Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:28:
Uma: “But I say: whoever looks at a woman and he has a heart desiring her, he commits adultery in his heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But I, I say: whoever looks at a woman and thinks bad, he has already committed adultery with that woman in his liver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But my teaching is that a man who just looks at a woman and is sexually aroused, that man has already committed adultery against his wife.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But I say to you that the one who looks at a woman to crave her has already committed-adultery with her in his mind.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But now/today, I am the one saying to you that whoever stares at a woman with a motive in his mind, it’s like he has already acted-immorally.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and it comes to his heart that he wants to fornicate with her, it comes out that it is the same that he had truly fornicated with the woman he looked at.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:25:
Uma: “For Kristus must rule as King until God causes all his enemies to submit to him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because God has ordained that Almasi still rules until all his enemies will be defeated by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But before that happens, it is necessary that Christ will rule for a while till the time when He will completely defeat His enemies.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “After that will arrive the last period-of-time in which Cristo will defeat all his enemies who have authority or power to rule. Because Cristo must rule until he defeats all his enemies, then he will turn-over to God the Father his authority to rule.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Because God has determined that Cristo will rule until he thoroughly causes-all his enemies -to-surrender.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because Christ must be the ruler until when God causes that all the enemies of Christ are defeated.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:28:
Noongar: “They came close to their home, but Jesus started walking away.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “When the town they were going-towards was close, Yesus pretended to/acted-as-if he would go on.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When they were close to the village they were going to, Isa pretended as if he was proceeding,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they arrived there, in the town they were going to, it was as if Jesus would continue;” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “As they were approaching the town to which they were going, Jesus continued walking,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The barrio where they were going was then reached. As for Jesus, it’s like he would now go-his-own-way for he would continue on.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:12:
Uma: “Forgive our wrongs, like we also forgive the wrongs of our companions,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Forgive our sins as we also forgive those who sin against us.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Forgive us our sins like our forgiving the one who sins against us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Forgive our (excl.) sins, because we (excl.) also have forgiven those who sinned against us (excl.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Forgive, too, our sins, the same as we do as we forgive those who sin against us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “And forgive our sins, like we also forgive those who do bad to us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “Forgive us our sins, even as we ourselves forgive those who wrong us.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 157)
Martu Wangka: “When another person does wrong to me, I should not in return do wrong to them — I should go and talk about being reconciled together. When I talk like that, to that person, then following that, I am asking you, you throw out my badness.” (Source: Carl Gross)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:57:
Uma: “But thank you we say to God, for he has freed us from all that just-mentioned, and he has given us victory, because of the mediation of Yesus Kristus our Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But great is our (incl.) thanks to God. For because of what Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader did, we (dual) don’t have to be afraid to die because our (incl.) sins were taken away by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But in spite of that, it’s posisble for us to praise God. For because of what He has done, it is not possible that we are no longer afraid of death, because we have been set free by our Lord Jesus Christ!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But we thank God, because he gives us our power to defeat sin and death because of what Jesu Cristo our Lord has done.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Therefore, now, let us thank God for he is always giving us our victory over this sin and death, because of what our Lord Jesu-Cristo did.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But we thank God that he caused that we overcome the power of death when we believe in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:8:
Uma: “Yohanes, it was not he who was that light. The reason he came was to spread that light to all people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Yahiya was not this light. But his mission/purpose for coming here was to tell about the light.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for this John, he is not the one who is that light, but rather he is the one who explains who the light is.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Juan was not the light itself, but rather the one who came to confirm/verify concerning the light.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “It isn’t that he was the one who was the light. He was caused-to-be-a-person because he would be testifying about this light.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “John is not that one who opens the hearts of the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Ojitlán Chinantec: “John was not the one who illuminates people. He came to point out that one.”
Yatzachi Zapotec: “It wasn’t John who brought light, but rather he came speaking about the person who brings light for mankind.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
Hiligaynon: “Juan was not the light, but-rather he came/arrived to tell who is the light.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Mairasi: “He himself was not that Light. But for the purpose of testifying about that Light he came.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
Bariai: “He wasn’t that light, but he came to expound talk about that light.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
Kupsabiny: “John came and told the people concerning/about that light, but that light was not him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:11:
Uma: “Even though your wickedness is so great, you still know to give what is good to your children. How much more your Father who is in heaven! He knows very much how to give what is good to people who ask of Him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “You, even though you are sinful, you know to give your children the best/good things. Even more so God, your Father in heaven will give to you good things when you ask him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for you humans who are not righteous, if good is what you give to your children, of course good also is what our Father God in heaven will give to any of you who asks from him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “You therefore who are bad, if you know to give your child good(-things), surely even-more-so will our Father in heaven give good(-things) to those who ask.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, if you who are sinners know how to give good things to your children, isn’t it much more so of your Father who is in heaven? He really will give good things to those who request from him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “So now, you are those who have sin, yet you know that you give good things to your children. Well even more will your Father in heaven give good to you when you ask.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 1:7:
Uma: “That’s why our (excl.) hearts are not uncertain about you, we (excl.) know that you will indeed endure in sufferings. For we (excl.) know that you get sufferings the same as we (excl.) do, and God will definitely strengthen your hearts the same as [he strengthens] us (excl.).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So then we (excl.) don’t have two-thoughts/doubts about you. We (excl.) know that because you are like us (excl.) suffering trouble, you will also be helped by God as he helped us (excl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, our trust in you is strengthened because we know that when you are enduring difficulty, just like we endured it, in the same way also you are helped by God, just like He helped us also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Therefore big is our (excl.) hope in you, for we (excl.) know that if you join-in-experiencing our (excl.) hardships, you will also join-in-experiencing God’s helping us (excl.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “That is why our (excl.) hope concerning you is firm, because we (excl.) know that even if you experience also the hardhips that we are enduring, God will also comfort you, just like (he does) us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “And now I am assured that your faith will come out well. Because I know that when you have suffered like I have, God also will comfort your hearts like he comforts my heart.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Highland Totonac: “Also our hope is in you that it will be so. We know very well that as you share with us in our suffering, in the same way you will share with us in our comfort the same as we do.” (Source: Herman Aschmann in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 171ff. )
