Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 12:19:
- Uma: “Relatives whom I love: don’t pay back the evil of others. Allow God to be the one to punish them. For in the Holy Book God said: ‘I am the one who will pay back. I an the one who will punish.’ Thus are the words of the Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My friends, don’t pay back/revenge but let God be the one who revenges for you. Because it is written in the holy-book, saying, ‘I am the one who revenges. I am the one who punishes the ones who do bad to you, says God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My dear brothers, don’t repay a person who does evil to you, but rather, pay no attention to it because the one who will punish is God. For there is a written word of God which says, ‘I am the one who will repay; I am the one who will punish.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My friends, don’t take-revenge, but rather let-it-be so that it will be up to God to punish, because there is that which God caused-to-be-written which says, ‘I the Lord God am the one who has authority to take-revenge. I will repay.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen my dear brothers, do not pay back what is done to you. Let it be, God will settle it. Because it is written in the Holy Book the word spoken by God: ‘It is for me to punish. I am the one who will pay back what the people do to you’ says God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:22:
- Noongar: “Jesus went to many villages, teaching people and going on his path to Jerusalem.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “In his journey going to Yerusalem, Yesus passed-through big towns and small towns, teaching the people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa proceeded towards Awrusalam and he passed through the towns and villages teaching the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus started out going to the town of Jerusalem, and while he was walking, he stopped in at some other towns in order to teach the people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus continued going to Jerusalem but he kept-stopping at the towns he passed to teach.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The traveling of Jesus indeed kept going on. He was teaching in each town and bario along his way as he was going to Jerusalem.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 19:1:
- Uma: “After that, I heard something like the shouting of many people in heaven. They shouted together, they said: ‘Haleluya! Praise the Lord! For he is the one who gives us salvation [goodness]. He is the God whose life is big and who is powerful.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that, I heard something like the voice of great crowds of people speaking loudly there in heaven. They said, ‘Let us (incl.) praise God. He is the only one worthy to be praised. He is powerful and he is the one who set us (incl.) free from our (incl.) sins.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When that was finished, I heard in heaven a great tumult. It seemed as if many people were talking. They said, ‘Praise God for He is all powerful, He is one who is very famous, He is the Savior.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was finished, I heard a very-loud voice like the voices of extremely many people singing. They said, ‘Let us worship/praise God who is our Lord! Let us acknowledge him who is powerful who saved us and let us make-him -great,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Next after that, I heard in unison (lit. like made into a single one) the voices of really many many people in heaven. What they were calling out was, ‘Praise our God! Praise him who is our Savior whose praiseworthiness/glory and supernatural-power can’t be equalled.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “After this, there in heaven I heard other words of very many people loudly saying: ‘Let us praise God. Because he is our Saviour. And he is supreme. He has all power.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:16:
- Uma: “So, if there is anything that is good according to our opinion, but it bothers the faith of our companions, it’s better that we not do it, so that that behavior of ours will not be criticized by others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Even if it is good to you (sing.) if it is bad to your (sing.) brother who trusts in Isa, na, don’t do (it) so that they will not speak evil of you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if there is some behavior that some believers consider forbidden by God, but you know that God has not forbidden that behavior, don’t you do it so that no one can say that your behavior is bad.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Let us not do anything if its result would be that the freedom we count as good will be spoken-badly-of.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Although you know that you really are doing good, yet do not do it if people say you are doing sin when they see what you do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:19:
- Noongar: “The next person said, ‘I have bought ten bullocks and now I am going on my way to work them. I am sorry but I can’t come.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Another one said: ‘I just bought five pairs of cows, I must go try using them to plow. I ask forgiveness, I do not go [to where you are].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the other one said, ‘I have bought ten cows and I am just off to try them out if they can-be-used-for-plowing. Don’t be angry at me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And another one also said, ‘I hope you’re not angry with me because I cannot attend the feast, because there are ten cows that I have just bought, and I have to try them out in ploughing!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “One also said, ‘Sorry, because I have bought a group-of-ten cows and I am going to please go try to work them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “One person said, ‘Forgive me, but I will try out by causing to plough in two’s the ten cows which I have bought.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 20:12:
- Uma: “And I saw dead people, those whose lives were small or big, standing in front of that Chair. People who died drowned in the sea, other people who had died, all the people who were in the place of the dead, they all stood in front of that Chair. And the books were examined. In those books were written the deeds of those dead ones. So, the punishment of all those dead ones was determined/set according to what was written in those books, their punishment according to their deeds. And another book was also opened, called the Book of Life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I saw all the dead, children and adults, of high or low status standing there facing that throne. And then the books were opened including the book for writing the names of the people who are given life without end. Then all the dead were judged each one about/concerning what they had done when they were alive, because everything was written there in the books.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I saw all the dead, large in status, and small in status, standing before the seat of ruling. Books were opened and also was opened the book where those who are given life were listed. Other books were opened where were written the things people did when they were still alive because they were to be judged because of what they did for it was written in the books.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I also saw all the dead who were important and unimportant (lit. high and low) standing in front of the ruler. All that came-from Hades the place of the dead were there, as well as all who had died in the ocean (lit. the ocean had taken). The book in which was written the names of those who had life that has no end was opened. The books in which were written what people had done were also opened, and each one was judged according to what he had done which was written in those books.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then what followed which I saw next was, all the people who have died, they were standing there in front of that king’s seat. High and low-class, they were all there. As I watched, the rolled-up writings were opened. And then that one was opened in which were written the names of as many as would be given life which is without ending. And then all the people were pronounced judgment upon according to what each had done while still alive which were written in those writings.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I saw then the dead people there where God was, little and big. The books were opened. And also another book was opened. It is the book which says who all have encountered the new life. These dead people then were judged according to how they had walked. Because concerning all that they had done, all was written in the books.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 15:25:
- Uma: “But I am going first to the village of Yerusalem. For the followers of Yesus here in the province of Makedonia and Akhaya have made-plans to give money to their one-faith relatives who are pitiful/in-need in Yerusalem. So, I will take this helping money of theirs to Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But now here I am yet going to Awrusalam taking help to the ones who trust Isa Almasi there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now I’m leaving because I’m going first to the town of Jerusalem because there is some help which I’ve been asked to take to the believers in God there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But as for now, I am going to Jerusalem because there is something I am taking to God’s people there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But now I want to first go to Jerusalem. I am going to deliver the money which was gathered to give to the believers who are poor.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:16:
- Noongar: “He wanted to eat the bad food which he gave the pigs, but no person gave him food to eat.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because of his hunger, he desired wanting to eat the pig food. But no-one gave him food.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because of his hunger/starving he wanted to eat even the food of the pigs, but nobody gave him anything (lit. even what).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He would like to have satisfied his hunger with even the husks of that which they were feeding the pigs, but there was no one who gave him anything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of his hunger, he wanted to eat koma some of the fruit of the tree that the pigs were eating, but they (understood as people, not pigs) didn’t give him any.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He really wished that no matter what, there would be something he could eat, even the tree fruit/seed-pods which was only fed to the pigs. But well, no one was giving to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
