Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:8:
- Uma: “There were also seeds which fell in fertile [fat] ground. That sowed-thing/seed fruited, some a hundred times more than the sowed-thing, some sixty times, some thirty times.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, other seeds fell on good soil and bore fruit. Some yielded very much, some much and some also enough/just right.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were also that to be planted which fell on good soil, and these, by contrast, bore fruit. There were some of these plants that gave fruit thirty for each plant, and there were also some plants that gave fruit sixty for each plant, and there were also plants that gave fruit one hundred for each plant.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But as for still others, they fell on the good soil, afterwards they grew and-then they bore-fruit. Some bore-fruit one hundred each, some sixty each, and some also thirty each.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But what got scattered on good soil/ground fruited well with full-heads-of-grain. Some had one hundred grains on a single stalk. Some had sixty and some thirty.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Others of the seeds landed on good earth and very much did they produce. Some had a hundred for each seed. Some others had sixty for each seed. Some others had thirty for each.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 12:5:
- Uma: “Actually, it is quite fitting I praise a person who has seen vision like that. But I don’t want to praise myself. The only thing I will praise myself for is all my weaknesses.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is right/fitting for me to boast about this person but I don’t want to boast about myself, only about my weaknesses.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now I am that person who has taken to Heaven, and it could be that I might boast about these things which happened to me, but I will not boast about my wisdom, rather, the things I will boast about are the things that show my lack of wisdom.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If I wanted (but I don’t) to boast-about a person like that because of what was shown to him, it would be my right, but as concerns my life on this earth, I will boast-of nothing except what shows my weakness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “A person who has experienced that, I really would cause to be praised. But I will not cause my own ability to be praised, but rather those things that cause to be comprehended that, as for me, I have no ability of my own.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this word, clearly I could brag about it. But concerning myself, when I speak about myself I clearly state that I am not strong.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:49:
- Uma: “‘The food called manna eaten by your ancestors long ago in the wilderness did not give life, because they all died.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Your forefathers were able to eat manna there in the lonely place, but they certainly died.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The food called manna, this was eaten by your ancestors long ago, but they died just the same.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Your ancestors, they ate manna in their walking through the place with no inhabitants, and there-now they died anyway.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Your ancestors got to eat manna when they were there in the wilderness, but they died anyway.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There in the wilds our ancestors ate a tortilla/food which came from heaven. But they didn’t live forever, rather they died later.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Kaiwá: “Even though your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, they still eventually died.” (This construction assures that they didn’t die because of the manna — source: John Taylor in Notes on Translation 63/1977), p. 14ff.
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:40:
- Uma: “Like grass is gathered and burned, so also will [happen to] evil people at the time of the Kiama Day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, as for weeds they are just gathered and burned. Like that it will also happen when the end (of the world) has come.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Just like they pulled up the bad plants and burned them, that’s just the way it will be also in the future at the last time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The servants’ gathering of the weeds to be-burned, like that also is what will happen at the end of the world,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For as these weeds will be piled up to be burned, like that indeed is what will happen at the end of the world.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the weeds appearing like wheat which were gathered to burn, that means the painful situation which will happen when the earth is ended.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 1:3:
- Uma: “Many greetings: I cry out to God the Father and to our Lord Yesus Kristus, that he bless you with his white insides [grace] and give you goodness of life [well-being, peace].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “May our (incl.) Father God and Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader always take care of you. May it be also that they give you peace in your livers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “May our Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ show kindness to you and may they give you a peaceful situation.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “May you have grace/mercy/kindness and peace that come from God our Father and the Lord Jesu Cristo” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am praying that hopefully with you always is the grace/mercy and peacefulness of mind/inner-being which is given by God our Father and the Lord/Chief Jesu-Cristo,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I want that God our Father and also our Lord Jesus Christ will bless you and cause you to have peace of heart.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:10:
- Uma: “The relatives of Yesus did go to Yerusalem to attend the Feast of Huts there. In fact, Yesus also followed silently [i.e., without telling], but by himself so that the people did not know.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When his brothers had left for that festival, not long after that, Isa also followed them going there. But he did not go with the crowds that’s why nobody knew about his going there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “After his siblings had left going up to the feast, Jesus followed although he did not join himself to many people because he did not wish that it be known.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When his siblings/cousins had left to go attend-the-fiesta, Jesus then followed by-himself so that it would not become-known.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After his siblings had left, before long Jesus then set out to go to the fiesta. But it’s like what he was doing was keeping-out-of-sight/avoiding-confrontation.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “After his brothers had gone to the celebration, also Jesus went to celebrate. He acted so that the people wouldn’t know he was there, going about unnoticed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 14:14:
- Uma: “When Yesus got down from the boat, he saw that many people were waiting for him. His love welled-up seeing them, and he healed them who were sick.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa got ashore, he saw the great crowd of people and he had pity/mercy on them and he healed the sick.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus and those with him came to shore, he saw the many people. He felt sorry for them, and he treated and healed those who were sick there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When plural Jesus arrived-at-land, and he saw the many people who had followed, he pitied them and healed those who had a sickness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore when Jesus again descended from the place he had gone to, what met his eyes was many people already. He pitied them. He healed those who had an illness who had been brought by those people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The boat in which Jesus was arrived and Jesus got out. But now there were crowds of people there. Jesus pitied the people and he healed the sick persons who were brought by the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 2:11:
- Uma: “One time, when Petrus came to the town of Antiokhia, I did not hold-back to reprimand him. Because his behavior was indeed wrong.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Not long after that Petros came to us (excl.) there in the town Antiyok. One day he was scolded/reprimanded by me because there was something he did that was not right/not hitting-the-mark.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now somewhat a long time after that, Peter came to us (excl.) in the town of Antioch. When he first arrived his behavior was proper, for he gathered together to eat with believers who weren’t Jews. But when some Jewish believers that James had sent arrived, he began avoiding eating with the people who aren’t Jews. And I rebuked him because it was quite clear that what he was doing was not right. The reason he avoided it was because he was afraid because he might be scolded for that action these Jewish believers who say that it’s necessary for the non-Jewish believers to be circumcised.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But when Pedro came to Antiok, I opposed him in front of the collective-people, because it was clear that what he had done was not right.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well when we (excl.) had returned to Antioquia Pedro visited us (excl.). But it happened that he did something wrong there, therefore it wasn’t possible/acceptable that I not correct what he did.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Afterwards I was at the town of Antioch and also Peter arrived. After some days, there came the day that he didn’t do what was right. Then before the people I rebuked him in what he did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
