Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:29:
- Noongar: “Because the days are coming when people will say, ‘They are very happy those women without children, who did not give milk to them!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because the time will come when people say: ‘Fortunate are the barren women, who have not ever [lit., one time] given birth, and who have not ever nursed a child!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For there will be days coming in the future when the people will say, ‘How lucky are the women who cannot bear children and the women who never gave birth and gave suck.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because the day is coming when a terrible trouble will take place here, and then people will say how better off are those women who have no children and are not nursing any children.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because later a time of difficulty will arrive in which people will say, ‘Fortunate are the women who are barren who have not given-birth and breast-fed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For think about this. The day will come when people will say, ‘The situation is really better of women who don’t give birth and have no nursing-babies.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:5:
- Uma: “Blessed are the people who are humble [lit., their hearts are low], for they will get what God has promised.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Better off are the people with lowly livers because they will receive the good/blessing God has promised.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Far better off are those who did not make themselves high, for they will receive the blessing God has promised.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Fortunate are the patient people who humble themselves (lit. put-low their thoughts/minds), because they are the ones who will inherit the earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “(The people) can be happy who are meek/patient, because it’s certain they will receive all that God has promised.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The good fortune will be met by the people who are not arrogant before their fellowmen. Because these are the people who will receive the land which has been promised.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Psalm 37:11.
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:2:
- Uma: “You have been lifted from the punishment of your sins, as long as you hold strongly to the Good News that I delivered to you–lest [lit., don’t-don’t, like Indonesian jangan-jangan] your faith had no purpose.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because of this good news also you have life without end if you really steadfastly follow the message that I proclaimed to you. Because if you don’t follow, there is no use in your having believed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “By means of this Good News which I preached to you, you were freed from God’s punishment. You will be free from God’s punishment if you don’t abandon it. Because if you abandon it, your faith, evidently, is not real.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And if you persist in believing this good news, you will be saved unless what your faith was-based-on was not correct/right.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Your believing/obeying this Good News is what you are saved by from God’s punishment upon your sins, provided you hold fast to this word of God that I taught you, unless your believing/obeying is not genuine (lit. just from your beak).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If you do not separate from this word, it will save your souls if not just on the outside you believe.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:5:
- Noongar: “The women were very afraid. They knelt to the ground. The men asked, ‘Why do you look for a living person among the dead people?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Those women were terrified and they fell-face-forward to the ground. Those two said to them: ‘Why do you hunt for a living person in the midst of the dead?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The women were terrified and they bowed-down-low. But the men said to them, ‘Why do you seek a living person here where they bury the dead?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for these women, they knelt down, bowing their heads because they were very much afraid. And those men said to them, ‘Why are you looking for a person who is alive, here in the place where they bury dead people?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The women bent-their-heads because of their excessive fear, but those men said to them, ‘Why are you looking for the one-who-came-alive in the place of the dead?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The women were afraid. They bowed down and hung-their-heads. And then they were questioned by those two men. They said, ‘Why are you looking for the living here with the dead?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:37:
- Uma: “If it is our (incl.) intention to say yes, say ‘Yes.’ If it is our (incl.) intention to say no, also say ‘No.’ It is not good if we (incl.) strengthen our (incl.) word with an oath/swearing, because behavior like that appears from the King of Evil-ones.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Say simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Whatever you add so that you will be believed, that is already from the leader of demons.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Yes’ only, and if not that, then ‘No’ is what you say, because anything you say to substantiate your promises comes from Satan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s-preferable if you only say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ not adding an oath. Because even whatever oath you add, it comes-from Satanas.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What is good for you (pl.) to say is, if it’s yes, (then) yes. If no, no. That’s sufficient provided it’s the truth, because whatever you add in the way of a vow is evil, because Satanas is the source.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When you want to speak a word, straightly say whether you can do something or can’t do it. Because the person who is a companion of the devil, who isn’t believed in what he says, is the one who must look for witnesses for what he says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:34:
- Uma: “That’s why I say to you: Make-clear your hearts [i.e., start thinking clearly] like you should, stop sinning. For there are still some of you who do not clearly know God. These words of mine I say so you will be ashamed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Come to your senses! Don’t sin. Some of you are still ignorant about God. You should really be ashamed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You return to proper thinking and abandon evil-doing. I know that there are some of you who still do not know the true doctrine about God. This really should cause you to be ashamed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You must thus come-to-your-senses so that you will turn-your -back-on your sins. I say that in order that you will be rightfully ashamed, because there are among those who you absolutely don’t know God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Make your mind/thinking to be sound and drop/give-up the doing of sin. For some of those among you, their acknowledging of God if not true. This really is to your shame.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not be foolish. Take the straight road, don’t commit sins. Because there are some who do not yet know God. I tell you this in order that you be ashamed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:37:
- Noongar: “They were very terrified, thinking they were seeing a ghost.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “They were terrified, because they thought they were seeing a ghost.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They were startled and afraid for they thought-mistakenly that they were seeing a ghost.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they were very much afraid because they thought it was just the soul of Jesus that appeared to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But they were startled and their fear was excessive, because they thought it was a ghost they were seeing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But their insides quaked (lit. livers turned over) anyway and they were scared, for they thought-mistakenly that what they were seeing was the spirit of someone who had died.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:21:
- Uma: “For wherever the storing-place of our (incl.) goods, there also is our (incl.) heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For wherever your wealth is stored that is also where your liver stays.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And where your wealth is, there also is your breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the place of your wealth, that also is the place of your mind/thoughts.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because it’s true that whevever your (sing.) wealth is, of course there is where your mind will always be.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If you think that in heaven there is what is of greatest value, then only that will fill your hearts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
