province of Asia.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “We have also been seeing Pablo, and we have been hearing what he is teaching to the many-people. He says that what a person has made is not a true god, and many are the ones he has persuaded here in Efeso and in almost all towns in the province Asia.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, now, you can observe and hear news of the things this person named Pablo is doing. He is saying that our worship of gods made by man is worthless/ineffective. Really many now are the ones he has been able to cause to believe and whom he has-rounded-up-as-followers, not only here in Efeso, but on the contrary it has spread over almost all of Asia.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 5:14:
- Uma: “If there is one who is sick, he should call the religion leaders, so that those leaders can pray for him and rub him with oil in the name of the Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If anyone among you is sick, he should tell/command the elders who are leaders of the trusters in Isa Almasi to be fetched. And those elders shall ask/pray-to God there beside the sick person. And they shall rub a little oil on him while they are praying and pronouncing/calling-on the name of our (incl.) Lord.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If anyone is sick, he must call for the elders of the believers so that they might pray for him and pour oil on him and call upon the name of the Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And if moreover there is someone among you who is sick, he should cause-the leaders of the believers -to-be-invited so that they will pray-for him while-at-the-same-time they rub/massage him with coconut-oil using the name of the Lord Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And whoever of you will get sick, he is to send for the overseers of the believers, for they will pray for him and anoint/wipe him with oil in the name of the Lord.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If someone is sick, he should call those who lead at the church for them to pray for him to God. And they should anoint the sick person with oil while they ask help from our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 20:17:
- Uma: “From Miletus, Paulus send news going to Efesus, so that the leaders of the Kristen people there would come meet him in Miletus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore when we (excl.) arrived there at Miletus, Paul sent word to the elders of the ones trusting in Isa in Epesus, telling them to go and meet him there at Miletus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Paul sent a letter to the elders of the believers in the town of Ephesus, and he told them that they should meet him in Miletus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore while we (excl.) were in Miletus, Pablo sent someone to go to Efeso to go call/invite the leaders of the congregation.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, on docking at Mileto, Pablo did however cause the overseers of the believers at Efeso to be fetched, for he indeed wanted to see/meet them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:26:
- Noongar: “In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After Elisabet was pregnant six months, God ordered the angel Gabriel to go to the land of Galilea, to the village named Nazaret,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Elisabet was six months pregnant, the angel Jibra’il was told by God to go to a certain town there in the place Jalil called Nasaret.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then when it was already six months that the wife of Zechariah had been pregnant, God again sent his angel Gabriel to a barrio named Nazareth which was in the province of Galilee.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “In the sixth month of Elizabet’s pregnancy (lit. fetus), God sent his angel Gabriel to Nazaret, a town in the province Galilea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Just when Elisabet’s pregnancy was now six months, the angel Gabriel was again sent by God. To the town of Nazaret in the district of Galilea is where he was sent.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Yagaria: “When six months were over, God sent the angel Gabriel, and he went to the land of Galilee, to a village by the name of Nazareth.” (Source: Renck, p. 94)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 2:1:
- Uma: “That’s why I admonish you, relatives, let go of every kind of evil deed and all lying words. Do not any longer deceive, don’t envy, don’t disparage others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore leave all bad doings. Don’t lie anymore. Don’t be just good on the outside but bad in your liver but/instead your behavior/conduct should be good really from inside the liver. Don’t be envious of your fellow-men/companions and don’t slander your fellow-men/companions.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now since we are new people, let us abandon every kind of harmful activity and lying. It is necessary that our following God is not a lie; we must not be jealous and we must not insult people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore since you have new life, turn-your -backs-on all evil and all lies and trickery. Avoid also all purposes/motives and deeds that are not sincere/heartfelt and all jealousy and bad words concerning your companions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore drop habits of being hurtful to your fellowman, being deceptive, being hypocritical, envious, and all forms of fabricating-lies-about one’s fellowman.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now separate yourselves from all evil. And do not want that only on the outside you appear to be good at heart, rather want it to be true what you speak. Do not be jealous. And do not speak evil of anyone.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Martu Wangka: “You should sit well toward other people and you should not dislike them. You should sit well for other people and you should not lie to other people. You should sit well to other people and you shouldn’t criticize other people — you should sit well to other people and you shouldn’t deceive them. If another person has belongings, don’t be angry towards him.” (Source: Carl Gross)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:11:
- Uma: “When Agabus arrived, he took Paul’s belt, he tied to his own feet and hands, and he said: ‘This is the word of the Holy Spirit: the owner of this belt will be arrested by the Yahudi people in Yerusalem, tied up like this, and handed over to those who are not Yahudi people.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He came to us (excl.) and he took the belt of Paul and-then tied his own feet and hands with the belt. Then Agabus said, ‘This is the message from the Holy Spirit: the owner of this belt will be tied also like this by the Yahudi in Awrusalam and they will hand him over into the hands/holding of people of another tribe.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He came near to us, and he got Paul’s belt, and he tied up his own hands and feet, and he said, ‘The Holy Spirit causes us to understand that the owner of this belt, just like this will be the way he is tied up by the Jews in Jerusalem, and they will turn him over to the Gentiles.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He took Pablo’s sash, and he used-it-to-tie his own hands and feet. Then he said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says, ‘Like this also is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie the owner of this sash, then they will hand-him-over to the Gentiles.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He approached us (excl.), and then he removed Pablo’s belt and used it to tie up his own feet and hands. When he had done that, he spoke saying, ‘This is what the Espiritu Santo is making known. Like this will be done by the Jews in Jerusalem, that they will tie up the owner of this belt, and then hand him over to people who aren’t Jews.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:58:
- Noongar: “Elizabeth’s relatives and her friends, they heard this news. God greatly blessed Elizabeth, and they all became happy for Elizabeth.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Their neighbors and their relatives heard how the Lord showed his love to Elisabet in his giving her that child, that is why they also were glad together with Elisabet.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When her companions in the near-by-houses and her relatives heard that God had really done good to her, they joined in being glad with her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when their relatives and neighbors heard about this very good thing which God had done for Elizabeth, they also were happy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When their neighbors and relatives heard-about God’s amazing mercy/favor to her, they also joined-in-being-happy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When their neighbors and their relatives knew the big-size of the grace/favor of God to Elisabet, they were also happy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 3:8:
- Uma: “Finally, all of us [must/should] live in harmony, be one-command and one-heart, love one another as relatives, have good hearts and humble ourselves to others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Now in closing/finally I say this to you: you should all be of the same mind and remember/love each other. You should love each other like siblings, you should have pity/mercy on your fellow-men and you should also have humble livers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I still have something to say to all of you, and it is: it is necessary that your thinking and your breath become one. Treat each other very well and be kind to each other, for you are like siblings. You must be very generous, and you must not hold yourselves high.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Here is the summary (lit. gathering) of what I have-been-saying. All of you make-one your minds and empathize-with (lit. feel-with) your companions. Love-one-another as brothers, show-kindness/compassion-to-one-another and be humble (lit. lower your bodies).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I have some more teaching for you all which I will add on. It is really necessary that you live lives in harmony with one another. Be merciful to one another, and value one another like you are all siblings. You must help one another and be humble.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Here is the word for all of you to do. Act so that it is though you were of one mind. Act as though you were siblings together. Let there be your compassion. Do not be proud in your speech.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
