Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:35:
- Noongar: “Then the two men told them everything which had happened on the road, and how they really saw the Lord when he broke the bread.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “So, those two who had just arrived also told what had happened along the way earlier, and they knew Yesus when he broke the bread in pieces.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the two also told about what happened to them on their way and as to how they had recognised Isa. They said that they recognised him when he broke the bread.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then those two who had come from Emmaus told what had happened to them on the way, for Jesus had gone with them. And they told also that they only recognized Jesus when he broke the bread while they were eating.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then those two also related what had happened on the way and their recognizing Jesus when he repeatedly-broke-into-pieces the bread.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then those two related what happened to them there on the trail, and how they recognized him when he divided/broke the bread and handed it to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:19:
- Uma: “‘Don’t collect/gather goods in the world. Because goods in the world can be damaged by insects or become rusted. The storing-place of our (incl.) goods can be opened and our goods stolen.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Do not gather wealth here in the world because it gets easily destroyed. The rats can eat it or it gets rusty or it can be stolen when the house is broken into.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t store up wealth here on the earth, because here it will be eaten by cockroaches and it will rust. And it can be stolen because your house can be broken into by a thief.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Don’t store-away your wealth on this earth, because your possessions here, termites and rust easily destroy, and there are also thieves who force locks to enter and steal it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Something else that I will say to you (pl.) is, don’t collect wealth here in the world, because here in the world there are many which destroy, like cloth-chewing-bugs, rust and sometimes being stolen.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not want that there be huge piles of what you gather here on earth. Because what you gather here on earth will be eaten by insects, or spoiled, or thieves will steal it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “You guys should not store your wealth here in this world, here where insects live, and where things get rusty with the result that they turn bad, where people who steal will dismantle houses and then steal things taking them away.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Low German translation by Johannes Jessen, publ. 1933, republ. 2006: “Don’t scrape together wealth here on earth! That is only going to be eaten up by moths and rust and the scoundrels will rummage through it and take it with them.”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 16:6:
- Uma: “My desire is that I be a rather long time with you, maybe until the cold time is over, so that when the cold time is over, you [can] give-me-a-send-off to continue my journey on to wherever I’ll go.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Perhaps I will dwell there with you for a while. Perhaps I will wait till the windy season is over, then I will continue from there so that you can help me in my travelling, wherever I will go.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when I am already there with you, I will stay awhile; I will not leave there until the end of the rainy season. And when I continue, it would be good if you could help me on my travels, wherever I’m going.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My-staying-with you will perhaps be slightly-long, maybe until the cold-season (lit. season-of-frost) is finished, then you will be able to help-me in my travels to wherever I am going.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I will stay there (with you) for a while. Maybe that’s where I’ll wait for the cold-season to pass, so that I can have you help me with my next journey, wherever I go.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Perhaps I will be able to stay with you for some time. If I can, I will stay there during all the cold time. Then you can help me in what I need when I continue on from there.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:15:
- Uma: “Yohanes the Baptizer caused-to-know the people who that Word was. He called loudly he said: ‘He is the one I said earlier! I said: there will be one who comes after me, but his power surpasses mine. Because before I was born, he already was.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Yahiya talked about the Word. He spoke loudly, he said, ‘This is he/it that I talked to you about, I said, ‘There is somebody coming here after me. He is greater than I because when I was not yet born, he was already beforehand.’ ‘ This is what Yahiya said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And this John, he caused people to understand who that one was who is titled the Word of God. John spoke out loudly. He said, ‘This is the person I told about when I said, ‘There is one who comes later than I who is greater than I because long ago before I was born, he already was,’ ‘ said John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Juan confirmed/verified-concerning him saying, ‘This is the one I was talking-about when I told you that the one who would-follow-me was greater than I, because before I was yet born, he already-existed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He was being testified about by this Juan who was shouting it out, saying, ‘This one is he of whom I told when I said then as-you-heard, the one who is coming next after me, he is superior to me, because before I was born, he already was/existed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “John told the people who he was. He said, ‘This one is that one I spoke of before. Because I already said, ‘He who comes afterwards is greater than I because before I was living, already he was living.”” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “John told what he knew about that Word. When he was preaching he spoke loudly and this is what he said: ‘The one who is coming afterwards, he is the big one. Not I, since he was living before me. Not I. He is the one I preached to you about.'” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Hiligaynon: “Juan bore-witness about him. He said, ‘He is whom I am-speaking-of who will-arrive after me. But he is higher-(in position) than I, for before I was born, he was already there before.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “Yohanis lived as a witness about this message then shouting, he said: ‘This is the One, consistent with my throat which I said: ‘He Himself, the One Who will eventually come, He Himself is the One Who is Important. I myself am small. Because He Himself lived ahead of time then I myself was born.’ I regularly say’ said Yohanis.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Bariai: “Ioanes confirmed talk about him and so called and said, ‘This man, previously I spoke to you(pl) about him as follows, ‘A man comes after me, his name/status is greater than me. For he was living prior to the day in which I hadn’t come forth yet.’’ ” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Kupsabiny: “He is the one whom John said by calling aloud that, ‘He is the one whom I said will come after me who has powers more than me because he was there when I was not yet born.'” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:18:
- Uma: “There is not a good tree that bears bad fruit, and there is not a bad tree that bears good fruit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A good tree does not bear fruit which is not good and a tree which is not good does not bear good fruit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The tree that has no disease, its fruit is good. It doesn’t bear bad fruit. The tree that has a disease, its fruit is bad. It cannot bear good fruit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because it cannot be that a good tree bear-bad -fruit, and neither can it be that a bad tree bear-good -fruit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For it isn’t possible for a good tree to produce bad fruit. And also it isn’t possible for a bad tree to produce good fruit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The good tree cannot produce fruit that is not good. The tree that is not good cannot produce good fruit.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 1:14:
- Uma: “What we (excl.) write/wrote to you, it is only what you [can] clearly read, know and understand. There are some of you who already do understand our (excl.) purpose, but there are also still some who do not-yet understand. So I hope/trust that you all will understand our (excl.) purpose, so that when our (incl.) Lord Yesus arrives, your hearts will be big [proud] because of us (excl.), like our (excl.) hearts are big because of you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All we (excl.) wrote to you, you were able to read and to understand. Now you do not yet understand everything about our (excl.) work/doings, but I expect/hope that you will really understand it all, so that you can boast about us (excl.) like/in the same way as we (excl.) will also boast about you when the day of our (incl.) Leader, Isa Almasi’s return comes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “that which you have not yet completely understood about what we are doing, so that on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns, it will be possible that you will rejoice over us just as we will rejoice over you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Moreover what we (excl.) have written to you, its meaning is not hidden-from-view but rather is easy to read and understand. I know that you don’t yet properly understand our (excl.) thoughts and behavior, but may-it-be that what you understand will keep-being-added-to in order that your happiness with us (excl.) will equal our (excl.) happiness with you on the day that Jesu Cristo comes again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “In our (excl.) letters that we sent to you there was no like hidden meaning, but rather just exactly what anyone who reads can understand. Right now your recognising/acknowledging of our (excl.) ways/nature is lacking, but we (excl.) are hoping that the day will come when you will fully recognise/acknowledge it so that, when the day of the return of our Lord Jesus arrives, you can praise us (excl.), just like you also, we (excl.) can praise you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because now it is not in everything you understand well about what I am doing. But I want that you will understand well what I do so that when on the day the Lord Jesus comes, then you can praise the way I have walked. And the same for me, I also will praise how you walked.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:48:
- Uma: “Natanael said: ‘From where do you (sing.) know me, Teacher?’ Yesus said: ‘Before Filipus called you, I saw you (sing.), at the base of a fig tree over there.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Natanael said to Isa, ‘How do you know me?’ Isa answered him, he said, ‘When Pilip had not yet called you, I saw you under the fig tree.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Nathaniel said, ‘How is that you know me?’ And Jesus said, ‘Before Philip came to get you, I saw you under the fig tree.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Nataniel inquired, ‘Where/How perhaps did you (sing.) come-to-know me?’ ‘I saw you (sing.) at the base of the fig (loan igos) tree before Felipe called you (sing.),’ Jesus said in reply.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Natanael answered Jesus, ‘Excuse me, how did you know my nature/ways?’ Jesus replied, ‘Before you were told by Felipe, I had already seen you there under the igos tree.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Nathanael asked, ‘How is it that you know me?’ Jesus said, ‘I saw you before Philip called you, when you were where stands a tree called fig.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 8:21:
- Uma: “After that, there was also a follower who said to him: ‘Lord, allow me first to go home. When my father dies and is buried, then I will follow you (sing.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There was also one of those who followed Isa who spoke, he said, ‘Sir, I will go home first. When I have buried my father I will come back and follow you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was yet one disciple of Jesus who said, ‘Chief, I am going home for a while because I cannot follow you yet until my father dies. And when I have buried him, then I will accompany you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There was also a disciple of his who said, ‘Lord, please wait so that we (excl.) can go bury my father first.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then one of those being taught by Jesus spoke, saying, ‘I too, Lord, I will go along with you, but if possible/acceptable, I’ll go home first to bury my father.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then one of the learners said to him: ‘Listen Lord, give me permission that first my father will die and I will bury him, then after that I will go with you,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
