Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:4:
- Noongar: “Many people came to Jesus from all the towns. When they came together, Jesus told them this story:” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “There was no end to people from other towns who came to Yesus. When many people had gathered, Yesus spoke to them with this parable, he said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “One day when many people gathered to Isa and kept coming from the villages Isa spoke to them in a parable. He said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time there were always people who were gathered to Jesus, and they came from all the towns. And when a great many people had gathered there, Jesus told them a parable. He said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “In-a-large-group were the people who were going to where Jesus was from the many-towns he had been visiting. When they gathered where he was, then he related to them this parable.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “People kept on arriving coming from the towns gathering around Jesus. When there were many people now, Jesus used an illustration in teaching, saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 2:11:
- Uma: “‘Whoever has-ears, listen well to what the Holy Spirit says to my followers in every village. ‘Whoever wins, they will certainly not receive the punishment in hell that is named the second death.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘All you who have ears, you should listen to what the Spirit of God says to the churches.’ He also said, ‘Whoever is not carried-along by temptation/the tempters he will not be caused-pain/punished in hell, which is called the second death.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Everyone of you must listen/obey to what the Holy Spirit says to you believers. The person who overcomes Satan will not be included in the punishment which is the second death.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You who are listening, think-about what God’s Spirit is saying to the congregations. The people who defeat evil, they will not join in being punished forever in what is designated as the second death of people.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore since what ears are for is for listening with, you must listen well to this which is being said, which the Espiritu Santo is causing to be comprehended by the ones who believe and trust in me. For whoever is able to have victory over whatever leads to sinning and destruction of believing/obeying, he really won’t experience the second death, which is unending hardship/suffering.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the person who has an ear, let him listen to these words which the Holy spirit says to the believers. He says: The person who comes through and wins over the evil there is will not go through the second death, he says.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 3:14:
- Uma: “‘Their words are all disparagement and cursing others.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They always curse their companions.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They curse people with things that are very painful to hear.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They are continually showing their hatred and anger in their words.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Only evil they speak against people, never do they speak good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Psalm 10:7.
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:36:
- Noongar: “The people who saw what happened, they told the other people how Jesus had healed the man.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The people who saw that happening told-the-story of how Yesus healed the possessed person.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then they were told by the people who had seen it as to how Isa had healed the person who had been demon possessed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And those people who had seen Jesus heal the person, they told the people who had just arrived, just how the person who was afflicted with demons was cured.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then those who saw it again related how that man had become-well.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those who had seen related how the craziness of that person had been stopped.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 3:14:
- Uma: “The Lord Yesus also said to me: ‘Write like this to the angel who takes care of my followers in the village of Laodikia: ‘These are the words of the Lord Yesus, he who is named ‘Amin,’ the Witness who is faithful [lit., who stays] and who is true, he who is the Source of all that God created.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And he also said, ‘Write to the one in charge of the church in the place Laodikea and write this: ‘This message is from me. I am the one called Amin. I can be trusted/am trustworthy and all my words are true. I am the source of all that was created by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And He said again, ‘Write to the angel of God which watches the believers there in the town of Laodicea, and say, ‘I am Jesus who speaks, the one who is titled Faithful and Trustworthy because what I say is true. By means of Me, God created everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he said, ‘What you (sing.) are also to write to the angel who watches-over the congregation at Laodicea, it is this. ‘I am the one designated as Amen, because I am trustworthy and all that I confirm about God is true. I also am the source of all that he created. This is what I say to you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘This is what you are to put in the letter which you are to send to the overseer of the believers in me in Laodicea. Say, ‘This is what he wants told, he who is named Truth, he who is really unchanging for what he says is wholly truth, he indeed who controls whatever has been created by God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Write a letter to send to God’s worker who leads where the believers are in the city of Laodicea. Here are the words you will write: ‘Thus is the word spoken by the one who always speaks the truth. This one tells very well about the true word. By means of him were made all the things which God determined to exist. He says:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:15:
- Uma: “It is God’s anger that we get from the Lord’s Law, for we break [emphatic] his Law. If God had not given us his Law, we would not be guilty of breaking that Law.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The law is only the cause of God’s being angry with and punishing us (dual) because we (dual) cannot follow the law. Only if there were no law then there would be no one breaking the law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We cannot become better off by means of the Law, because the Law is the reason God is angry with us because we cannot obey it. I wish that there were no Law, for then it would not be possible that we had any transgressions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the outcome of the law is that people are condemned to be punished. Because as long as there is a law, there will definitely also be those who break it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because, concerning the law, only punishment comes with it. There where it is known about what word the law says, then the people know that they have sin, since they disobey the law.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:12:
- Noongar: “When the sun was setting, Jesus’ twelve disciples came and said, ‘Send the people away so they can go to villages and houses in the country and look for meat and bread and look for houses to sleep in because this is remote country.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Near sunset, his twelve disciples came to say to him: ‘Teacher, we should order [lit., it-is-better we order] those people there to go search for food and beds in the towns and gardens/fields that are close. Because it is empty here.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When it was late afternoon, his twelve disciples went to him and said to him, ‘Tell these people to go to the surrounding villages and to the places inland to look for food and places to sleep for this is a place where not many people come to.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When afternoon came, the twelve disciples came to Jesus and they said, ‘Send the people away so that they might go to the hamlets and to the towns, that they might find something to eat and some place to sleep, because there’s nothing they can get here in this place where no people live.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When it was getting-to-be-night(i.e. late afternoon), his disciples went to him and said, ‘Tell the people to go look-for what they will eat and a place-to-overnight in the nearby towns, because it’s emphatically isolated here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When it was late afternoon, those twelve disciples of his approached Jesus. They said, ‘Probably it would be good if you have these people go now to the nearby barios and houses, so that they can buy something to eat and find where to sleep. For look here, we are here in a wilderness place.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 5:13:
- Uma: “From there I also heard all those who live in heaven, on earth, in the ground and in the sea–all those that live say: ‘The one who Sits on his Seat and the Lamb we praise, we honor, we make-big their names and we talk about their power forever!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I also heard all that has been created by God in the sky and on earth and in the afterworld and in the sea sing. Yes, everything that has been created in the world/universe sang, they said, ‘Let us (incl.) praise the one sitting on the throne. Let us (incl.) praise the Sheep. Let us (incl.) show him respect and honor him forever, because he is the most-powerful one.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then I heard the singing of every creature in heaven, here on the earth, there underneath the earth, and in the sea. Every creature everywhere sang, they said, ‘The one sitting on the ruling seat, and the young sheep, praise Them, respect Them, honor Them forever, for They are the powerful Ones!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that I heard the singing of all who were in heaven and on earth, down below which is the place of the dead and in the ocean. All whom God had created, they were singing saying, ‘May the one who is seated on the throne and the Sheep be spoken-highly-of, made-high, honored/worshipped and their authority acknowledged forever.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I heard all which had been created praise, which were there in heaven, under the heavens, even in the ocean, and where those who have died go. Really everything which had been created, no matter where, there weren’t any that weren’t praising, saying, ‘Praise and honor without ending the one sitting on the king’s seat and the Young Sheep, because of the big-size of their praiseworthiness/glory and supernatural-power which are without equal.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I heard then that very, very many sang. All which God created to live were singing, alike in heaven, alike on earth, alike where the dead are, alike in the sea. All together said: ‘concerning God who sits in his chair and also the Lab, these are supreme, they must be looked upon with honor. Let it be said that they have all power. They must be praised all the days,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
