Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:24:
- Uma: “When the crowd/people heard that Yesus was no longer there, not even his disciples were still there, they boated going to Kapernaum to look for him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then when the people saw that Isa wasn’t there, surprise, nor his disciples, they got in/rode in those boats to look for Isa in Kapernaum.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the people knew that Jesus was no longer there nor his disciples, they got in the boats because they will look for Jesus there in the town of Capernaum.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the many-people saw that Jesus and his disciples were not there, they rode-along in those-aforementioned boats and they went to Capernaum to go look-for Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore when the people observed that Jesus and his disciples were no longer there, what they did was, they went aboard and crossed over to Capernaum, to look for Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now these people saw that Jesus wasn’t there nor were his learners there. They went in the boats which had arrived and went to Capernaum to look for him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:15:
- Uma: “Because their hearts are hard, they make themselves deaf and they make themselves blind: they refuse to see with their eyes, they refuse to hear with their ears, they refuse to have their hearts made clear. That’s why they will not return to Me, and I will not give them goodness/salvation.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because the liver of these people has become hard. They stop their ears and shut their eyes. If they would not do like that, they would see with their eyes, they would hear with their ears, they would understand in their livers and they would return to me, says God, and I would forgive their sins.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For as these people, their thinking has become hard. They have stopped up their ears. They have closed their eyes. Because if they didn’t they would be able to see and they would be able to hear, and they would understand what is right, and they would trust in me and I would set them free.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because their minds/thoughts have already hardened. They turn-a-deaf-ear-to the truth while they also close-their -eyes lest they be-able-to-see, able-to-hear, and able-to-understand and-then turn-to-face me so that I will heal them.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really, as for these people, they have become stubborn (lit. made their heads hard). They’re making- their -ears-let-things-go-in-one-side- -and-out-of-the-other and they’re closing their eyes. For if it wasn’t like that, maybe they would indeed be able to see, and be able to hear, and be able to understand, and they would indeed return to me that I would heal them, whereas they won’t.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because these people have closed their minds. It is as though they stopped their ears, not wanting to see what there is to see. Because they do not want to understand about the word and they do not want to turn their hearts to believe in me that they would have their sins forgiven,’ says God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Isaiah 6:9 and Isaiah 6:10.
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 12:12:
- Uma: “While I was with you, I did signs that made-clear that I was really the Lord Yesus’s apostle. I was patient working in difficulties, I did amazing signs and powerful things with strength from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When I was there with you before, you saw that it is true I was really commissioned by Jesus Christ because of my doings/work. No matter what opposed me, I just endured it, and you could see the signs I did, the deeds that cause-wonder and the powerful (supernatural) deeds.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when I was there with you, I showed you that I’m a true apostle of Christ because even though I was in difficulty, I endured it, so that I might be able to show signs and miracles which are the sign of a true apostle.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because you have seen that I am truly an apostle because of the signs and other amazing manifestations of God’s power that I have been-patient to do while I was staying-with you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Truly I am testifying that, when I was there with you, you comprehended that, as for me, (I am) a true/genuine apostle because of the signs and amazing things that God was causing-me -to-do. I kept on doing all these things with a good mind/inner-being enduring the hardships that were happening to me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When I was there where you live in order to speak the word, it was clearly seen that I was Christ’s representative. In the work I did for Christ I patiently endured all that those people said. And those miracles I did, made it plain that I was Christ’s representative.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:56:
- Uma: “The people who eat my body and drink my blood, they stay in-harmony [lit., mutual-life] with me, and I with them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains with me and I remain with him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He who eats my body and drinks my blood never leaves me, and I also never leave him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who eats my body and drinks my blood, he is in me continually, and I also, I am in him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood, it’s like we (excl.) are now one body.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood is in fellowship with me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Martu Wangka: “If a person eats my body, and drinks my blood, as a result of that, we two will sit together as relatives.” (The idea of sitting together as relatives is good.) (Source: Carl Gross)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:47:
- Uma: “‘When God becomes King on earth, it happens like this parable: A big net is thrown into a lake.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Likewise,’ said Isa, ‘the ruling of God over his people is figuratively like a fishing net thrown into the sea in order to catch many different kinds of fish.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The ruling of God who is in heaven, it’s like a net which is placed in the lake so that it might catch all kinds of fish.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘God’s ruling can also be compared to a fishnet that some fishermen lowered into the sea until it was full of many kinds of fish. Then they pulled it to the bank (lit. its edge) and they sat-down to sort-through what they had caught. What was good to eat-as-viand, they put in a bucket, but the bad, they threw away.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Well,’ Jesus said next, ‘the kingdom of God is also like a trawl net. When it was thrown into the sea, all kinds of fish went in.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning God who is in heaven, the people who live here on the earth he rules are like the fish caught in a net when fishermen go fishing in the sea. Different kinds of fish are caught.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 1:10:
- Uma: “So, how about it relatives? Am I seeking-praise from mankind, saying these previous words of mine? No! I want is to receive praise from God. Maybe you think relatives, that I want to just make-glad the hearts of man[kind]? If for instance I just wanted to make-glad the hearts of man[kind], I wouldn’t be a slave of Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Don’t think that what I aspire to is (that) people will praise me. Because my aspiration/aim is that God praises me. Don’t think that what I aspire to/aim at is that people are pleased with me. Because if this were my aim I would not work for Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Perhaps you’re thinking mistakenly that what is in my breath is that I want to be praised by people; however, that cannot be. Because what is in my breath is: I want to please God. Perhaps you’re thinking mistakenly also that what I want is that people might be pleased with what I do; however, that’s also not it because if that’s what I want I could not be a servant of Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you think-about what I have been saying, you ought to be-able-to-understand that what I am looking-for is not people’s approval of me but rather God’s approval. Neither is it still people’s being-pleased-with me that I am grasping-for, because if that were so, it’s not possible that I could be counted as one who serves Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well therein, isn’t it clear that what I am aiming for is not just that people be pleased with my teaching? It’s not like that at all, but rather what I cause to be dominant in my mind/inner-being is that I will be pleasing to God. For if all I was striving for was to be always pleasing to people, well could it not be said that it is people that I am serving, not Cristo?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “With this statement now, can you say that I am looking for words so that people will approve of me? No, it is not that. I want that God will approve of me. If I looked for words so that people would approve of what I said, then I would not be Christ’s worker.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:17:
- Uma: “Whoever want to do the will of God, they will know where my teaching is from, whether it is really from God or just my own words.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person wants to do God’s will, he will know whether my teaching is from God or from my own thinking only.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who wishes to carry out what God wants him to do, he is the one who will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether it comes only from my thinking.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whoever wants to do what God wants, it is he who will know where my teaching comes-from, whether God or my mind/thoughts only.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As many as want to follow/obey the will of God, they will comprehend whether this which I am teaching really comes from God or whether it’s just my own.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If there is someone who wants to do God’s will, he will know if what I teach comes from God or if it is just my own ideas I am speaking.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 14:21:
- Uma: “The number of those who ate at that time, it was maybe five thousand, still only men, not-yet counted the women and children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The people who had eaten were five thousand men, not counting the women and children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Five thousand is the number of the men who ate, and the women and children were not included in the counting.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The number of those-who-ate was-about (lit. went to) five thousand of old-men and young-men, excluding the women and children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for the number of those who ate, the men alone were five thousand, apart from the women and children.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the people who ate at this time, there were five thousand men who ate. A count wasn’t made of the women and the children.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
