Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Timothy 3:9:
- Uma: “Yanes and Yambres, they were Firaun’s workers who opposed the prophet Musa with their magic. But they were not able/enough to oppose the power of the Lord God that was with the prophet Musa. Thus also is what will happen to the lying teachers at this time. They will not be able/enough to oppose the true teaching, for their stupidity will become known/obvious to all people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But there will be no future-in/outcome-of the teaching of those people. Not long and their foolishness will be known by all people as happened to/experienced by Jannes and Jambes of old.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The activities of people like this will not prosper, for all will see that they are stupid just like Jannes and Jambres.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But their convincing of people will not last-long, because the people will come-to-know that they are foolish just like what happened to Jannais and Jambres.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But those two didn’t accomplish-their-goals. Well these people also, what they’re doing really won’t succeed, but rather their error will become evident to everyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But they will not be able to deceive many people. Because their senseless hearts will soon be known by all the people. It will happen to them as it happened to the two men who opposed the word spoken by Moses.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:21:
- Uma: “In his being thrown out, the young-woman daughter of Firaun picked him up, and cared for him like her own child.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After three months he was put out of the house. But he was found by the daughter of the king and she made him her son.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they placed him far away, the daughter of the king found him. She adopted Moses, and he grew up with her as if he were her own son.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they were forced to abandon him outside, a woman who was the child of Faraon came-upon him, and she cared-for him like he was her child.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when they could no longer hide him inside the house, they took him a distance and then left him. But there was someone who found him and he was adopted by the daughter of that king. Her treatment of that child was really just like she was-his-natural-mother.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:5:
- Uma: “So, Yesus expressed-surprised / was-critical-of them for they did not believe. That’s why he couldn’t do many surprising things there. The only thing he did was to lay-hands on several sick people to heal them. Yesus wandered around paying-visits-to villages and teaching people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And Isa could not do powerful deeds there, except that he placed his hands on a number of sick people and healed them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s why there was no miracle that Jesus could do in that village. He laid his hands on just a few sick people, and they got well.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were a few sick that Jesus put-his-hands-on to heal, but he had no way to do many miracles there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since it was like that, Jesus didn’t do any amazing things there, except that a few sick people he touched/put-his-hand-on and healed them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Titus 1:2:
- Uma: “to the point that we get good life forever, like he promised us. For before he created the world, he promised that he would give us good life–and God, he does not lie.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I was also chosen to teach them so that they would expect/hope-for life without end. That life God formerly promised in old times when the world had not yet been created and God does not lie.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you Titus, I write to you. You are like my true son, for your faith in the Lord is also like my faith in Him. May God and our Savior Jesus Christ show you kindness, and may they give you a peaceful situation. I am Paul, the servant of God and the apostle, which is to say, sent-one of Jesus Christ. The reason He sent me is so that I might draw tight the faith of people who are chosen by God, and that I might also draw tight their understanding of the true doctrine which is what we (incl.) believe. An additional reason why He sent me is so that they might understand that they can expect life without end. Long ago before anything was created, God said that He would give us (incl.) this life, and we (incl.) know that it is not possible for Him not to fulfill what He says. And now this is the time for Him to make known this life by means of the Good News. And as for this news, God our Savior entrusted it to me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I do these-things so that there will be that-which-they-are-expecting which is life that is forever. God who absolutely never lies, he promised this life before the world was created.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And they would comprehend that because of their believing and submitting to this Good News, life which is without ending can really be theirs. For as for this, it was really promised already by God before he created the world. And as for God, he really doesn’t lie.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And the people are to know that there will be given to us the new life which is forever. Even before the world was made, God already had decided that he would give us the new life. And God does not lie.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:53:
- Uma: “You received the Law of the Lord God that the angels announced/delivered to our ancestors, but you do not follow them.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You there, you are the ones who received God’s law from the angel, but you are the ones who do not obey/follow the law.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for the law of God, it was given to us long ago by means of angels of God, however you have not obeyed it.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You are the ones who inherited the law that God passed to the angels back then, but you haven’t believed/obeyed it,’ said Esteban.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “you who have been enlightened about the laws of God which were entrusted to Moises, angels being as-it-were his go-betweens. But well, you didn’t obey them.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:37:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘You feed them.’ His disciples answered back: ‘Ei’! What are we (excl.) to give them? Even two hundred silver moneys wouldn’t be enough to feed this many people.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But Isa said to them, ‘You feed them.’ They said to him, ‘Na, how (shall) this (be)? For those many people it should be the wages of a person working for eight months to buy bread to feed them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Jesus said, ‘You be the ones to give them something to eat.’ ‘What!’ they said. ‘Even if we had a lot of money, even two hundred pieces of denarius money, that would not be enough to buy food for all these many people.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Jesus said to them, ‘Better (lit. even-if) you be the ones to feed them.’ Then they said, ‘Do you (sing.) mean to say that we (excl.) are to buy bread worth how-many thousands to feed-them -with?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But Jesus replied to them, ‘You be the ones to give them something to eat.’ Those disciples were saying, ‘Oh expletive, what’s to be done? Shall we (excl.) go and buy bread, what it could be bought with being what could rightly be paid in wages for work lasting eight months, for us (excl.) to give them to eat?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Titus 3:3:
- Uma: “For long ago, our hearts were still dark too [implied: the same as other people’s hearts], we did not know the true way/path to go to the Lord God, we transgressed his Laws. Our lives long ago were controlled by the evil desires of our hearts and the enjoyment/gladness of the world that is not good. Our hearts were evil, we were envious of others. We just were hateful and hated one another.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because we (incl.) also formerly, we (incl.) were ignorant and we (incl.) did not obey/lit. follow teaching. We (incl.) were always deceived. We (incl.) always followed our (incl.) own wishes good or bad. There was only bad in our (incl.) livers and we (incl.) put our (dual) companions at a disadvantage (jidiil). We (incl.) were hated by the people and we (incl.) also hated them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For as for us (incl.) believers, we were stupid long ago and transgressors against God for we had not found the true way. We were enslaved by the evil desires of our bodies and the pleasures which were not good. Our minds were saturated with wickedness and jealousy. People were angry with us and we were also angry with them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For even we who believe, our thoughts were also lacking concerning God previously and we were not obedient. We were being-deceived and we were-led-astray by what wasn’t correct and we were enslaved by the various desires of our bodies and the evil-things that we enjoyed. Our thoughts toward our companions were evil, we were-mutually-envious and we hated-each-other.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Consider that before, even we who are now believers, we were lacking in understanding, disobedient, and misled concerning the trail/way of truth. At that time we were still slaves of the evil desires of our body which we were indulging. Our nature/ways in the past were, being hurtful to our fellowman and envious. We were hated by others/some. As for them, we hated/were-angry-with them too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Let us remember that in another day that we also were foolish, we were disobedient, we did what was not right. Our hearts were grabbed by the desires which were evil. We lived evilly, and were envious. People hated us all. And we hated each other.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:25:
- Uma: “So, when Petrus and Yohanes finished announcing the Word of God and making strong the hearts of the Samaria people, they returned to Yerusalem. On their journey, they also announced the Word of the Lord in many villages in the land of Samaria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Petros and Yahiya continued proclaiming God’s word/message to the people there and they testified about Isa. After that they returned to Awrusalam. While they were on the way, they stopped in the villages of Samariya and they proclaimed there the good news about Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And within how many days then Peter and John told about Jesus, and they caused the word of the Lord to be understood. And then they went home to Jerusalem. And on their way were many villages in the province of Samaria, and they caused the people there also to understand the good news.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Pedro and Juan were then finished telling the word of the Lord and confirming/verifying what they had seen and heard from Jesus, they returned to Jerusalem stopping in the many-towns in Samaria that they passed in order to preach the good news about Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when Pedro-and-companion ended their testifying concerning the Lord Jesus and their teaching of the things he had said, they then went home to Jerusalem. On that returning-home of theirs, they went through many villages belonging to Samaria, and Pedro-and-companion explained to the people from there concerning the Good News concerning Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
