Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 1:5:
Uma: “The purpose of this command of mine is that we all love each other. For God has made-holy our hearts, we know in our hearts that we are no longer guilty in his sight, and we really believe in the Lord Yesus. That’s why we can love each other.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “That’s why I command you this because what I want is that all who trust in Isa Almasi will really love. They will really love if their livers are clean/holy and (when) they are sure in their liver that they have no fault toward God and if they really trust in Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is necessary that the reason why I command these things to them is so that they may hold their companions dear in their breath. We cannot hold our companions dear if God has not cleansed us from our sin. It’s necessary that the only thing we do is what we know is right. And it’s also necessary that our faith in the true doctrine is true, and then our holding our companions dear will be right.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Command these-things to them so that if they obey, they will have real/proper love for their companions, because the source of this love, it is the good and clean thoughts that haven’t been added-to-by/mixed-with filthiness and the from-the-heart/sincere faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Hopefully the outcome of your teaching the people there is, they will value one another. We can only do this provided sin has been removed and what is now being done is, that which we know to be good in the sight of God. And also as long as our believing/obeying is not just superficial (lit. on the beak).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Reprimand those I am telling you about in order that all the believers will love one another. In order for one to love his fellowman it is necessary to separate from evil thought and to do the good he knows to do. And not just on the outside should his faith appear.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:27:
Uma: “Because you (sing.) do not abandon my soul to stay in the dwelling-place of the dead, my body you (sing.) do not abandon in the grave until rotten, because I an your (sing.) servant whom you chose.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because you will not leave me in the land of the dead. You will not abandon/leave my body to rot. I am your holy servant.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because I know that you will not just never mind my soul there in the place of the dead. I, your faithful servant, I know also that you will not permit that my body will become rotten.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “that you (sing.) will not abandon-me in the place of the dead. You (sing.) also will not allow my body to rot, because I singlemindedly/persistently serve you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “you won’t leave/desert my spirit there in the wherever of the dead. You won’t leave my body to rot in the grave, I who am always obeying your will.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Chuj: “Because you, my Lord, you will not leave my spirit among the dead. You will not allow to decay the body of the one very precious in your sight.”
Morelos Nahuatl: “I have much confidence because you will not leave my soul to remain forever among the dead ones. Neither will you leave my body to decay because I am your son and I am good.”
Teutila Cuicatec: “…nor let thy Holy One see corruption nor will you allow me, whom you love, to rot away.”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 3:2:
Uma: “That’s why a religion leader must be one who is above reproach [lit., not accuse-able], just have one wife, and he must know how to hold-in-check the evil desires of his heart, his heart must be clear [i.e., wise, mature], and he must have good customs [i.e., keep social rules, be polite]. He must be hospitable and diligent at teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “A person titled the leader of the ones trusting in Isa Almasi ought to be a person no one can find fault with. He ought to/must have only one wife. That person must not give-in-to his greedy-desire, his thinking/mind ought to be good and his customs (ought-to-be) good. If someone goes to his (i.e. the church leader’s) house he ought to really welcome/honor/treat-according-to-custom. He ought also to be skilled to teach (usihat) his companions.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However the one who leads the believers, there must be nothing about him to blame him for. He has only one wife and he does not commit adultery against her. He must always regulate his behavior; he knows how to think properly, and he is respected. He must be one who takes care of his guests. He must also know how to teach.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Since that is a valuable work, it is necessary that the leader be-accused-of nothing. It is also necessary that he have only-one spouse and not commit-adultery (lit. woman-with). He must be a thinking/reflective and circumspect person who is able-to-control himself. He must be hospitable and skilled to teach.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But this overseer, it’s necessary that no fault is to be found in his nature/ways, he hasn’t switched wives but has only one. And he knows how to keep-good his own conduct and controls well his own will. It’s also necessary that he has a wholly good nature/ways which can be honored/respected by others, he welcomes people well who need to stay at his house, and does indeed have ability to teach.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Therefore the person who has the position of leading the word must not have any word to be found against him. He must have only one wife. He must control himself. He must watch himself well. He must walk so as to be looked well upon. He must give a resting place in his home. He must know how to teach well.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 3:12:
Uma: “When Petrus saw those many people, he said to them: ‘My Israel relatives! Why are you surprised seeing what has happened here? What do you keep looking at us (excl.) for? Do you think/say that the reason this person is walking is because we (excl.) have power, or from the holiness of our (excl.) hearts? Indeed not!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When Petros saw the people, he spoke to them. He said, ‘O people of Isra’il. Why do you wonder about us (excl.)? And why do you stare at us (excl.)? Do you think-mistakenly it is our (excl.) power that has caused this man to walk, or that’s the reason he is able to walk, because our (excl.) livers are holy/clean? It’s not.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Peter saw this, he said to the people, ‘My companions, descendants of Israel, why are you so surprised? Why are you looking at us? Perhaps you suppose that it was through our own power or because of the fact that we don’t have any sin that we cured this person so that he could walk.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When Pedro saw them, he said, ‘My companions who are Israel’s descendants, why are you amazed at that? Why are you staring-at-us? Is-it-indeed-the-case (incredulous RQ) that our power or goodness was what-made-this man-walk?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When Pedro observed, he said to them, ‘My fellow-countrymen descendants of Israel, why are you amazed at what has happened to this person? And why are you staring like that at us (excl.), as if he had been made able to walk through the strength of our (excl.) own knowledge/aquired-skill or (our) obeying of the will of God?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Chichimeca-Jonaz: “When Peter saw many gathering together, he addressed the people, he told them: ‘You Israelites who are relatives of mine, why are you thinking it over inside because of what you saw happen and why are you looking so hard at us as if it were that we alone by our strength had caused that this person went to walking? Maybe you all think he got well because we are so holy.'” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 2:23:
Uma: “One time on the worship day, Yesus and his disciples went through a grain-field. While they were going through that grain-field, his disciples picked wheat [gandum] fruit and ate it. [special verb for eating uncooked grain]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then one Saturday, the day of-no-work of the Yahudi, Isa and his disciples passed-through a field. As his disciples were passing by, they picked-out-the-grains of the fruit of the field.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That time on a certain Saturday, Jesus and company passed through the fields. That was the day on which God commanded the Jews long ago that no one was allowed to work on that day because it is the day of rest. The disciples were picking the ears of grain.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “There was one Saturday which was the rest-day of the Jews, plural Jesus were walking-through the terraced-fields which were planted with wheat. And his disciples were picking-off the grains and husking-them-with-their-teeth (i.e. to eat).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “One Day of Rest, the walk of Jesus and his disciples went through a wheat-field. Well as those disciples were walking, they picked heads of wheat and crunched-with-teeth.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “One time he was traveling on the Sabbath through a field of grain. So his disciples started plucking off heads of grain as they made their way through.”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 5:2:
Uma: “Women whose age is more than yours you treat like your mother. And women who are younger than you, you treat like your younger-sibling, and be careful that your behavior and thinking are holy.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The women older than you, honor/treat-according to custom like your mother. And the young women honor/treat-according-to-custom like your siblings also. Don’t you think differently towards them (desire them).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The women who are old already, advise them also as if they were your mother, and the young women, advise them as if they were your sister. And it’s necessary that your thinking about them is very correct.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “As for the women who are older than you (sing.), count them as if (they were) your (sing.) mother, and those also who are younger than you (sing.), as if they were your (sing.) siblings/cousins, with none of your (sing.) thoughts toward them being wrong/undesirable.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Regard as your mother the women who are old (lit. hard) now. Those who are still young, fellowship/be-friendly with them with really no bad-motives in your mind/inner-being because they’re also like your siblings.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the old women, treat them as though they were your mother. Concerning the young women, treat them as though they were your sisters, but all that is good you do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 4:18:
Uma: “So, after that, they called Petrus and Yohanes back in again, and they said to them: ‘We(excl.) really forbid you, don’t you any longer to teach or mention the name of Yesus.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So they called Petros and Yahiya again and instructed/warned them telling them really not to speak or teach about Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they had Peter and company come back, and they threatened them saying, ‘Don’t you teach faith in the name of Jesus anymore.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then they called Pedro and Juan and emphatically commanded them saying, ‘Absolutely do not repeat to tell the name of Jesus. Neither are you to teach concerning him to even any person.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, they again called for Pedro-and-companion and told them plainly that they were not to relate or teach again concerning Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
