Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:28:
- Uma: “But when I come back to life, I will go ahead of you to the land of Galilea, in order that we meet each other there.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But when I am alive again, we (incl.) will meet. I will go ahead of you to the place Jalil.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However,’ said Jesus, ‘when I am raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you into the province of Galilee.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But when God makes-me -live again, I will go-ahead of you to go to Galilea.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But on my coming alive again, I will go ahead of you there to Galilea.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 13:22:
- Uma: “Relatives, I request that you not be tired listening to this advice of mine, for this letter of mine is just short.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I beseech you, my brothers, really listen-obey my teaching in this letter, for this my letter isn’t all that long.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Brethren, I beg you that you endure listening to all of these words of mine to you, because this letter of mine is not yet so very long.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Please-be-so-kind brothers as to patiently receive this that I have written to advise/admonish and strengthen you, because this letter of mine to you is really not very-long.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Lastly, I am asking, brethren, that hopefully you will not get fed up with (lit. enoughed) listening to this teaching of mine, for I really didn’t make it very long.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen, my brothers, listen well to this word I am telling you. It is not a long word with which I instruct you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 17:15:
- Uma: “The people who escorted Paulus escorted him to in the town of Atena. After that, Paulus said to them: ‘Go back to Berea, and tell Silas and Timotius to come quickly here to me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Paul was accompanied to the city of Aten. Then the ones who had taken him (there) returned to Berea carrying instructions from Paul that Silas and Timoteo should follow him soon.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the men who went along with Paul who guided him, they went with him as far as the village of Athens. And then they went back to Berea, and they told Silas and Timothy that they should quickly go to be with Paul.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Pablo’s companions, they escorted (him) as-far-as Athens, then they went-home to go tell what Pablo had-instructed that Silas and Timoteo should hurry to go join (lit. find) him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The ones arranged with to accompany Pablo delivered him as far as Atenas. When they left, he sent word that Silas-and-companion follow on soon.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:60:
- Uma: “The Big Priest stood in front of all the judges [sitters], and he said to Yesus: ‘You (sing.) don’t answer them who accuse you (sing.)?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the leading priest stood there in the middle of them to ask Isa. He said, ‘Don’t you answer anything to their accusations of you?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the high priest stood in the middle and said to Jesus, ‘are these accusations, about you true? What have you to answer?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, the highest priest stood-up in front of them all and said to Jesus, ‘Is there nothing perhaps that you (sing.) are able-to-answer to what-these -have-accused-you (sing.) -of?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that Most-important Priest heard, he stood up in front of everybody, and questioned Jesus, saying, ‘Do you have an answer to this which they have told in evidence against you?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 2:2:
- Uma: “For example, there arrives at our gathering a person who has gold rings on and is dressed in beautiful clothes, and there also arrives a poor person who is dressed in cast-offs.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For example, two people enter there in your gathering/gathering-place, one is rich, he wears golden rings and good clothes, and one is poor and his clothes are old.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For example, there is a person who comes into your worship place who is rich, who has on a gold ring, and his clothing is very expensive. And there is also a person who attends who is poor, and his clothing is rags.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For-example, if a rich-person wearing-a-ring made-of-gold and wearing-nice -clothes goes to your church and you say to him, ‘Come here so you (sing.) can sit in this nice chair.’ And if a poor-person also arrives wearing-extensively-patched -clothes, but in-contrast you say to him, ‘How-about-if (lit. Even-if) you (sing.) stand there or sit there on the floor,'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For example, when you gather together, supposing a person enters who has a ring/rings of gold and is dressed really nicely. And there is someone who enters whose clothing is patched up patches.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Suppose there enters into where you are gathered a rich man who wears a golden ring and is clothed in good clothes. Also there enters a poor man with poor clothing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:13:
- Uma: “They accused him, they said: ‘This person [lit., this he] is teaching people to worship God with teachings that are different from the Law of Musa!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They said, ‘This man he forces/persuades the people to worship God but their way of worshiping is contrary to our (incl.) law.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said, ‘As for this person, he is causing them to worship God in a way which is against our (incl.) law.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They said, ‘This person, he is persuading the many-people so that the way they worship God, it is against the law.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They were coming out with it again there saying, ‘This person, he is teaching a different worshipping of God which is contrary to what has been commanded.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:20:
- Uma: “After they mocked him like that, they took off the reddish shirt and put back on his own clothes. After that they took him out of the village to be crucified.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After they had made fun of him, they took off the purple clothes and they dressed him in his previous clothes. Then they took him outside in order that he would be nailed onto the post.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they tired of playing with him, they took off the red shirt and put his own shirt back on him. Then they took him outside the town to nail him to the cross.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they were finished mocking him, they removed the red (garment) that they had dressed-him -in and put-on him again his former garment. Then they took-him -away to go nail (him) to the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they were tired of mocking, they stripped off again what they had cloaked Jesus with, and clothed him again with his original clothes. And then they took him to the place-of-execution to nail him to a cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 3:8:
- Uma: “But there is no person who can tame mankind’s tongue! Mankind’s tongue is very evil, and it cannot be controlled. The words that we utter with our tongue are like poison that kills!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But as for the tongue, nobody can rule over it. The tongue is evil and does not stay/rest, it is like full of poison that kills.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But there has never been a person who could control his tongue. Our tongues are very wicked and they cannot be controlled. It is like poison for it destroys.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But there has definitely not yet been a person who is able-to-control/restrain his tongue, because the tongue, it’s as if it is full of poison. It is continually prepared to speak evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for our tongue, there hasn’t yet been a person who can control his tongue. As for this tongue, its evil goes on and on. We might say it is deadly for it is venomous.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But concerning the person’s tongue, no one comes forth who can control it. Because it is an evil thing that cannot be controlled. The snake bites a person, and the person dies. Like this are our tongues, they speak words which contain poison.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
