Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:43:
- Noongar: “One woman walked among them. She was very sick and she had been bleeding for twelve years. She had used all her money for doctors, but not one could heal her.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “In the middle of the people, there was a woman, she had continually bled for twelve years, and there was not its stopping [it never stopped], although many had treated [lit, medicined] her.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Among the crowds of people there was a sick woman, she was always bleeding. She had had the sickness for twelve years now. She had already spent all her money for the doctors but nobody could heal her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was there a woman who’d had great difficulty, because for twelve years now she had been bleeding and it would not stop. There was no one who could cure her.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “One of them was a woman whose flowing-out blood had not dried-up for twelve years. She was totally spent (of money) from what she had been paying those who medicined her, but no one was able-to-cure her.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There was also a woman there who for twelve years had been bleeding abnormally. Even though she kept having herself treated no-one could stop it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 3:21:
- Uma: “‘Whoever wins, I allow them to sit and rule with me on my Seat, like I also, I won, and now I sit and rule with my Father on his Seat.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever is not carried-along by temptation/the tempters I will give them authority to sit beside me on my sitting-place and they will rule with me. Like me also, I have defeated the leader of demons and I am sitting now beside my Father God on his sitting-place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Everyone who overcomes Satan, I will give him the right to sit down next to Me on My seat for ruling just like I also have overcome Satan and have sat down next to My Father.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The people who defeat evil, I will give them authority to sit-down-with me to rule like also my having-sat-down-with my Father to rule when-I-defeated Satanas.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Whoever is able to have victory over whatever leads to sinning and destruction of believing/obeying, he will be given by me authority to be my official/associate in my kingship. Like me, for I have now had victory over all of this, therefore now we (excl.) two, Father and I, are reigning in his kingship.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And now, concerning the person who comes out victorious over the evil there is, I will give permission to sit together with me where I rule. It is like when I was victorious over the evil, therefore I sat together with my Father where he rules.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:22:
- Uma: “Because of that faith of his, there is written in the Holy Book long ago that says: ‘God said Abraham was straight in his sight.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore because Ibrahim really believed God’s promise to him, ‘he was considered straight by God’ as is written in the holy-book.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of that faith of Abraham, it was written long ago that God considered him to be righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And this faith of his was the reason that God counted him as righteous.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the faith Abraham had, this is why God cleared his sins.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Tabasco Chontal: “That’s why God told Abraham that he would accept him, because of that which he believed.”
- Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “Therefore on account of his believing in God, God reckoned up that his heart was straight.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:19:
- Noongar: “They replied, A few people say ‘John the Baptist’ Other people say, ‘Elijah’ and yet others say, of long ago has come back to life’.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “They answered: ‘There are those who say that you (sing.) are Yohanes the Baptizer living again. But there are also those who say that you (sing.) are the prophet Elia. There are also those who say that You (sing.) are a long-ago prophet living again.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They answered they said, ‘Some people say that you are Yahiya who bathed people. But others also say that you are Prophet Eliyas. And there are also (people) who say that you are one of the prophets of old who has come to life again.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they answered, they said, ‘They say you are John the Baptist raised from the dead. And there are some also who say you are Elijah; and there are some who say that you are one of the old prophets of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘There are those who say you (sing.) are Juan the Baptizer. Others say that you (sing.) are Elias, and others also say that you (sing.) are one of the prophets long ago,’ they answered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The disciples replied, saying, ‘As for some, they say you are that Juan who was baptizing. There are also some who say you are Prophet Elias. Well, there are others who say you are one of the prophets of the past who has come alive again.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 6:6:
- Uma: “When that black horse appeared, I heard what was like a person speaking from among those four living things, saying: ‘The wage of one day is enough to buy just one liter of rice, or just three liters of corn. But the price of oil and grapes/wine stays unchanged.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I heard something like a voice come from the middle of the four angels of-different-kind, it said, ‘Only one coconut shell full of grain or three coconut shells full of millet is to be bought for the wages of one days work. But oil and the water of the grape that-one-drinks shall not be destroyed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then it seemed as if someone was speaking in the midst of the four creatures. He said, ‘three salmons of wheat can be bought for a day’s wages, and only one ganta and three salmons of barley can be bought for a day’s wages. But don’t you change the price of oil and wine.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I then heard a voice that seemed to come from the middle of the four living creatures which said, ‘In the future there shall be famine on the earth, so the salary of a person for one-day, it will only suffice for what he will eat on that day, hulled-rice or corn. But don’t (pl.) make-more-expensive the cooking-oil and grape juice (lit. water of grapes–fermented or not).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I heard like speech, the sound of it seeming-to-come-from where those four created living beings were, saying, ‘Only one small-can of wheat flour will be able to be bought for the wages of a day’s hire. In the same way, only three small-cans of sebaba flour will be able to be bought for that same amount. But don’t cause the olibo oil and drink from juice of the ubas fruit to become lacking!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I heard then the one who sat in the midst of where the four stood speak. He said: ‘One kilo of wheat is valued at what a person can earn in one day. Three kilos of barley is valued at what a person can earn in one day. But oil and wine will not be increased in price,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 6:8:
- Uma: “So, if we indeed died together with Kristus [as I mentioned earlier (implied in grammar)], we believe that we will definitely also live together with him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And because it is as if we (dual) had died together with Isa Almasi, we (dual) believe that we (dual) believe that we (dual) also will be alive together with him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And we now understand that when Christ died it was as if we also died with Him, because He is our substitute. And because of this, we understand also that we will be raised from the dead also, and we have life with Him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But we believe that if we were included/joined in dying in Cristo’s death, we will also be included/joined in living in his living.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But if we have died when Christ died, then we believe that we will live anew like Christ again lived anew.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:51:
- Noongar: “The day was coming when Jesus would be taken up to Heaven. Jesus knew the things he must do and started going on his way to Jerusalem.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The time was close for Yesus to leave going to heaven, he made-certain that he would definitely go-toward Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this, because the time was soon reached when Isa would be lifted up to heaven, he really persevered going to Awrusalam.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the days drew near for Jesus to leave this world, because he will return to heaven, his breath was filled (he determined) to go to Jerusalem, and so they set out.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When it was-almost-time for the raising of Jesus to heaven, he firmly-made-up his mind (lit. caused-to-be-one his mind) to go to Jerusalem.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the time was now close that Jesus would go home to heaven/sky, he was making it dominant in his mind to go to Jerusalem.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 8:4:
- Uma: “When he burned the incense, the smoke rose together with the prayers of the people who are God’s portion, and God smelled it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The smoke from the incense burnt by the angel went up together with the prayers of the people belonging to God there before God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The smoke of the incense which was burned and mixed with the prayers of the believers went up overhead and came from the bowl held by the angel standing there before God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And the smoke of the incense from what the angel was holding, it joined the prayers of God’s people rising before him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well the smoke of that incense which the angel was holding reached into the presence of God, and the prayers of God’s people reached him then.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The smoke of the incense the angel offered there where God sat was accompanied with the prayers of the people who are in the hand of God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
