Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 14:29:
- Uma: “Yesus answered: ‘Come here!’ Petrus got down from the boat, he walked on top of the water towards Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said, ‘Come.’ Therefore Petros got out of the boat and walked on the water towards Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Come here,’ said Jesus. And Peter got out of the boat, and he walked on top of the water going to Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Come,’ he said. Then Pedro got-out-of the boat and began to walk going to Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Yes,’ said Jesus, ‘come on.’Without anything further, Pedro got out of the boat and walked straight away on top of the water going to meet Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to him: ‘ All right, walk then,’ he said. Peter got down from the boat and walked on top of the water to go to where Jesus was coming.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 3:5:
- Uma: “God gave you the Holy Spirit without measure and did powerful signs in your midst. Did he do that because of your following the Law of Musa? Indeed not! He did that because upon your hearing the Good News you believed the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God, he gave to you the Holy Spirit and he did powerful works/deeds among you, not because you followed/obeyed the law but because you listened to and believed the good news about Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God, when He gave you the Holy Spirit and He showed among you those miracles, He did not do these things because you obeyed the Law, but rather because you heard and you believed the Good News.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Consider what the reason was that God gave you his Spirit and did to/among you amazing-things. Was it because of your having-obeyed (root tongpal) the law of Moses or because of your having-believed/obeyed (root pati, same root as ‘faith’) the good news that was preached to you?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well when God caused the Espiritu Santo to indwell your body, or when he did amazing things among you, did he do this because you obeyed those laws of the Jews or because you listened to and believed this Good News?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Know why God sent the Holy Spirit so that he did miracles there where you are. These you saw happen because you believed the good news which was told to you. But it wasn’t because you did all that is written in the law.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:4:
- Uma: “They said to Yesus: ‘Teacher, that woman was caught red-handed [lit., caught fish-trap] committing adultery!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They said to Isa, ‘Sir, this woman has been caught in adultery.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman we caught committing adultery against her husband.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they said to Jesus, ‘Sir teacher, this woman, she was caught-in-the-act of committing-adultery.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “and they said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman, she was caught having a man.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then Jesus was told, ‘Teacher. This woman here was caught upon finding her with a man who was not her husband.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:25:
- Uma: “From there, that woman came anyway and bowed down in front of Yesus, saying to him: ‘Lord, please help me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But when the woman heard this, she came close to Isa and prostrated/bowed down, she said, ‘Sir, help me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the women came near, and she knelt down to Jesus saying, ‘Chief, help me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But that woman, she went nevertheless to kneel in front of Jesus. ‘Lord, please (strongest request) help me,’ she said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But that woman came up to him anyway, bowed down in front of him and spoke, saying, ‘Pity me truly, Lord!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the woman approached Jesus and knelt before him. She said: ‘Listen, Lord, help me.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 4:8:
- Uma: “Long ago before you knew God, you submitted to lords [word commonly used of spirits] that have power, but that were not God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Formerly at the time when you did not yet know God, it was as if you were slaves of the gods whom you were following.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Long ago before you believed in the true God, you were slaves of those things believed in who were not true gods.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Back then when you hadn’t come-to-know God, you were enslaved by idols (lit. imitation gods).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “In the past before you were recognizing/acknowledging God as the true Lord/Chief, you were still slaves to serving the ones you were calling upon which were useless/ineffective.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “In the days which are past, you did not know God, but those idols which are not truly God you made to be your Lords for your worship.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:36:
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “Therefore if the Son of God liberates you, you will be truly liberated.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “I am the Son of my Father. If I free you from your servanthood, you truly won’t be servants.”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “You are like bought ones and the Son of God is able to free you and thus you will be able to rule yourselves.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “And if the Son of God cause you to get out from under the foot of evil so you are no longer like slaves, then truly you will get out from under its foot.”
- Lalana Chinantec: “So if the Son will save you, you will really be saved.”
- Central Tarahumara: “. . . If I shall help you so that you no longer have to do wrong, then you truly shall no longer be ruled as if you were a servant of the devil.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “So, if I free you from your sins, you are really free, because I am the Child of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore if the Son of God is the one who frees you, you are really free for sure.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore if you are set free by the Son of God, it is really true that you can no longer be ruled over by your former slave owner.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore if I who am God’s Child set-you -free from sin, you will indeed by freed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As long as I, who am the one meant by this Son, will be the one to release you from your slavery, it’s certain you will be truly released.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore if the Son of God saves you, you truly are saved.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 16:18:
- Uma: “So, that is why you (sing.) are called/named Petrus–its meaning, ‘stone.’ And on top of this foundation-stone I build my house–meaning, I gather all people who believe in me. All the power/authority of evil-spirits is not able/strong enough to defeat them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, I say this to you, Petros. You are like a rock/stone, and on this rock/stone I will build my prayer-house, the meaning of my prayer-house is the people who follow me. They will not be defeated by the leader of demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore I title you, Peter, that is, a rock, and like a rock is what I will establish my church on, that is to say, the people who believe in me. And even the power of death will not be able to defeat them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And as for me, I say that you (sing.) are Pedro, its meaning, stone. This stone is that-on-which-I-will-build my-church (Ilo. loan iglesia) which is all those who believe in me, and the power of death, it can not defeat them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore this is what I will say to you (sing.). Your name which is Pedro, it means, rock/stone. Well on this rock which is bedrock I will make-the-foundation of what I will build which is like a house, by which I mean the total-number of those who believe-in and trust-in/rely-on me. These people of mine whom I will establish/set-up, they really won’t be defeated by Satanas, no matter what he wants/plans to do to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I tell you now, that you are named Peter which means to say that like a stone is firm no one can move you. You are the first believer now before all the other people who believe in me afterwards. And concerning all who believe in me, they will conquer the death which comes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 5:9:
- Uma: “There is a proverb [lit., gold words] that says like this: "A little yeast make a lot of flour rise." And their teaching is like yeast.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The teaching which is not true is spreading as the proverb says, ‘Even a pinch of leaven (lit. cause-to-grow) can make the whole dough rise/grow.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for that false teaching that was taught to you, it’s like yeast when we make bread because even if you put just a little bit of it in a lot of flour, all of the bread will become yeasted just the same.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Be-careful, because it’s true what people say, ‘Even a little yeast/baking-powder, it-causes-to-swell the entire mixture-it-is-mixed-in.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “If you continue to go along with that teaching which is not the truth, your belief/obedience will perish. For is it not so that, even if only a little raising-agent is mixed in, it can-cause-to-rise the whole of what it was mixed into, as our proverb says.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You can see that a little bit of leaven leavens all the dough.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
