Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 4:5:
- Uma: “If you mingle with those who are not one-faith with us, really make your hearts clear [i.e., be wise/aware], and use well the opportunity that you have, encourage them to believe in the Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Cause your custom towards the people who do not trust Isa Almasi to be good. Every time you have a place (opportunity) do good to them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At all times, brothers, look carefully to your behavior to those people who have not yet believed in Christ, so that they might believe the word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Act-circumspectly to those who don’t believe so they have no cause-to-be-offended at you while-at-the-same-time always be prepared to tell them concerning Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Conduct-yourselves-well so that there is indeed nothing (in you) that can be negatively-criticized by those who have not yet submitted-to-the-rule of Cristo. And every time the Lord gives you a chance, be happy to include-in-the-conversation his word to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There where the people are who are not believers, conduct yourselves well and look for a way you can speak the word to the people. Don’t let the time be wasted.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 18:37:
- Uma: “Pilatus said again: ‘If thus, are you (sing.) really a king?’ Yesus said: ‘You (sing.) yourself are the one who said that I am a king. The reason I was born into this world was to say what is true. People who like what is true will certainly believe my words.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Pilatus said, ‘If it is like that, you are a king, surprise?’ Isa said, ‘You are the one saying it, that I am a king. The reason that I was born and came into the world is so that I could teach about the truth. All who follow the truth listen to/obey me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Pilate said, ‘So you are a king?’ And Jesus answered, ‘It is true what you say because I am a king. That’s why I came to the world. That’s why I was born here on the earth. I came so that I might cause people to understand what the true doctrine is. All the people who wish to know what the true doctrine is, they will listen to me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Therefore you (sing.) are a king then, isn’t that so?’ Pilato said. ‘If you (sing.) say so, that’s so,’ answered Jesus. ‘And my purpose in coming to this world to be born was to make-known the truth. Whoever values the truth, they will receive/accept what I am saying.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Therefore you are a king, aren’t you?’ said Pilato.Said the reply of Jesus, ‘Yes, what you said is true that I am a king. But I was born and was caused to come down here to this world so that I would make clear what really is the truth. As many as want to know the truth listen to my words.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Pilate said to him, ‘So then you are a ruler?’ Then Jesus said, ‘Yes, I am what you say. I came here to live on this earth so that I can speak the true word. Whoever wants to know about the true word listens to what I say.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:43:
- Uma: “After that he returned again and found his disciples, they were asleep again for their eyes were heavy [lit., puckery].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then he went back again to his disciples and he saw them having fallen asleep, because they were very sleepy/tired.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then he returned to his disciples and he saw that they were all sleeping again because they were not able to endure their sleepiness.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Returning then again to where his disciples were, they were again asleep, because they were not able-to-hold-open their eyes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He again returned to those three. On his arrival again, they were sound asleep, for they were very sleepy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Again he returned, again he found his learners sleeping because they were really sleepy.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 2:9:
- Uma: “Surely you yourselves remember, relatives, our labor then working, night and day seeking our food, so that we would not bother/busy you while we were teaching you the Good News from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Surely you remember, my brothers, as to how we (excl.) worked when we (excl.) were there with you. We (excl.) toiled day and night so that there was our (excl.) livelihood, so that you were not burdened (lit. caused heavy) as long as we (excl.) were there with you proclaiming the good news from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Brothers, perhaps you have not forgotten how hard we worked among you. For when we preached to you the Good News which comes from God, we also kept on working hard day and night so that we might get our livelihood so that we might not trouble you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Surely you remember our (excl.) fatigue in working while we (excl.) were there (near addressee), because we (excl.) didn’t only preach to you the good news that came-from God, but rather we (excl.) strove to work daily and even at night so we (excl.) would have a livelihood so that you would not be hardshipped in supporting us (excl.) (lit. including-us -in-your-sphere-of-responsibility).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Probably you haven’t yet forgotten, siblings in believing, what you observed which was that, night and day our (excl.) work was really with-perseverance, so that while we (excl.) were teaching you the Good News, we (excl.) were also able to earn money to live on, so that we (excl.) wouldn’t become a bother to anyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen, brothers. Do you not remember what we suffered in working hard? During the time we told you the word of God, day and night we worked in order to gain something to eat. Because we did not want our expenses to be put on you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 19:29:
- Uma: “There, there was a container [lit., coconut shell-full] of sour wine. They took a clump of flowers like moss, they dipped it in that wine, they put it on the tip of a hyssop branch, and they put it up to Yesus’s lips for him to drink.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There was a jar placed there with a drink. When the soldiers heard what Isa said, they took (something) like cotton and soaked it in the drink. Then they put it on the end of a stick and held it up to Isa’s mouth.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was a jar there that was full of sour drink. They got a sponge and dipped it there and stuck it on a small stick called hyssop and lifted it up to the mouth of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There was there a rice-wine-jar filled-with vinegar. So the soldiers, they dipped something like cotton. Then they impaled-it on a small-branch of hyssop (loan hisopo) and held-it-to-Jesus’ -mouth so he could suck-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There was a bowl there the contents of which were what is drunk which is sour/citrus. Therefore what the soldiers did was, they soaked an absorbent thing in that bowl to saturate it. Then they speared it with a stick and held it up to the mouth of Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There was a bowl filled with sour wine. A soaking thing called a sponge was dipped into the wine. It was put on a reed and raised up to his mouth for him to drink.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:75:
- Uma: “Petrus remembered the words of Yesus earlier that said to him: ‘Before a chicken crows, you (sing.) will already have denied three times that you (sing.) know me.’ Petrus went outside and he wept for his heart hurt.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Petros remembered what Isa had said, he said, ‘The cock will not have crowed this night, when you will have three times asserted/argued that you do not know me.’ So-then Petros left and wept very much.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him, ‘Before the chicken crows afterwhile at dawn, you will deny three times saying that you do not know me.’ And then Peter went out and wailed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And then Pedro remembered what Jesus had said that before the rooster had yet crowed, he would three-times say that he didn’t know him. After that he left and extreme was his bitter-crying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “At that Pedro remembered what Jesus had said, which was, ‘Before the rooster crows, three times you will deny me.’ Then he went out. He cried without restraint.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Peter had come to mind the word Jesus said in that he had said: ‘Before the rooster has crowed, you will have denied me three times, saying that you do not know me,’ he had said. Peter went outside, crying.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 4:8:
- Uma: “Because what was God’s intention in calling us (incl.), relatives? He did not call us (incl.) in order to do wrong. He called us (incl.) and he gave us his Spirit who is holy, in order that our lives be holy. So anyone who refuses this teaching, is not refusing men. It is God [emp.] he is refusing.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore those who reject this teaching, it is not man/mankind whom they reject, but that is whom they reject, God who gives you the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If you pay no attention to this teaching of mine to you, you are not just ignoring the teaching of a person, but rather it’s the teaching of God you are ignoring. He is the one who has given us (incl.) the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whoever then turns-a-deaf-ear-to this that I have said, it isn’t merely us (excl.) people that he is turning-a-deaf-ear-to but rather God, because he is the one who sent you his Spirit who is utterly holy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore whoever rejects this which we (excl.) are teaching, it’s really clear as day (lit.in the eye of the sun) that it’s not a man/human he is rejecting, but rather it’s God, he who graces/gives to us to be indwelled by his Espiritu Santo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the person who rejects the words I tell you here, he is not rejecting the word of a person, rather he is rejecting the word of God. And it is God who sent the Holy Spirit to help us to separate from evil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 20:19:
- Uma: “That Sunday night, Yesus’s disciples gathered in a house whose door was locked, because they were afraid of the Yahudi rulers. Suddenly Yesus arrived standing in their midst, and he greeted them, he said: ‘Goodness come to you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When it was evening/night of that Sunday, the disciples of Isa gathered in the house. They locked the doors because they were afraid of the Yahudi leaders. Suddenly Isa stood in their midst and he said to them, ‘May there be peace in your liver.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when it was evening on that Sunday, the disciples gathered together in a certain house which they locked up because they were afraid of the leaders of the Jews. And suddenly Jesus was there in the midst of them, and he said, ‘May you be at peace.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When it was night on that Sunday, the house where-Jesus’ disciples -had-gathered was bolted-from-the-inside, because they were afraid of the leaders of the Jews. When that was so, Jesus suddenly-arrived standing among them, and he said to them, ‘May peace/calm be with you.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When it was night now on that Sunday, those disciples were there now inside a house. The doors were shut tight because they were afraid of their Judio leaders. Suddenly/unexpectedly they saw Jesus standing there right in the middle of them! He said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Cause your mind/inner-being to be happy.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This day was Sunday, the first day of the week. When it was evening the learners got together and the door was shut where they were because they feared the Jews. It was seen that there stood Jesus in the midst of the learners. He greeted them saying, ‘Now be at peace in your hearts.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
