Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 3:17:
Uma: “For the Lord, he is the Holy Spirit. And if the Lord’s Spirit dwells in our hearts, we are released/freed from all that separated us from the Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The one I speak of here as our (incl.) Leader, is God’s Spirit. If God’s Spirit is there with a person he is free/able to follow God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And this Lord which is spoken about, that’s the Holy Spirit. And when a person is guided by the Holy Spirit, he is already set free from his slavery to the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The Lord that I spoke of here is the Spirit of the Lord, and whoever is the staying-place of the Spirit of the Lord, he has freedom.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The Lord that (I’m) mentioning here, (he is) a single living-entity with the Espiritu Santo. And as long as we are being indwelt by this Espiritu Santo whom the Lord caused-to-indwell, we will be outside the control of sin and our slavery to obeying the laws of Moises in order to be saved.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because the Lord Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit they are just alike. So then, the person who walks with the Holy Spirit is taken from under the word commanded by the law that the person will be punished.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 3:17:
Chol: “But God did not send his Son here to earth in order to cause the world to be punished; he sent him here in order that they might find their salvation from God’s Son.”
Yatzachi Zapotec: “God sent his Son to earth here not so that he would decide about humans that they are guilty, but rather so that he would save mankind out of evil.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
Uma: “It is not God’s purpose to send his Child here to the world in order to punish / condemn men. His intention in sending his Child here is in order to lift men from the punishment of their sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “God sent his Son to the world not to drop judgment on mankind but to take away their sins.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God, he did not send me, his child, here to earth to punish mankind, but rather so that by means of me mankind might be set free.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because God didn’t send his Child to this world to sentence/condemn people, but rather that they would be saved through him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Because the reason why God caused his Son to come here was not that people be sentenced to punishement, but on the contrary so that he could free/save these people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “God did not send his son here to earth in order to sentence the people. Rather he sent him here to earth that he save the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 9:31:
Uma: “But instead they just went out and spread the news to all the villages that were near.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But they left and told about Isa in all the places there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, when they left there, they spread the word about Jesus in all the surrounding towns.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But they left and went to repeatedly-relate concerning Jesus in all the nearby towns.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But as they went, they told all over that place what Jesus had done for them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But these men who had been blind no sooner left Jesus when they told one and all what Jesus had done to them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 5:13:
Uma: “There are some who say we (excl.) are crazy. If we (excl.) are really crazy, that is our (excl.) desire to follow God with our (excl.) whole heart. But if our (excl.) thinking is clear, that is to help you, relatives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “There is someone there who says that we (excl.) have lost our (excl.) reasoning when we (excl.) preach; na, never mind, if only God will be praised. If they say that our (excl.) thoughts/mind is good, na, it will be for your good (come home to).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Some people think we are crazy; however, the reason we seem like crazy people is because our carrying out of what God wants us to do is very strong. But if you think that we are not crazy, you know that the reason we keep on like this is that you might be better off.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If for-example someone says that we (excl.) are crazy, never-mind, because all that we (excl.) do is for God. And if others say that our (excl.) minds are exactly right, you of-course certainly know that our (excl.) work is for you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For if in the estimation of some there we (excl.) are stupid, it doesn’t bother us because our serving is for God’s glory. And if our (excl.) minds/thinking are sound, of course that too is for your benefit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “If you should say to me that I am crazy in what I do, well what I do is only because I search for how to have God praised. If you should say that I am not crazy, well then it still is that I am only searching for how to do you good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:13:
Uma: “Yesus said: ‘All people who drink water from this well will get thirsty again.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘All those who drink from this well become thirsty again.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘If there is a thirsty person who drinks this water, he will just get thirsty again, but if there is one who drinks the water that I will give him, he will never get thirsty again forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Jesus answered in-turn, ‘Whoever drinks this water, he will get-thirsty again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Jesus spoke again, saying, ‘The one who drinks this water, he will again become thirsty.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said, ‘Everyone who drinks the water from here will be thirsty again.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:25:
Uma: “Usually a student follows the behavior of his teacher and a slave follows the behavior of his master. So, be careful, because I am your Lord, and you are my followers. If I am named/called Beelzebul, the king of all demons, even more so you who follow me. Definitely you will be disparaged.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Therefore the pupil should be satisfied (lit. give thanks) when he is equal/the same with/as his teacher, and the servant should be satisfied when he is equal/the same with his master. If they call me, your leader, the leader of demons, they will call you, my disciples, even worse.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore I who am your master and the one who teaches you, it is necessary that you inadvertently will imitate me. For I, your master, if I am called Endedaman (lord of the demons) by people, can it be that you, my subjects, are not called even more terrible names?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Therefore the one-who-is-studying should be satisfied if what he experiences is the same as his teacher, and thus also with the slave if he is the same as his master. If I who can be compared to the owner of the house, they say that I am Beelzebul, surely even worse is what they will call you who join-in-residing-in-the-house.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well since I who am your Lord/Chief, am being called by them Beelzebub, who is the leader/chief of the evil spirits, well of course you who are my people, how will they treat you any better? They really will treat you insolently.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The learner must be ready to go through what his teacher goes through. The worker must be ready to go through what his boss goes through. If the people hate me, saying that I am the devil, then also all the more the people will hate you who follow me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 7:6:
Uma: “Why do I say that my heart is strengthened, relatives? Because I was happy to hear the news that Titus brought from you. Like I recounted earlier, we (excl.) left from the village of Troas and came here to Makedonia. But when we (excl.) arrived here, our (excl.) hearts were still not quiet. Left and right we (excl.) were hit by suffering. There were those who were-at-odds-with/disagreed with us, and on the other side [i.e., at the same time, on our part] we (excl.) were afraid too. Our(excl.) hearts were indeed discouraged [lit., lessened] at that time. But thank you I say to God, for at that time Titus arrived bringing news from you, relatives. So, our discouraged hearts were strengthened by God at the arrival of Titus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But God knows how to encourage the troubled/sad ones and we (excl.) were caused to be glad by him when Titus arrived at us/our (excl.) (place).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But God, who knows how to bring joy to those who have sorrow, He caused that we become happy by means of the arrival of Titus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But God who strengthens the minds of discouraged people, he strengthened our (excl.) minds because of Tito’s coming.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But no matter who of us is hardshipped, God truly does not leave them alone. The proof of that is, he made us (excl.) happy for just-then Tito arrived whom we (excl.) were worrying about.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But God strengthens people who do not have strength. Therefore he caused my heart to be encouraged when Titus arrived.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Huba: “But God who puts the heart [=comforts] those with heart kill self [=who have no hope] put our heart [=comforted us] with the coming of Titus.” (Source: David Frank in this blog post )
Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:45:
Uma: “So, when he arrived in Galilea, the people received him with joyful hearts, because they had been in Yerusalem attending the Paskah big day, and they saw with their own eyes all the miracles that he did there at that time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When Isa and company arrived there in Jalil the people met them for they had been there in Awrusalam at the time of the Festival For-Remembering and they had seen all that Isa had done there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But in spite of that, the Galilee people, when Jesus and company arrived there, they were happy to meet him because many of them had attended the passover Feast in the town of Jerusalem and they had seen all that Jesus did there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When they arrived in Galilea, the inhabitants showed-him-hospitality, because they had seen all that Jesus had done in Jerusalem at their attendance-at-the-fiesta there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But for the reason that there were many people who were taga Galilea who had gone to join in the fiesta at Jerusalem, who had seen the amazing things which Jesus had done there, that’s why when Jesus arrived there in Galilea, he was given-a-good-reception by those from there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When he arrived in Galilee, the inhabitants looked favorably on him because they also had gone to the celebration of the Passover in Jerusalem. And they now had seen what he had done at the celebration.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
