Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 1:3:
Uma: “Let us praise God the Father of our Lord Yesus Kristus! For he is our Father whose love is big, he is God who strengthens our hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “We (incl.) thank God, he is the Father of our (incl.) Leader Isa Almasi because he is really merciful/kind and he is really always-ready-to-help.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Let us (incl.) praise God who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is our merciful father, and the origin of any kind of help for us (incl.).” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Let us praise God who is the God and Father of Jesu Cristo our Lord, for he is our merciful/gracious Father who is the source of all help and comfort.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Hopefully we are always praising and thanking God, he who is the Father of our Lord Jesu-Cristo. And he is our Father also who is exceedingly gracious/merciful and the source of far-from-ordinary comfort (lit. that-which-can-make-happy) of the mind/inner-being.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Concerning God, who is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, let us thank him. God, our Father, pities us and he comforts our hearts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Highland Totonac: “Blessed be God and the father of the Lord Jesus Christ, the type of father who is merciful, and the type of God who comforts.” (Source: Herman Aschmann in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 171ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 8:10:
Uma: “Yesus was surprised to hear the words of that army commander. They is why he turned to the people who followed him, he said to them: ‘No kidding the faith of this person. Even among the Yahudi people descendants of Israel, I have not met even one person whose faith was big, like this person.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When Isa heard this he wondered at the words of the captain. So-then he said to the people following him, ‘Truly I tell you, even in the tribe of Isra’il have I not found a person like that captain trusting so much.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When Jesus heard this, he was amazed, and he said to those people who were with him, ‘I have not yet found a person, a descendant of Israel, who is like this. His faith is very strong.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Jesus was surprised upon his hearing that, and he said to the people who were following him, ‘This that I tell you is true indeed, that I have not found anyone who has trust like this, even among us who are from-Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Jesus was amazed when he heard that. He said to those people going around with him, ‘This really is true which I will say to you. I haven’t discovered anyone here among the Judio, the descendants of Israel, whose belief-in/obeying-of me is as great as this.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus heard this word spoken by the captain, he was surprised. He said to the people with him: ‘Truly I tell you that not any Jew has appeared in whom can be found such a faith as this man here has.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 2:11:
Uma: “That’s why I say we should forgive him, so that the King of Evil-ones doesn’t get an opportunity to tempt us. For we know his schemes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “That is why we (dual) should forgive our (dual) companions who sin so that we (incl.) will not be fooled/deceived by the leader of demons because we (incl.) know his desires.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if there is a person who you forgive, I forgive him also; because, for example, if there is someone who sinned there and I forgive him, Christ knows that the reason that I forgive him is so that your relationship to each other may become peaceful. And the reason that I am doing this is so that Satan may not deceive you. We (incl.) know what evil thing he would like to do to us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “I did that so that Satanas will not deceive and defeat us, for we thoroughly know his evil purposes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “so that (emphatic) we will not be defeated by Satanas. Because the evil ulterior-motives in his mind are now clear to us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because the devil very much is scratching his nails, wanting to spoil the word there where you live. But if the people are reconciled, then the devil won’t win.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 2:18:
Uma: “From there, the rulers of the Yahudi people said to Yesus: ‘What exactly is your (sing.) authority to do that? If there really is your (sing.) authority, show us (excl.) a miracle!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then the leaders of the Yahudi asked Isa, they said, ‘What is your authority to do those things? Show us (excl.) wonder-causing works as a sign of your authority.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the leaders of the Jews asked Jesus, they said, ‘Is there some miracle which you can show so that we might believe that God is giving you the authority to send out these people from his house?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When that was so, the leaders of the Jews said to him, ‘What sign will you show us (excl.) that you (sing.) had authority to do that?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, since like that was done by Jesus, he was asked by the leaders of the Judio, ‘What sign which is an amazing thing can you show us (excl.) as proof that you have authority to do like this?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The Jews who were leaders questioned him, saying, ‘What sign will you do for us in order that we know if it is true that God gave you authority to do what you do?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:8:
Uma: “When the people saw what happened, they were afraid, they said: ‘No kidding the power of God! [Apparently] he really does give such big power like that to man!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When the people saw that, fear entered them. They praised God because he had given authority to mankind to do something like that.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When the people there saw this, they were afraid, and they praised God because he had given to mankind authority like this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “All the people were frightened upon seeing this while-simultaneously they also praised God because of his-giving authority like that to a person.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “That crowd of people there were amazed who saw it, and fear came to them. They praised God who had given to man authority like that.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Upon seeing what happened the people feared. But they praised God because it was apparent that God gave power for what this man did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 4:8:
Uma: “[On the] left [on the] right we (excl.) are hit by suffering, but we (excl.) are not crowded/squeezed. Sometimes our (excl.) hearts have come to an end [i.e., we don’t know what to do], but we (excl.) don’t lose heart [lit., our (excl.) hearts are not lessened]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “We (excl.) are often in trouble but we (excl.) are not carried-along-by-it. Sometimes we (excl.) do not know what we (excl.) shall do, but our (excl.) thoughts are not defeated. (We don’t give up.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We always have to go through difficult times; however, our faith is not removed. It’s as if we never have any way out; however, we still trust the help of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “We (excl.) are continually squeezed (used both lit. and figuratively) but we (excl.) aren’t being defeated. Often we (excl.) know of no remedy/solution, but we (excl.) hope/expect that God will make-known the right-thing for us (excl.) to do.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “It’s like we (excl.) are always surrounded by hardships but we (excl.) are definitely not being defeated. Sometimes we (excl.) have great undecidedness/confusion but we (excl.) are always being-graciously-given the means-to-find what is good to do.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Even though I live in all suffering, yet my heart is not sad. Even though there are times when I don’t know what to do, yet my heart does not turn back.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 3:26:
Uma: “They went to Yohanes, they said to him: ‘Teacher, do you (sing.) still remember the person who was with us yesterday [recent past time] on the other side of the Yordan river, whom you pointed out to us? There he is over there [out of sight], he is also baptizing, and more and more people are going to him!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The disciples of Yahiya went to him and said to him, ‘Sir, do you remember the person who was your companion there on the other side of the river Jordan, the one you spoke about? Now he is already bathing people and very many people go to him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they went to John and they said, ‘Teacher, that companion of yours when you were on the other side of the river Jordan, the one you spoke about, he also is baptizing, and there are many people following him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “That being so, those disciples went to Juan. They said, ‘Sir teacher, do you (sing.) remember your (sing.) companion when you (sing.) were on-the-other-side of the Jordan, the same-one you (sing.) were talking-about? He is reportedly baptizing, and all people, they are going to him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Without anything else, they went to Juan and said to him, ‘Teacher, excuse us. That one, that person who was with you on the other side/bank of the Jordan, and you testified concerning him, right now he is also baptizing. All the people are now going to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “They went to talk with John and said, ‘Teacher. That man about whom you spoke before and with whom you spoke there on the other side of the Jordan riverΒnow all the people are going to him and are being baptized.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
