Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:36:
- Uma: “‘But as for the day and hour when all that will happen, only my Father knows. No one else knows. Even the angels in heaven, even they don’t know. Even I his Child, I do not know either.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘But nobody knows as to what day or what time I will come back in the future. Even the angels in heaven do not know. Even I, the Son of God also do not know. Only God, my Father, is the one who knows.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our Father God is the only one who knows when all these things will happen. There is no one else who knows the day or the hour when it will happen. The messengers of God in heaven, they do not know, and even I, the Son of God, I also do not know.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘As for what I said to you, no one knows the day and hour that it will be fulfilled. Even the angels in heaven, they don’t know. Even I the Child of God, I don’t know either. Because no one knows except only God the Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But no-one knows the day or hour when my arrival will be, even the angels there in heaven or even I who am the Son of God. Only the Father knows this.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God alone knows when the day I speak of will come. Not even the angels know, not even do I know when the day is even though I am the Son of God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 1:11:
- Uma: “We(excl.) ask God to strengthen your hearts with all his power/authority, according to his [innate-]power that is no kidding its bigness, so that you always endure and be-patient, no matter what hits you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “May God give you strength from his great power (supernatural) so that you can endure anything and so that your patience/endurance is strong and you are yet happy.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And He will give you great power which comes from His great power, and because of this power you will always be able to endure hardships with great joy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “May the amazing power of God also strengthen your minds so that whatever happens to you, you will be able to endure it while-at-the-same-time you will be happy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “We(excl.) are also praying that by the strength of his far-from-ordinary supernatural-power, hopefully he will give you that the strength of your belief/obedience will be being-always-plentiful, so that you will be able to hold fast and endure hardship with a good mind/inner-being.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God alone has power, and it is he whom I ask to give you the strength that you need in order that you will be able to endure all the suffering you go through. Always may you be rejoicing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:25:
- Uma: “‘All this I say to you with figures-of-speech. But the time will come when I will no longer use-figures-of-speech. I will speak to you with clearness/plainness speaking-about my Father.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to them, ‘This teaching of mine to you is in parables/figures of speech but the day is coming when I will no longer speak in parables/figures of speech to you and I will speak to you about my Father straight.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I used parables to teach you, but the day is coming soon when I will no longer use parables because then you will understand clearly what I say to you about my Father God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘I have been telling you this by-illustration. In a future day however, I won’t relate any other illustrations, but rather I will speak-directly to tell you concerning my Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for these things, I have said them to you only in illustrations. But the time will come when my conversation with you will no longer be like this. I will say plainly what I will tell you concerning the Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “In these words I have spoken to you I have searched how to make comparisons. But the time is coming when what I tell you will not be with comparisons. Rather I speak to you straightly about how it is you will know the Father.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:18:
- Uma: “But the ordered-one who got only a thousand, he went and dug a hole in the ground and covered up his noble’s money.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the one who had been given one thousand pesos went and dug a hole and hid the money of his master in the ground.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the servant to whom he gave a thousand, he went away and buried in the ground his master’s money.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the one entrusted with only-one talent, he went to bury that money of his master to hide it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for that one, the one left in charge of one thousand, what he did was, he buried that money of his master.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the worker who was given one thousand monies dug a hole. In it he hid the boss’s money.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:14:
- Uma: “Actually, we have all done wrong and it is fitting that we be punished and separated from God, because we have transgressed his law. But from [i.e., because of] the death of Yesus on the cross, God wiped away all our transgressions, and he released us from the law that we transgressed, with-the-result-that it no longer happens/comes-about that we are punished.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Before/Formerly, sentence had been pronounced (lit. judgment dropped) on us (incl.) that we (incl.) should be punished because we (incl.) did not follow/keep the law. But when Almasi died on the post, the authority of the law over us (incl.) was taken away by God, therefore there is no longer any reason for punishing us (incl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even though we (incl.) have not obeyed His written Law, by means of the death of Christ on the cross, He removed the Law and so now there is no longer any reason to punish us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “What God has done for us can be compared to this: he took the list of our sins or debts to him that are-due-to our not obeying his law and he nailed it to the cross, meaning to say, he threw-away the list along with the laws that were accusing us by means of Cristo’s death on the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That writing on which was written in the past all the law of God, it was like our enemy for it was exposing the big-size of our opposition to him. But now, God has removed its strength for it’s like he caused it to be included with Cristo in being nailed to the cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “We had sin because we broke God’s law. But God erased our sins because Christ died on the cross.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:24:
- Uma: “‘Father, my desire is that those whom you (sing.) gave me will live with me in my dwelling place, so that they see my power. You (sing.) gave me this power, because you (sing.) loved me from before the world was created.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “O Father, you have given them all to me. So-then this is what I wish/want, they shall be with me where I am so that they see your honoring me and the brightness which you gave to me, for I was loved by you when the world was not yet created.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Father, the people you gave me, I want that they should live with me in my dwelling place in the future so that they may see my powerful shinyness that you gave me long ago before the earth was established. The reason you gave me shinyness is because your breath is big toward me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Father, I want the people that you (sing.) entrusted to me to be joined to me in heaven so that they will see my dazzling godhood. This is my godhood that you (sing.) gave me because you (sing.) loved me before the creating of the world.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And this also is what I want, Father, that as many as you have given to me, they will also be able to live there where I live. Because when there now, they will see my glory which you gave me, for really from back in the past when there was not yet any world, you were already holding me very dear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “My Father, I want that our people whom you delivered over to me, also will be where I will be, so that they will see what you will do to me that you will cause that also I will be chief there where you are. Because you loved me from before the world was made.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:4:
- Uma: “They made-plans, they said: ‘What is our (incl.) scheme to ambush and arrest Yesus so he can be killed?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They planned as to how they could arrest/seize and kill Isa, and the people wouldn’t know it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because they are seeking a way so that they might catch Jesus so that it won’t be known by many.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “to search for a way to arrest/catch Jesus without it being known so that they could have-him-killed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They were discussing that they would deceive/betray Jesus so that they could arrest him and have him killed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Thus they made plans, deciding how to arrest Jesus and kill him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 3:23:
- Uma: “Whatever work they order you to do, do with all your heart, consider it your work for the Lord, not just for man.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly and consider that the Leader Isa Almasi is the one you work for and not a person,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whaever you are caused to do, do it well; because the One who checks up on you is the Lord, and not only your earthly master;” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whatever you do, put-forth your efforts (lit. ability) to do it as if Cristo were the one you were serving, not merely people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Hopefully, in all your serving, (let it be) serving that is not insincere/half-hearted. Regard it as the Lord you are serving, not just your fellowman.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Whenever you work at something, do it with a will. Reckon that what you are doing is as though you were doing work for the Lord Jesus. Don’t just think that it only is for people you are working.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
