Following are a number of back-translations of Titus 3:6:
- Uma: “Why did he lift us from the punishment of our sins? Did he lift us because our character was upright? Of course not. He lifted us only because-of the goodness of his own heart. Yesus Kristus died to redeem/take-the-place-for our sins, becoming the King who lifted us, with the result that God gave us the Holy Spirit, who no kidding is the greatness of his power in our lives. By the power of the Holy Spirit he cleaned us from our sins, he gave us new life and a new heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Many good things/blessings have been given to us (incl.) because God has sent his Holy Spirit here because of Isa Almasi who rescues us (incl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God has acted so that we might be thoroughly inspired by the Holy Spirit by means of Jesus Christ our Saviour allowing Himself to be killed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He gave us the Holy Spirit, holding-back (lit. being-selfish-with) nothing, through Jesu Cristo who saves us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “God the Father really gave-generously the help of this Espiritu Santo whom he caused to enter-and-indwell our body because of what was done by our Savior Jesu-Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because Jesus Christ saved us, God sent the Holy Spirit to take good care of us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:28:
- Uma: “Filipus did go. At that time, there was also an Ethiopia person traveling on that road returning going to his town. That Etiopia person was a man of big rank, who controlled all the contents of the house of the queen of the land of Etiopia who was named Kandake. Having finished worshipping God in Yerusalem, he was returning to his town riding a cart pulled by horses. While he sat in his cart, he read the letter of the prophet Yesaya.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Now he was on his way home from Awrusalam and he was there sitting on his kalesa (light horse-drawn vehicle) reading the holy-book written by Nabi Isaya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Philip left. And there was a person there, an Ethiopian, who had gone to Jerusalem because he will worship God. He was an official trusted by the Candace, which is to say, queen, there in Ethiopia. The queen entrusted to him all of her wealth. And when the official was going home riding on a cart, he was reading the book which Isaiah wrote a long time ago, Isaiah the inspired one of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He was riding in his calesa to go-home while also reading the book written by Isaias who was a prophet back before.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He was riding in his vehicle which was pulled by horses, for he was now going home. What he was doing as he rode was, he was reading the writing of a prophet of the past who was Isaias.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:16:
- Uma: “[[So, whoever has-ears, listen well!]]'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Amey-amey (a strong expression to call attention) listen when something is said to you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Each of you must understand this that I am saying.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You who are listening, think-about what you heard.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since what ears are for is for listening with, it’s necessary that you listen well to this which is being said.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philemon 1:23:
- Uma: “Epafras, who is with me in prison because of his work spreading the news of Kristus Yesus, also sends his greetings.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Epapras, my companion here also in prison because he follows Isa Almasi sends word that he remembers you (pl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Epaphras, my fellow prisoner because of his faith in Jesus Christ, he sends greetings to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Epafras who is my fellow prisoner because of Cristo Jesus, he sends-you -greetings.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You are greeted by Epafras, our sibling in believing/obeying Cristo Jesus, and my companion here in this prison.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Also Epaphras who is here along with me in prison sends you a greeting. He also is suffering because he speaks the word about Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:20:
- Uma: “While he was in Damsyik, he kept going to the houses of prayer of the Yahudi people in Damsyik, and he said to them: ‘Yesus, he is the Son of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then he immediately went to the Yahudi prayer-houses and he preached/taught about Isa. ‘This Isa,’ he said, ‘is the Son of God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then he went into the church of the Jews, and he taught about Jesus. He said, ‘Jesus is the Son of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he went to the many-synagogues preaching that Jesus was the Child of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What he was doing was, he began at once to teach in the worship-places of the Jews concerning Jesus, that he really is the Son of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:11:
- Uma: “Several Parisi people came to Yesus, and they began to argue with him, wanting to tempt him. They said to him: ‘Do an amazing sign so that we (excl.) will clearly know that you are from God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa and his disciples arrived at Dalmanuta, the Pariseo went to him to involve him in an argument/discussion. They wanted to trap him, therefore they requested to be shown a sign if he truly had authority from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they had arrived, the Pharisee people went to Jesus and began to argue with him. They told him to show a miracle as a sign that he was sent by God. The reason they said this was because they will test him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were some Pharisees who went to Jesus. They wanted to test him, therefore they began to argue while-simultaneously requesting that he show an amazing sign that God was the one-who-sent him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There were Pariseo who arrived challenging Jesus. They wanted to test Jesus, therefore they asked that he show them a sign to do with the sky/heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 2:16:
- Uma: “So, we know: it is not angels that he helps, it is we the descendants of Abraham [emphatic] that he helps.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is clear that it is not angels who were helped by him. But as is written in the holy-book, ‘The ones he helps are the descendants of Ibrahim.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And it wasn’t the angels that He helped but rather, we (incl.) the descendants of Abraham are the ones that He helped.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is clear that it is not angels he is helping but rather us people who are counted/considered as Abraham’s descendants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Of course it’s not the angels that he is helping in this but rather we who are believing/obeying him, we who are like the descendants of Abraham.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now, Jesus did not come to help the angels. Rather it is the people who follow the faith of Abraham that he came to help.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:9:
- Uma: “The next morning while those who were ordered were still on the road, close to Yope, Petrus also climbed up to the relaxing-place that is on top of a house that had a flat roof, going to pray.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The next day at noon, while they were on the road near already to Joppa, Petros went up to the flat roof of that house where he was staying to pray there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when it was noon on the next day from then, they were still on their way, but they were soon to arrive at Joppa. And at just that time Simon Peter went up to the resting place on the roof of the house whose roof was flat because he would pray to God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The next day (lit. on its morning) at twelve o’clock, they were on the path approaching Joppa while-simultaneously Pedro, he went to the flat roof of their house to go pray.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Next day, when it was approaching noon, those sent-traveling now neared the town. As for Pedro whom they were fetching, he was praying on the flat roof of the house.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “The next day about noon when the sent ones were walking in the trail near Joppa, Peter went up there outside where they have the ladder of the house where he would talk with God.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
