Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 21:6:
- Uma: “So, those two disciples really went, they did like what he requested of them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then his disciples went and did as Isa had commanded them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now the ones Jesus sent left, and they did what Jesus told them to do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Those disciples of Jesus went then, and they did what Jesus had instructed them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those two disciples then set out. They followed/obeyed what Jesus had ordered.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These two learners of Jesus went to where they were sent to bring the donkey along with its child.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 5:8:
- Uma: “For long ago, your hearts were still dark, but now you have become bright/light because of your connection with the Lord. So, behave like people whose hearts have become bright/light.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Formerly you were as if in darkness. But now you are as if in the light because you already/now follow Isa Almasi. Therefore your conduct should match that of people in the light.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For long time ago your way was very dark, which is to say you did not know God. But today, your ways has been shined on because you have now become subjects of the Lord, and because of this it’s necessary that your behavior be worthy of walking on the shining path.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because previously, granted, your minds were dark, but now however, they are illuminated because of your being united-with the Lord. Follow then the behavior that is fitting for people who remain in the light” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because then, in the past there, you were really still in the darkness because you had no knowledge/recognition of God. But now, (you are) now in the light because of your being united/tied-together with the Lord. Therefore live now a life that is fitting for the people who have now been enlightened.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Before we walked in all that is evil. But now we walk with Christ. Let us walk in the way God wants us to walk.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:10:
- Uma: “So, the leading priests planned also they wanted to kill Lazarus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore the leaders of the priests planned that they would not just kill Isa but also Lasarus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this the leaders of the sacrificers decided that they would also kill Lazarus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So the leaders of the priests, they agreed-together that they would also kill Lazarus,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s why the chiefs of the priests were thinking to kill Lazaro also.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus along with Jesus.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 21:38:
- Uma: “‘But in fact, when the workers in the field saw the child of the field owner, they made-plans, they said: ‘Here comes his child, he is the one who will become the owner of this field. Let’s kill him, so we will become the owners of this field.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But when the caretakers of that garden saw the son, they planned, they said, ‘He hep is the heir. Come let us kill (him) so that we will get the garden.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, when the ones caring for the vineyard saw his son, they said, ‘Now, this is now his son. Come on, because we will kill him, and we will come to own this vineyard of his.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘But when those farmers saw that son of his, they said, ‘This is the heir (lit. inheritance owner) of this farm. Let’s kill him so that we will take his inheritance!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Whereas when those ones he’d left in charge saw his son coming, they were saying, ‘Expletive, there is the heir! Come on. Let’s kill him, so that this ubas plantation which is his inheritance can be ours.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But when the son of the field-owner arrived, the workers said among themselves: ‘This one is the son to whom the field will go. Let’s kill him now so that we will own the field,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 6:7:
- Uma: “Work with glad hearts, consider it your work for the Lord, not just for man.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore work well and you should be happy to work, as if your master is not a man/human but Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that your behavior is always good, and not only at the time when you are being watched by your boss because it’s necessary that you not only man is able to praise your work, but also God because we are also servants of Christ and it’s necessary that we carry out what God wants us to do because it comes from the whiteness of our liver (from the goodness of our heart.) It’s necessary that we have a good breath as we work, just as if God was the One in charge of us and not only our boss here on the earth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Do-your work -carefully/thoroughly therefore and-meanwhile enjoy-it as if Cristo were the one you were serving, not merely people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What really is good is, serve with a happy mind/inner-being like it’s the Lord you are serving, not just a person.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When you have work, do the work with a will. Consider that you are doing the work for Christ, do not think that you are doing the work only for people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:42:
- Uma: “But even so, there were many Yahudi leaders who believed in Yesus. But they just believed secretly, because they were afraid lest the Parisi people expel them from the house of prayer.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But even though it was like that, many of the Yahudi leaders believed in Isa but they did not speak openly about this, because they were afraid that perhaps the Pariseo would know it and then they would no longer be allowed in the prayer-house.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In spite of that, many of the rulers of the Jews believed in Jesus, but they didn’t say that they believed in him because they were afraid of the Pharisees because their right to enter the churches might be taken away from them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Many nonetheless of the leaders of the Jews believed in Jesus. But they didn’t admit their belief on-account-of their fear that the Pharisees would punish them by their not being-counted among their fellow Jews.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “However even though it was like that now, even the leaders of the Judio, there were now many who believed-in/obeyed Jesus. But their belief was only in secret, they weren’t admitting it, for they were evading the Pariseo, because maybe they would be removed from the place-for-worship, no longer included as being a Judio.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “However, many Jews who had authority believed in Jesus. Yet they didn’t tell the people what they believed because they feared the Pharisees and wanted to keep from having their names taken out of the church.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:24:
- Uma: “Those Saduki people came saying to Yesus: ‘Teacher, the prophet Musa taught like this: If a man dies, yet he doesn’t have any children, his sibling must marry his widow so that the dead person will have some descendants.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They asked him, they said, ‘Sir, Musa wrote he said, ‘If a man dies and he has no children then his younger brother shall marry that widow in order that his older brother has descendants.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said, ‘Teacher, Moses taught long ago that, for example, if there is a man and he has a wife and that man dies, it is necessary for the brother of the man to marry his widow so that the dead person might have children through him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They said to him, ‘Sir teacher, our law that Moses wrote says, ‘If there is a married-couple who have no children and the man dies, his brother must marry the widow so that if they have a child, that will be like a child of the dead-one.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “On arriving, they said, ‘Teacher, Moises taught that if a man who is married dies, that married couple having no children yet, he is to be succeeded by his brother in marrying (that wife). For if they have a child, it is to be regarded as like it is indeed the child of that dead (person).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘Listen, teacher, in the law which Moses wrote, there is written this word which says that when a man dies and he didn’t have any children, then concerning the wife of the dead man who is left, the dead man’s brother will marry the widow so that there will be children as though they were the children of the dead man.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 1:15:
- Uma: “There are also some who carry the News of Kristus because they are envious and want to oppose me. But there are also some who carry the News of Kristus sincerely [lit., with the holiness of their hearts.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is true, some of them proclaim about Isa Almasi because they are jealous of me and they want to outdo me. But there are also others who proclaim because they really want that the people know about Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for some, the reason they spread what Christ taught is because they are jealous of me and they want to excel over me. However, there are some whose reason for spreading the teaching of Christ is because they really want to teach these things.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s admittedly true that there are those who are preaching concerning Cristo on account of their jealousy of me, but there are also others whose intentions are right.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Admittedly as for some here, they are indeed teaching concerning Cristo, but are only being taken along by jealousy and quarreling/rivalry. But as for the others who teach, there’s absulutely no evil motive in their mind/inner-being.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And now, concerning those who speak about Christ, there are some who are jealous of me, they want to throw me to the ground. But others speak of Christ with enthusiasm.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
