Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 14:21:
- Uma: “The number of those who ate at that time, it was maybe five thousand, still only men, not-yet counted the women and children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The people who had eaten were five thousand men, not counting the women and children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Five thousand is the number of the men who ate, and the women and children were not included in the counting.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The number of those-who-ate was-about (lit. went to) five thousand of old-men and young-men, excluding the women and children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for the number of those who ate, the men alone were five thousand, apart from the women and children.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the people who ate at this time, there were five thousand men who ate. A count wasn’t made of the women and the children.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 2:18:
- Uma: “If for example I have already abandoned my following the Law of Musa and after that I return again to following that Law, I really sin, relatives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if I again follow/obey the law which I had rejected/turned-my-back-on and I say that the law ought to be followed/obeyed, na, it is clear that I am sinful because I broke/tresspassed the law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For if I return to the Law which I abandoned and I say that it is the proper way, I am showing then that it’s really true that I am a sinner because I have disobeyed the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the truth of it is, I show that I have sinned if I turn-to-face to follow again the law that I turned-my-back-on previously.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “However if we have abandoned this trail of our obeying of the laws, because we have now comprehended that it’s not that which can save people, and then we return again to it, well that truly is sin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I have now said that the law doesn’t have power to take care of sin. Should it be that I reverse myself and say that the law has the force to do so, then it is not true that my sins were taken care of.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:49:
- Uma: “Only the common people believe him, because they do not know the Law of Musa. May they be cursed!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Those are the ones who believe in him, those crowds because they are ignorant as to what it says in the law of Musa. Therefore God’s wrath is on them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “These many people who follow him, they don’t understand our law. They will be thrown into Hell,’ they said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As for those many-people who have believed, they know nothing about our law. In-the-future indeed (prophetic formula) God will punish them,’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The only ones who believe-in/obey him are the mass of those common-folk who have no knowledge at all of our (incl.) laws. Isn’t it indeed so that as for those people, God has sworn to punish them?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But those people who believe in him do not know the law and they are the people who will be punished.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:17:
- Uma: “The food that enters into our (incl.) mouths continues into our (incl.) stomachs and from there is immediately thrown-away. That is not what makes us (incl.) evil in the sight of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Do you not understand that whatever food enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then goes out?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you think that what we put in our mouths goes into our stomachs and from there goes on out of our bodies? That’s not what displeases God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Don’t you know that what a person causes-to-enter his mouth, it goes to his stomach and them comes-out?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Don’t you know that whatever goes into the mouth, where it goes to is the abdomen/bowels, and then it exits.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Don’t you know that concerning all the things a person eats, it goes to the inside of the person and then afterwards is passed out?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 3:29:
- Uma: “So, because you are connected with Kristus, you are the descendants of Abraham as well, and you also get what God promised to Abraham.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because you belong to Isa Almasi, that’s why you are also descendants of Ibrahim and the promise of God to Ibrahim is yours/belongs to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And since you are subjects of Christ, you have become like the descendants of Abraham and you also will receive the things God promised Abraham.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And if you are-united-with Cristo, you are counted as descendants of Abraham and you will-join-in-inheriting what God promised him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And well, as for you, if you are Cristo’s now, you are now being regarded as children of Abraham, who are included in all the good-situation that God promised to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When you walk with Christ, then you are descendants of Abraham. And you have a part in what God promised to give.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:28:
- Aguaruna: “Because of this, Jesus said, ‘Fastening me high on a tree, you will know in reference to me, ‘This is the one born becoming a person.’ When you do that you will know, ‘He does not speak just on his own; he tells his Father’s teachings.'”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “And for that reason he said to them, ‘Until you raise me up on high, me, the man from above, until then you will not know who I am. You will know then that I do nothing of myself. I do only what the Father has shown me.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “That is why he said to them again: ‘When you make-me-high later, I the Child of Mankind, only then will you know that it is I. There is not anything that I do according to my own will. I only say what my Father teaches me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore Isa said to them, ‘When you have already lifted up the Son of Mankind on the post, then you will know that I am the one I am saying. And you will also know that I am not doing anything of myself/my body only and all my teaching is only what my Father commanded me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore Jesus said again, ‘I, the Older Brother of Mankind, when you have nailed me in the future to the wood that will be stood up, you will then know that I am the one chosen by God to rule. You will know then that all that I do, my Father God has caused me to do, and that which he has caused me to say is what I have said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore Jesus also said to them, ‘After (lit. When it is finished) you have caused-me who am Child of a Person -to-be-raised on the cross, then you will thoroughly come-to-know that I am whom I said. You will also come-to-know that there is nothing that I do from my own thoughts, but rather I say only what my Father taught me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore Jesus said next to them, ‘When you are able to set up the cross on which is nailed he who is the One From Heaven Born of Man, therein you will comprehend that what I am telling is really true as to who I am. You will know that there is nothing which I am doing which is just of myself, but on the contrary, what I am saying is what is being shown/taught to me by my Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore he said to them, ‘When the Man who came from heaven is nailed to the cross, then you will know who I am. There isn’t one word that I say. The word the Father teaches me is what I speak.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 16:10:
- Uma: “And how about the seven breads that I fed to the four thousand people? How many baskets of leftovers did you gather?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And do you not remember the seven bread that I divided among the four thousand people and as to how many baskets full of leftovers you gathered?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Evidently also the seven pieces of bread that I fed to the four thousand men and those basketfulls that you gathered up afterward are not in your thinking?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And the seven breads that sufficed for over four thousand people, how many baskets did you fill with what-was-left-over?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Like that indeed the seven units of bread with which I fed four thousand. Well, how many large-basketfuls of bread were in excess?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And on the day when there were only seven bread and four thousand men ate, don’t you remember how many baskets of bread were left over.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 5:1:
- Uma: “Kristus freed us from the Law of Musa so that we are really free. That is why we must make-stay our hearts, let us not want to be made slaves again.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (incl.) are no longer like a slave having to follow the commands of the law written by Musa because we (incl.) have been freed by Almasi. Therefore really don’t be willing to be enslaved again but/instead remain/be steadfast so that you are free.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “By means of Christ releasing us (incl.) from slavery, we have been freed from obedience to the Law. Therefore, it’s necessary that we (incl.) who’ve been set free should resist so that we might not again become enslaved.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Cristo freed us so that we might have true freedom. Persevere therefore in defending your freedom. Don’t permit that they cause-you -to-carry-on-the-shoulder the law of Moses, because you will again become a slave.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Cristo has released us from our enslavement to the law in order that our no longer being slaves would be enduring/lasting. Therefore it’s necessary that you now stand up for your having gotten-out/release. Yes indeed, really don’t cause yourselves to be enslaved again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus Christ took care of our sins. Therefore we do not follow the law which the Jews follow in order to save our souls. Be encouraged to be firm with this word. Do not think that there will be punishment if you do not follow the law.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
