Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 2:12:
Uma: “In the end, God will punish all people who like sin and who do not believe the true news.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “so that judgment would/will fall on them all who don’t believe the true teaching. Because only that is what makes them happy, to do evil.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of that God will permit them to be deceived by means of the lies which can deceive so that they will be able to believe what is not true.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “so that they all will then be sentenced to be punished, because of-course they didn’t believe the truth, but rather they were-enjoying sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “They will be treated/regarded like this for punishment has been made certain for all who, instead of believing/obeying the truth, maintained-their-devotion-to evil.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Therefore there will go to punishment all these people who did not believe the true word. Rather only the evil life is what they looked well upon.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:25:
Uma: “After that, they prayed, they said: ‘Lord, you (sing.) know all the hearts of people. Yudas, he fell from his work as your (sing.) messenger, and he was judged according to his actions. That is why we (excl.) request, Lord, point out to us (excl.) from these two which one you (sing.) have chosen to replace Yudas.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “in order that he can do the work that you have given to the people you have commissioned. This work was left-behind by Judas and he went to the place that is right/fitting for him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “to be an apostle to take the place of Judas. Because Judas, he abandoned that which was given him to do, and he went to his proper going-home place.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “to take-over the apostleship of Judas, because he turned-his-back-on his serving as apostle and went to the place befitting him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “to replace Judas in this service and apostleship of his. For as for Judas, he gave-up/let-go, and has gone to the place which is really suited to him.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:8:
Uma: “I baptize you with water a sign that you have repented from your sins. But He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “You are bathed by me with water but he, it is different what he bathes you with. He will send to you the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I baptize you with water, but that person who will take my place, what he will baptize you with is the Holy Spirit, which is to say, he will give you the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Water only is what I baptize-you -with, but as-for him, he will baptize you with the Ispirito Santo (Holy Spirit).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Today/now I am baptizing you here in water, but as for him, the Espiritu Santo is what he will baptize you with.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Longuda: “I, I doing you baptism with water but he, coming he doing you baptism with Spirit Holy.” (An independent and repeated pronoun is used to signal emphasis — source: Bonnie Newman in Notes on Translation 57/1975, p. 2ff.)
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “I baptize you with water, but he himself will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.'”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 1:9:
Uma: “In order that our use [of it] be true, we must remember the purpose of the Law of Musa. The Law of Musa was not made for people whose behavior is upright. Its purpose is to forbid/stop people who transgress laws and people who are rebellious, who don’t submit to God, who sin, who don’t regard/pay-attention-to religion, who just follow the happiness of the world, who murder their mother or their father, and other murderers.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because we/one (dual) ought to understand that the law is not hep given to straight/righteous people but to/for people who transgress/break the law and (to) the people who do not follow/obey instruction/teaching, people not afraid of God and sinners. It is also given to people who do not honor/respect God and just mock/make-fun-of God, to people who kill their mother-father or their fellow humans. The law of God is given for these ones.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However this was not commanded in order to forbid righteous people from acting, rather, it was commanded in order to forbid from acting transgressors, those who are not faithful, those who will not believe in God, criminals, wicked people, and those who do not respect God, those who kill their mother and father, murderers,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “We ought to be-able-to-understand that it is not the righteous person who is the reason for the making of the law but rather the bad person like these: the one who habitually-breaks laws and doesn’t submit-to (lit. cause-himself-to-be-ruled-by) those who have authority, the one who refuses to worship God and the sinner, the not religious (loan relihioso) and the one who belittles/mocks that which concerns God, the one who kills his father or his mother and the one who kills his fellow person,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Let us consider that God gave his laws, not because of those who do good, but rather because of those who do evil. People like these, (they are those who) don’t acknowledge the law, the disobedient, those who don’t acknowledge God and his will is far from their mind/inner-being, and who belittle things which are far-from-ordinary in his sight. The laws are also necessary because of the ones who kill their parents and their fellowman,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “For the people who do good, there isn’t any law that can judge them. The law was written in order to judge the lawbreakers. It judges the disobedient. It judges the evil people, those who sin. It judges the people who do not honor God and do not believe. It judges the people who kill fathers, mothers, and fellow men.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:31:
Uma: “Daud was a prophet, and he knew from-the-start what God would do in the future. God made a promise to Daud with vowing, he said: one from the descendants of Daud later would be raised by God and be made king, like Daud himself. So, that is why Daud foretold ahead-of-time that the Redeemer King would live again, he said: he was not abandoned in the dwelling-place of the dead, and his body is not abandoned in the grave until rotten.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Da’ud knew beforehand as to what would happen in the future, that’s why he spoke about Almasi’s living again from his death. He said that Almasi was not left in the place of the dead and his body did not rot.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And since David knew what God was going to do, he prophesied the resurrection of Christ, the king whom God chose, because David said, ‘God didn’t never mind him there in the place of the dead, and also his body did not rot.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “He also knew that God would make-that descendant of his -come-alive again, and what he prophesied that he would not be left in the place of the dead and neither would his body rot, he was speaking-of the Messiah that God would send.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “David foretold what was put in his mind concerning the coming alive again of Cristo, who really wouldn’t be left there in the wherever of the dead, and his body wouldn’t be left to rot in the grave.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:40:
Uma: “A person who had leprosy came to Yesus. He kneeled down requesting-help, he said: ‘If may, [i.e., if I may be so bold as to ask] please heal me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then a certain leper came to Isa. This person/man stood on his knees humbling himself before Isa and he really begged, he said, ‘If you want to you can heal me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was a leper person who came to Jesus, and that person knelt down before Jesus begging him, saying, ‘f it’s good to your breath, you can heal me from this very filthy disease of mine.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, a man who was sick with a fearful skin disease went to Jesus. He knelt before him entreating, ‘I know that you (sing.) are-able to remove this sickness of mine if you (sing.) want to.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Once there was a person who was a leper who went to Jesus for help. He bowed down and begged-for-pity. He said, ‘If supposing you want to, you really could heal me.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Shipibo-Conibo: “Then a certain Lazarus sickness possessor man came to Jesus, to ask. Having come and knelt down before him, he said: You wanting to. you can arrange me, he said.” (Source: James Lauriault in The Bible Translator 1951, p. 32ff. )
Balinese: “Then there came a man ill with [leprosy], beseeching Jesus. He knelt down before Him and said: ‘If you be so gracious, of course you can clean my stain.'” (Source: J.L. Swellengrebel in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 75ff. )
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “So a leper comes up to him, and, beseeching him and falling to his knees, he says to him, ‘If you so will, you can make me clean.'”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 3:6:
Uma: “A religion leader must not be one who has just believed in the Lord Yesus, for his heart will become high [i.e. he will get proud or haughty], with the result that he will get punishment like the King of Evil-ones was / will be punished with.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “It is also not possible to be titled leader if it is a person recently/newly trusting Isa Almasi because if his trust is not yet strong perhaps his liver will become high (proud) and judgment will be dropped on him like the judgment of the leader of demons in old times.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is also necessary that he is not still a new believer, for he might come to think himself higher than others and God will punish him just as Satan was punished.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The leader of believers, it is also necessary that he is not a person who has recently-believed lest he become proud (lit. his mind become-high) and that be the cause of God’s condemning him to be punished like what happened to the Devil (loan Diablo).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that the person who will be in charge is a person who has been a believer for a long time already, for if he’s still new, maybe he’ll become praise-seeking. Well if it’s like that, he’ll be sentenced to punishment like Satanas who is habitually-praise-seeking.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the man who is appointed to take up the position of leading at the church, he should not be a man who has just recently believed in Jesus Christ. Because perhaps he will become proud. Then he will sin like the devil sinned long ago in being proud and together they will be punished.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 3:16:
Uma: “[It is] power from the name of that Yesus that made strong the feet of that lame person there. So, this person you see and know, became well because of his faith in Yesus. From faith in Yesus, that why he has become healed, as you can see.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Na, it is the power of Isa hep that has given strength to this man who was crippled,’ Petros said. ‘You see him and you recognize him. The reason he is healed is because we (excl.) trust in Isa. Yes, it is our (excl.) trust in Isa hep that has healed this man in the sight/presence of you all.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the thing which cured this person who could not walk was the power of the name of Jesus. This person whom you all know whom you see right now, because of our faith in Jesus, this person was healed before you because we (excl.) trust the power of the name of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The power of Jesus’ name and our (excl.) trust in him is what-made-this man -strong whom you see and know. Jesus also is the-one-who-strengthened his mind/thoughts to trust in him, therefore his lameness was absolutely removed as you all are seeing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well now, as for this lame person you can see whom you know indeed, he was made well through the supernatural-power of Jesus. Yes indeed, through the strength of our (excl.) believing/obeying and trusting in that Jesus, he made this person completely well here in your presence.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Morelos Nahuatl: “This man who was lame you see and know. God healed him because we believe in the name of Jesus. Because we believe in Jesus, he healed this man perfectly before you.”
Teutila Cuicatec: “With the authority of Jesus this man whom you know has been healed, because he believed in him. He believed in Jesus and that’s why he has been healed as you see.”
Coatlán Mixe: “This Jesus is the one in whose authority we spoke, believing in him. He is the one who has healed (made strong) this man whom you know. Because he believed in Jesus, that is what has healed him very well as you all are able to see.” (Source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
