Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:9:
- Uma: “After that, one of the seven angels that held bowls filled with the seven final tortures came. That angel came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the woman whom the Lamb bridegrooms [a verb based on the name of the Uma wedding ceremony].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this, one of the seven angels who had carried the seven bowls full of the last disasters came to me. The angel said, ‘Come, I will show you the bride who will soon be married to the one called the Sheep.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then one of the seven angels who had poured out the seven bowls full of the seven last torments on mankind spoke to me, He said, ‘Come with me and I will show you the wife of the young sheep.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then one of those seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last hardships came. He said to me, ‘Come so I will show you (sing.) the woman whom the Sheep will marry.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, then one of those seven angels who were each holding a bowl, the contents of these being the final seven epidemics, approached me. He said to me, ‘Come here, for I will show you the one who will be married by this one referred to as Young Sheep.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then came to me one of the seven angels who had held the bowls filled with the seven calamities which had happened. He said to me: ‘Come here. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 16:4:
- Uma: “At one time they almost died because they wanted to help me. I am thankful to them. And not just me, all the believers in the Lord Yesus who live in the villages of those who are not Jews, they are also thankful to them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They were willing (maglilla’) to die in order that they could only help me from danger. That’s why I really thank them. And not only I, but all the not Yahudi who trust Isa Almasi thank them also.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of their help to me, they risked death. And because of this my thanks to them is great. And that’s not all: for all of the believers here who are not Jews thank them also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They risked (appreciative particle) their lives for me, so I have a big debt to them, and not only I but also all the congregations in the towns of the Gentiles.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When the people were against me, these two risked their lives to save me. Therefore I am thankful to them. And not only I am thankful for what they did, also the believers who are not Jews are thankful to them for saving me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:28:
- Noongar: “‘The first brother became very angry and he would not go inside the house. So his father came outside and begged him to go into the house.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘That first-born child was angry, he refused to enter into the house. His father went to encourage him to enter.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But he was angry and he did not want to go inside. His father came out and begged him to come inside.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then that older brother was very disgusted and he would not go up into the house. And then his father came down out of the house, and spoke softly to him, saying, ‘Come on into the house, son.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Then the older-sibling was angry and he refused to enter. So their father came-out to plead-with-him in inviting him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that older brother heard, he got angry. He no longer continued on to the house. Without anything further, his father met him to placate him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:14:
- Uma: “Fortunate are the people who wash their clothes until they are clean, for they are the ones who are allowed to eat the fruit of the tree of life. They will be allowed to enter into the village through its doors.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Happy are the people who wash their clothes so that they are very clean, that means that their livers are clean/holy. Because they will be given authority to enter the doors of that city. And they will also be given authority to eat the fruit of the tree that gives life.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “How happy all those are who wash their clothes to make them white, which is to say, they let their sins be removed, because if they do that they will be given the right to eat the fruit of the tree which gives life and to enter into the gates of the city.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The people who launder their clothes are fortunate, because they have authority to enter the entrance of the city and to eat the fruit of the tree which gives life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They can really be happy who are always making their clothes clean, which means, they repent of each sin so that it can be removed. For they will be given authority/the-right to enter into this city and to eat the fruit of this tree which gives life.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The good fortune has been met by the person who will wash his clothing so that it will always be white. Because those are the persons who will be given the right to eat the fruits of the tree which gives new life. And they will be given the right to enter into the city.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 1:9:
- Uma: “God called you to be in-harmony/united together with his Son, Yesus Kristus our Lord, and he always fulfills his promises to us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God will really make your trust strong because God can really be trusted and he has chosen you so that you be one with his Child Isa Almasi, he is our (incl.) Leader.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God, we can trust His Word. He is the one who caused us to believe so that we might have fellowship with Jesus Christ who is His son, and who is our Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because God who has called/invited you to have-fellowship-with (lit. companion-with) his Child Jesu Cristo our Lord is faithful.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You can really be sure that God will do all this, he who put it in your minds to become-united/tied-together with his Son (lit.Child) Jesu-Cristo who is our Lord.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God called us that we walk together with his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. That word which God promised us to bring about, is that which will happen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 16:28:
- Noongar: “There I have five brothers. You let Lazarus go to tell them so they don’t also come to this place of pain.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because I still have five relatives. Order Lazarus to warn them so that they do not come here to this place of suffering.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “for I have there five brothers. Tell Lasarus to instruct them that they should change their behavior so that they will not come here to this place for suffering pain.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because I have four younger brothers. And it’s necessary that they know beforehand, so that they should not come to this place of those who are tormented.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that he will advise/admonish my five siblings who are there so that they will not also come here to the place of excessive suffering.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For (he will) warn my five siblings there, so that they won’t get to come here to this place of hardship/suffering.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 2:10:
- Uma: “We(incl.) here/now, we know this purpose of God’s, for God made-it-known-to us with the power of the Holy Spirit. For nothing is hidden to the Holy Spirit, he investigates everything, even to the purposes of God that are not-yet known by mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But we (incl.) have been caused to know this by God’s Spirit. Because the Spirit of God knows everything, he knows even the deepest thoughts of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And these things that were hidden long ago, He has caused us to understand them by means of the Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit, He knows everything even the very deep, hidden thoughts of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “These-things are what God has made-known to us through his Spirit (Ispirito), because there is nothing that God’s Spirit doesn’t know. Even the deepest thoughts of God, he knows them exactly.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for us, we have now comprehended this because the Espiritu Santo caused us to comprehend it. For there really is nothing the Espiritu Santo doesn’t know, even the deepest things which God has determined.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But God sent us the Holy Spirit, that one who caused that we understood about this word. Because the Holy Spirit knows all that God thinks.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:29:
- Noongar: “On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and burning ash fell down from the sky and killed them all.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But actually when Lot went-out from Sodom, fire and rocks that were glowing/embers from heaven landed, killing them all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But when the day came when Lot was sent away from the town Sodom, fire and sulphur fell like rain from the sky and they all were destroyed/perished.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And on that day when Lot left his town which was named Sodom, all the people who lived there were destroyed by fire and sulphur which God dropped from Heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “until the day that plural Lot left that town. Right after-that fire and burning rocks called sulfur fell from heaven and they were all burned-up.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But on the day when Lot left/had-to-leave Sodoma, it rained, what was falling coming from heaven/sky being fire and asupri, which burned them all up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Genesis 19:24.
