Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 3:3:
- Uma: “He cannot be one who is a drunk or who easily fights. He must be one who has a gentle heart, who lives in harmony with others, and one who doesn’t only desire money.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He ought not to be habitually-drinking. He ought not to be cruel/fierce but he ought to be easily influenced to please/agree. He ought not to be quarrelsome and not to be greedy for money.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He is not a drunkard; he does not force his own way, rather he is kind-hearted. He avoids trouble and he is not a lover of money.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “His character moreover, he must not be a drunkard and not easily-angered or quarrelsome but rather patient/gentle. He must not be greedy-for money.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And also not habitually wanting intoxicating drink, not angry/agressive but rather nice/well-behaved, not prone-to-violent-disputing and not really wanting to acquire money.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He shouldn’t be a drunkard. He shouldn’t be one who wants fights. He must be kind. He must know how to make peace between warring people. And not just money should he have his heart set upon.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 3:13:
- Uma: “God who was worshipped by our ancestors, who was worshipped by Abraham, Ishak and Yakub, he is the God that made-big his Servant, he is Yesus. This Yesus is the one you turned over to the governing officials, and the one that you rejected before Pilatus, when Pilatus would have released him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You know, our (incl.) forefathers, Ibrahim and Isahak and Yakub, we (incl.) and they have one God. So-then this God, he honored his servant Isa, but he was delivered by you to the law. You did not receive/accept him there in the presence of Governor Pilatus. And even though Pilatus wanted to release him, you did not want it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God, whom our (incl.) ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshipped, he made his servant Jesus immortal. But before he made him immortal, you turned him over to the leaders and you spoke in rejection of him before Governor Pilate. And Pilate, he wanted to set Jesus free.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It was emphatically not we (excl.) but rather the God that our ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob worshipped. He is the-one-who-healed this man so that the godhood of Jesus who served him in this world would-be-seen, because he has already caused-Jesus -to-be-high/great in heaven. This Jesus, you turned-him-over to the rulers, and when Governor Pilato tried him, even though Pilato had decided to release him, you rejected-him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s true, this is the supernatural-power of the God of our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For this God of our ancestors, he has now given far-from-ordinary praiseworthiness/glory to his Servant Jesus, he indeed whom you handed over to the governor Pilato. Yes indeed, isn’t it so that even though Pilato had decided to release Jesus, your saying no was emphatic?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 2:24:
- Uma: “The Parisi people who were there said to Yesus: ‘Why [in the world] do your (sing.) disciples break the rules of our (incl.) religion? They are working on the worship day!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the Pariseo said to Isa, ‘Look. Why is it that your disciples do what is forbidden by the law on a day-of-no-work?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the Pharisees said to Jesus, they said, ‘Your disciples are transgressing the commandment given to us by God. Because why are they harvesting today on the Day of Rest?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “However there were some Pharisees who said to Jesus, ‘Look, why are your (sing.) disciples breaking the law of us Jews which forbids harvesting on the day for-resting?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the Pariseo saw, they said to Jesus, ‘Look at what is being done by those disciples of yours! Isn’t it so that it is taboo to harvest on the Day of Rest?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “So the Pharisees said to him: ‘Look! Why are they, on the Sabbath, doing a thing which is not allowed on the Sabbath?'”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 5:3:
- Uma: “If there are women who are really widows, who really have no-one to take care of them, our one-faith relatives must of course take care of them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then, about the widows who trust Isa Almasi if they have no one to care for them, treat-according-to-(good)-custom/honor them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Take good care of the widow women who have no one to depend on for their livelihood.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If there are women who are widows (by itself the word can also mean widower), respect them and also help them if they have no relatives to take-care of them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Look after well the widows/widowers who have no relatives to rely on.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the widows who do not have anyone to provide for their needs, their fellow believers should help them with what they need.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 4:19:
- Uma: “Petrus and Yohanes answered said: ‘Consider for yourselves, which one does God like: to follow your [emphatic] commands, or follow the commands of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But Petros and Yahiya answered them, they said, ‘Give your opinion, which is right/straight in God’s sight, we (excl.) obey/follow you or God?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter and John answered saying, ‘Consider which one of these two ways would be what God would want, if we obey your command and we do not teach the name of Jesus or if we obey that which God told us to do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Pedro and Juan said, ‘Please think if it is right in the sight of God that we (excl.) obey what you are saying, not what he is saying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when Pedro-and-companion heard, they replied, saying, ‘You judge which is possible/acceptable with God. Is it that his will is what we (excl.) obey or this of yours which is contrary to what he told us (excl.) to do?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Desano: “Peter and John answered saying, ‘Think this over with the help of God. What do you think? Should one do first your commands, or the commands of God?'”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “Peter and John answered: ‘You say now what is better that we do before the face of God. Do we do what you say or do we do what God says?'”
- Coatlán Mixe: “All of you consider if it is the straight of it with God that we obey you when it is proper that we should obey God.”
- Teutila Cuicatec: “…Figure it out for yourselves. Before God, is it proper that we should not obey what he commands in order to obey you?”
- Isthmus Mixe: “…You decide if God approves if we obey your words and not God’s.”
- Chichimeca-Jonaz: “…Do you think God will say it’s good if we believe you and obey your saying and leave the saying of God? Do you feel it is right?”
- Ayutla Mixtec: “Then Peter and John answered, they said to them, ‘May you consider, would God see it as better that we obey you? Would God see it as better that we obey him himself?’ they said answering.” (Source for this and six above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 3:28:
- Uma: “‘Indeed I say to you: all of man’s sins and their words of rejecting can be forgiven.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Truly I say to you,’ said Isa, ‘God will forgive all sin of people and whatever bad/evil he speaks of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Remember this,’ says Jesus, ‘that God will forgive people of any sin and anything they say in rejection against him, however,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘This that I tell you is true that any (lit. even what) sin of a person is able to be forgiven and anything he says to speak-evil-of another.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What I will say to you really is true, that people will indeed be forgiven for whatever kind of sin and insult if they repent and drop/give-up it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Mamaindé: (includes verses 29 and 30) “God will forgive their wickedness, he will forgive people, their wickedness, their slanders – he will forgive all of them. But the one who slanders, the one who slanders the Holy Spirit, that person he will never forgive as he is a person who slanders the Holy Spirit, he will never forgive. God will never forgive as he is a person who slanders the Holy Spirit, he will never forgive his badnesse, not disappearing, he will always be ashamed. He will always be ashamed. He said, Jesus said. Why did Jesus speak a speech like this? Jesus, why did he speak? Beforehand, the scribes as they had spoken a lying speech: – – “A devil must be his master”– as they spoke, Jesus, replying, spoke a speech like this.” (Source: Peter K. E. Kingston in Notes on Translation 1973, p. 13ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 6:10:
- Uma: “For from our desiring money appears many kinds of evil behavior. There really are people who are busy hunting for money, and the result is they turn-aside from their faith and many difficulties hit them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because our/ones (dual) greedy-desire for money, this is the source of all kinds of evil done by human-beings/mankind. There are people because of their greed for money, they abandon/give-up their trust in Isa Almasi and the result is that many troubles/sorrows arrive to them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a person who loves money, it’s possible for him to do any kind of evil. By means of this, some have turned their backs on our doctrine, and because of this have come about for them many sorrows.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the greediness (lit. grabbing-for) of people for money, this is the source of all kinds of evil. On-account-of this-aforementioned greed of theirs, there have been people who have turned-their-backs-on what we believe, and that’s-where-they -have-gotten many sorrows (lit. hurts of their minds).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For as long as what is heavy on one’s mind is, wanting to increase money, that’s like a root from which come all kinds of evil. The truth is, there are people who want to increase money who have now dropped/given-up their believing/obeying God. Well what came of that is, many griefs have now pierced them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “_ For the person who earnestly endeavors to search for only money to possess, there are many sins he will commit to get it. There are some people who have even left their faith in order to earnestly search for only money. But concerning the money they got, it brought about a sorrowful life for them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:14:
- Uma: “As-time-passed, more-and-more people believed in the Lord Yesus, both men and women.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But nevertheless the people who trusted in Isa, the Lord, were added, men and women.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the adding to the believers was always increasing. And because of that, the men and women were many who believed in the Lord Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Where-the believers -were-meeting-together was what they called Solomon’s Roofed-Shelter which was in the Temple area. As for those who did not believe, they were afraid to join (them), but the many-people nevertheless acknowledged-with-respect the believers and many men and women were joining/being-added who believed. There were many amazing-things that the apostles were doing that the many-people were seeing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And every day the number of believers grew and grew, women and men. There really were very many.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “Even though there were people who didn’t have the nerve, there were many people who believed on the Lord, many men and women.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
