Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 3:9:
- Uma: “So the summary [lit., leveling-off words] is like this: we Jews are not better than other people. For like I said earlier, all men are guilty because we all are sinners, both the Jews and also other people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then, don’t say that we (excl.) Yahudi are better in the sight of God than the tribes/nations not Yahudi, because that is not true. I have already made clear to you that all mankind, Yahudi or not Yahudi, alike sin habitually (lit. are addicted to sin).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for us (excl.) Jews, perhaps you’re thinking mistakenly that we are far better off than those people who are not Jews. However, that’s not true. I have taught you before, that as for all mankind, Jew or not Jews, all are doing evil.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “What then will we say? Is the status of the Jews in God’s estimation better than that of the Gentiles? No, because I have already said that sin rules all people, whether (lit. even) Jews or Gentiles.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now then, are the Jews much better than all the rest of the people? Such a word cannot be right. Because I have already said that Jews and people who are not Jews all have sin.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:31:
- Noongar: “All the evil spirits begged Jesus not to send them into the dark hole.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Those demons really asked that they not be shooed going to the sinkhole whose depth cannot be measured.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the demons really begged Isa asking not to be sent to hell.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And these demons, they begged Jesus that he not yet throw them into the bottomless pit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Now there were many-pigs rooting-together there on the slope, so the evil-spirits begged Jesus to not send them below where would be their punishment, but rather to permit them to go possess those many-pigs. ‘Yes indeed,’ he said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then those evil spirits kept begging-mercy from Jesus, that he would not cause them to go to the deepest canyon which is the place of endless punishment.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 3:9:
- Uma: “As for those people who say that they are Yahudi, they are just lying. They are not Yahudi in their hearts, they are rather followers of the King of Evil-ones. Some of those people I bring here to you. They will kneel in front of you, and they will say to you: ‘Why, God really does loves you!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Listen. The people there who pretend that they are Yahudi, people belonging to God, they simply lie. The truth is, they belong to the leader of demons. I will command them to come and bow down to you and/so that they will know that you are the ones I love.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Those people who say they are Jews are lying because they are subjects of Satan. I will cause them to kneel before you, and then they will know that you are the ones who are big in My breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “”Listen to this. There are Jews there (near addressee) who are as if joined to Satanas’ congregation, because they say that they are God’s people, but they lie (lit. it is their lie), because it’s not true. In the future I will force them to go kneel in front of you, and that’s how-they -will-know that I love you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Listen well to what I will say to you. I will cause to stand in your presence those people there who are liars for they pretend that they are my people but the truth is, they are all serving Satanas. I will cause them to recognize- you -appropriately in that they will bow down in your presence. At that they will know that I really hold you dear and value you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “and now, those people who are in the hand of the devil, they are saying that they are Jews, but they are not really my people, rather they lie. Concerning these people I will cause that they kneel before you. Thus they will know that I love you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:10:
- Uma: “When did Abraham become straight in God’s sight? After he was circumcised, or before he was circumcised? If we read the account, we clearly see: Abraham became straight in God’s sight before he was circumcised.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When did God consider Ibrahim as straight? Was it after he was circumcised or before (lit. not yet)? Before he was circumcised he was already considered straight by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when did this take place? It took place before Abraham was circumcised, which is to say before he was a Jew, God considered him to be righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When did that happen? Was it when he had already gotten-circumcised? No, but rather it was when he was not yet circumcised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now when Abraham was cleared, was he already marked or was he not yet marked when he was cleared? He was cleared before he was marked.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:7:
- Noongar: “When Herod was King of Galilee, he heard all the things which had happened. He became very confused because people were saying, ‘John the Baptist has come back to life’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “At that time, the ruler in Galilea was Herodes Antipas. When Herodes heard all that Yesus had done, he was just confused. Because there were those who said: ‘That Yesus is Yohanes the Baptizer come-to-life again.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this, Herod, the king of the place Jalil heard all that Isa had done. He didn’t know (what to think of it)/was confused for some people said that this Isa was Yahiya who bathed the people who had come to life again from death, they said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And these things that Jesus and company were doing, Governor Herod heard about it in the province of Galilee, and it troubled his breath because there were some who said that Jesus was John the Baptist, raised from the dead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Governor Herod in Galilea heard about all these-things that plural Jesus were doing, his thoughts were in-turmoil/disturbed, because some said that Juan the Baptizer had come-to-life again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Herodes who was that king of Galilea heard news of all those things concerning Jesus. His mind/thinking was agitated for there were those who said that as for this Jesus, maybe he was indeed that Juan who was the first to baptize who had come alive again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 5:8:
- Uma: “When he took that letter/paper, the four living things and the twenty-four elders lay prostrate, worshipping that Lamb. Each of them held a harp and a golden basin full of fragrant stuff called incense. That incense means the prayers of people who are the portion of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When he took it, immediately the four different-kind-of angels and twenty four elders prostrated towards him, that is praising him. Each one of the elders held a harp and a golden censer full of incense. Because the fragrance of that incense is a sign of the prayers of the people belonging to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when He took the scroll, the four creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down on their faces in front of the young sheep to worship Him. Each one of the elders had a harp (arpa), and they were holding golden bowls full of sweet smelling stuff which is burned to make sweet smelling smoke. The meaning of this is the prayers of the people who belong to God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Upon his taking it, the four creatures and the twenty four leaders, they knelt face-down in front of him. Each of the leaders, he had a harp (loan arpa) which he was strumming and he was holding a gold bowl full of incense (loan insinso) which are the prayers of God’s people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he took hold of it, those four created living beings and those twenty four elders bowed down with their faces down low, each of them (the elders) holding a stringed-instrument which was an alpa, and also holding a gold bowl full of incense. What was meant by that was the prayers of God’s people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When he took the paper, the four who stood at each corner of the throne and also the twenty-four who sat in the chairs all kneeled before the Lamb. Each of them had a stringed instrument named harp and each held a bowl of gold in which burned incense. This stands for the prayers to God made by the people who are in the hand of God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Martu Wangka: “Then after that, those same four and the twenty four old men, they went to that young sheep and they lay face down to praise him. They had guitars, each one of them, in their hands and they each had a billy/bowl in their hand and there was smoke rising from those. A long time back the Father’s relatives (God’s people) were praying to the Father from the earth. As they were praying to the Father, then their talk would become smoke, and I saw smoke rising from those bowls.” (Source: Carl Gross)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:17:
- Uma: “From the transgression of that one person, all people have to die because of their connection with that one person. But indeed greater is the deed/doing of the other one person, that is Yesus Kristus! Whoever believes in Yesus Kristus, they get power and good life forever. They get that as a free gift from God because his love to us is so big. He says that we are straight in his sight because of our connection with Yesus Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The result of God’s love and pity/mercy to us (dual) is greater than the result of Apu’ Adam’s sin. Because of Apu’ Adam’s sin all men are destined to die. But the ones who receive/accept the love and pity/mercy of God are already considered straight by God, which is like God’s gift. They will live in heaven without end and they will rule together with Isa Almasi because they trust Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now, if because of the transgression of this one person who is Adam, all mankind die, how much more surprising is that which was done by one person also, who is Jesus Christ. For anybody who accepts God’s great kindness to them by means of Jesus Christ, they will be regarded righteous and they will be given life forever, and they will be able to rule along with God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is admittedly true that all people must die because of the sin of the one, but the result of what the one person Jesu Cristo did is far weightier. Because due to him, all who receive God’s extreme grace and the righteousness which he gifted, they will enjoy the life that has no end and will join Cristo in his ruling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “By reason of this one person who committed sin, afterwards all the people must go through death. But concerning all who meet God’s grace, being cleared of their sins, they will be given the new life by reason of Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “Just because one person sinned, all people die. But now just because of one person, the one, Jesus Christ, God can do us a favor when he forgives our sins. And for that reason he sees us as if our lives were straight. And all of those who receive the favor which God has done, they will be chiefs with Christ in heaven.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:39:
- Noongar: “An evil spirit quickly attacks him and screams and throws him down fitting so he foams at the mouth. The evil spirit always hurts him and will not leave him.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “When he is entered by an-evil-one, he shouts and thrashes-around, until his mouth foams. There is almost no going-out of the evil-one that makes-him-sick.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For he is demon possessed. Suddenly he will shout and then he becomes stiff and he convulses until his mouth is foaming. And the demon will only leave him when he is tired out (the child) and his body is bruised.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Look at him because he is afflicted with a demon, and when it comes to afflict him, he suddenly screams and he shakes and he foams at the mouth, and this demon that afflicts him continues tormenting him until his body is bruised and the demon does not let go of him for a long time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because there is a evil-spirit that possesses him. When it catches him, he suddenly-screams, convulses and his mouth foams. He excessively keeps-hardshipping him until he is exhausted and he doesn’t let-him-alone.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Every time he is made-crazy by an evil spirit, suddenly/unexpectedly he cries out, falls and stiffens, and his mouth froths. This one making him crazy really never leaves him and he’s been caused much pain.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
