Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 14:13:
- Uma: “When Yesus heard the news of the death of Yohanes, he got on a boat, and he left there, going to the wilderness/empty-place. Yesus’ intention was that the crowds would not follow him. But in fact, when the people heard that Yesus had gone, they also departed from their towns going to follow him, but they went by land.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa heard the news about Yahiya, he left in a boat going to a lonely place, he by himself. When the crowds heard this, they left the villages and followed him on the shore of the lake.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When Jesus and those with him knew about it, they got into a boat, and they left there, they only, because they will go to a place where there are no people. However, many people came to know about it. And they left their villages, following Jesus along the shore.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When plural Jesus heard what had happened, they left there and rode in a boat to go to an isolated place to be by themselves koma. But when the many-people found-out that they had gone, they set-out from the collective-towns and walked to follow (them).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus knew that Juan had now been killed, he left the crowd of people and sailed, going to a wilderness place. But when the people in the towns got-the-news, they set out and followed Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus heard that John was dead, he traveled by boat, going apart where there no people. But the people knew he was going and very many people followed along walking on the shore. There in the towns they passed through more people came out to follow along.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 2:10:
- Uma: “The only thing that they requested was that we (excl.) not stop helping the poor. As for that, it was what I was already doing.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They asked only that we (excl.) should help the poor there in Awrusalam, the ones who trust in Isa Almasi. And that also is what I always want to do/be done.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The only command they gave us was that we should help the poverty-stricken believers in Jerusalem. However, I had already decided on this in my breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They only instructed us (excl.) that we (excl.) continue to help the poor Jews and that is exactly what I have been putting-forth my efforts (lit. ability) to do.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The only thing they asked us (exc) to do, which also was what I was eager to strive to do, was to not just ignore (the needs of) the poor.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There was just one word that they told me, that I should not forget to help the poor people. But concerning this word, it wasn’t necessary to remind me, I always endeavor to help the poor.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:41:
- Uma: “Others of them said: ‘He is surely the Redeemer King!’ But there were also some who said: ‘Ah, he is a Galilea person! It is not fitting that the Redeemer King appear from Galilea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Others also said, ‘He is the Almasi.’ But others said, ‘He is not the Almasi. For the Almasi is not from Jalil.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And some others of them said, ‘He really is the king whom God has chosen.’ However some others said, ‘No, because it is not possible that the king should come from the province of Galilee.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Others however, they said, ‘This one is the Messiah,’ while yet others said, ‘Is it indeed-the-case that (sarc. RQ) Galilea will be the origin of the Messiah?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Others, they said, ‘This is indeed that Cristo, the Savior King who was promised by God.’ But as for others, they said also, ‘Well what’s that, is Galilea where that King will come from?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Others said, ‘This one is the Christ.’ But others said, ‘That isn’t true. Because the Christ does not come from Galilee.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:9:
- Uma: “It is no use for them to worship me, because their teachings are just the teachings of men, not teachings from Me.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There is no use in their worshipping me, for their teachings are only man-made but they say they are from me,’ says God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is no value in their worshipping me for in their teaching they say that what they alone cause people to do are my commands.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There is no use/purpose to their worshipping me, because what they are teaching which are just commands of people, they say that (they are) my commands.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Their worship of me is really worthless. For what was commanded by man only is regarded now by them as the law of God, they say.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “So nothing comes from their worshipping me. Concerning all that they teach, many words which they have made up themselves they say that thus God commands,’ thus God says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 3:21:
- Uma: “So, does the Law of Musa disagree with the promise of God? Of course not. If for example we could follow certain laws to get good life, certainly those laws would be our way to make-straight ourselves in God’s sight.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Perhaps you think-wrongly that the law and God’s covenant/promise do not agree/go-together. But they do agree. Because if there had been a law that could give us (incl.) life without end, na we (incl.) would be straight in the sight of God if we (dual) followed/obeyed that law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Perhaps you are thinking mistakenly that the Law does not agree with the promises that God made long ago. However, it’s not possible that these do not agree. For if there had been a law by means of which we (incl.) could be given life without end, then certainly we could have become righteous also by means of this law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Does this mean to say that the law is contrary to what God promised? No, it cannot be! They are not opposed, but rather God’s purposes in making-them-known were mutually-distinct. Because if God had given a law that was able to give life, people ought to be able to be made-righteous because of their obeying that law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now, maybe you mistakenly-thought that these laws are contrary to God’s promises? But no. However the underlying-purpose of the laws and these promises is different. If there was a law from which those obeying it could obtain life without ending, then of course that would be the origin of becoming righteous in God’s sight, that obedience to the law.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Can we say that the law written by Moses disagrees with the word promised by God? No, not that. Because there isn’t any law which a person can completely obey in all that it commands in order to be given a new life.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:20:
- Uma: “Yesus said all that while he was teaching in the House of God, close to the chest for putting-in worship money. He still was not caught, because his time had not yet arrived.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said this while he was teaching in the temple, there in the room where the boxes for dropping the offerings are placed. But nobody arrested him because his destined time had not yet come.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This Jesus spoke during his teaching there in the church, the House of God, in the room which is called the Place where Offerings are Placed. No one arrested him there because God had not yet permitted it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All these-things are what Jesus taught near the place-where-money -was-inserted in the Temple. But no one went to arrest him, because it was not yet the time for-him-to-fulfill God’s plan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “These things Jesus said when he was teaching in one part of the Templo, near to the containers of what was like being given by people to God. But he wasn’t arrested at all by anyone, because the determined time hadn’t yet arrived.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These are the words Jesus spoke at the church when he was teaching the people. And he was standing there where the offering box was. But no one grabbed him to jail him because his time hadn’t come.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 16:2:
- Uma: “Yesus said to them: ‘If it is almost sunset and the sky is reddish, you say: ‘The weather [lit., atmosphere] will be clear.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa answered them, he said, ‘When the sun sets you say, ‘It will be fine weather tomorrow, for the sky is red.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Jesus answered, ‘If the sun is going down and the sky is red, you say, ‘It will be good weather tomorrow.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Jesus said, ‘When the sun is going-down and the sky is reddish, you say, ‘It’s-OK, it will be clear tomorrow.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But Jesus replied, saying, ‘When it is late afternoon, you say, ‘Oh, the weather will be good tomorrow because look at that, the sky is clear.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to them: ‘When it is evening you say: ‘It is going to be good weather now because there are fire clouds.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 4:24:
- Uma: “That story can be a teaching to us. Those two women stand-for the two ways to become straight in God’s sight. Hagar can be compared to people who want to become straight in God’s sight by their following of the Law of Musa. For all people who follow the Law of Musa live like slaves, for they submit to the Law of Musa like a slave submits to his noble. So, this Hagar is compared to Mount Sinai in the land of Arab. And this Hagar may be compared to Yerusalem village in this world. Because the inhabitants of Yerusalem live like slaves, enslaved by the Law of Musa.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This is how one/we (dual) can take-it-as-a-parable/figure/parable it: These two women are figuratively God’s two covenants. Hagar, the slave woman is a figure of God’s covenant at the beginning, that is the law he gave to Musa there on mount Turusina. And the ones who follow the law are like slaves.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now these two women are a parable. Their interpretation is the two ways which God established of becoming one with mankind. As for Hagar, the slave-woman, she is a shadow of the way given by God to Moses on the mount of Sinai; and this is the Law, because the children of Hagar — that is to say all of those who observe the Law — they are slaves.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This that happened, it has a deep meaning/significance, because the two women can be compared to the two agreements-that God -presented to the people. The one agreement was the law that God gave to Moses on the mountain Sinai which is in Arabia. The one who is compared to this agreement, it is Hagar, because Hagar and her children were slaves, and likewise also the children of the agreement are slaves, meaning to say, those who base their salvation on their following the law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This situation is an illustration. Agar and Sara, they are pictures of God’s two initiated-agreements with people. Agar, she is a picture of God’s initiated-agreement when he gave the laws on the Mountain of Sinai, for all those under the jurisdiction of these laws, they are like slaves, just like Agar and her child.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Here is a word of illustration. These two women are compared with the two agreements there are. This woman who was a servant is named Hagar. She illustrates the agreement made at the mountain of Sinai. Now the people who say that they will do what the law commands are those who become the children of Hagar.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
