Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:3:
Noongar: “Then Satan entered Judas. People also called him Iscariot, one of Jesus’ twelve disciples.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “From there, the King of Evil-ones entered into the heart of Yudas, who is also called Iskariot, one of Yesus’ twelve disciples.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then the leader of demons entered the liver of Judas. This was Judas Iskariyot one of the twelve disciples of Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time, Judas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, Satan began to control him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then Satanas possessed Judas Iscariot who was one of those who were the twelve disciples of Jesus,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, Satanas then put-in-the-mind of Judas Iscariote, one of those twelve disciples, that he trade Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:23:
Uma: “For I taught you the other day [lit., yesterday] the meaning of eating and drinking all-together to remember the Lord’s death. And what I taught you I received from the Lord himself [emphatic]. On the night the Lord Yesus was sold, he took bread,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I taught already to you what Isa Almasi taught me. Isa Almasi in the night when he was betrayed he took bread while they were eating,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because this is not what the Lord taught me. What he taught me I have taught also to you, and it is: on the night when Judas betrayed our Lord Jesus, when they were eating, Jesus took some bread,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because what I taught you that came-from the Lord Jesus is this. When they were eating on the night that he was betrayed, he took bread” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I will repeat again the teaching which came from the Lord, which was taught to me and which I taught to you in the past concerning the doing of the remembrance of his death. On that night on which the Lord Jesus was traded to those wanting to kill him, when they were eating, he picked up some bread.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because concerning the Holy Supper I told you about, it was Jesus Christ himself who taught me about it. On the night in which Jesus was betrayed, he took up the bread.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:35:
Noongar: “Then Jesus asked his disciples, ‘That day when I sent you out to go out, without a purse, without a bag and without shoes, did you need anything?’ ‘Not one thing,’ they said.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “After that Yesus spoke to them, he said: ‘When I ordered you yesterday [implies recent past time] to go carrying the Good News, I did not permit you to carry a money bag or food-bundle or shoes. Did you lack anything?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Isa said yet to them, ‘Formerly I told you who were going on a journey not to take a purse or a bag or shoes, did you have anything lacking?’ ‘Nothing,’ they said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus spoke to them, ‘When I sent you out long ago, telling you that you should not take any money, or change of clothing, or change of shoes — what did you lack there on your journey?’ And they answered, ‘We had no lack.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘When I sent you with you taking-along no money, backpack and change of sandals, did you lack anything?’ ‘No indeed,’ they answered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus questioned his disciples, saying, ‘Well, that time when I sent you traveling, when I said, don’t take provisions of money, something-to-put-into for what is given to you, or a change of footwear, well, did you have a hard time?’ ‘Well, no,’ was their reply.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:5:
Uma: “They answered him like this: ‘In the village of Betlehem in the land of Yudea. We know this because there is a Word of the Lord that was written by a prophet long ago. The Lord says:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “They said, ‘The town of Betlehem there in Yahudiya, for Nabi Mika has written in the holy-book like this,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they answered, ‘He will be born in the town of Bethlehem in the province of Judea. We know this because there is a written saying of God by means of an inspired one long ago who said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘In Betlehem in this province of Judea,’ they said answering. ‘Because this is what God caused-the prophet long-ago -to-write saying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “They answered, saying, ‘Respects to you, it’s said to be there in Betlehem in the district of Judea. Because that is what is there in what was written by a prophet, which is what was said by God,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The ones who were questioned said to Herod: ‘There in the city of Bethlehem of the land of Judah is where he is to be born. Because this is the word written by the spokesman for God who said:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:16:
Uma: “When Herodes knew that the people who knew how to look at stars had deceived him, no kidding his anger. That’s why he ordered his soldiers to go kill all the male children in Betlehem and the villages around it, so that that Child who would later become king would be killed-along-with [them]. Herodes knew when that star first appeared, because he had asked those people who knew how to look at stars. That is why he commanded that all male children in Betlehem be killed, from babies to children who were two years old.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then, when Herod knew that he had been deceived by the men from the east, he was very angry. He commanded all male children to be killed who were two years or less than two years there in the town of Betlehem and in the places close to Betlehem, for he had been told by the men from the east as to when the star had appeared. Then the children were killed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When Herod found out that the stargazers had deceived him, he became very angry. And he commanded to be killed all the children two years old and under in all of Bethlehem and the neighboring villages. He did this so that Jesus might be killed. For two years already was the period since the stargazers saw the star.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When Herod found-out that those who were wise/skilled in telling the meaning of the stars had tricked him, his anger was extreme, and he commanded that his soldiers go kill all the males aged two or less in Betlehem and in the surrounding towns. Because he estimated that that was the right length of time beginning from the appearing of the star based on what he found out from those wise foreigners/visitors.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When Herodes realized that his plan had evidently been outdone, for those thinkers hadn’t fulfilled his agreement with them, he got angry with real rage. He commanded that all the male children in Betlehem be killed, incuding the surrounding area, from babies right-down-the-line-to the age of two years, so that Jesus would certainly be included in being killed, for Herodes wasn’t forgetting what those thinkers had said about the rising of that star.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When Herod knew that these men whom he had told to search for the baby were not going to return, he was very angry. He sent soldiers to the city of Bethlehem to kill the boys who were of two years of age and under. All about in the surrounding area of the city of Bethlehem they killed the boys. Because the men had said that it hadn’t been yet two years when they had first seen the star.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 13:1:
Uma: “If for example we get the ability from the Holy Spirit to speak many kinds of human languages or also the languages of angels, but if we don’t have love for others, it has no use. Our words are just like a gong that goes-clang or like a drum that goes-thud, they have no use.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Even if for example I were given expertise to speak all languages here in the world and including I could speak the language of the angels, but if I had no love there would be no use in my expertise. My speech would be just like the noise of agongs or a tin can hit indiscriminately.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Even though I’m given the skill to talk in languages here on the earth, and even the language of the angels in Heaven but I do not love my companions, there is no value to the skill which is given me, because my speaking is just only like the sound of an gong or a bamboo clapper which is beaten on.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Even though I am able-to-speak the languages of people and even languages of angels, yet if I have no love for my companions, what I say is mere noise/disturbance like a clanging gong (cymbal deliberately omitted due to lack of meaningful RL equivalent).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Even if I can now speak many-different languages of people here under heaven, even though I haven’t studied them, or even the language of the angels, if I really don’t value my fellowman, those words of mine, they are useless. Just like the sound of percussion-instruments that are being struck haphazardly.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Now, although we should know how to speak the languages of other people or if we knew the language spoken by angels, yet if we do not love our fellow men, then it is of no value. Concerning the words we would speak, they would be of no value because they would be like the cymbal when it is ringing or like the bell when it is ringing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:7:
Noongar: “When he heard that Jesus was Galilean, the place where Herod was ruler, Pilate sent Jesus to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “They answered: ‘Yes, he is a Galilea person.’ Hearing that, Pilatus ordered people to take Yesus to King Herodes, because Herodes was the ruler of the land of Galilea. And at that time, Herodes also was in Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘Yes,’ they said. When Pilatus knew that Isa was from a place under the kingship of Herod, he commanded Isa to be brought to King Herod, for during that time he was there in Awrusalam.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the answered, ‘Yes, he is a Galilean.’ And when he knew that Jesus was a subject of the province ruled over by Herod, he sent Jesus to Herod, because it happened that Herod was also in Jerusalem at that time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When he found-out that Jesus was from Galilea where Herod ruled, he had-Jesus -escorted to him, because it coincided that Herod was in Jerusalem in those days.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, now that Pilato knew that he was from the district ruled by king Herodes, without anything further, he sent Jesus to him, because at that time Herodes was also there in Jerusalem.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 4:8:
Uma: “After that the King of Evil-ones again carried Yesus going to the top of a very tall mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms on earth and all of their wealth.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “After that he was taken/brought by the leader of demons on top of a very high mountain. The leader of demons showed him all the countries of the world and their wealth/riches and the power of their leaders.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Satan took Jesus to a very high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of all the world and what was the extent and power of each one.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When that was done, then the Diablo directed him to a very-high mountain and showed him all the nations in this world and their richness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When Satanas observed that, the summit of a very high mountain is where he next took Jesus. And then he caused him to view all the kingdoms of the world and their praiseworthiness/glory.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The devil then took him to where there was a large mountain. He caused him to look upon all the nations there are all over the world. And he looked at all the good things there were in them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Bariai: “And when it was done, then the bad man took him so that he went and then they ascended a very high mountain. And then he showed him the big areas of all the great chiefs of the earth and their good things.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
Kupsabiny: “That Enemy again took Jesus to the top of a certain mountain and showed him the wealth in all the nations.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Mairasi: “And then also the malevolent spirit taking Yesus went to the top of a very tall mountain and then showed Him all the power of the kings here in this world and then all their good things” (Source Enggavoter 2004)
Amele: “And then Seten again took Jisas and took (him) and went up and put him on a big mountain. He put him and while showing him the wonderful things of all the kingdoms of the ground told him,” (Source: John Roberts in this article )
