Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Peter 3:7:
- Uma: “And the sky and world that is at this time he is taking-care-of with just his word also, in order that it be destroyed with fire. Now the sky and world he is still taking care of until the Deciding Day comes. At that time God will punish the people who do not submit to him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But God has also spoken that the sky and earth now will be burnt when the day comes when he judges the people who don’t fear God and they will all perish/be destroyed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for that Word of God with which He created long ago, by means of it He has prepared already the heaven and the earth so that He might destroy them with fire in the future on the day when He investigates and punishes people who have not respected Him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Likewise by-means-of his command, he watches-over/guards the earth that exists now and what is above until the day he has designated/established when he will burn (them), likewise also the day when-he-will-judge the collective-people who have no thoughts for him so that they will be punished forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And well, it really will come again, through the power again of his word, that he will again destroy not just the world but also the sky/heaven also, for then he will burn it. This destruction is being held in store for the day of judging, when he will punish the people who are always opposing his will so that they won’t be able to stand.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the heavens we see now, and also the earth, now God has determined to burn with fire. They are reserved to be burned at the day judgment occurs and the evil people are punished.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 25:8:
- Uma: “Paulus refuted their words, he said: ‘I have not done one single thing wrong! I never transgressed the Yahudi law, or dirtied the House of God, or repudiate/oppose King in Roma!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Paul spoke on his own behalf/for himself. He said, ‘I have not done anything contrary to the law of our (excl.) Yahudi tribe or contrary to/against the temple, or the Leader King of the land of Roma.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, Paul made explanation of defense, saying, ‘I have not disobeyed the law of us Jews, and I have not also done anything against our church, and especially against our king there in Rome.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After that Pablo answered and he said, ‘I have done absolutely nothing wrong concerning the law of us (excl.) Jews or our (excl.) Temple. Neither have I broken even any of the laws of the Emperor.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All of it was answered by Pablo in his defence, saying, ‘There really is nothing I have done which is contrary to the handed-down laws of the Jews, against the Templo, or against the Impiradur.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:17:
- Noongar: “and they gave him the writings of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the scroll and found the part saying:” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “They offered to him the letter/book of the prophet Yesaya. He hunted until he found these words:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The holy-book written by Prophet Isaya was handed to him. He opened the holy-book and found these verses and read this, he said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They handed to him the book of the writings of Isaiah, the long-ago prophet of God. He opened it and He found and read the writing which said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They gave him the rolled up book that the prophet Isaias had written, then he opened it and found this that was written,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Handed to him was the rolled up thing-on-which-was-written what Isaias the prophet of the past was caused to write. Jesus opened the roll to where it was written which said,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:11:
- Uma: “People who hate their relatives, they are still in the darkness. They walk in the darkness, and they don’t know where they are going, for that darkness has blinded them, with the result that they can’t see.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the one hating his fellow-man is still in darkness, that means he does bad/evil. He walks but he does not know where he is going because he is like a blind person because he cannot see in the darkness.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, the person who is the enemy of his companion, his mind is still in the darkness, and his actions are still evil. He is like a person who does not know where he is going, for he is still in the dark.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the one however who hates his fellow-men, the darkness is where he is remaining and walking. He doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness of course has blinded him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But that one who still is ignoring/spurning his sibling in believing, he really is still in the darkness which is sin. An illustration of him is, it’s like he is walking in the darkness and he can’t find where it would be good for him to walk, because he is still being blinded by this darkness which is sin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the one who hates his brother is still living an evil life. And he does not know how to live because the evil in him covers over his thoughts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we are in a state of hating our fellows, we are in darkness in that we are doing evil, and we are walking (living) in darkness. We do not know what road we will take (where we are going) because our head-hearts are darkened (without understanding) by reason of the evil we are doing.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “He who hates his sibling lives in the darkness, and walks there, and doesn’t know where he’s going, he can’t see because the darkness has covered his eyes.”
- Tzotzil: “If we hate our Christian brethren, we are still in darkness. We walk along in darkness. We don’t know where we are going because we can’t see because it is dark.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “The one who hates his brother lives in darkness. He walks in darkness. He does not even see where he is going. For his eyes don’t see in the darkness.”
- Yanesha’: “This one who despises his countrymen, he is still in the darkness. There he walks, he does not know where maybe he is going, the darkness is blocking on him his eyes.”
- Aguaruna: “But he, one who hates his brother, lives (stays) in darkness-place, because he is so, walking in darkness-place, he does not know ‘I am like that’ saying, the darkness has caused his eyes to be blind.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
- Murui Huitoto: “This one who hates his brother is in darkness. He is like one walking in the dark. He does not know where he is going because the darkness causes his eyes not to see.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 26:13:
- Uma: “‘O King that I respect, with that intention I went to the town of Damsyik, commissioned [lit., sent-as-feet] and given authority from the leading priests. On my trip to Damsyik, while I was still on the road, at approximately noon, suddenly I saw a light shining from the sky, shining on me and on my companions. That light was brighter than the shining of the sun.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then while I was on the way/road, Sir, it was already noontime, I saw a brightness from up the sky brighter yet than the sun. That light shone on me and my travelling companions.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now, King Agrippa, when I was still on the road and it was noon, I was suddenly shined upon by something which was brighter than the sun. It came from heaven, and it landed around me and my companions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While I was on the path at twelve o’clock, Sir King, I saw that-which-flashed from heaven that was more-dazzling than the sun. It surrounded me and my traveling-companions,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Then right at noon, when we (excl.) were still on the trail, respected King, suddenly/unexpectedly I saw a strange light coming from heaven/sky which was brighter than the shining of the sun. I was enveloped, including my traveling companions.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:5:
- Noongar: “‘Lord,’ Simon said. ‘We worked very hard all night and caught no fish. But, if you say, I will drop the nets.’ He dropped the nets and caught many fish so the nets nearly broke.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Simon said: ‘Teacher, we (excl.) worked all last night, but there was not even one [uses classifier for animals] in our (excl.) nets. But even so, I will still throw it, since you (sing.) commanded us (excl.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Simon answered he said, ‘Sir, we have persevered the whole night but we have caught nothing. But because you say it now, we will throw them out.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Simon answered, ‘The whole night we were netting and we didn’t even catch one; but if that’s what you say, we will net again.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Yes, Sir/Lord,’ said Simon, ‘but you-should-realize (self-sympathy particle) that we (excl.) have worked-the-entire night (lit. done-to-the-limit the night) net-fishing and we have gotten emphatically nothing. But if you (sing.) say so, we’ll (excl.) go-ahead-and (lit. even-if we) lower our (excl.) nets anyway.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Simon replied, ‘Master, we wasted-a-lot-of-effort all-last-night, and we didn’t even get one. But because you are the one saying it, we will again drop our net.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:14:
- Uma: “If we love our relatives, we know that we have been freed from death and we have received good life forever. People who don’t love their relatives, they have not yet been freed from death.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (incl.) know that now we (incl.) are no longer as if (figuratively) dead but we (incl.) really live. We (incl.) know this because we (incl.) love now our (incl.) fellow-men. The one who does not love, he is still as if figuratively dead.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We (incl.) know that long ago what we were able to expect was death forever. And we know also that now we have life forever. The reason we know this is because our companions are now very dear in our breath. Anyone whose companions are not dear in his breath can still expect death forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Never-mind, because we know that we will not be separated from God as (we were) previously, but rather from now on we have life that has no end. We know that that is true, because we love our companions who believe. For the one who doesn’t love his fellow human-beings, it’s like he is still dead, because he is still separated from God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But it’s clear to us that as for us, we are no longer like dead in the sight of God, but rather we are now being given life which is without ending. We know this because we now really value our siblings in believing. As for the one who doesn’t yet value like this, it’s like he is still under the jurisdiction of death.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Before it seemed we lived, but it was like as though we were dead. Now we have met up with new life because we love our brethren. He who does not love his brethren seems to live yet it is like as though he were dead.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “Because we love our fellows therefore we know we are no longer with our head-hearts like a dead person as we were before. We have eternal life now. If we do not love our fellows then we are still like dead people with our head-hearts.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “We know that we have left the road of death, and we have taken the road of life. This we know because we love our siblings. He who has no love resides in the power (dominion) of death.”
- Tzotzil: “Because we love the brethren, therefore we know that we have left behind that we die. We now belong to it, that we live forever. If we don’t love the brethren, it is because we still belong to it, that we die.”
- Garifuna: “We are dead. Now we have come to possess life. We know it because we love our own kind ones (brethren). The one who does not love his own kind ones, he is still here (existing) in death.” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “He himself (God) having led us dwellers in-death over, then placed us in life. Surely we know that by the fact that we love our brothers. One who doesn’t know love is still dwelling in death (habitually).”
- Yanesha’: “Now we love our countrymen, that’s why we know already we have gone beyond there where we used to be in a mortal state, already we have arrived all where we will not be in a mortal state. The one who does not love his countrymen still he remains there in mortal state.”
- Aguaruna: “‘Although I die surely always I will live,’ we say, because we love our brother. He who does not love another he will not always live.”
- Murui Huitoto: “It is like (as though) we died a long time ago. Because we love our brothers we are now alive, that we know. The one who does not love his brother is as though he is still dead.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:13:
- Uma: “At that time the wind from the south was blowing well. That’s why the workers of the ship said/thought that they would be able to continue their journey with goodness/safety. So they raised the iron that restrains the ship (called the anchor), and they continue to go by the edge of the island of Kreta.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then when the south wind blew not so strong, the people thought-mistakenly it was good to sail. So they pulled the anchor up and we (excl.) sailed following the coastline of that island of Kerete.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then it began to blow, however not strong, coming from the direction of Libya. And they supposed that what they decided would come to pass. Therefore they pulled up the weights of the ship, and we did not go very far away from the shore of the island of Crete.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, a breeze arrived from the south, and they said that it was now possible. So they pulled to raise-up (lit. cause-to-climb-up) the hooked metal that caused-the ship -to-stop, and then we (excl.) set-out keeping-to-the-edge along Creta.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when they observed that the wind had changed, being now like a salatan (type or favorable wind), and it wasn’t really strong, they became happy for they thought-mistakenly that (we) could now accomplish-the-plan. Therefore they pulled up the anchor and sailed. Our sailing was just going along close to the coast of Creta.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
