Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:29:
- Uma: “‘His companion knelt down asking for mercy/pity, he said: ‘Please be patient, friend, I really will pay my debt!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Immediately this one servant stood on his knees begging him, he said, ‘Give me some time first. I will really pay you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his fellow servant knelt down in front of him, begging saying, ‘Give me more time; allow me to look for that which I will pay you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Then that companion of his knelt and pled-for-mercy saying, ‘Please have-mercy! Be-patient still longer with me so that I will pay it all.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That one being caused by him to pay bowed down and begged for mercy. He said, ‘Hopefully just give me time to earn/find-money, and it’s certain that I will pay my debt to you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This man who owed a little bit of money then knelt before him to whom he owed the money and asked the favor and said: ‘Wait a bit while I find the money to pay you,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 2:8:
- Uma: “God has lifted us from the punishment of our sins, just from his grace alone, because of our faith in Yesus. He lifted us, not from the goodness of our character. It is a free gift of God to us,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For because of God’s love and mercy hep that is why you are saved when you trusted in Almasi. It is not because of your doings/works that you are saved but this is a love-gift from God to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For just because of His grace to us (incl.) He freed us from punishment when we believed. We were not freed by our own works,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the mercy/grace of God is the reason that we were saved by-means-of our believing in Cristo. It was certainly not due to what we have done, but rather it was God’s gift.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really this grace/mercy of God, that (emphatic) is the source of our having now been saved from his punishment of our sin, because of our trusting and believing/obeying Cristo. And even this trusting and believing/obeying, he gave (it) to us, it’s not as-might-be-said we who are the origin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It was just God’s favor he gave us in that he saved us when we believed in Jesus Christ. We cannot say that there was any good we did in order that we were saved. Rather God alone wanted that he save us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “It is the kind-heartedness of God that saved you upon believing. You were not saved because of the things that you yourselves did, not at all, but your salvation is a gift of God.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 126)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:34:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘In your Book of the Law is written the Word of God to the Yahudi leaders long ago, like this its sound: ‘You, you are considered/are like God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to them, ‘It is written even in your holy-book what God said to the judges in old times. God said to them, ‘You are gods.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘There is a written word of God in the law which says, ‘I said that you are gods.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus then said, ‘But there is nonetheless what God caused-to-be-written which you say is your law concerning leaders of the Jews back then which says, ‘I God, I said that you are gods.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, ‘Isn’t it indeed written there is your laws which says, ‘I said that you are gods’.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said, ‘It is written in the law you follow that God said, ‘You are like God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Psalm 82:6.
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:27:
- Uma: “From there, Petrus spoke up too: ‘But we, we have left behind all/everything in order to follow you (sing.). What reward/return will we receive?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Petros spoke, ‘Look at us,’ he said, ‘we have left everything and we are following you. What is our reward?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Peter said, ‘Look, we’ve left all of our possessions so that we might follow you. What will be paid to us?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Pedro said, ‘And as for us (excl.) now? What will we (excl.) enjoy/gain? Because we (excl.) left everything so-that we (excl.) would become your (sing.) disciples.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Pedro spoke, saying, ‘Well as for us (excl.), who have left everything and followed/obeyed you now, well what will be given-in-reward to us?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Peter said to Jesus: ‘As for us, we have left everything we owned to follow you. What is coming to us?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 3:18:
- Uma: “I pray that you, together with all the believers in Kristus, know how no kidding the bigness of the love of Kristus to us is. That love of his cannot be told fully, the depths of it cannot be sounded, and we are not able to measure its bigness. I pray that you experience his love in your lives, in order that all that is in God is also in you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When your love is firm you will really understand and all people who belong to God will also understand as to how great Almasi’s love is which is unspeakable.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “you, and every one of us (incl.) subjects of God, we might be given understanding as to what is the unfathomable love Christ has for us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that it should thus be possible for you and for all God’s people to understand the greatness/value and the largeness of Cristo’s love to us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “so that the Lord will give you along with all of God’s people to comprehend very well how very-far-from-ordinary and glorious is the valuing of Cristo for us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And I want that you and all the rest of the believers know very well about how greatly we are loved by Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 11:24:
- Uma: “Marta said: ‘Yes, what I know [is], he will indeed rise again on Kiama Day, when all the dead are raised.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Marta said, ‘Yes, Sir, I know that he will be made alive again on the last day.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Martha said, ‘Yes, I know that he will come to life again in the future when the dead are raised on the last day.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Yes indeed admittedly,’ said Marta in-return. ‘I know that he will live again at the living again of all the dead at the last day.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Marta answered, saying, ‘I really know that he is going to live again at the end of the world when all who have died will be made alive again.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Martha said, ‘Yes, I know that on the last day those who have died will be resurrected.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:29:
- Uma: “As Yesus and his disciples went away from the town of Yerikho, the people thronged following him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then when they left the town Ariha, very many people followed him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they were leaving the town of Jericho, very many people were going with Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When (pl.) Jesus left Jerico, in-a-large-group were the people who were-following him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they left Jerico, the crowd of people who followed Jesus was endless.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus left the town of Jericho, he was followed by very many people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 4:29:
- Uma: “Don’t let there be evil words spoken from our lips. Rather speak words that help and strengthen others’ hearts, like is appropriate. Words like that bring goodness to people who hear.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Don’t speak bad things but speak only good words and words that encourage the liver and words that hit-the-mark/are correct for the good of those who listen to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that your speaking is not filthy, but rather you must speak words which will give help to the faith of your companions, so that those who listen to you might find great value according to what they need in what you say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You ought not to speak even a little evil, but rather what you are only to speak is what will help and strengthen the minds of those who listen according to what each one needs so that it will be-to-his-betterment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary also that your mouths will not emit (lit. be exited by) harsh-speech, but rather wholly what is good which is a means-of-making-firm the belief of others and (that which is) able to help them with whatever they need.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not speak any kind of bad words. Rather you must speak the good word, that word which will do good to the people who hear it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
