Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:4:
- Uma: “God gives us many kinds of abilities to do his work, each of us gets different abilities. But all those abilities are gifts from the one and the same Holy Spirit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, the expertises from God are not the same. But nevertheless it is God’s Spirit who gives us (dual) our (incl.) expertise.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for those skills that the Holy Spirit gives us (incl.), they are not all the same but they have only one source, and that is the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The abilities that are given to us who believe are mutually-different, but there is only-one who is giving (them) who is the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There are really very many abilities that the Espiritu Santo freely-gives, but this Espiritu Santo who is the origin is only one.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the work of God, there are different works to be done by the believers. But concerning all of them it is the Holy Spirit who enables the people to do those works.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:50:
- Noongar: “And one of them struck a man, the Chief Priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From there, one of the disciples cut a slave of the High Priest, slicing-off his right ear.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And one of them slashed a servant of the leading priest and severed his right ear.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And one of those disicples of Jesus slashed with a sword at the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Simultaneously one of his disciples suddenly-struck-at the slave of the highest priest and his right ear was sliced off.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When one of the disciples unsheathed his bolo, he slashed. A slave of the Most-important Priest is whom he slashed. The right ear which got hit was cut-off.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:20:
- Uma: “The angel said: ‘The person who wanted to kill that Child is dead. So, get up, take that Child with his mother, return to your village in the land of the Israel people.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Get up, take the child and Mariyam, his mother and go back to the land of Isra’il, because the ones who wanted to kill the child have died.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Get up, Joseph, and take the child and his mother and go home to the land of Israel, because the one who would like to kill the child is dead.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and he said, ‘Get up to escort the baby and his mother to return to your country Israel, because the one who was saying he would kill the baby has already died.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He said to him again, ‘You (pl.) get up. You (sing.) take those two, child and mother, and you (pl.) go home again to Israel, because that one who wanted to kill this child is now dead.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘Now take the boy with his mother and go to the land of Israel. Because Herod has now died, that one who wanted to kill the boy,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 13:5:
- Uma: “We are not harsh with others, we don’t always seek our own desires, are not easily hot-hearted, don’t hold grudges.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If we (dual) love our (dual) companions we (dual) respect them/treat-them-according-to-custom, we (dual) don’t always think of ourselves but about our (dual) companions, we (dual) don’t get easily angry, we (dual) also don’t keep a grudge (lit. don’t store in the liver).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our customs are not ugly; we do not force our own desires on other people; we don’t become angry easily, but rather, we very easily are able to forgive those who sin against us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The person who is loving, his behavior is not rude/improper and neither does he insist on (lit. force) what he wants. He is not easily angered or offended but rather he easily forgets it if someone does wrong to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It is not wild-behaviored, does not think only of its own desires, it is not easily-angered, and it easily/quickly forgives the evil that others do against it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And he has respect for his fellow man. He doesn’t seek just his own welfare. Rather he seeks the good of his fellow man. He doesn’t get mad. And he forgives what is done to him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:11:
- Noongar: “Herod and his soldiers mocked Jesus and insulted him. Then they dressed him in fine clothes (lit.: cangaroo skin) and sent him back to Pilate.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, Herodes with his soldiers mocks and disparaged Yesus. They clothed him with king’s clothes, and they took him back to Pilatus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Herod and his soldiers made fun of Isa and humbled him/put him down. They dressed him in a very nice long-robe and then Herod commanded him to be brought back to Pilatus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Herod and his soldiers, they played with Jesus and they treated him shamefully. They dressed him in very good clothing as if he were a king, and then they returned him to Pilate.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Herod joined his soldiers in laughing-at and mocking Jesus. They dressed him in a fine robe like that which kings wear and after that they returned him to Pilato.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, what else but Herodes and his soldiers then insulted/belittled and mocked Jesus. They dressed him in ornate clothing and then Herodes caused him to be returned to Pilato.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 4:12:
- Uma: “Not long after that, Yohanes the Baptizer was caught and imprisoned. When Yesus heard that news, he went returned to the village of Nazaret in the land of Galilea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this when Isa heard that Yahiya was in prison/had been imprisoned, he went to the place Jalil.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus learned that John Baptizer was imprisoned, he went home to the province of Galilee.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Jesus heard that Juan was imprisoned, he returned to Galilea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus got news that Juan had been imprisoned. After he’d heard the news, he went home to Galilea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There came the day when John was put in jail. When Jesus heard that John was now in jail, he went away and went to the land of Galilee.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:24:
- Uma: “But if all of you speak God’s words and a person who is not a Kristen or who does not-yet know God’s Word enters, when he hears what you all say, it will become clear in his heart that he has sinned. It’s like there is something in his heart that says: ‘That is to me!’ [i.e., those words are meant for me]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if all of you speak the word of God and a person is coming in there who does not yet believe in Isa Almasi or another person, when he hears the word of God that you speak, he knows that he is sinful and worthy of being punished because God makes known/causes to understand in his liver all the bad things that he has done. Then that person will prostrate and worship God and he will state-that-it-is-true/confess that God is really there among you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But, if what everybody does is, they explain what God had caused them to understand in the word of God, then as for that visitor, by means of what he hears he will understand what God is thinking about his evil-thinking. And he will realize that he is sinful and he will repent. And then he will worship God and he will say, ‘It really is true that you are guided by the power of God!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But if you all are telling what God has made-known to you and you have a visitor who doesn’t believe, his conscience will be struck because of what each one of you is saying and the truth concerning his sins will be shown to him,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if instead of speaking different languages that can’t be understood, you are relating in a language that everyone understands that which God is making known, is it not so that those who arrived will become aware that they will have to answer to God because they are sinners?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But if those who speak do so with the word God puts on their mind and speak in the words with which the people there speak, then if there should come in a person who is not a believer and doesn’t know about the faith, then he will understand that he has sin by means of the word he hears.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:43:
- Noongar: “Jesus said to him, ‘Truly, I tell you this day, you will be with me in Heaven.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yesus said to him: ‘Truly I say to you (sing.): today you (sing.) will be with me in Firdaus.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to him, ‘Truly I tell you, this day we (dual) will be there together in heaven.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to him, ‘What I say to you is really true, that today you and I will be together in the land of those made immortal.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And Jesus said to him, ‘This that I tell you (sing.) is true. This day (lit. today day) you (sing.) will join me in heaven.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Replying, Jesus said, ‘What I will say to you really is true, that this very day you will be my companion later-today in heaven.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
