Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 1:5:
Uma: “So, in the staying of your faith we (incl.) see the justice [lit., straightness] of God’s decision: you endure in the hardships that hit you because of your following God, that’s why God says you are worthy to become his people in his Kingdom.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “All this is a sign that God’s judgment is straight/right. Now you endure/suffer so that it is known that you are worthy/fit to be included in God’s ruling/kingdom.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This trusting and endurance of yours is a sign that God’s judgment is just, for by means of the afflictions you have to endure, He shows that you are worthy to be included with the people He rules over.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “That is the evidence of God’s absolutely correct/right judging of people, because your enduring of hardship since you are God’s people, it is happening to you in order that God will give-the-verdict that you are worthy to be-joined-to his ruling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Really as for all of this, it testifies that God is righteous/straight in judging, that he will regard you as acceptable to live in his kingdom, that kingdom which you are standing up for and for which you are being caused this hardship.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Now you suffer because you believe God’s word. But because your faith is firm, it is seen that God does everything well. And it will come out that you go to where God rules.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:6:
Uma: “One other time, when his disciples gathered at one time with Yesus, they asked Yesus, they said: ‘Lord, is it perhaps at this time you (sing.) will release us from our enemies and become the King of the Israel people?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “One day while Isa and the persons/people he had commissioned were gathered together, they asked him, they said, ‘Sir, are you now going to set free our (excl.) nation/tribe Isra’il and will you now restore the kingdom to us (excl.)?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was a time when they were gathered together again, and they asked Jesus, they said, ‘Lord, is this now the time of your helping us, the descendants of Israel, so that our former power to be ruled by our own king might be returned to us?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When the apostles and Jesus gathered-together, they inquired of him, ‘Lord, is it now when you will cause-the ones-from-Roma -to-be-removed who are ruling over us so that we who are from-Israel will-be-the-ones-to-rule?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Once again when the apostles were gathered together, Jesus again came to see them. They questioned him. They said, ‘Lord/Chief, will you now/today make it that these ruling over us will be removed so that the kingdom of our nation of Israel can rise again?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Teutila Cuicatec: “In those days when they were gathered together they asked Jesus: ‘Is it now in these days that you are going to re-establish that the nation of Israel rule itself?'”
San Mateo del Mar Huave: “So when they were still together with Father Jesus they asked him, they said: ‘Father, will you now permit the people of Israel to rule their own villages again?’ they said.”
Chuj: “Those gathered together with Jesus, they asked him: ‘Lord, is it now you will make our tribe Israel to become the rulers one time more?’ they said.” (Source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 28:9:
Uma: “All of a sudden, there was Yesus meeting them and greeting them. They came up close to him, embraced his feet and worshipped him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Suddenly Isa met them there on the road/way and he said, ‘Na, you already?’ (Customary greeting on the trail.) They went close to Isa and prostrated before him/bowed down and touched his feet.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And suddenly they met Jesus. He said to them, ‘May you become peaceful.’ They went near to him and they worshipped him, holding on to his feet.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “While they were running, Jesus was suddenly-there meeting them and he said, ‘How are you?’ They approached him, and they knelt and held-on-to his feet/lower-legs to worship/honor him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But suddenly/unexpectedly they were met by Jesus, and he greeted them. He approached those two women. They bowed down and embraced his feet/legs and worshipped him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “On the road suddenly they met Jesus who greeted them. The women approached where Jesus stood to grasp his feet as they worshipped him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 3:8:
Uma: “We did not eat food that we did not buy. Night and day we worked and labored so as not to bother you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “We (excl.) did not just-stay-with/sponge-on you but we (excl.) paid for our (excl.) food. We (excl.) worked hard not only during the day but also at night so that we (excl.) had our livelihood, so that you should not have expense on our (excl.) behalf.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We did not beg our food from anybody, rather we paid for it. Day and night we worked hard so that you might not have difficulty because of us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Neither did we (excl.) take anything we (excl.) needed without our (excl.) paying-for-it, because we (excl.) put-ourselves-to-hardship to work every-day and every-night so that none of you would be hardshipped by our (excl.) needs.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “We(excl.) weren’t just eating what was given to us (excl.) without paying for it. On the contrary, night and day we (excl.) really persevered so that we (excl.) wouldn’t become a bother to any of you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “We did not ask for what we ate. Rather we looked for how we could provide for ourselves. Day and night we worked to gain what we ate, because we did not want our expenses to fall on anyone.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:12:
Uma: “They were all surprised and confused, and they asked one another, they said: ‘What do you think really is the meaning of this?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “They were greatly amazed and they were confused/perplexed that’s why they asked each other, they said, ‘What does this mean?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all the people there, they were very surprised because they didn’t understand what was going on, and it couldn’t be finished, their asking each other, ‘What might this be?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “What does this mean to say?’ they said, questioning-each-other, because they were extremely amazed and their thinking-about-it was difficult.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “All of them there, they were really amazed and their minds/thinking were agitated. They were saying, ‘What does this mean?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Central Pame: “They all were startled and their hearts were puzzled and they talked together and said, ‘What is the cause of this?'”
San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “So all of them were greatly surprised, they did not know what it was, but they asked one another saying, ‘What is that there?’ they said.” (Source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:23:
Uma: “That Yesus was offered to you, and you killed him, you offered him to evil people in order that they crucify him. But-in-fact what happened exactly followed the command/plan that God made-certain from-the-first, for God knew from-the-first what must happen.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “God knew beforehand and (it was) from his will that this Isa was delivered into your hands/holding and he had planned this for Isa. And you told/commanded sinful men/people to nail Isa on the post and to kill (him).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And this Jesus, a person delivered him to you. God already knew about this beforehand because this is what he had foreordained for Jesus. You caused him to be killed by people who do not worship God, and they nailed him to a cross.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “This Jesus, God originally decided that he be-handed-over to you, because that was his plan long-ago and he knew it would be fulfilled. And you had-him-killed, handing-him-over to bad people so they would nail him to the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But, well, you handed him over to people who don’t acknowledge God, for you caused him to be killed on a cross. But it’s true, this was only the fulfilling of what God determined.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Eastern Highland Otomi: “A long time ago God knew what you did to his Son, and God allowed you to put him on the cross by the hands of the wicked and kill him.”
Chuj: “But that Jesus he was given into your hands; because thus it was God’s will it happened. God, he knew it already before, what would come upon Jesus. You, you borrowed the hands of bad people so that you grab Jesus. You put him on a cross. He died because of you.”
Isthmus Mixe: “God had appointed that Jesus be handed over to evil people. God had known that Jesus would be murdered. You made up your minds that evil people should nail Jesus to a cross and kill him.”
Morelos Nahuatl: “This Jesus God delivered to you because thus God determined before and he knew he was going to do it that way. In the hands of bad men you crucified Jesus and so you killed him.”
Teutila Cuicatec: “When he came into your hands, as God established even from former times, you took him prisoner and turned him over into the hands of sinful men. They crucified him and they killed him because that was what you wanted.
Coatlán Mixe: “Judas Iscariot delivered this Jesus to you in just the manner which God had planned beforehand. And you grabbed him and killed him when you delivered him to bad people and let them kill him on the cross.
Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “Jesus was delivered up to men. You had lawless men crucify him. All this was according to God’s plan and foreknowledge.” (source for this and six above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:32:
Uma: “That late-afternoon , the sun was setting, many people came to Yesus bringing all who were sick or possessed by demons.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When the sun had set, the people brought to Isa whoever was sick and those people (who were) demon possessed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the sun had gone down, all the sick and the afflicted with demons were brought by people to Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “As the sun was going-down, the inhabitants brought to Jesus all who were possessed by evil-spirits and the sick.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When the sun set, all who were sick and were possessed by evil spirits were brought to Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Balinese: “When it was evening and the sun had set, all the sick people and those that were possessed by demons were brought before Jesus.” (Source: J.L. Swellengrebel in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 75ff. )
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “In the evening, when the sun set, they brought to him everyone who had something wrong, and everyone afflicted by devils.”
