Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 6:13:
Uma: “The stars also all fell from the sky to earth, like the unripe/miscarried fruits of a tree fall from the top when shaken by a big wind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The stars dropped down on the earth like fruit dropping when a tree is shaken by a strong wind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And stars fell down to the earth like unripe fruit of the igira tree when they are struck by the wind and fall.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The stars also fell to earth like the not-yet ripe fruit of trees blown-down by a strong typhoon.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And as for the stars, they all fell down, just like the falling of still immature fruit from a tree when it is in the path of a strong wind.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Above, the stars fell to the earth. These stars fell as though old figs were shaken by the wind, all falling arriving to the earth. It was like that.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 6:15:
Uma: “So, God says we are straight in his sight only because of his grace [white insides], not because of our following of his Law. But let’s not say/think like this: ‘If it is thus, we may commit sin.’ Don’t, relatives!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Perhaps you (pl.) say, ‘Na, if it is like that, because God loves and pities us (incl.) and because the law has no longer authority over us (incl.) na, we (incl.) can continue to sin.’ But that is not true.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Some perhaps suppose mistakenly that since it is no longer necessary for us to observe the Law, and since God has shown His favor to us, that we can continue doing evil. But that cannot really be.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “What then does this mean to say? If our salvation is based on God’s grace, not our obeying the law, is it OK if we sin? It cannot-be!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Now our souls are saved, but it is not that we do all that the law says, because it is wholly by the grace of God that he cleared our sins. So now, that our sins have been cleared, can it be said that we will continue to again commit sin? No, not that.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:58:
Noongar: “Jesus said to him, ‘Dingos have caves and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has not one place to lie down and sleep.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “Yesus answered him, he said: ‘Civet cats have their dens, and birds have their nests, but I the Child of Man, I do not have a house to sleep in.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘The pahang (big lizard) have it good, they have holes and the birds have nests. But I, the Son of Mankind I have not even a resting place.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to him, ‘As for the fox, there is a cave where he lives; as for the birds, they have their nests. But as for me, the one titled the older sibling of mankind, I just have to rest anywhere, because I have no place to live.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jesus said, ‘Even the civet-cats have holes to live in, and the birds also, they have nests, but I who am Child of a Person have no proper place-to-sleep.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Jesus answered, saying, ‘Is that true? It would be good if you will remember that wild dogs have holes (in trees), and as for the birds, they have their nests. But as for me who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, I have no certain place to stay, but on the contrary just wherever.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 8:11:
Uma: “The name of that star, Bitter. The water of one third of all the rivers became bitter, and many people died because they drank that bitter water.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “That star was called ‘Bitter’ because one part of the rivers/waters became bitter and many people died when they drank that water because it had become very bitter.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The name of the star was Bitter. And a third of the waters on the earth became bitter. Many people died because of that water because it was very bitter.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “That star, it was named Bitter. Its result was that a third of the water became-bitter, and many people died on account of their having drunk it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The name of that star was Bitter, and that third part of the water became truly bitter. Many were the people who died after drinking from it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “This large star is named ‘the poison which is bitter.’ There in the waters where it arrived the water became bitter. Very many people died upon drinking the bitter water.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:24:
Uma: “I here am indeed a person [in] disaster! Who will please free me from this body that brings death?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I am really troubled in my thinking/mind! Who will be the one to help me so that I no longer happen-to-follow/obey my inborn sinning/old nature. If there is no one helping me I will eventually die and I will go to hell.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “How difficult is this which happens to me; who can redeem me from this slavery of my sinful body that is sentenced to death?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Oh what-a-pitiful -wretch-I-am! Who perhaps will save me from this body of mine which is condemned to die?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But pity the person who is like this. Who can save him so that he won’t go to the punishment that he must go to?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:28:
Noongar: “‘You speak the truth,’ Jesus said. ‘Do this and you will live.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Your (sing.) answer is right/true. Do like that, you (sing.) will get/attain good life.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘Your answer is right,’ said Isa. ‘Do that and you will be given everlasting life.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus said to him, ‘What you said is true. If you do that, you will be given life without end.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘Your (sing.) answer is correct,’ Jesus said. ‘If you (sing.) do that, you (sing.) will have life that has no ending.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “‘Really true is what you answered there,’ said Jesus. ‘Provided you always obey those, this life will be yours.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 10:9:
Uma: “So I did go to that angel, I said to him: ‘Give me that little letter there.’ He said to me: ‘Take it and eat it. If it is in your stomach, it is bitter. But in your mouth it is sweet like honey [bee water].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Na, I went to the angel and asked/requested from him the little paper roll. He said to me, ‘Take this and eat it. It will be sweet like honey in your mouth but sour when it is in your stomach.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I went to the angel and I asked for the small scroll, and he said to me, ‘Take it and eat it. It will be very sweet like honey in your mouth, but when it is in your stomach it will be very sour.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “So I approached the angel and requested the small paper. ‘Take it and (lit. to) eat it,’ he said. ‘Its taste, it is sweet like the honey (lit. water) of bees, but later your (sing.) stomach will hurt from its bitterness.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, I approached that angel. I asked for that writing. He said to me, ‘Here-you-are, here it is. Take it and eat it. On your lips, it’s like the sweetness of bees’ honey, but it’s bitter when it has been swallowed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “I went to where the angel was to ask for the paper he held in his hand. The angel said to me: ‘Here is the paper. Eat it. There in your mouth it will be sweet like honey. But when it has gone to your stomach it will be sour.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:31:
Uma: “If we consider all of this that God has done, our hearts are strengthened. If God is on our side, who will be sufficient/able to oppose us!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When we (incl.) think about what I have said there, we (incl.) really know that there is nothing/no one that/who can defeat us (incl.) because God defends us (incl.)/takes our side.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When we think about all these things, we know that God really is our companion and there’s nothing that can harm us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “What then do all these-things mean to say? What they mean to say is this. Since God is in/with/for us, who perhaps will be able-to-defeat us?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Then what other word should we say then? Now we are friends with God. Whoever wants to be against us, it doesn’t matter a bit.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
