Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 5:6:
- Uma: “So, let’s not be deceived with the words of people who want to entice us to do deeds like that. Those words of theirs are not true. For because of deeds like that, God is angry with people who do not submit to him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Do not listen to the people who say that those doings are not bad, lest you will be deceived by them. For those doings hep are the reason why God is angry with those who don’t follow him and he will certainly punish them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of these types of behavior, God will be very angry in the future at those people who will not obey His commandments. Therefore, don’t you permit that anyone deceive you by means of arguments that are not true.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Don’t be deceived by those who are lying in saying that those who do sins like those are not bad, because deeds like those, they are the reason that God will punish those who don’t obey him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And whoever among you is saying that these doings are not in fact wrong, don’t believe them, because there’s nothing true in those words of theirs. The truth is, all who are doing these things that I’ve mentioned, they will certainly be reached by the anger of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not let anyone deceive you into doing the evil they tell you. Because concerning whoever does these words rejecting God’s words, God will punish them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:8:
- Uma: “As for poor people, you will always have an opportunity to help them. But me, there is almost no more opportunity for you to help me, because I will not be with you long.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The poor (people) will not move away/leave you and you can help them. But I, I will not remain here with you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The poor people, you can always help them, but as for me, I will not always be here with you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As for the poor, they are always with you, but as for me, I will not always be with you.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For all time the poor will be your companions, but as for me I won’t be your companion for much longer.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There is a time to help the poor people since you live among them. But I am not going to be with you much longer.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 21:36:
- Uma: “The owner of the field again sent/ordered other slaves, more than the first time. But they were also just done to like that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the owner sent again other servants to go to them. They were more then the previous ones. The caretakers did to them as they had done to the others.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And this person again sent many more than he sent at first. However, these who were caring (for the vineyard), they did the same thing to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then the farm owner sent more slaves than the first-time, but what the tenant-farmers (lit. those-who-took-care-of the farm) did to them was the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that owner discovered it, he sent others, more than those first slaves. But like that indeed was done by those he’d left in charge.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The field-owner then sent even more servants to the field, but those workers at the field again mistreated the ones who arrived there.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 6:5:
- Uma: “My relatives that are slaves, follow the orders of your nobles in this world. Honor and submit to them sincerely [lit., from the whiteness of your heart]. Do it the same way that you submit to Kristus [lit., Do it like your submitting to Kristus.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You the slaves/servants, you should follow/obey the commands of your masters here in this world. Honor them and follow/obey them whole-heartedly, as if it is Almasi whom you are working for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you servants, thoroughly carry out the commands which your bosses here on the earth give you. Respect them, and it’s necessary that your obeying their commands comes from your good breath (comes from your desire to do good), just as if Christ was the One who commanded you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You slaves, you should obey your masters on this earth. Respect them (lit. have-shame-to them) and put-forth your efforts (lit. ability) to do what they tell you as you would do if Cristo were the one sending-you-on-errands (i.e. your master).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now you slaves also, you need to obey with complete obedience your masters here in the world. Obey them with true respect for them, not just pretence, in which it is like Cristo you are serving.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen you workers, obey your bosses for whom you work here in the world. Truly from the heart respect them. From the heart do the work you are working at, considering it like as though you were doing the work of Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:40:
- Asháninka: “He will cause them to be blind; he will erase from them their understanding, lest they see, lest they know, lest they turn to me, lest I save them.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “God made the men blind in their understanding, and he made their hearts hard. In that way they couldn’t understand with their understanding, and they couldn’t believe anything in their hearts, and they couldn’t think differently in their hearts so that I could make their hearts better.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “God has caused the hearts of these people to be unresponsive, so that they are unheeding. He has caused them to see but not to realize what that which they are seeing means, and to hear but not to understand what that which they are hearing means. They would perhaps repent of their sins and permit God to renew their hearts if they understood it and if they realized what it meant.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “‘The Lord God says: ‘I purposely made them blind, so they couldn’t see. I made their hearts hard, so their hearts were not clear. That’s why they won’t be given goodness [salvation] by me.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Their eyes are made blind by God so that they do not see, and he made their minds dull so that they do not understand. So-then their livers are not changed, says God, therefore I do not take their sins away.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Isaiah also said, ‘As for God, he caused them to become blind so they couldn’t see. He also caused that their breaths become hard so that they may not believe because they might give up evil and call on him for help.’ That’s why they didn’t believe in Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘God has blinded them and has hardened their minds lest they be able-to-see and able-to-understand and they face him so that he will heal them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘He blinded their eyes and he made their heads hard so that they wouldn’t be able to see or understand, or be able to return to him so that he might make them well.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘God covered their sight in order that they would not see with their eyes. And he covered their hearts in order that their hearts would not find (understand) how the word is. And their hearts won’t change to follow God, so that he won’t forgive them.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:22:
- Uma: “When they heard the answer of Yesus, it startled them. They went away leaving Yesus behind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they heard this they wondered very much and they left.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they heard that saying of Jesus, they were very surprised, and they left Jesus and went out.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they heard that, they were extremely amazed, and they immediately-left him and went-out-of-sight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When those who had been sent heard that, they couldn’t respond for they were amazed. That’s why they went home then.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus’ enemies heard his answer, they were astounded, they couldn’t do as they had planned. They left him then.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 1:13:
- Uma: “The soldiers who guard the king’s house and all the people here know that I am imprisoned here because I am a servant of Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because-of my being imprisoned all the guards in the palace of the sultan and also all the others here know already that the reason that I am imprisoned is because of my following Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For all of the soldiers who are guards here in the palace of the king, and everybody here, they know that I am in prison only because I am a servant of Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because all the soldiers who guard the palace (palasyo) and the other people here have come-to-know that there is no other reason that I have been imprisoned if not only my having-served Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For all the soldiers and still others here have comprehended that what caused my being imprisoned was my serving Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And now, all the soldiers who are here in the palace and all the others here know that I am in prison because I believe in Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:22:
- Uma: “His disciples looked at one another carried by their confusion, because they did not know whom he meant.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His disciples looked. They did not know who he was talking of.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his disciples just looked at each other because they did not know who he was talking about.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “His disciples, they just looked-fixedly-at-one-another with their minds in-a-turmoil, because they didn’t know who/what he was talking-about.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His disciples stared around, because they had no idea which of them he was referring to in that which he’d said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The learners began looking at one another, they didn’t know of whom Jesus was speaking.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
