Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:10:
- Uma: “Because he is the one who prepares the hearts of the people to receive me, like was written in the Holy Book long ago. God said: ‘This one is my messenger/sent-one, I command him to come ahead of You (sing.), to prepare your (sing.) road.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For Yahiya is the person written about in the holy-book, it says there, ‘God said, I send my messenger ahead of you in order to prepare your way.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “for John is also the fulfillment of the prophesied word of God because God said, ‘This is the person that I will send. I will cause him to go ahead of you so that he might clean your way.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because Juan is what the written word of God is telling-about that says, ‘I will send someone to go-ahead of you (sing.) to prepare the path-you-(sing.)-will-take.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because this Juan is the one being referred to in the word of God which was written, which says, ‘It’s true, there is someone whom I will send to go ahead of you (sing.), for he will make ready where you will walk.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This John is the messenger spoken about in the Holy Book, which says: ‘I will send my messenger to go ahead of where you go. He will prepare for your coming,’ it says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Malachi 3:1.
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 8:17:
- Uma: “We(excl.) asked him: ‘Do you want us (excl.) to order you (sing.) to go to Korintus to help them organize their gathering of this money?’ He answered: ‘I do want it!’ More than that, from his own desire he already had a heart to want to visit you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When we (excl.) asked Titus if he could go to you, he immediately said yes. From his own desire he is glad to go and help you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when we asked him if he wanted to help you, he was very glad to do it. And that’s not all, because he already wanted to help you. And because of this desire of his, he has decided to return there to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I know this is true, because he immediately liked our (excl.) plan to send him there (near addressee) and the truth of it is, he had previously decided to go visit you because of his extreme concern-for-your -interests.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For he didn’t just promise happily to do what I was asking him to do but rather he really persevered in his intention to go there to you, for it was also his desire too to go there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When I told him to go and see you, he was very glad to go. Because he himself wanted to go and see you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:18:
- Uma: “From there, the Yahudi rulers exerted effort to find a way to kill him. Because it was not just that he had broken the custom of the Sabat Day, but he had also said that God was his Father; so, he made himself the same as God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because Isa answered like that they really determined to kill him, not only because he broke the law of the day of-no-work, but because he also said that God was his Father, that means he made himself equal with God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the desire of the Jews to kill him increased, and they said, ‘It is not only that you trespass the day of rest, but rather you trespass also against God because you say that God is your Father, which is to say, you are God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, they increasingly made-persistent their minds to kill him. Because he had not only broken the law concerning the day for-resting but rather he had also made-himself -equal to God by saying that God was his Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When those Judio heard, their anger/hatred became extreme. They very much wanted to kill Jesus, because he had not only broken their law concerning the Day of Rest, but on the contrary he was even saying that God was his Father, that being the case he was making himself equal to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “With this word the Jews wanted to kill him. Because not only did he not respect the rest day, also he offended in what he said, saying that he was equal with God when he said that God was his Father.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:12:
- Uma: “But a person is more important than a sheep. So, if thus, we (incl.) are very allowed to help people on the day of worship.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A person is hep more valuable than a sheep. Therefore it is right to do good on a day-of-no-work.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And a person is far more precious than a sheep. Therefore we (dual) do not break the law if we help a person even on the Day of Rest.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “People are far-away more valuable than sheep, so of course our law allows us to help our companions on the day for-resting.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “A person really is much greater than a sheep! Therefore it’s not against the law of the Day of Rest if it’s good work, which is help to one in need.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Well, how about a person, it is clear that he is of more value than a sheep. Therefore even though it is the day of rest, it is necessary to do good.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 10:10:
- Uma: “For there are some there who are talking about me [this verb has a negative, talking-behind-one’s-back connotation], they say like this: ‘In his letters, how harsh his words and strong his advice, [yet] when he is with us here, he is submissive and doesn’t know how to talk!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There are some there who say, ‘When Paul writes, what he says is really strong and he knows how to argue, but when he is facing us (incl.) in our presence he has no strength and does not know how to speak.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, some say that I Paul, I am very bold to rebuke you when I talk to you by means of a letter, but when I’m there with you they say I’m a coward and I don’t know how to talk.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Some are saying that my letters, they have weight and they show my authority, but if I am there, it’s as if I have no importance while also what I say has no weight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because some say, ‘If he writes it, his sayings are really stern (lit. heavy), like a person who has authority. But in (people’s) presence, he is scared to speak sternly. Only ineffective words are what he speaks.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because that is what some people say, saying that when I write a letter to send to you I speak strong. But when I speak personally to you, they say that I speak softly. And they say that concerning the words I say, they are not anything upon hearing them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:3:
- Uma: “He climbed to the side of a hill with his disciples, and he sat there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “One day when the festival of the Yahudi was near again which they call Festival For-Remembering Isa crossed over to the other side of the lake Jalil which is also called lake Tiberi. Very many people followed him because they had seen his wonder-causing deeds when he healed the sick people. So-then Isa and his disciples went up the mountain and they set down there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus and his disciples climbed up on a hill and sat down there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then plural Jesus climbed a hill/mountain and they sat-down there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus ascended-a-short-way up a hill accompanied by those disciples of his, then they sat down.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus went to a hill and there he sat with the learners.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:44:
- Uma: “He returned to the person he had left the other day [lit., yesterday], he saw that there was no-one dwelling-in him. That person was like a house that was uninhabited, swept clean, neat/orderly its appearance.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then he says in his thinking/to himself, ‘I will go back to the place where I stayed before.’ When he arrives back there he sees that there is nobody living there and it is swept and ready.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “he says, ‘I better go back where I was living.’ And he goes back and he sees the place where he was living. It is empty and the things in it are put away, and it is thoroughly cleaned.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “it says in its mind, ‘I’ll just (lit. even-if I) return to the house I came from.’ And it returns and finds that no one is staying (there) and it is already cleaned and nicer than before.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “he will say, ‘I’ll go back again to that one I was possessing.’ And then on his arrival, he finds that no-one else has yet replaced him, although (the person) is like a house that is clean and tidy now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘I am going to return to my house which I left,’ he will say. When he has returned he will find the heart of the person without anyone living in it, just like a house cleaned out very good and swept.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:24:
- Uma: “Five times I was punished by the Yahudi people, they beat me thirty-nine strokes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Five times I was whipped by my fellow-Yahudi and each time I was whipped, thirty nine times the whip hit my body.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Five times the Jews beat me with thirty-nine stokes.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Five times my companions who are Jews whipped me with thirty nine (lashes).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Five times I received thirty nine lashes at the hands of the Jews.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the Jews, five times they severely hurt me, applying thirty-nine lashes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
