Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 20:37:
- Uma: “They all wept and hugged Paulus and said to him: ‘Have a good trip. / Be careful walking.’ [traditional leave-taking formula]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they took-leave, they wept embracing Paul and kissing him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the believers’ tears flowed and they hugged Paul and they kissed him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After that they then cried-quietly in hugging and kissing him,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They really couldn’t endure it, they all wept. They embraced Pablo and kissed him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:46:
- Noongar: “Mary said: ‘My heart praises God.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Maria said: ‘I praise the Lord with my whole heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Mariyam said, ‘I really honor (cause-to-be-great) God from inside my liver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Mary said, she said, ‘I greatly praise the Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Maria said, ‘I praise the Lord God with all my mind,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Maria spoke saying, ‘My praising God really is genuine.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 2:21:
- Uma: “For that is the reason that God called you: he called you to behave well, even if you are bothered/persecuted. For Kristus also received suffering because of you, and he gave you an example so that you follow his footsteps.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because God wants hep that you endure pain even if you have no fault. Because even Almasi endured suffering/persecution because of you and gave you an example so that you will join-in/imitate his doings.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Christ endured that which was painful so that we might be freed from punishment. And He has become a model which we must follow. The reason God caused us to believe is so that we might imitate Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because God called you so that you would follow a way-of-life like that. Because Cristo suffered for you, and he showed the way-of-life that you should follow-the-example-of.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You have been chosen by God and he really has determined/planned that you are to endure hardship with a good mind/inner-being. Because really big was the hardship endured by Cristo just so that you might be saved, and therein he gave you a picture/illustration, that being what you are to copy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because this is what you are called to do. Christ suffered for us. That what Christ did, that is what you are to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:31:
- Uma: “While they were all set to kill Paulus, there were also people who went to announce to the head of the Roman soldiers, saying that there was a big noisiness in the city.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “While they were about to kill Paul, the news reached/arrived to the colonel (kelnel) of the Roman soldiers that the whole Awrusalam was in an uproar.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They wanted to kill him, however someone told the captain of the Roman soldiers that all the people in Jerusalem were rioting.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While they were trying to kill him, someone reported-it to the commander of the soldiers who were Romano that all the inhabitants were rioting.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They really wanted to kill Pablo. But when the highest-ranking-officer of the Romano soldiers there in Jerusalem knew that the whole city was troubled,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:78:
- Noongar: “78Our God gives mercy and he is gentle. He will save our lives, like the sun rising,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because God our Lord really loves. That is why he landed here to help us. He came here from heaven like the break of day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For God is really merciful and good. He sends to us (incl.) light from heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For God is very merciful toward us. His setting us free from punishment is like the rising of the sun at dawn.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For our God, he is very-merciful and patient. Therefore he is sending someone from heaven to save us who can be compared to the coming-forth of the sun when it is morning.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because our God is really very gracious to us. The proof of this is that, through his determining, it’s like this salvation/freedom of his is dawning on us like it’s now daytime.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 4:6:
- Uma: “That is why the Good News was also spread/preached to the people who have died. The purpose is so that although they died like what usually happens to mankind, they (will) get good life of the soul according to the will of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore the good news was preached even to the dead, so that their souls will live as God lives, even though they were judged by God in-their-lives/when-they-lived that they should die because that is what God ‘fates’ all mankind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the people who died already, the Good News which comes from God was preached to them long ago so that they might be given life forever even though they were not able to avoid the death of their body, for that is the punishment of God on all mankind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This is the reason that the good news was preached also to those who are dead. Because even though they experienced the punishment of all people and-so they died, the good news was formerly preached to them in order that their spirits would live-and-live (connotes good quality as well as length of life) like God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because those already dead, they have already been taught the Good News, so that if they acknowledged the truth of it, they would be given life which is without ending, even though they would experience death of the body which people inherit which is a punishment by God for Adam-and-spouse after that sin of theirs.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The people who are now dead were told the good news long ago. Those who believed the word, just like God lives forever, these also are alive in spirit although their bodies have died. Because God has determined that all people must die.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 22:23:
- Uma: “As they shouted like that, they tossed their shirts and scattered dust in the air, because they were carried away by the irritation of their anger.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They kept shouting and they were waving their clothes and they threw dust upward because of their anger.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They were shouting and waving their shirts and throwing dirt overhead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They continued shouting while-simultaneously they were-waving their clothes, and they were-tossing dust up-in-the-air to show their anger.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They kept on calling out like that. What they did too was, they took off a layer of their clothes and threw them up in the air, and kept on picking up handfuls of dust and throwing it in the air, due to the big-size of their anger.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:30:
- Noongar: “My eyes have seen you, coming and saving us.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “With my own eyes I have seen the Redeemer that is from You, Lord,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “These my eyes have seen the savior” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I have seen Your messenger who is the one to free us human beings from punishment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I have now actually (agreement particle) seen the one whom you (sing.) prepared in the sight of all people, the one whom you (sing.) sent to save them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For my two eyes have seen the Savior whom you have sent(on your behalf),” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “With my own eyes I have indeed seen that salvation,” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 157)
