Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:40:
- Noongar: “A person who listens his boss’s good teaching, he doesn’t quickly become greater than his master. But all people who listen to their master and follow him, when they finish, then they will become like the master.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “And there is no student [lit, school child] who is more honored that his teacher. When his schooling is finished, only then is he the same with his teacher.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The knowledge of a student does not exceed that of his teacher. But if his learning is complete he is equal with his teacher.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He who has someone else teaching him, he must not think that he is greater in respect than the one who teaches him. And if there’s no longer anything that the one who teaches can teach him, then they are equal — the one who was taught and the one who taught.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Neither is there one who is learning who is higher than his teacher, but when he has properly finished what he is learning, after that he will be-like his teacher.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s true that as for a disciple, he can’t exceed his teacher. But as long as he is really well taught, of course he can become the same as his teacher.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 3 John 1:9:
- Uma: “There was a letter of mine to all our one-faith relatives there [where you are]. But Diotrefes [emphatic], he doesn’t pay-attention-to our (excl.) words, for he always make-important [lit., puts uphill] his own position [lit., seat].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I sent a letter there to the trusters in Isa Almasi, but Diyotrepes, the person who wants to be their leader does not even pay any attention to what I said in the letter.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I wrote to the believers there, however Diotrephes will not listen to my commands. He wants that he should be the only one to give orders.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There is that which I wrote previously to the congregation of believers there, but Diotrefes has not paid-any-heed because he doesn’t acknowledge our (excl.) authority. He wants of course that he be the leader there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I sent the believers there a letter, but Diotrefes took no notice of me, because what he really wants is that he is the one acknowledged as leader.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I wrote another letter to send to the people who gather there in the church. But Diotrephes wants to be leader there where the believers are, and he does not pay attention to what I say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “I have written to you who are gathered together worshipping God. But Diotrephes wants to be the most important person of all among you and he does not heed us (ex).”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “I sent a paper to your gathering. But Diotrephes who wants to be first (eminent) there, doesn’t like me, and doesn’t want what I say.”
- Isthmus Zapotec: “I already wrote a letter to the people of Christ who are there (implying where you are), but Diotrephes wants to rule over them and he doesn’t pay any attention to me.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 1:13:
- Uma: “Relatives, so that you know: many times I have made-plans to go visit you, but there was always something that hindered me. My intention in visiting you is so that there will be fruit of my work in your village, just as there is fruit of my work among the non-Jews in other villages.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My brothers who trust Isa Almasi, my desire is that you know that I often planned to go-there to visit you but there was something preventing me so that I could not go-there. I want to go-there so that I can proclaim to you so that there are some people there whom I can carry/influence to follow/obey Isa Almasi like I influenced/carried people from other tribes not Jews (Yahudi).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I want, brethren, that you should know that my desire to go there never leaves my thinking. However, I cannot yet go there because there’s something which hinders me. I want to go there because by means of my teaching, there might be some people there who will believe in Jesus just like by means of my teaching, there are some people who aren’t Jews also in other towns who have believed in him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My siblings/cousins (henceforth rendered brothers), I want you to know that I have often planned/decided to go see you, but until now, something has been sidetracking/preventing me. I want to visit you so that there will also be those among you there whom I persuade to believe so that it will be like what has happened to the Gentiles in other towns.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen brothers, I want you to know that many times I had decided to go see you. But up until now I haven’t been able to go. The reason I want to go is that I want to bring about that more people will believe in Jesus Christ like I am doing to people who live everywhere.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:24:
- Noongar: “After John’s disciples went away, Jesus began speaking of him to all the people: ‘When you went out to John in the desert, what did you want to see? Grass bending in the wind?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “When those messengers of Yohanes were gone, Yesus spoke to the people, speaking-about Yohanes. He said: ‘What is your purpose in going to meet Yohanes the Baptizer in the empty land/wilderness? Perhaps you want to see a person whose heart is hesitant/uncertain, who is like a swaying reed blown here and there by the wind? No indeed!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the ones Yahiya had sent had left, Isa spoke to the crowds about Yahiya. He said, ‘What did you want to see when you went to Yahiya into the lonely country? Did you want to see a person whose thoughts are not stable like figuratively the tall-grass (udjung-udjung) blown by the wind? No?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when those mesengers of John had left, Jesus said to the many people who had gathered there, he said, ‘When you went out to John the Baptist in the land where nobody lived, why did you go out to him? Was it that you wanted to see a person who is like the grass blowing in the wind? That wasn’t the reason, because the breath of John the Baptist does not waver back and forth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the-aforementioned whom Juan sent had left, Jesus began to tell the many-people concerning Juan. He said, ‘Back-then when you went to where Juan was in the place with no inhabitants, who did you want to go see? Was it do-you-suppose a person like a reed (runo) that the wind causes-to-sway-back-and-forth? Probably not.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After those who had been sent by Juan had left, there was something Jesus said to that crowd of people there concerning Juan. He said, ‘When you went there to Juan in the wilderness place, what were you looking for there? A person who is ambivalent, who is like a reed bending back and forth because the wind is blowing it? Of course not.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 1:1:
- Uma: “The contents of this letter tell what was caused-to-appear / shown by Yesus Kristus. God commanded Yesus Kristus to cause-it-to appear to us his slaves, so that they would know what must quickly happen. Yesus sent/ordered his angel to show all that to me, Yohanes, his slave.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This writing is about the things that Isa Almasi made-known. This was made-known by God to Isa Almasi so that he could show to the servants of God as to what would soon happen in the future. Almasi made this known to his servant Yahiya. He commanded his angel to go to Yahiya to tell him about this.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This is the telling of what Jesus Christ revealed. This was entrusted to him by God so that He might also cause the servants of God to understand the things which will soon come to pass. Christ did this by means of sending His angel to me, His servant John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “What this book contains is what Jesu Cristo made-known concerning what was soon to happen. It was God who made-it-known to him so that he would also make-it-known to the collective-people who serve him. So Cristo sent his angel to make-it-known to me, Juan, who am serving him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “These written things which are contained here in this writing, they are the things which God made known to Jesu-Cristo concerning what has been determined to come in the future, for now he would show them to those who serve him. All this truly was shown by Jesu-Cristo to his servant Juan, for there was an angel he sent to show this.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These words here are what Jesus Christ wants to be known. God had Jesus Christ bring it about that God’s workers will know the words concerning what must happen soon. So concerning me, John, Jesus Christ sent his angel to me to cause that I know about this word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 2:13:
- Uma: “It is not people who hear the Lord’s Law that are straight in his sight. People who follow the Lord’s Law, they are the one who are straight in his sight.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is not the person who hears the law of God who is forgiven and considered straight by God. But the person who follows all the commands in the law, he is the one forgiven and considered straight by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For if what we are trusting in is the Law, it is not possible that God will regard us as righteous, just by means of listening to that which is commanded in the Law, but rather there must be that we do not make any mistakes in observing the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the one whom God counts as righteous in his sight, it is not the one who only hears the law but rather the one who obeys-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because God does not look well upon a person just because he person knows what is said in God’s law. The people whom God looks well upon are the people who do the good which God’s law says to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:6:
- Noongar: “Some seeds fell on the stony ground. The seeds grew, but the leaves became dry because there was no water in the ground.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “There was also some that fell on rocky ground. That seed grew, but immediately wilted because the ground was dry.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Some other seeds fell on rocky ground (batu pãnas big rocks covered with a thin layer of soil) and when it sprouted it withered because it could not suck up water.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also that which he planted which fell and landed on very thin soil, on top of some stone. And this sprouted but it shrivelled up very quickly because that ground dried up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Others that he broadcast, they fell on a-rocky-area. They sprouted, but then they withered, because the soil of-course was dry.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Where others got scattered was in a rocky place. Well since the soil was only superficial over those rocks, after sprouting they shrivelled, for there wasn’t enough water.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 2:13:
- Uma: “He says: ‘I know where your dwelling place is, in the village where the King of Evil-ones’ seat is. But you faithfully confess me [lit., remain confessing me]. When they killed my witness Antipas, you did not deny your believing me. That Antipas was my witness who remained confessing me until they killed him in your village that is controlled by the King of Evil-ones.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I do know where you live. You are there in the place that is famous for worshiping the leader of demons. But you have steadfastly followed me and you have not given up your trust in me even at the time when Antipas was killed. He persevered hep proclaiming my message therefore he was killed there in that place of demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I know that your town is under the control of Satan, but in spite of that you have held tightly to your faith in me and you have not abandoned My teachings, not even when Antipas was murdered long ago. He was faithful to preach My words so he was killed there in your town which is under the control of Satan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I know that your town is a ruling-place of Satanas, but even so, you still continue to believe in me. I also know what happened to Antipas who was faithful in preaching concerning me. Even though they killed him there (near addressee) in Satanas’ town, you didn’t turn-your-backs-on your faith in me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I really know your situation, that where you live is under the rule of Satanas. But even though it’s like that, your believing/obeying me is really holding fast. You are not letting go of your trust in me, even in the past at the killing of Antipas who was my true servant who stood up for me even though it led to his life/breath being severed, there in your place which is ruled by Satanas.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I know what all you are doing. I know that you must live there where the people whom the devil rules live. But I know that you believe well in me. On that day when the devil strengthened your fellow citizens to grab Antipas to kill him, hurting him because he spoke well to the people about me, yet you did not separate from me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
