Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 1:7:
- Uma: “and its purpose is to make-known-from-it the strength your faith. Gold is examined with fire to see-from-it if it is really gold or not. And your faith surpasses the value of gold, because gold does not last forever. So, like gold is examined with fire, so also your faith is examined with trials/suffering. So that if/when it is really clear that you have faith, you will be praised, honored and exalted [lit., made high] when Yesus Kristus come again to this earth.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The troubles that have come to you are for testing your faith in God if it is true or not. It’s parable is gold. Gold will be destroyed like all other things in this world. Gold is melted in the fire to test whether it is pure or not. Your trust in God is still more valuable than gold. Therefore your trust has to be tested so that it is known if it is true. If you really trust in him you will be praised and honored when the day of Isa Almasi’s return comes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your believing is like gold, for gold is tested by means of fire to show whether is is true or not. The reason God permits that you have to endure painful things is so that by means of tribulation your faith might be tested as to whether it is true or not. Your faith is much more precious than gold, for gold is easily destroyed. And if your faith is real, you will be praised, you will be made famous, and you will be respected in the future when Jesus Christ is revealed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The reason you are experiencing these hardships, it is so that the trueness of your faith will be confirmed. Because even gold which doesn’t remain-unchanged forever, it has to be tested with/by fire in order that it will be confirmed whether it is truly gold. Therefore it is also necessary that your faith be confirmed, because it is more-valuable than gold. And if/when the trueness of your faith is seen, God will approve, honor and acknowledge you on the day when-Jesu Cristo -appears.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For as for these hardships, they’re like testing of your believing/obeying, whether it really is true. For always keep-in-mind that even gold, it has to be tested in fire to ensure that it really is real gold, for of course what is not gold will be removed by the fire. But as for gold, even though it’s an expensive thing, it can indeed be destroyed, for it’s only fitted-for-the-world. Your believing/obeying is really much more precious than gold, therefore it indeed needs to be made sure of. And then, when this believing/obeying of yours has now been tested and will be observed to be really holding fast, you will be praised and honored at the returning of Jesu-Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because you will pass through suffering in order that your faith will be tested. God is very valuable and it perishes. But this gold is tested by fire as to whether it is pure or not. Well in God’s sight your faith is more valuable than gold. When you pass through suffering and truly you believe in God, then you will be well spoken of and God will raise you up in honor at the day when Jesus Christ comes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 20:30:
- Uma: “Even from you yourselves later, there will be those who bring wrong teaching, so that the followers of Yesus are enticed and deceived, until they go over to their side.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Even from among you (lit. your many), there will be (those) who will lie in order to bring the ones trusting in Isa to follow them/join them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And it will happen in the future that even your own companions will tell lies so that they might carry away the believers to follow after them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There are also those who have-already-joined you who believe who in-the-future will teach lies in order to persuade believers to follow them (emphasis on them in RL).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And it isn’t only coming from outside, but on the contrary even your members who supposedly have believed now, it’s certain that some will arise also who will come out with very many lies so that they are the ones who will be followed/obeyed by the believers.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:39:
- Noongar: “Afterwards, Mary got ready and she went to a village in the hills of Judea.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From there, Maria left, going to a town in the hills of Yudea land.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Not long after that, Mariyam got ready and hurried and went to a place in the hills there in Yahudiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now not long after that Mary got ready and quickly left because she was going to another village there in the mountains in the province of Judea.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, Maria got-ready and hurried to go to the house of plural Zekarias that was in a town in the mountain-country in Judea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, Maria packed-a-few-things. She hurried going to a town in the hilly place of Judea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 2:14:
- Uma: “Submit to the governor, since he is the one that the king uses as his hand to punish people whose deeds are evil and praise people whose deeds are good.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Likewise follow/obey also the governors because they have been given authority by him to punish the ones doing bad and to praise the ones doing good.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Let us submit ourselves also to the governor, for the high King has sent him to punish transgressors, and so that he might also praise the righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and so also to the governors whom he sends to go punish those who do evil and to praise/honor those who do good.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Also submit to others who have responsibilities/jobs such as your governors. For as for these, they have been installed (lit. seated) by the highest official to pass judgment on whoever does evil and to speak well of the ones who are doing good deeds/works.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Obey the governor appointed by the ruler to jail evil people and to be favorable to those who do good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:24:
- Uma: “So, you (sing.) [emphasized] also go with them to the House of God and do the religious rite of cleansing the body, and you (sing.) [emphasized] pay the price of their sacrifice so that they can cut their hair according to our custom. If [you (sing.) do] like that, it will be clear to all people that the news they heard criticizing you is not true. Because you (sing.) as well follow the Law of Musa.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Go join them in the temple and do/perform the Yahudi customs about ritual-cleansing/purification. Pay the expenses for their sacrifices so that they will be able to shave (their heads) as a sign that that vow of theirs is fulfilled already. So-then if you do this, all the people will know that what they heard about you is not true. Instead they will know that you really follow/obey the law of Musa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Go with them to the church which is the House of God and take part in what they do according to the custom of their being purified. You be the one to pay what they owe and then they will be able to have their heads shaved. If you do this, all will know that the report which they heard about you is not true because it will become clear to them that you follow the law left behind by Moses.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Go-with them to the Temple in order to show-yourself (sing.) to the priest and join in what they do in the seven days during-which-they -conclude-it (the ritual abstinence). When that is finished, then pay-for what they need to butcher so that the priest will be able to shave-their -heads to show that what they have promised is finished. That will be the people’s means-of-knowing that what they have heard-reported concerning you (sing.), that is only a lie, because of-course it will-be-seen that your (sing.) way of fulfilling our law is correct/proper.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, cause them to accompany you to the Templo and join in what they will do which is cleansing of themselves. And if possible/acceptable, you be the one to pay for all which is used in this cleansing, so that it will then be possible for them to have their hair cut, which is an indicator that they have fulfilled those promises. For if you do this, everyone will know there’s no truth to all this news they are hearing, for they will observe that, even you, you indeed obey the laws of Moises.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:35:
- Uma: “When they arrived at the stairs that went up into that house of the soldiers, the masses/crowds crowded-together and they were really dead-set wanting to kill Paulus. That’s why Paulus had to be lifted and carried [horizontally with their hands] by the soldiers.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Paul was still on the steps/stairs of the fort, (when) he had to be lifted by the soldiers because of the strong pushing by the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When they arrived there on the steps of the fort, they lifted up Paul because the rioting of the people was very tense. The people were trying to grab Paul away” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they arrived-with-him at the ladder/stairs, they were forced to raise-him-above-their-heads, because the many-people were violently-attacking-him in their anger” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they reached the stairs/ladder by which one went up, Pablo was carried by the soldiers going up because he was still being grabbed at by the people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:2:
- Noongar: “This was the first writing of the names of all people. This happened when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “This first counting of the people was made at the time Kirenius was governor in Siria land.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This is the first time that people were registered, and at the time of registering Kirinu was governor in the place Suriya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This was the first taking of census while Quirinius was governor of the province of Syria.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This first census, it was done in the governorship of Kirinio in Syria.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This first census was done when Cirenio was governor of Siria.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 4:10:
- Uma: “God has given each of us abilities that are different. We must use our abilities to help others, we must do well the work that has been apportioned [lit., spooned-out] to us by God from his grace [lit., white insides].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Each one of you God has been given an expertise by God. You should use those expertises to help your companions. You should know how to use the different kinds of expertise that God entrusted to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Any kind of wisdom which God has given to each one of you should be used by him to help his fellow believers so that your use of anything which God has helped you with might be proper.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As for the abilities that God has entrusted to each one who has believed, use (them) to help-one-another as if you are trustworthy servants in-charge-of distributing God’s various blessings.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Consider that each one of you has been given means/ability by God. Therefore use properly whatever kind of ability he graced to you. You must use this as a means of helping your siblings in believing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God has given power to each of you in order that you do different work in order to help your brethren. Do well the work which has been given to you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999); “May everyone use the special charisma [Charisma] they have received as a special, healing gift that — inexplicably for humans — points back to heaven. So use your charismas as a ministry in the church, because God’s grace is manifold and requires people who are familiar with God’s house.”
