Following are a number of back-translations of John 20:2:
- Uma: “She ran going to Simon Petrus and the disciples whom Yesus loved, she said to them: ‘They have taken the body of the Lord from the grave, and we (excl.) do not know where they put him!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore she ran to tell Simon Petros and the disciple of Isa whom he loved. She said to them, ‘Our (incl.) Leader/Lord is no longer there. Somebody has taken him from the grave. We (excl.) don’t know where they have taken him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore she ran and went to Peter and the other disciple, the one who was big in the breath of Jesus. And Mary said to them, ‘They have removed our Lord Jesus from his burying place, and we do not know where they have taken him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And they ran to go to where were Pedro and the disciple whom Jesus very-much-loved. Maria said to them, ‘They have removed the body of our Lord from the cave, and we (excl.) don’t know where-they -have-placed it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well because of that, she went running to Simon Pedro and to that disciple whom Jesus held dear. On her arriving, she said, ‘The Lord/Chief has been taken emphatic from his grave. We(excl.) don’t know wherever he has been taken.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “She ran and went to where Peter along with another learner who Jesus loved very much were. She said to them, ‘They have taken away the Lord from where he was put. And we do not know where they have put him.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:15:
- Uma: “Every Paskah big day, the Governor usually released one person who was imprisoned, whoever the people wanted.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, each year at the time of the Celebration of Remembrance the governor had the custom to release one prisoner, whoever the people wanted to be freed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pilate’s custom each year at the Feast of the Passover was he will set free one prisoner that the people ask for.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The custom of Pilato at each fiesta called Passed-By, he would release one prisoner that the many-people chose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The governor had made it a custom that at each Fiesta of Passed-by there would be one person he would release from imprisonment, whoever the crowd wanted to ask for.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Pilate had a custom of releasing one prisoner during the feast of the Passover. But the people were the ones who chose which prisoner would be released.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 5:5:
- Uma: “Your hearts are all light [enlightened], you behave like people who walk in the day. We(incl.) are not like people who do evil deeds in the darkness.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because you all, you live in the light, in the day (time), that means, you belong to God. We (incl.) are not people living in darkness, in the night (time).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “for you are under the jurisdiction of the light and of the day, which is to say, you are under God’s jurisdiction. For as for us (incl.), we have no relationship to darkness or to night.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because God has illuminated the minds of all of us who believe, therefore our location is not the darkness or night but rather the light or daytime.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For as for all of you who are now united/tied-together with Cristo, you really are now in the light/enlightenment. Everything is clear/light to you like it’s daytime. We are really not still in darkness. Yes indeed, all of this is no longer still dark/unclear to us like it’s night-time.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because all of you now walk in the light that there is in the day, now you have separated from the evil that there is in the night.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 21:3:
- Uma: “Simon Petrus said to his companions: ‘I am going fishing.’ His companions said: ‘We(excl.) will go too.’ They really went riding the boat and they went fishing-with-nets in the lake. But all that night, they did not catch a single fish.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Simon Petros said, ‘I am going fishing.’ ‘We (excl.) will come along,’ said the others. So-then they went and rode in the boat. But that night they did not catch any fish.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter said, ‘I am going to net fish.’ And his companions said, ‘We’ll go with you. And they went out in a boat and they netted there the whole night but they couldn’t catch anything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Simon Pedro said to his companions, ‘I’m going net-fishing.’ ‘Let’s go then,’ they said. And they went and got-in a boat. But even though they worked-through the night net-fishing, they caught absolutely nothing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Simon Pedro said to them, ‘I’m going to go fishing.”If it’s like that,’ they said, ‘we’ll(excl.) go along with you.’ So they set out. When they arrived, they sailed. But well, till dawn they hadn’t caught any, not even one.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Peter said to his companions, ‘I am going to fish now.’ Those he spoke to said, ‘We also will go with you then.’ They got into a boat and went. But that night they didn’t find any fish.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:47:
- Uma: “Several people who were standing near his cross heard his cry, they said: ‘Listen, he’s calling the prophet Elia!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the people who stood there heard this, some of them said, ‘He is calling Nabi Eliyas.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the other people there, when they heard this they said, ‘Maybe he is calling Elijah, the inspired one of God long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the others standing there heard that, they said, ‘He is calling Elias!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When those who were still standing there heard, some said, ‘He is asking for help from Elias who was that prophet in the past.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Some people standing there heard what Jesus said. The people said among themselves: ‘This man is calling to Elijah.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 1:9:
- Uma: “Those people who do not believe will be punished forever, they will be cast far from the Lord, with the result that they no longer will see his power and bigness of life [glory].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God will punish them in hell without end. They will be separated from the Leader and they will really not see his glory/brightness, which is the sign of his power.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “His punishment to them will be death without end. They will be separated from the Lord and His powerful shiningness.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The nature of their punishment, they will be separated forever from the Lord Jesus and they will not be-seeing his amazing power.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really the punishment for them will be unending hardship/suffering, in which they are separated then for ever from the Lord and the praiseworthiness/glory of his supernatural-power.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These people will go to be punished, they will be lost forever. They will be put apart from the face and eye of the Lord Jesus. They will not be allowed to live where it will be shown how great is his power.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:10:
- Uma: “While they were still gazing up into the sky watching his departure, suddenly there were two men dressed in white standing beside them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “While they were still looking at him as he ascended up to heaven, suddenly there were two men standing by their side clothed in white.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus had spoken this he was lifted up going to heaven, and while they were still looking up because they were watching his being lifted up, a cloud blocked Jesus, and he was removed from their seeing. And while they were still looking up into heaven, nearby them there appeared to them two males whose clothing glowed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While they were still staring at where-Jesus -had-gone-out-of-sight above, there-suddenly-were two angels who were dressed in white standing-with (them) where they were.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they continued looking up into the sky, looking up toward Jesus who was rising-up-in-the-air, suddenly/unexpectedly there were two men standing close to them who were dressed in white.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “So they looking up to where he was going, Father Jesus, then they saw two men standing where they were. The clothes of them were very bright.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 28:13:
- Uma: “The leading priests said to the soldiers: ‘Say like this: ‘In the middle of the night last night, Yesus’ followers came and stole his body while we were asleep.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “and they said, ‘Tell the people that while you were sleeping at night, the disciples of Isa went and stole his body.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They said, ‘You tell the people that when it was night you went to sleep, and the disciples of Jesus came and stole his body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and they instructed them, ‘What you are to tell the people is, you were asleep and Jesus’ disciples came in the middle of the night and they stole his corpse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And they said to them that such-and-such was what they were to tell everyone. They were to say, ‘Last night when we (excl.) were asleep, his disciples came and they stole his body.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They said to the soldiers: ‘Now you tell the people: ‘Last night he fell asleep. While we were sleeping the learners of Jesus came and took him away,’ you tell the people now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
