Following are a number of back-translations of John 14:12:
Uma: “‘These my words are very true: People who believe in me, they can do what I do–or even more than what I do–because I will go to live with my Father.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Truly I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘whoever believes in me, he will also do the deeds I have done. And he will do more (or greater; both can be understood) deeds than my deeds for I am going to my Father God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s very true what I say to you that if there is one who believes in me, he will be able to do what I have done. However he’ll be able to do more powerful things because I am going home to my Father.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘This that I say to you is indeed true that whoever believes in me, he will also do the amazing-things that I have been doing. And there will also be that which he does which is more valuable than these. Because I am going to my Father,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “This is the truth which I will say to you, that one who believes-in/obeys me, through his trust-in/relying-on me he also will be able to do these things which I am doing. And he will be able to do much more than these, because I will now go to the Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “It is true what I tell you. He who believes in me also will be able to do like I do. He will be able to do more because I am going to where my Father is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:36:
Uma: “Yes indeed! You who live at this time will be punished because of all those wrongs of your elders.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Truly I tell you, all this that they did will come home to you, the people living now (i.e. you will be punished for it.)'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I tell you, that you, you people today, you’ll also be punished for the murder of all of these.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “This that I say to you is true that the people now, they will be responsible for the deaths of all of them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “What I will say to you really is true, that as for the punishment for all of this, it’s certain it will come to you Judio at this time.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Truly I tell you that concerning this punishment which must come, this is what all the people who live now will pass through.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 3:13:
Uma: “Relatives all, I admit that I am not yet holy with no sin. But [there is] one thing I do: I forget all that I have turned my back on, and I exert-effort to strive/aim-for that which I face. I am like a person who is racing: I do not look-back-at what is behind me, I keep running striving/aiming-for what I am heading-toward. I exert-effort to follow the will of God, so that I will get the victory reward that he will give me in heaven–for that is why he called me to be connected with Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “It is true, my brothers, I have not yet reached this my goal/what I am aiming for, but I no longer think of what has happened to me/what I have experienced. That is only what I think of now, to really strive so that all that God wishes/wills for me in the future will be mine.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I know, brothers, that these things have not yet been fulfilled in me; but I remove from my mind the things that I have already accomplished and am doing my utmost so that I may get all that God wants me to get in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Siblings, it’s admittedly true that I have not yet attained this, but what I am doing now, I am not thinking-about what I did previously but rather I concentrate my thoughts on the not-yet fulfilled plan of God for me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “My siblings in believing, I’m not saying that I’ve reached the point where my obeying is now mature/complete. But what I do now is that I am not always turning-to-look-backward at the things done by me in the past, but rather it’s toward the future that my look is, and it’s toward where I am going that I exert myself.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Listen brothers, I don’t want to say that now I am walking in all that is good. But there is just one word that I must do now. That which has passed, I have left. In the coming days, I am going to endeavor to do what I must do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:13:
Chol: “There is much love in the one who will give himself to die on behalf of his friends. There is no one who has more love than this.”
Ojitlán Chinantec: “If one is willing to die for a friend, he has loved that one to completion.”
Huehuetla Tepehua: “The biggest love is this, when a person gives up his life for a friend of his.”
Shipibo-Conibo: “Only upon very really loving their friend can they want to die in his place.”
Yanesha’: “There isn’t love which surpasses this: We let go of ourselves to die for our loved ones.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
Uma: “If there is a person who gives his life so that his companion lives, his love is indeed big. There is no love greater than the love of a person who gives his life in order to help his companion.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If a person submits to die because of his love for his friends, there is no human love greater than this.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a person who allows himself to be killed in order to free his friends, this is a sign that his friends are very dear in his breath. There is no dearness which can equal this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “This is the largest love that a person is able-to-show, if he dies so that his friends may live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “True valuing which can’t be exceeded is the valuing by a person who will give his life/breath in place of the life/breath of his friends.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The most important thing one can do when he loves his friend is to give his life for his friend.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
In Ogea the word for “love” is “die for someone,” echoing the content of this verse. (Source. Sandi Colburn in Hiolzhausen 1991, p. 22)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:29:
Uma: “‘When that time of suffering is over, all the powerful things in the sky will be shaken. The sun will become dark, the moon will no longer shine, the stars will fall from the sky.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘So-then in those days,’ said Isa, ‘when those difficulties are finished, the sun will become dark and the moon will no longer shine, and the stars will fall from the sky and the different things in the sky will leave/move from their places.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when that time of torment is over, the sun will no longer shine and neither will the moon. The stars will fall from heaven, and the strong supernatural beings in the upper sky will be shaken.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘When the time of that hardship is done, then the sun will become-dark and the moon will not shine. The collective-stars will also fall and everything that is up-above will be shaken.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When that hardship has ended, the sun/day will then darken and the moon won’t shine either. Stars will keep falling from the sky, because the whole sky will be caused to quake/tremble by the strength of the supernatural-power of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When the trouble which must happen has passed, then the sun and the moon will both be darkened. The stars in the heavens will fall. All that is above will all be changed from where they pass.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Amele: “‘Look, at that time that big heavy will finish the sun will become darkened and the moon will not shine again, and then the stars will pluck out of the sky and fall down, and then the sky’s strong doing will come up and come and go and they will thrown down,’ he told them.” (Source: John Roberts in this article )
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 1:4:
Uma: “because we (excl.) heard the news that says that you believe in Kristus Yesus and that you love all the believers in Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “That’s why we (excl.) thank God, because we (excl.) heard that you trust in Isa Almasi and you love reportedly all the ones trusting Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For we have heard the news that your faith is strong in Jesus Christ and your kindness to anyone who belongs to God is always great.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “because we have heard concerning your faith in Cristo Jesus and your love to all God’s people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Because we (excl.) heard about your belief in this Cristo Jesus and your valuing of all your siblings in believing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because I hear about how your faith in Jesus Christ is. And I hear that you truly love all those who are in God’s hand.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:18:
Uma: “They kept on asking each other, they said: ‘Why does he always say ‘Just a little while’? We do not know its meaning.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “What does it perhaps mean ‘not much longer’ which he said? We (incl.) do not know what the meaning is of what he said.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said also, ‘What is he talking about when he said, ‘Just a little time.’ We do not know what he is trying to say.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “This-aforementioned it won’t be long, what perhaps does it mean to say? We just (self-sympathy particle) don’t understand.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “They kept on talking among themselves saying, ‘What is meant by just a little time? We don’t understand it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “What can this word mean? He says it won’t be long. We don’t know what he is talking about.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:11:
Uma: “‘After that the five stupid young-women also arrived. They called out from outside, they said: ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us, please!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Not long after the other five girls also arrived and they said, ‘O Sir, please open for us.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “After a while, their companion virgins came also and they were outside saying, ‘Oh, Lord, oh, Lord, open the door for us.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘A little-later, the young-ladies who had-gone to buy arrived, and they were shouting at the doorway saying, ‘Sir, Sir! We (excl.) will enter please!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Before long, those who had gone to buy arrived. ‘Master, let us in too,’ they called.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When the door had been closed there came the other five girls who had gone to buy oil. They said: ‘Listen, Lord, open the door for us,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
