Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:7:
- Uma: “Whoever defeats the King of Evil-ones, they will receive all these things [mentioned] earlier. I will be[come] their Lord, and they be[come] my children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever is/was not carried-along by temptation/the tempters I will give them as an inheritance good (things) like that. And I am their God and I make them my children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is anyone who is able to defeat Satan, I will make Him my child, and I will be His God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The person who defeats evil, he will inherit all these-things. He will acknowledge me as his God and I will also acknowledge him as my child.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s certain that I will reward the one who has been able to have victory over whatever leads to sinning and destruction of believing/obeying, for I now am his God and he now is my child.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “thus I will do for whoever comes out to conquer the evil there is. He will become my child. I will be the God of that person.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 16:2:
- Uma: “I request that you receive her like your relative in the Lord Yesus, since that is the action that is appropriate for us who follow Yesus. If there is anything she needs, give it to her, because she has helped many people–I am one of them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When she arrives there, be very hospitable to her/attend to her very well. To do this, is fitting/right for you the ones who trust Isa Almasi. If there is some way you can help Pebe, really help her, because she has helped many people. And even I, she helped me also.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Welcome her because of her faith in our Lord, because this is the behavior that is fitting for believers. If there are any things that she needs, you just help her because she has helped many believers and she helps me also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When she arrives there, receive her properly because of her being-one-with our Lord, because that is the appropriate-thing for God’s people to do. Help her as well if she has needs, because she (appreciative particle) has helped many including me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this one, a real believer, give her a welcome when she comes there. Because this is what is proper to do for believers. This Phoebe, if she needs any help when she is there, help her. Because she has very much helped the people here and also me she has helped when I had need.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:26:
- Noongar: “so he called one worker and asked him, ‘What’s happening?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “He called one of their servants, he asked him what they were doing at the house.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He called one of the servants and asked him what celebration that was.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he called one of the servants of his father, and he asked, ‘What’s the reason for the good time that people are having there in the house?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so he called one of the servants to inquire as to what they were doing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he observed that, he called one of the slaves and questioned him. He said, ‘What’s going on that there is like that at our (incl.) house?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:12:
- Uma: “The Lord Yesus said: ‘I am about to arrive-e’, [particle connoting: ‘watch out, listen up!’] and I will reward the behavior of each person according to what they have done.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Listen,’ says Isa. ‘My coming is near and I will reward/repay you each one according to your doings.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Listen,’ says Jesus, ‘I am coming and then I will reward each one according to what he has done.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus says, ‘Listen to this. My coming will-be soon. And when I come, I will bring a reward to give to each one according to what he has done.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘For listen,’ says Jesus. ‘Really before long now I will come there to you. I will bring the rewards which I will distribute to each one, according to what he has done.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus again said: ‘It will be soon when I come. I will bring the wages for each person for his payment. Whether good or evil he has done, that is what the payment is determined by.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 1:7:
- Uma: “to the point that you no longer lack blessings, you have received every kind of ability from the Holy Spirit, and you are waiting for the coming again of our Lord Yesus Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore the good (things) God has given to you is already complete while you are waiting for our (incl.) Leader Isa Almasi to return.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, the Holy Spirit has given you all the skills that you need while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to come back.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so you lack none of the various (lit. differing-kinds-of) abilities that God gives in your waiting for the coming again of Jesu Cristo our Lord.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore, now, you are not lacking anything at all of the grace/mercy which God gives while you are patiently waiting for our Lord Jesu-Cristo to be manifested at his return.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore now during the time you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come, you do not lack anything of the blessings which God gives.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 16:26:
- Noongar: “But not only that, a deep hole sits between us, so people wanting to leave this place to go to you, they can’t go; and no person can leave that place to come here to us.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But there, between us there is a very big cliff/gorge. People from here cannot go there, and people from there cannot come here.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And not only that, but between us (incl.) there is placed a wide ditch (with steep cliffs on either side understood), so that the ones here who would want to go cannot go there, and likewise the ones from there cannot come here.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And not only that, there is a great, vast open space between us and nobody can come from there over to here, and the same way also, nobody from us can cross over going there.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Not only that, because there is a very-wide ravine/canyon separating us so that those who want to go there from here, they are not able-to-go, and neither also are those from where you (sing.) are able-to-come here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Added to that, there has been put-in-a-long-line between us (incl.) a deep ravine, so that those here can’t go there, and those there can’t come here.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 2:8:
- Uma: “None of the leaders of this world knew of this purpose of God’s. For if they had known, they wouldn’t have crucified our Lord, whose life is truly [lit., no kidding] big.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the ones ruling here in this world did not understand God’s thoughts, because if they had understood this, they would not have commanded to nail to the post Isa Almasi the most powerful ruler.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for those rulers here on earth, they did not like to understand what God was doing because if they had understood, they would not have nailed to the cross the powerful Lord of everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The leaders on this earth, they absolutely didn’t understand this plan, because had they understood it, they wouldn’t have nailed the highest Lord to the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “These things, (they) really were not understood by any of the officials of this world. Because if they had understood, of course they would not have nailed the praiseworthy Lord to the cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the rulers here on earth, not one of them came to know about this word. Because if they had understood about this word, then our Lord Jesus Christ, who is supreme, would not have been put on the cross.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:27:
- Noongar: “People always ate and drank, and men and women always married, until the day when Noah got into the boat and much rain came and drowned all of them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “At the time of the prophet Nuh, people continually ate, drank, getting married and marrying, any old way, until the prophet Nuh entered into a big boat and a flood killed them all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “At that time they ate and drank, got wives and husbands until the day was reached when Nu went into the ship. Then God flooded (lasey an especially big flood) the world and they all perished/were destroyed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because a long time ago, at the time of Noah, the only thing people were thinking about was happy times, and they ate and they drank and they got married, until Noah entered into the large boat called the ark, and when the water got deep, people were all drowned.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because at that time they were continuing to eat and drink and get-married until the day that plural Noe entered the ark. Right afterwards the earth was flooded and they all drowned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For at that time, the people were keeping on eating and drinking and marrying until Noe boarded that boat he had made. When the flood came which dissolved/destroyed the world, the people had no awareness of danger. Well what else but what happened was, they were all wiped out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
