Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:13:
- Uma: “But the people who believe in me until the end, they are the ones who will get goodness [salvation] in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But whoever endures until the end of this persecution has life in heaven without end.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, he who still believes at the end of the torments, he is the one who who will be given eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But whoever perseveres in believing/obeying, not giving-out (as water-source), he will be saved.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for those who hold fast their trust-in/relying-on and belief-in/obeying-of me until the end-time comes, it’s certain they will be saved.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the person who does not separate from me, who endures whatever he suffers, is the one who will save his life.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 4:11:
- Uma: “The reason that I say this, it is not my intention to say that I have a need/lack. Because I am already used to living happily with whatever there is.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And I am not saying this because I am in need, for I am used already to whatever happens-to-me/I-experience, whether I have anything or not, I am not troubled.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason why I’m saying this is not because I lack the things I need. Because even when my situation is not very good, God has taught me that it’s necessary that I be happy just the same.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I don’t say this because of the lack of what I need, because I have-accustomed-myself to be satisfied with whatever is my situation.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I don’t mean to say that I am in need and that’s why I am looking to you to help me. For it’s true that I have become used to being able to be happy whatever my situation is.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I do not suffer when you do not help me. I rejoice in however I live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:2:
- Uma: “They will expel you from the house of prayer. Not only that, the time will come when there are people who want to kill you, because they say, that is the will of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There will be a time in the future, when the religious leaders will no longer allow you inside their prayer-houses. And the time will come, that when somebody kills you he will think-mistakenly that he is doing God’s will.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because they will take away your right to enter into the church, and that’s not all, because in the future if someone kills you, he will think what he’s doing pleases God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because they won’t count you among your fellow Jews. In a future day also, some will kill you and they will say to themselves (lit. with their minds) that that is a good way-by-which-they -honor God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s certain your Judioship will be removed. The time will come when whoever will kill you, in his perception, he will think-mistakenly that what he is doing is good service to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And your names are going to be removed from the churches of the Jews. The time will come when some will kill you, thinking that they do the work for God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:45:
- Uma: “‘For example, there was a slave who was wise [lit., whose heart was clear] and who faithfully did the work of his noble. That slave was appointed [lit., lifted] by his noble to be the commander who commands the other slaves and who given them their food every day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘If there is a trustworthy servant and he works well, he is the one whom his master makes the leader of his other servants. When the time comes for giving, he is the one who gives the food to the servants.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the wise and faithful servant, he is the one his master puts in charge of his companion servants. He is the one who feeds his companion servants at the time of eating.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus also related this parable. He said, ‘The trustworthy and wise servant, he is the one whom his master has appointed to be in charge of the other servants and to give them their food daily.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘As for the trustworthy and good slave, he is the one to whom his master gives oversight of the other slaves in his household. He is the one who gives out the food allowance.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I will tell you what will be done by the people who understand the word and do what they are told. These are like a worker which is put in charge of those who live in the house of his boss. At the time of meals he feeds the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 1:20:
- Uma: “God ordered his Son to come die on the cross, so that everything that is would be caused-to-be-at-peace / caused-to-be-united again with him, both what is in the world and what is in heaven. It was that death of Yesus on the cross that made everything be-at-peace / united with God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And because of this Child/Son of his, God wants that everything, that means all which is there in the sky and which is here on earth, be reconciled again with him. And because of the death of his Child/Son on the post it is possible for them to be reconciled with him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And He wants also that by means of His Son, everybody here on earth and in Heaven, might be returned to a good relationship with Him. And by means of the shedding of the blood of His son on the cross, it might be possible that everybody becomes His friends.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And he decided to again bring-close to himself all that exists on the earth and in heaven by-means-of that Child of his, so he removed what was separating them from him by-means-of the blood of Cristo that flowed-down at his death on the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And he also determined that by the strength of the death of Jesus in-which he caused- his blood -to-drip on the cross, he would cause absolutely-all to return to himself, here in the world and in heaven also, so that they could be reconciled again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God wanted that by means of Christ it would be possible to be friends with all the people who live here on earth also those who live in heaven. They are brought together because Christ died on the cross.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:1:
- Uma: “After Yesus said all that, he looked up to the sky and he prayed, he said: ‘My Father, the time has come! Make-big me, your Child, so that I also make-big you, Father.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa had finished saying this, he looked up to the sky and he prayed to God, he said, ‘O Father, the time has come. Honor/make great me, your Son, so that I will also honor you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then when Jesus had finished speaking, he looked up to heaven, and he said, ‘Father, this is the prophesied time. As for me, your son, show now my power so that I might also show your great power.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Jesus said this, after that he then looked-up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the time that you (sing.) designated/set has already arrived. Show my honor who am your (sing.) Child, so that I will also show your (sing.) honor who are my Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After Jesus finished what he was saying, he looked up to heaven and prayed. He said, ‘Father, the time has now been reached. Make it that the praiseworthiness/glory of your son will be seen, so that through what I who am your Son will do, I will show the big-size of your praisewothiness/glory.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Having said this, Jesus looked toward heaven and said, ‘My Father, now the time has come. May the people know that your son is the greatest so that also your son will cause them to know that you are the greatest.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:27:
- Uma: “why-in-the-world didn’t you (sing.) at least put my money in the bank so that when I got back I could get it with an increase [lit., its children]!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, why didn’t you put my money in a bank so it would gain interest? So-then when I returned I could have got my money including the interest.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Why didn’t you lend my money so that it might be percented so that its value might increase so that I might receive more when I return?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “then why didn’t you (sing.) bank my money so that when I came-home, there would have been even a little interest (lit. its child) that I would have been able to get?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, why didn’t you deposit (lit. drop) it with the money-lenders? If you had deposited it, isn’t it so that today I could have gotten a profit on it?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Well couldn’t you have put my money in a bank? Then when I had arrived you could have given me the wages of my money,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:23:
- Uma: “In appearance, those laws look so good, because the people who follow those laws are like ones who are really religious: they humble themselves [lit., lower their hearts] and they follow rules of religion that torture their bodies. But really there is no use to those laws, because the people who follow those laws just follow the evil desires of their hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “True, their teachings/instructions appear to be right/fitting. They are really religious and they pretend that their livers are low/humble and they cause-difficulties to their bodies, but all these doings of theirs are only from their own wishes/will. But these (things) do not cause the greedy-desire of their bodies to stop.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for those people, it sounds as if what they’re teaching is right; they say that it’s necessary for us to worship the angels of God, and it’s necessary that we consider ourselves low in rank, and it’s necessary also that we torture our bodies. But in spite of that, these things which they teach are not right, for commands like this, they cannot help us in resisting the evil desires of our bodies.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Admittedly it’s as if those rules have goodness, because those who follow them, they are careful/thorough in worshipping angels and they humble themselves to obey their customs while-at-the-same-time they very-much hardship their bodies/themselves (ambiguous). But the truth-of-it is, these-things have no usefulness in blocking what the body desires.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “On the surface (lit. if we just look), you could say that these teachings are the truth because those obeying/following (them), in the sight of others, they are devoutly-worshipful and very humble, and they are even causing suffering to their bodies. However there is indeed no usefulness to these things for they indeed are what lead us into indulging our congenital evil desires.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Truly these people who say such things seem to appear as wise people. Because they say that they teach the proper way for people to worship. And they teach you that you should act as though you are of no value. And they teach you to control well the desires of your body. But these teaching are of no value because they do not take away the evil thoughts a person has in his heart.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
