Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:22:
- Noongar: “Jesus also told them, ‘The Son of Man must suffer. The elders and the bosses of the Temple and the Law Men, all of them will reject him. They will kill him, but after three days, he will be raised to life.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “He also said: ‘I the Child of Man must receive much suffering. The elders of the town, the leaders of the priests with the teacher of religion will reject me. They will kill me, but on the third day I will live again.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And Isa also said, ‘I, the Son of Mankind, I have to endure many persecutions and the elders and the chief priest and the teachers of the religious law will not pay attention/believe me. I will be killed and on the third day I will live again.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said also, ‘As for me, the older sibling of mankind, there are many torments that I will be caused to suffer. The elders of the Jews will reject me, along with the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. They will kill me, and within three days from then, I will rise again.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he continued to say, ‘I who am Child of a Person, it is necessary that I endure much suffering. The elders and the leaders of the priests and the teachers of the law, they will reject me and have-me-killed, but God will again make-me -alive on the third day.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And Jesus further said to his disciples, ‘I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human will experience very many hardships. I will be belittled/insulted by the important tribal-leaders, the chiefs of the priests and the explainers of law, and I will even be killed. But on the third day, I will indeed be made alive again.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 6:9:
- Uma: “After that, I also saw the Lamb open the fifth seal. I saw under the offering burning table there were the ghosts of people who were killed because they announced the Word of God and they did not retreat from their confession/admission that Yesus was their Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the Sheep removed the fifth seal. Na, I saw an altar and under that altar, there (I saw) the souls of those people who had been killed because they had proclaimed the message of God and because they had persevered telling about Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the young sheep removed the fifth mark on the scroll, and I saw then underneath the sacrificial altar the souls of the people who had been killed because of their faith in the Word of God and because of their spreading it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that the Sheep detached the fifth thing-that-was-adhering/affixed, and I saw beneath the altar (loan altar) the spirits of people who had been killed because of their following God’s word and the teaching that the Lord Jesus made-known.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And next the fifth fastening was removed by that one referred to as Young Sheep. Suddenly/unexpectedly I saw under the altar (lit.burning-place) the spirits of those who had been killed because of their testifying about the word of God and their standing up for this truth of his.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then the Lamb broke the fifth seal. Then I saw the souls of the dead, those who had been killed for their speaking God’s word, and who had not rested from speaking the word. Therefore they had been killed. All these were there at the altar.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 6:11:
- Uma: “So also we must say in our hearts: ‘I died together with Kristus Yesus, there is no longer any connection of mine with sin. I live and follow the desire of God from now on because of my connection with Kristus Yesus.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Likewise you (pl.) should/must also consider yourselves like dead people who no longer can sin. And consider yourselves now as if you are now people who have been made alive again; and because you already follow/obey Isa Almasi all your deeds ought to praise God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in the same way also, you must remember that since we are dead with Christ, our being troubled by our sins has also been removed from us. And by means also of Jesus Christ, we have been given new life and it’s necessary that this new life of ours is also a reason for God to be praised.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So we also, we should count ourselves as having truly died where sin is concerned (lit. if concerning sin) but as being alive where our serving God is concerned because of our being-united-with Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The same for us now, let us do the same. We will do that we are finished with sin because we are walking with Christ. We now live to do the will of God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:54:
- Noongar: “When the disciples, James and John, saw this thing, they said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from Heaven and kill them?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yakobus and Yohanes heard that those townspeople had refused them. That is why they said to Yesus: ‘Lord, if you wish/desire/will, we (excl.) request fire from the sky to burn-up those townspeople!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When his two disciples, Yakub and Yahiya knew this, they said to Isa, ‘Sir, do you want us (excl.) to command fire from the sky so that they will die?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when James and John learned that that village would not receive them, they said to Jesus, they said, ‘Do you want that we ask for fire from heaven to come down, so that these people might be destroyed?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When his disciples Santiago and Juan heard that that’s what those from-Samaria-people had done, they said to Jesus, ‘Lord, do you (sing.) want us (excl.) to ask God to send fire to burn-them -up?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when Santiago and Juan observed that it was like that, they said to Jesus, ‘Lord, do you want us (excl.) to cause fire to come down from heaven/sky and burn them up?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 8:7:
- Uma: “The first angel blew his trumpet, suddenly there fell from the sky to the earth hail [lit., fruit rain] and fire mixed with blood. One third of the world burned up, even including [lit., until arriving at] one third of the forest and all the green grass.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then one angel blew (the thing) like a tabuli’ that had been given to him. When he blew it, immediately lots of ice and fire mixed with blood fell on the earth. One part of the earth was burnt by that fire including one part of the trees and the weeds were burnt. Two parts were not burnt.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The first of the angels blew his trumpet. Then hail and fire mixed with blood fell on the earth. One third of the earth was burned, and because of this one third of all the trees and all of the grass there were burned up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The first angel blew-his-horn, and after-that it rained hail and fire that was mixed with blood. And a third of the earth was burned-up, along-with a third of the trees and all the grass/weeds.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the first angel blew his horn, it rained, but what fell was ice which was hard like rock and fire which included blood. The third part of the world was burned up, and the third part of the forest and all the grass/weeds.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The first angel blew the trumpet. There was hail. There was fire mixed with blood. All came down on the earth. One part of the land burned, but it didn’t come to half that burned. There on the land that burned, the trees burned, the green grass burned.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:20:
- Uma: “But if I do behavior I don’t like, it means it is not I that do it. Sin that is in my heart, he is the culprit [owner of the work].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then if I do the bad which I don’t want to do, it means it is no longer from my thinking/mind but the sin in my liver that is what urges me so that I do (it).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if I do what I do not want to do, I’m not the one who does this but rather, it is the evil desires of my body that is the source of that evil activity.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If then I persist in doing what I dislike to do, it can-be-seen that it is not I who is doing it but my sinfulness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore since I did the evil I didn’t want to do, then it wasn’t I who caused it, rather it was sin which grabbed my heart and caused it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:24:
- Noongar: “I tell you, many clever people and kings wanted to see what you see, but they did not see. They wanted to hear what you hear, but they did not hear.’
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- Uma: “Because there were many prophets and kings long ago who wanted to see what you have seen, but they did not see. They very much wanted to hear what you have heard, but they did not hear.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I tell you many prophets and kings of old really wanted to see what you see now, but they didn’t see it. They also really wanted to hear what you hear now but they didn’t hear it.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because true it is that I say to you, that there were not just a few of the prophets of God long ago and the kings long ago, who wanted to see these things that you have seen today, but these things were never shown to them. And they also wanted to hear these things that you heard today, but these things were not told to them, because these things were not yet revealed by God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because emphatically many (sympathy particle) are the prophets and kings back before who wanted to see what you have seen, but they didn’t see it, and they also wanted to hear what you have been hearing, but they didn’t hear it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What I will tell you really is the truth, that many were the prophets and kings of the past who wanted hopefully to see this which you see now, but they didn’t see it. And they wanted to hear this which you hear now, but also they didn’t hear it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 10:5:
- Uma: “After that, the angel that I saw earlier, who stepped on the sea and on the land/shore, lifted his right hand to the sky.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the soil, raised his right hand towards the sky, that is for swearing.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the angel which I saw standing on the land and on the sea raised his right hand toward heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon that angel who was standing on the ocean and on the land, he raised his right hand,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then when I next looked at that angel who had one foot stepping in the ocean and the other foot stepping here on land, he held up his right hand/arm.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This angel I saw who stood with one foot on the sea and the other foot on the land, now raised his right hand.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
