Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:6:
Uma: “‘What is holy don’t give to dogs, lest they just come bite us (incl.). Something that is expensive, don’t feed to the pigs because they will just stomp on them dry ["dry" here is an idiom, meaning "without appreciating them / without a proper response"].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘Do not give anything clean/holy to dogs, perhaps/lest they will turn around and bite you. Do not throw your pearls to the pigs, perhaps/lest they will just trample on them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus told a parable about people who do not want to listen to the Word of God. He said, ‘Don’t give to a dog a thing which is precious to God because he might bite you. And don’t you scatter expensive things used for a necklace in front of pigs, because they’ll just walk on them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘Don’t persist in teaching the holy word of God to people who mock/look-down-on-it and dislike/refuse to hear, because they can be compared (lit. exampled) to dogs and pigs. Because even if what you (sing.) give to an angry dog is expensive, it will bite you (sing.) anyway. And if pearls are what you (sing.) toss before pigs, they will just step-all-over them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus taught not to persist with teaching people who insult/belittle the word of God, because they don’t want to listen. He said, ‘Don’t give to dogs things which are far-from-ordinary, because they will only overrun you and bite you. Also don’t throw-on-the-ground in the presence of pigs your expensive beads which you value, because they will only trample on them.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the word you look upon as holy, you should not speak it to a person who is very evil of heart. Because something that is holy should not be given to dogs. When the dog is angry, it will bite you. Also for something that is very valuable, it shouldn’t be given to pigs, because the pig will just trample underfoot what you give it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “Do not give the blessed bread to the dogs to eat and do not throw the pearls to the pigs. Otherwise they will trample them underfoot and turn against you in anger at the wrong food and attack you.”
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 1:2:
Uma: “Many greetings: we (excl.) call-out to God our Father and the Lord Yesus Kristus, that he bless you from his white insides [grace] and give you goodness of life [i.e., well-being, peace].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “May our (incl.) Father God and our (incl.) Leader Isa Almasi always care for you. May they always cause peace in your livers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ show you favor and bless you with a peaceful situation.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “May you have mercy/grace and peace that comes-from God our Father and the Lord Jesu Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “We (excl.) are praying that hopefully with you always is the grace/mercy and peace of mind/inner-being that God who is our Father and the Lord Jesu-Cristo give.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “We want that God our Father with our Lord Jesus Christ will bless you and will put peace in your hearts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:36:
Uma: “When he saw Yesus pass, he said: ‘Look, here comes the Lamb of God!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Yahiya saw Isa going by. Immediately he said, ‘He hep is the one figuratively the sheep of God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and he saw Jesus passing by again. And John said, ‘That is the person who is like the sacrificial young sheep whom God gives.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “He saw Jesus passing-by and said, ‘That’s the one who is the sheep of God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “He again saw Jesus who was walking. Having seen, he said, ‘There again is he who has been given by God, who is like a young of sheep which is used for sacrificing.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When they saw Jesus passing by, John said, ‘That one who is coming is sent by God to be like a sacrifice, just like the sheep which is killed at the church as a sacrifice.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 8:9:
Uma: “Because I am also just a person who is commanded/ordered, and there are also those whom I command/order. If for example there is my command to a soldier saying to him: ‘Go!’ he definitely goes. If I call-out to a soldier: ‘Come here!’ he definitely comes. If I say to my servant: ‘Do that!’ they definitely do it. So also You (sing.), Father, you (sing.) do not need to go to my house. Just your (sing.) word you (sing.) say here, it will definitely happen/be fulfilled at my house there [out of sight]. ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I know it, because even I, I am ruled over by those higher than I and I rule over my soldiers. If I say to one, ‘Go,’ then he goes. If I say to another one, ‘Come,’ he comes. And if I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ he does it.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I know this because it is just like there is the one who is in charge of me, and there are also soldiers that I am in charge of. I tell one to go, and he goes. And I call another one to come, and he comes. And I order also my servant when I have something for him to do, and he does it. It is just the same with you because what you say will come to pass.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because I also, there is someone higher who commands me, and I also have soldiers that I command. If I say to one, ‘You (sing.) go,’ he goes, and if I say also to another, ‘You (sing.) come,’ he comes and if I say also to my slave, ‘You (sing.) do this,’ he does it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For I am used to verbal orders, because I have a leader/chief who gives orders to me, and there are soldiers to whom I give orders also. If I say to one person, ‘Go,’ he really will go. Well if to another I say ‘Come here,’ he truly comes to me. It’s like that too with my servant, that if I order him, ‘Do this,’ he truly does it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because I myself have those who command me. And I also have my soldiers whom I command. When I tell a soldier to go somewhere, he goes there. Or if I should say, ‘Come here,’ then the soldier comes. Or concerning my servants, I tell them what to work at and they do as I say.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 2:10:
Uma: “But now I say you should no longer keep punishing him. If you forgive him, I also forgive him. If there is really a wrong of his to me, I forgive him. Kristus knows the contents of my heart! For my desire is that you are in harmony.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If there are any of your fellow (believers) there whom you forgive, I also forgive him. If for example there is something that I should forgive, I forgive it for the good of you all in the sight of Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if there is a person who you forgive, I forgive him also; because, for example, if there is someone who sinned there and I forgive him, Christ knows that the reason that I forgive him is so that your relationship to each other may become peaceful. And the reason that I am doing this is so that Satan may not deceive you. We (incl.) know what evil thing he would like to do to us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But now, I-have-come-to-know that you have obeyed what I said, so if you forgive him, I also forgive him. The truth-of-it is I have already forgiven him in the sight of Cristo for your benefit, provided there truly was that which I needed to forgive.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well now, whoever you have now forgiven, I now also forgive. Supposing there is someone there whom I need to forgive, I have now forgiven (him), I being as it were watched by Cristo, for this is for your benefit,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “If you forgive the man whom you reprimanded now, then also I forgive him. Because I want before the face, the eye of Christ, to forgive whoever you forgive. Even though the person did me wrong, yet I will forgive him because I do not want to have the situation spoiled there where you live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 2:17:
Uma: “His disciple remembered the words of the Holy Book that said like this: ‘My heart boiled, because I love your (sing.) House, Lord.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When the disciples saw this his doing, they remembered that it is written in the holy-book, it says there, ‘My love for your house o God, is like a fire in my liver which is destroying me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The disciples remembered the prophesy which was written long ago which says, ‘Very great is my cherishing of your house, God, and that’s why it has become a reason for giving me a very painful breath.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “And then his disciples remembered that which God caused-to-be-written that says, ‘My extreme concern-for (lit. hurting-for) your (sing.) house, that will be my death.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When his disciples had seen, they remembered what is in the writing which says, ‘I really uphold/stand-up-for very much your house where you are worshipped even if it will cause my life/breath to be severed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The learners then remembered what is written in the Holy Book. It says, ‘I look with respect on your house, even though I lose my life.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 4:7:
Uma: “The power that works in our (excl.) lives is indeed great, for God has entrusted us (excl.) to carry his light. Yet we (excl.), we (excl.) are just mankind. We(excl.) are like mere earth pots, but even so, ones that are filled with very expensive stuff. Because of that, it is clear to everyone that the power that we (excl.) have is power from God, not our (excl.) own power.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “We (excl.) are like figuratively a claypot that is not valuable, because even though we (excl.) have no strength/influence, nevertheless God entrusted to us (excl.) his message which is valuable, telling us to preach (it) so that the people will know that God is the owner of the great power not we (excl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for us, we are only like a clay pot that is filled with something very precious; and by means of this, people can understand that the very great power which we who have very weak bodies, use, was given to us by God and it does not come from us (excl.).” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But as for us (excl.), we (excl.) are compared to a pot with no value in which are placed extremely-valuable possessions, for God has entrusted the good news which is extremely-valuable to us (excl.) who are mere people. He did that so that it would be seen that his power which has no equal, it is not from us (excl.) but rather from him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “This Good News that God entrusted to us (excl.) to teach is the best of all wealth. But it’s like this wealth has been put into the cheapest of containers. Because as for us (excl.), what are we to have been entrusted with something of such good-quality? But as for this, (it’s) God’s determined-plan so that it will be evident that, the good-quality of our (excl.) far-from-ordinary ability in carrying out our (excl.) responsibility, it comes from him, not as-might-be-said from our own selves.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “This word which God entrusted to me to speak is the good news of which nothing is equal in value. But concerning myself, I of myself have no strength to know how to speak this word. Therefore this makes it very clear that it is God alone who gives me strength to speak the Word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
