Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:20:
- Uma: “A tree that does not bear well is definitely chopped down and burned up. So also God will certainly punish those false/lying prophets. We (incl.) know that they are lying/liars if we look at the fruit of their work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Like that also will you recognise by their deeds the prophets who are not true ones.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In the same way, those who say they are inspired of God and whose teaching is a lie, God will punish them. And you can tell that they are deceitful because of their bad ways of doing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That then is how-you -can-distinguish deceitful prophets by what they are doing.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s why by their doings, you can recognize those who are only false-prophets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore I tell you that according to how the lying teachers live, thus you will know who they are.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 1:16:
- Uma: “So, because I said you really know the contents of my heart, that’s why I had a plan the other day [lit., yesterday] to visit you twice, so that you would get also get blessings twice. My purpose the other day [lit., yesterday], I would go first of all to visit you on my trip here to Makedonia, and when I returned from here again, I’d stop in on you again, so that you would help me on my trip going to Yudea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because I planned hep that before proceeding to Makedoniya I would stop first by and visit you, then on my return trip I would stop by again there so that you could help me in my travels to Yahudiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because what was in my mind is that I would stop over with you when I go to Macedonia, and when I return home I would stop in again with you, so that I might be helped by you when I go to the province of Judea.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This aforementioned original plan of mine was that I would stop-over koma at your location in my going to Macedonia, then I would again visit you upon my return so that you would help-me on my trip to Judea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For my plan was to stop-by there (=Corinto) on my way to Macedonia, and on my returning, I would stop-by again so that you would help me on my journey to Judea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because I wanted that when I went to Macedonia I would pass by where you live. When I returned from Macedonia, again I would pass by there where you live. I wanted that you would help me so that I could go on to the land of Judea.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:50:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Do you (sing.) believe because I said I saw you (sing.) at the base of a fig tree? You (sing.) will also see something greater than that.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to him, ‘You believe in me because I said that I saw you under the fig tree? In the future you will be able to see doings of mine that cause more wonder than this.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘Do you believe just because I said to you that I saw you underneath the fig tree? There are things that I am going to do in the future which are more miraculous than that.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus said in-return, ‘You (sing.) believe on-account-of my saying that I saw you (sing.) at the base of the fig tree, isn’t that so? In-the-future also you (sing.) will see more-amazing things-being-done than this.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The next reply of Jesus was, ‘You believed because I said to you that I saw you under the igos (tree). But it’s true, there are things you will see which are more praiseworthy, far more so than this-one.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said, ‘Only do you believe in me now because I told you that I saw you when you were at the fig tree. Now more difficult things you will see so that you will better know who I am.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 8:23:
- Uma: “From there, Yesus did climbed into a boat [as he had started to in 8:18] with his disciples, and they left.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that Isa rode in a boat and his disciples accompanied him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus got into a large boat, and his disciples went with him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus and his disciples rode in a boat and they set-off.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Then Jesus and his disciples sailed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus entered the boat to go, along with his learners he went.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 3:7:
- Uma: “Long ago the Lord wrote his Law on writing rocks, and he gave it to the prophet Musa. At that time, the Yahudi people were not able to keep looking at Musa’s face, for his face shone with God’s power. But the shine on Musa’s face was only for a while, and it decreased until it vanished/went-out. The Lord’s Law that was written on rock brought death to mankind, for we are not able to follow it. But even so, God’s power that the Yahudi people saw in Musa’s face at that time was indeed big. So, if this was the power of the law that brought death,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The covenant called the first law was written on flat stones and God’s brightness was really seen while that law was given. This brightness was seen including in the face of Musa therefore the people of Isra’il could not look-without-moving at him because of its brightness but that brightness of his was passing. If the first law, the one that brings death was sent with God’s brightness, a sign that it was great” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When God wrote the Law long time ago on the stone tablets, Moses was surrounded by the shining power of God. And then the face of Moses shone because of the power of God and it dazzled the eyes of those people who are descendants of Israel. And in spite of the fact that it was very bright, that power which God showed through His writing this, was very great.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Let us think-about the time-when-God -showed his power when he gave his law to Moses. Because Moses’ face was-exceedingly -dazzling when he brought (lit. arrived-with) that-aforementioned law that was written/carved in stone to the descendants of Israel. Even though the dazzling-gleam of his face was weakening, they were nonetheless dazzled, and they were not able-to-look-fixedly at him. If like that was the power God showed when he gave the law that results in punishment that has no end,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for that former initiated-agreement of God, it tells of death which is punishment which has no end, for people are not able to obey his laws which were written on flat rocks. But even though it was like that, the people did indeed see God’s glory/praiseworthiness in his giving of those laws. And furthermore the Israelita couldn’t keep-looking at Moises’ shining face even though the dazzlingness was now diminishing. Well, if God’s glory/praisworthiness was seen in that system (lit. trail) whose outcome was death which is punishment without end,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Law which Moses wrote was written on a slab of rock. When this word was written, very strong was the light of God which accompanied it. Concerning Moses’ face, even the Jews could not look on it because it was shining so much. But this shining of his face bit by bit went away until it became as it had been before. Therefore very beautiful is what happened when the law began to be in effect. Only concerning this law, it says that the person who rejects what is said in the law will be punished.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 3:6:
- Umiray Dumaget Agta: “That which originates from the body of a person is the body of a person. That which originates from the Spirit of God is spirit.”
- Aguaruna: “Those born from people are people. Those born by God’s spirit, they have God’s spirit.”
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “All the children of human beings are human beings by birth. All who are born another time, this being the work of the Holy Spirit, these are new people.”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “One who is a child of people, he has his flesh and bones. And one who has his new life by the power of the Holy Spirit, he has the Spirit of God.”
- Chol: “He who is born of a mother is given a body. He who is born of the spirit is given life in his heart.”
- Alekano: “One that people give birth to will surely have a person’s soul. One that the Spirit gives birth to, he will surely have the Spirit’s soul.”
- Tenango Otomi: “A child, when it is born, if his parents are only people, is also only a person. But in order for a person to live anew, only the Holy Spirit can cause it.”
- Lalana Chinantec: “People’s flesh and blood causes our flesh and blood to be alive when we are born. But the great Spirit of God causes our hearts to be alive.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “Man lives in this world, and is born from his parents. But the new life of his soul he receives from the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “What is born of mankind is mankind/human. But if a person is born again from the Spirit of God, he is made a child of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That which is born by means of a human is only human also, but that which is born by means of the power of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit lives in him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the one to whom a person gives-birth, he is humanlike (connotes limited, sinful humanity), but the one by-contrast to whom the Holy Spirit gives-birth, he is spiritual (loan naispiritoan).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because the one given birth to by a human, he is indeed human, a slave yet to sin. But that one who has been given birth to again, for he has been given birth to by the Espiritu Santo, he is now free from that slavery.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “A child, when it is born and his parents are only people, is also only a person. But in order for a person to live anew, only the Holy Spirit is able to cause it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:21:
- Uma: “On the way, a woman came getting close to him from behind. That woman had bled continually for twelve years, there was not its stopping. She said in her heart: ‘Even if I just touch his shirt/clothes, I will definitely get well.’ From there she touched/held the bottom of Yesus’ shirt/clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “She said in her mind, ‘If I only touch his robe/shirt I will be well.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When they were going, a woman came near to the back of Jesus. Now this woman had a sickness. She had been bleeding for twelve years and it wouldn’t stop. And she thought that if she could touch only the shirt of Jesus, she would get well. And then she was able to touch the hem of the shirt of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because she said in her mind, ‘Even if I only should touch his clothes, I will get-well.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because (she said) to herself, ‘Even if I can brush against the clothes of Jesus, certainly this illness of mine will be cured.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “She thought to herself: ‘If I touch the clothing of Jesus, I will be healed,’ she thought.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 5:3:
- Uma: “Actually, we don’t want to die and leave this body. Our desire is that we will exchange this body of ours with that new body of ours.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The reason that we (dual) want bodies like that is so that when we (dual) die our (dual) spirit/soul will not be like a person naked/clothes-fallen-off.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For when we are raised from the dead in the future, it is necessary that we have a body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that our spirits will immediately have something-to-put-on so they will not be made-naked when we leave our original bodies.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “so that when we are like clothed with that one, it won’t be said that our soul is like naked because it has no body.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There will be a new home where we will live. We cannot say that we are without a home.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
