Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 6:10:
Uma: “They shouted loudly, they said: ‘O Lord who is powerful, Lord who is holy and upright! How much longer before you punish those evil people who live on the earth? We(excl.) request that you avenge the behavior of those who killed us (excl.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Those souls called loudly to God, they said, ‘O God, our (excl.) Lord, you are the most powerful one. You are holy and trustworthy. How long will it be till you judge the people in the world and punish them for killing us (excl.)?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they begged with a loud voice, they said, ‘You, powerful Lord, You are faithful and holy. What length of time will we have to wait during which You will not repay with punishment the people on the earth because of their murdering us?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “They said shouting, ‘Oh Lord God who is all-powerful, you (sing.) are holy and trustworthy. Oh confound (expression of impatience/frustration) the length-of-time until (lit. of) your (sing.) judging of people on the earth who don’t believe, to take-revenge on those who killed us (excl.)?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I heard them call out at the top of their voice saying, ‘Our(excl.) Master, you are really far from all sin and what you say is wholly truth. How much longer are we (excl.) to wait? When are you going to pronounce judgment on and punish the people there under the heavens who killed us (excl.)?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “These loudly said: ‘Listen our Lord, our God. You are the one who always truly does what is good. We know that the word you say will happen will happen. And now, until how long will it be before you judge the people who live on earth, those who killed us?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 6:12:
Uma: “So, let’s not allow sin to control our lives on this earth any more, let’s not follow our evil desires.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Therefore you (pl.) ought/must not let/abandon yourselves to sin and you should not follow your greedy-desires.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of this, brothers, let us no longer permit that our evil desires control our body which easily dies. Because if we permit this, we will have to obey the evil desires of our body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Therefore we must not permit the ruling of sin over us so that we will not obey the evil-things which our bodies desire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Therefore now, during the time we live here on earth, no longer will we give the road to sin. We must not want that we will be conquered by our own body’s desires.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:55:
Noongar: “Jesus turned and told them off (lit.: “mouthed them”).” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “But Yesus turned-to them and forbade them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But he turned to the two of them and scolded them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, Jesus turned to them and scolded them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But Jesus turned-to-face them and scolded them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But Jesus faced them and rebuked them, saying, ‘You don’t know who is putting that into your minds. Because why I, who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, came here was not that I would wipe out people but on the contrary to save them.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 8:8:
Uma: “The second angel blew his trumpet, there was something like a big mountain, flaming with fire. That mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the water of the sea changed turning to blood.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then the next angel blew (the thing) like a tabuli’ that had been given to him. When he blew it, immediately there was something big like a mountain that was burning thrown into the sea. Then one part of the sea turned into blood. Two parts did not.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and there fell into the sea what seemed like a great blazing mountain.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “After-that the second angel also blew-his-horn, and there was like a large flaming mountain which was thrown into the ocean. A third of the ocean, it became blood,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When the second angel blew his horn, something was thrown down into the ocean which one could say was a big mountain including flames of fire. The third part of the ocean became blood.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The second angel blew the trumpet. What I saw thrown into the sea then, was like a big mountain when it is burning. There in the sea where it landed the water became blood. But it didn’t come to half that became blood.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:21:
Uma: “That-that is what happens in my life: I want to do good behavior, but in fact it is evil behavior that I end up doing.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Therefore this is already like my custom/behavior. Even though I want to do good it is as if there is something urging me to do bad and that’s what I do.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This is always what happens to me; if I want to do good I am hindered by the evil desires in my body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Therefore what I have experienced is this. If I want to do what is good, I persist nevertheless in doing what is evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Thus is what happened to me. When I wanted to do good, then it seemed that only the evil which came to my heart is what I did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:25:
Noongar: “A Law man came thinking he could trap Jesus. ‘Wise One,’ he asked, ‘What must I do to get life for ever?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “There was a Yahudi religious teacher who wanted to draw-out a wrong answer from Yesus. He asked him: ‘Teacher, what must I do in order to get/attain eternal life?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then there was a teacher an expert in the religious law who came to Isa. He asked something in order to test Isa. He said, ‘Sir, what should I do in order to be given life without end?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then there was a person who was a teacher of the Laws of the Jews, and he stood up because he wanted to try to trap Jesus by means of some questions. So he said, ‘Chief, what shall I do, so that I might be given life without end?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “On one occasion there was a teacher of the law who went to where Jesus was to go and test him. He said, ‘Sir teacher, what must I do so that I will receive the life that is forever?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And then an explainer of law stood up and questioned testing Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what would be good for me to do so that life which has no ending can be mine?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 10:6:
Uma: “He vowed [mosumpa, from Indonesian: sumpah] with the name of God who lives forever, who made the sky, the earth, the sea with all its contents. He said in his vow like this: ‘With the authority that the Lord God gave me I say: When the seventh angel blows his trumpet, at that time God will fulfill his plan/purpose that has long been hidden, like he said long ago to the prophets who carried his word. The time will no longer be put off [lit., scooted-scooted].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “And he swore to God who lives forever, he is the one who created the sky and the earth and the sea and everything in them. The angel swore, he said, ‘God is listening, there will be no more delay.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He called upon God, the Creator of heaven and earth and sea, and the creator also of everything that these contain, to witness what he was about to say. He said, ‘This cannot be backed up!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “and he vowed to God who is alive forever who created the sky and the earth and the ocean and all that is there. He said, ‘In-the-future indeed (prophetic formula) what will happen will not again be delayed,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For he swore an oath in the name of God who is alive without ending, he who created the heaven/sky and world and ocean and all their contents. What I heard him swear was, ‘There’s no more waiting for anything. All will now be fulfilled.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “He called on God to be his witness, God who lives forever, who make what is above, who made the sea, who made whatever there is. He said: ‘And now it is the time. Now no longer will the days pass.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:28:
Uma: “We know this: in all that happens, God works to give goodness to us who love him, and us whom he called to become his children, because thus was his purpose all along for us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “We (dual) know that if we (dual) love God and are chosen by God to do his will, whatever happens to us (dual) (lit. passes) good-bad God helps us (dual) and/so that those things happening to us/those experiences of ours (dual) come out to our (dual) good (lit. goes-home to our good).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “All of us who hold God as precious in our breath, we whom He caused to believe according to the purpose in His mind, we know that by means of everything that happens to us, he will bless us just the same with good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “We know that all-things that happen mesh-together so that the result is good for us who love God whom he has called according to his plan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “We know that concerning all those of us who love God, whatever good or bad we pass through God is looking for how to cause it to do good for us. Because God has already determined how we shall become afterwards.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
English translation by N.T. Wright (see here ): “We know, in fact, that God works all things together for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.”
