Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:68:
- Uma: “But Petrus denied it, he said: ‘I don’t know him, and I don’t understand what you (sing.) are saying!’ From there he moved off going close to the door of the fence. A chicken crowed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But Petros argued/denied, he said, ‘I don’t know and I don’t understand as to what you are saying there.’ And immediately he left towards the gate. Then the cock crowed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Peter denied it and said, ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about; neither do I understand what you are trying to say.’ And Peter went out toward the gate of the yard. Then the chicken crowed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But he denied it saying, ‘Oh come on now! I emphatically don’t know what you (sing.) are saying and neither do I understand.’ Then he went to the edge of the yard by the gate. And a rooster crowed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But Pedro denied it, saying, ‘Expletive, no! I don’t-know, I certainly don’t know and don’t understand what you are saying.’ Pedro moved to the gateway. And then a rooster crowed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 2:10:
- Uma: “For even though we exert effort to follow all the commands in the Lord’s Law, if we break even just one, we are nonetheless guilty. We can say, it’s just like we broke them all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever breaks only one commandment of the law even though he follows/obeys the others, he has already broken the whole law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For even though a person only transgresses one command of the Law, God considers him just the same to be a transgressor of all the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because if someone has-been-following all of God’s laws except one only, he has of course sinned, so it’s as if he has broken them all.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For if a person breaks even only one part of these laws, he will be regarded by God as sinful now, even though he is following/obeying all the others.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Suppose that a person does all that is written in the law, but just one part is lacking that he doesn’t do, then he rejects the law. It is as though he didn’t do anything which the law says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:21:
- Uma: “On their journey, they stopped-in at the town of Efesus, and Paulus entered the house of prayer and exchanged words with the Yahudi people gathered there. They requested of him that he be rather long with them, but he did not want to. However when he left, he said to them: ‘If God wants, I will come back here later.’ Priskila and Akwila stayed [emphatic] in Efesus, but Paulus continued his journey, boarding a ship going to the land of Siria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He said to them as he was about to leave, ‘If it is God’s will, I will return here to you.’ Then he sailed from Epesus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because he said to them as he was leaving, ‘I will come back here again if God permits.’ And he got on a ship and he left Ephesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they stopped at Efeso, Pablo went to the synagogue and discussed-with the Jews. They persuaded (lit. hung-onto) him to stay-with (them) there, but Pablo refused. ‘If that’s what God wants, then I will return,’ he said. Then he left Aquila and Priscilla at Efeso, and he rode again in a ship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘However,’ he said, ‘if it is the will of God, I will indeed return here to you.’ When he had said that, he took leave and sailed again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:28:
- Uma: “[[So, [from] what they did there, the words of the Holy Book happened that say: ‘The Redeemer King will be treated like an evil person.’]]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “One post was erected on his right-side and one on his left-side.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “By means of this the long ago prophecy written in the word of God was fulfilled. It said, ‘He was considered to be a companion of the transgressors.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This was the coming-true of what God caused-to-be-written which says, ‘He was counted-as a criminal.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, therein was fulfilled what is there in the writing which says, ‘He was regarded/classified as being one of the robbers.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 3:16:
- Uma: “For if there are people who are envious and who put themselves forward, there are certainly also fights and every kind of evil character.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For wherever there are people putting-down/criticizing their (lit. his) companions in order to make themselves (lit. himself) great, and think only about themselves (lit. himself), na, there you see also the ones who fight/quarrel and every kind of evil.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a person who is jealous and holds himself high, he causes great trouble and he does all kinds of evil.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So-long-as there is a person who is jealous and strives to make-himself-high, that’s where-disturbance/unrest and all kinds of evil -exist.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because any person who is envious and causes himself to be dominant, what he’s also doing is trouble-making and all kinds of evil doing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because where there is jealousy, there is only fighting there. Each person tries to be looked up to and there isn’t anything good from this.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:25:
- Uma: “One day, he gathered his one-work companions with other skilled silver workers, and he said to them: ‘Relatives, you know yourselves that we receive much income from this work of ours.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They were all called by Demetiri and told to gather. He also called other men who had the same work as that work of theirs. When they were all there, he said to them, ‘Friends, you know that our (incl.) income is very good in this work.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for this Demetrius, he gathered together his workers and some other craftsmen like them, and he said, ‘Brethren, you all know that we have become prosperous in our craft.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore Demetrius caused-to-gather those whom he was salarying and his fellow metal-workers and he said, ‘My companions, you know that we are getting much money from this work of ours.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What Demetrio did was, he gathered all his personnel and others for whom that was their livelihood. When they were gathered, he said, ‘My companion metal-workers, we are all aware that it is this livelihood which has caused us to be strong (i.e. well off).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 16:13:
- Uma: “Those two returning told their companions that they had seen Yesus. But they didn’t believe them either.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then they returned to Awrusalam to tell their companions. But they also did not believe them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they returned to Jerusalem and told their companions that they had seen Jesus, but in spite of that, their companions would not believe.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Those two, they returned to go report to their companions, but their companions, they didn’t believe either.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those two returned to Jerusalem and told to their companions what happened on their journey. But even they weren’t believed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 5:13:
- Uma: “If there is one among us who has been hit by difficulties, he should pray. If there is one who is happy, he should sing praising God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If there is a person among you who trouble/sorrow comes to, he should ask help from God. If someone has joy he should sing songs praising God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If any of you is sad, he should pray. If someone is happy, he should sing a song of praise to the Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If someone among you is having-difficulty, he ought to pray. If someone also is happy, he ought to sing to praise God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Supposing someone of you is having a hard time, what is good for him to do is to pray. Well if someone is happy, he is to sing praising the Lord.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If someone is suffering, he should pray to God. If one is happy, he should sing hymns.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
