Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 21:36:
- Uma: “The owner of the field again sent/ordered other slaves, more than the first time. But they were also just done to like that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the owner sent again other servants to go to them. They were more then the previous ones. The caretakers did to them as they had done to the others.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And this person again sent many more than he sent at first. However, these who were caring (for the vineyard), they did the same thing to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then the farm owner sent more slaves than the first-time, but what the tenant-farmers (lit. those-who-took-care-of the farm) did to them was the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that owner discovered it, he sent others, more than those first slaves. But like that indeed was done by those he’d left in charge.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The field-owner then sent even more servants to the field, but those workers at the field again mistreated the ones who arrived there.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 6:5:
- Uma: “My relatives that are slaves, follow the orders of your nobles in this world. Honor and submit to them sincerely [lit., from the whiteness of your heart]. Do it the same way that you submit to Kristus [lit., Do it like your submitting to Kristus.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You the slaves/servants, you should follow/obey the commands of your masters here in this world. Honor them and follow/obey them whole-heartedly, as if it is Almasi whom you are working for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you servants, thoroughly carry out the commands which your bosses here on the earth give you. Respect them, and it’s necessary that your obeying their commands comes from your good breath (comes from your desire to do good), just as if Christ was the One who commanded you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You slaves, you should obey your masters on this earth. Respect them (lit. have-shame-to them) and put-forth your efforts (lit. ability) to do what they tell you as you would do if Cristo were the one sending-you-on-errands (i.e. your master).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now you slaves also, you need to obey with complete obedience your masters here in the world. Obey them with true respect for them, not just pretence, in which it is like Cristo you are serving.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen you workers, obey your bosses for whom you work here in the world. Truly from the heart respect them. From the heart do the work you are working at, considering it like as though you were doing the work of Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:40:
- Asháninka: “He will cause them to be blind; he will erase from them their understanding, lest they see, lest they know, lest they turn to me, lest I save them.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “God made the men blind in their understanding, and he made their hearts hard. In that way they couldn’t understand with their understanding, and they couldn’t believe anything in their hearts, and they couldn’t think differently in their hearts so that I could make their hearts better.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “God has caused the hearts of these people to be unresponsive, so that they are unheeding. He has caused them to see but not to realize what that which they are seeing means, and to hear but not to understand what that which they are hearing means. They would perhaps repent of their sins and permit God to renew their hearts if they understood it and if they realized what it meant.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “‘The Lord God says: ‘I purposely made them blind, so they couldn’t see. I made their hearts hard, so their hearts were not clear. That’s why they won’t be given goodness [salvation] by me.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Their eyes are made blind by God so that they do not see, and he made their minds dull so that they do not understand. So-then their livers are not changed, says God, therefore I do not take their sins away.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Isaiah also said, ‘As for God, he caused them to become blind so they couldn’t see. He also caused that their breaths become hard so that they may not believe because they might give up evil and call on him for help.’ That’s why they didn’t believe in Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘God has blinded them and has hardened their minds lest they be able-to-see and able-to-understand and they face him so that he will heal them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘He blinded their eyes and he made their heads hard so that they wouldn’t be able to see or understand, or be able to return to him so that he might make them well.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘God covered their sight in order that they would not see with their eyes. And he covered their hearts in order that their hearts would not find (understand) how the word is. And their hearts won’t change to follow God, so that he won’t forgive them.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:22:
- Uma: “When they heard the answer of Yesus, it startled them. They went away leaving Yesus behind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they heard this they wondered very much and they left.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they heard that saying of Jesus, they were very surprised, and they left Jesus and went out.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they heard that, they were extremely amazed, and they immediately-left him and went-out-of-sight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When those who had been sent heard that, they couldn’t respond for they were amazed. That’s why they went home then.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus’ enemies heard his answer, they were astounded, they couldn’t do as they had planned. They left him then.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 1:13:
- Uma: “The soldiers who guard the king’s house and all the people here know that I am imprisoned here because I am a servant of Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because-of my being imprisoned all the guards in the palace of the sultan and also all the others here know already that the reason that I am imprisoned is because of my following Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For all of the soldiers who are guards here in the palace of the king, and everybody here, they know that I am in prison only because I am a servant of Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because all the soldiers who guard the palace (palasyo) and the other people here have come-to-know that there is no other reason that I have been imprisoned if not only my having-served Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For all the soldiers and still others here have comprehended that what caused my being imprisoned was my serving Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And now, all the soldiers who are here in the palace and all the others here know that I am in prison because I believe in Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:22:
- Uma: “His disciples looked at one another carried by their confusion, because they did not know whom he meant.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His disciples looked. They did not know who he was talking of.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his disciples just looked at each other because they did not know who he was talking about.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “His disciples, they just looked-fixedly-at-one-another with their minds in-a-turmoil, because they didn’t know who/what he was talking-about.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His disciples stared around, because they had no idea which of them he was referring to in that which he’d said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The learners began looking at one another, they didn’t know of whom Jesus was speaking.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:8:
- Uma: “‘But you, don’t you want to be honored and called ‘Teacher,’ for only one person is your Teacher, and you all are all just relatives of each other.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “As for you, do not want to be called ‘Teacher’, for you all are like brothers and only one is your teacher, I.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you allow anyone to call you ‘Teacher’, because you are all brothers, and you have only one teacher, I, the one chosen to rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘But as-for you, don’t permit that teacher be the spoken-opinion/designation of your companions toward you, because you are all siblings and only I am your teacher.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for you, don’t you have yourselves called teacher, because I alone am your teacher. You are all like one brotherhood.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But as for you, do not want that you elevate yourselves so that people call you their teachers. Because there is only one who is your teacher, that one who is called the Christ. As for you, you are all brethren with each other.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 2:15:
- Uma: “so that it will be clear to all people that you are really children of God, who have no faults, [lit., nothing-to-be-criticized-for], who live holy and have no evil intentions. Like stars shine in the darkness, so [are] you in the midst of people who have bent and evil hearts,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “so that there will be no bad/evil there among/in you and nobody can find-fault with you. You are the children of God, therefore your conduct should be only/purely good, even though you live here in the world among crooked and bad/evil people. You are figuratively lights here in the world.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then there will be nothing evil in you because your behavior will be good because you are children of God and there will be nothing for Him to rebuke you for, even though you are still living here on the earth in the middle of wicked people whose behavior is not righteous. You are like lamps,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that there will be nothing of which you the children of God are accused and your behavior will be all good. Because even though you are staying-with bad and sinful people on this earth, you ought nonetheless to have no fault/lack so that you can be compared to the stars which shine in the night,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “so that nothing can be found fault with in your lives and there’s no motive in your minds which is not good. On the contrary, you are now (to be) children of God with whom he is able to be pleased, with nothing others can criticize, even though you are among people who, what they give highest priority to is evil, and all their thinking is wrong. Hopefully you are shining like you are their lights, for what you are like is stars glowing in the sky,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore no sin will be found against you. Because you are now the children of God even though you live where live the people who are sinners and rebellious. It is necessary that it be seen that you are different from the sinners who are here on this earth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
