Following are a number of back-translations of James 3:6:

• Uma: “So also with the words that we utter with our tongues. Our words have the same evil as fire. In our bodies, it is our tongue that brings-forth all sorts of evil, more than all the other parts of our body. The words that we utter with our tongue are like fire that is from hell, that makes-evil all our life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The tongue of a person can destroy hep like a fire. This our (dual) tongue is the source of every kind of evil. This one item here in our (dual) body if it speaks bad/evil already, it can destroy the thinking/mind of a person. From-the-time we (dual) are small until the day of our (dual) death just the same it is our (dual) tongue which brings evil/bad to us (dual). This is like fire from hell.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the tongue of a person is also like a fire, for it can destroy, and it is the source of every kind of evil behaviour. By means of the tongue, our whole thinking and breath can be filled with evil. It is what can torment us all of our lives; it is like fire which comes from hell.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That also is the comparison of our tongue, because that is the part of our body that is the source of many kinds of evil which make-bad our character/reputation (lit. personhood). This evil, it is of course from Satanas, and that’s what burns as-it-were our entire lives.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, as for our tongue, what it’s like is a fire which has been lit by Satanas from that fire which never dies down. Really big is the evil which this tongue can come out, and our whole body can become involved in it. The truth is, our whole life can be destroyed by this tongue of ours.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Like this (are) our tongues, as though they were fires. They ruin a person, because our tongues speak of all the evil here in this world. Set on fire from hell is the fire they light. Because the days a person lives, he lives in suffering because of the evil words coming from the mouth of the person.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of James 5:3:

• Uma: “The gold and silver that you have piled up has become rusted. And that rusted wealth of your will be a sign that you have wrongly used your wealth. You piled-up stuff on this earth, yet this earth is almost finished! That’s why you will really be afflicted, like one who is eaten by fire.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Your gold and silver have oxidized (i.e. become black nawasa’) in the storage place. And that oxidized wealth of yours is a sign that you only store it up for yourselves, and that is what will finally eat your flesh like fire. You have been able to gather much wealth/many treasures in these days but soon it will be the end of the world.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your gold and silver has rusted for you haven’t used it to help people. And the rust is a sign of your greed. And because of that, your punishment in the future when mankind is punished will be very bitter; for you amassed a lot of wealth here in these last days.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Your gold and silver will also be rusted, and its rust, that will be the evidence of your sin of being-greedy. Its outcome is, you will be punished in hell, so the rust, it is like fire which eats your bodies. Your possessions (primarily money and animals) have already become-many, haven’t they, in these last days and here it is almost the time-for God -to-judge people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Your gold and silver, it’s no longer possible/acceptable to buy with because it’s like it’s rusted from being kept in storage for so long. And this rust is what will testify that this habit/nature of yours of being selfish really isn’t good. And the truth is, it isn’t only this wealth which you have gathered, but rather, also severe (lit. heavy) punishment in that fire which doesn’t die down, when it is the end of the world.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Your money of gold and silver has tarnished. Because of your money tarnishing , it is apparent that you have not helped those without money, and because of this you will be punished. But you really have gathered your money you have been accumulating until these days now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)