Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:11:
- Uma: “If there are villagers who don’t want to receive you, if they refuse to listen to the words you bring, when you leave their village, knock off the dust that sticks to the soles of your feet, a sign that God will punish them.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And if there is a village that you come to and/but the people do not respect you, and do not want to listen to you, (then) leave from that village. Shake off the dust of your feet first, a sign that you are through with them, and then leave.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a village where they don’t respect you and they don’t listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as a sign that they will be punished by God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But if there is a town that you go to and they do not receive you, and they also refuse to listen to what you are telling, leave them, and as you go, brush-off your soles so that they will thereby-know they are responsible for their punishment.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “However supposing you aren’t received or your teaching isn’t listened to in whichever place you reach, don’t stay there. As you leave there, brush off the dust from your legs/feet as a sign that the people there who didn’t believe are now regarded by God as not his people.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Titus 1:8:
- Uma: “People whom you raise to become religious leaders must be people who are open [lit., friendly/extrovertish] to having-visitors, remain/faithful in doing good, their hearts must be clear and straight, their actions must be holy and they must be able to hold-in-check the evil desires of their hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If he has visitors he must really honor them/treat them according to custom and he must be pleased with everything good. He must be able to control himself and he must be straight/righteous. He ought to follow God wholeheartedly/(lit. entirely his liver) and he ought not to indulge his desires/greedy-desires.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He must be one who cares for his guests. And it is also necessary that what he really wants to do is to help people. He knows how to think properly. He is a righteous person, and God is pleased with his deeds. He knows how to constrain the desires of his body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “but rather he must be consistently-hospitable and consistently-love what is good. He must also be a reflective and circumspect person who is able-to-control himself (lit. his body). He must also be righteous (lit. straight) and holy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “On the contrary, it’s necessary that he welcomes people well who need to stay at his house. He prefers doing good works, knows how to control himself, he is righteous/straight and desirous that he be pleasing to God. And he no longer indulges evil desires.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He must be a person who gives a resting place to others in his house. He must like to do what is good. He must control his heart. He must be a good person. He must reverence God. He must guard himself well.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:59:
- Uma: “While Stefanus was being thrown-at, he called-out, he said: ‘Lord Yesus, receive my soul!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “While Estepan was being stoned by them, he called-on the Lord/Leader, he said, ‘O Isa, my Lord, receive my spirit/soul.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while they were throwing stones at Stephen, Stephen called on the Lord. He said, ‘Oh Jesus, my Lord, receive my soul.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While they were stoning him, Esteban prayed and said, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As they kept throwing, Esteban kept praying, saying, ‘My Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:43:
- Uma: “After they ate, they gathered up the leftover bread and fish, twelve baskets full.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After they had eaten, the disciples of Isa gathered their left-over bread and fish, twelve baskets full.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for that food, his disciples picked up twelve baskets of broken bread and fish which were left over.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they gathered-up what was left-over, twelve baskets were filled (lit. placed-in) with the broken-scraps of food.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The disciples collected that left-over bread and fish which had been broken into pieces, and twelve baskets were filled.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Titus 3:9:
- Uma: “But there are also people who continually debate and argue with each other [lit., reciprocally-make-rebuttals and reciprocally-answer-angrily], arguing about rules of the Yahudi religion or stories of ancestry/descendants. Don’t you let them teach any more. Avoid altogether arguments that are made by those stupid people. Because they have no benefit/blessing and they have no purpose.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But avoid the people who argue (about) which has no use and if there are (people) who tell-stories about names of the generations of their ancestors, and don’t you (sing.) join in when/if someone quarrels about the law of Musa. All those things have no use.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, avoid stupid arguments of people. Also avoid the study of the accounts of names of the ancestors of people which is what they study. You must also avoid their quarreling about obeying the law left behind by Moses. None of this is of any value for it is destructive.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But don’t join in the useless arguing of people about lists of names of ancestors. Distance yourself (sing.) also from their quarreling about the law of Moses, for quarrels/arguments like these, they have no good result, for there is no help-that they -give to our faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well as-was-said, put far away getting-into-arguments which achieves nothing. Don’t be bothered/busy with the thousands of listed-names of ancestors and their descendants, that being what others are fascinated with. And avoid/taboo arguments concerning the things Moises commanded in the past. For really nothing is achieved by these arguments for they have no usefulness, but rather are just a bother/hindrance.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But do not want that there be arguments which are not needed. Do not argue about what was done by our ancestors long ago. Don’t argue about the law followed by the Jews. Because arguments do not bring about what is good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:31:
- Uma: “That person said: ‘How do you (sing.) think I could understand, because there is no one who clarifies it to me.’ From there, he urged/invited Filipus to climb up in his cart and sit beside him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The official answered, ‘How can I understand if no one explains it to me?’ And he told Pilip to ride and sit beside him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the official said, ‘How can I understand this when there is no one to interpret for me?’ And he caused Philip to ride.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘No, because there is no one to explain it to me,’ he said in reply. Then he invited Felipe to ride-with-(him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘I don’t understand anything,’ was the reply of that taga Etiope. ‘Maybe if there was someone to explain to me, I would understand it.’ Therefore he then caused Felipe to ride.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:19:
- Uma: “For that food doesn’t enter our heart. It just enters our stomachs, and from there we discard it.’ With these words, Yesus made-clear that there is no food that is taboo.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because this does not hep go into his liver but in his stomach only, and then it goes out again.’ This speech of Isa explains that there is no defiled/forbidden food, all is clean/allowed (halal).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “for his food, it goes through his stomach, and then it goes out of him; it doesn’t pass through his breath.’ (By means of these words of Jesus we know that we are permitted to eat any kind of food that can be eaten.)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because where it goes is not his mind/thoughts but rather his stomach and then goes-out.’ When Jesus said that, he meant to say that it-is-possible that we eat all foods. It is not sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because that doesn’t enter into his mind/inner-being, but on the contrary it’s there in his abdomen/bowels, and then comes out again,’ From that talk of Jesus, it’s like he was causing them to comprehend that it’s now possible/acceptable to eat all foods.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 1:1:
- Uma: “Long ago, many times God spoke to our grandparents by the lips of the prophets, and many [were] the ways he used to speak to them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “In old times God often sent his word here to our (incl.) ancestors the Yahudi and he sent his word in different ways to them. The prophets spread/made-known his word.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Long ago there was which God told to our ancestors by means of people whom he inspired. There were many ways that He inspired them, and there were many things also that He told by means of them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Long ago, many times there was that which God made-known to our ancestors by means of those through-whom-he-spoke who were the prophets. The ways he made-it-known were also varied.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When it was still the time of our ancestors, those things God wanted to say to them, he caused to be said by the prophets at various times and also according to his various determined-plans.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “In the days gone past God put into the minds of his spokesmen the word with which they should speak to the old-time people they addressed. Very many times did he speak to the people but in different ways God called to them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
