Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:8:
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “If you give very much fruit, if you do very much what God wants, in this manner you honor the Father and thus it shows that you are really my disciples.”
- Aguaruna: “When you give much fruit and the people see that, they will say, ‘Surely he is Jesus’ follower.’ When you do this they will praise my Father.”
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “In that way you make my Father big, doing much good so that people know that truly you are my disciples.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “My Father receives honor when you do very much the things which he likes and also you are showing that you are following me like you should, if you are doing very much the things that he likes.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “If you bear much fruit, my Father is made big. If like that your behavior, you are really my followers.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If you do much good, my Father will be praised and it will also be known that you are truly my disciples.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If you continue fruiting, which is to say, if your works are always good, people will praise my Father God, and it will be known that you truly are my disciples.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This is wherein-my Father -is-honored, if your faith has much fruit, and this also is how you will show that you are my disciples.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The praiseworthiness/glory of my Father is apparent when/if the fruit of your believing/obeying is plentiful and growing well in your life. If it’s like that, it’s proof that you are my disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “My Father will be respected when you live good lives. This also will make it apparent that you are my learners.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:24:
- Uma: “For many lying people will appear who will say that they are the Redeemer King, or who will say that they are a prophet. They will do very amazing signs and powerful signs to deceive many people. If it were possible, / If they could, even the people whom God has chosen they would deceive too.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For in those days there will be people appearing who say that they are the Almasi but it is not true. There will also be people who say that they are prophets but it is not true. And they will show powerful signs and wonder-causing deeds so that if possible they could lead astray even the people chosen by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because liars will appear, and each one of them will say, ‘I am the king,’ and if not that, then he will say, ‘I am inspired of God.’ And they will show miracles and signs for they would have the chosen ones of God believer their lies if it were possible.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because deceitful people will appear who will say that they reportedly are the Messiah and they reportedly are prophets. And they will show amazing signs and miracles to deceive koma the many-people and even the people whom God chose if possible.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because many really will be those who falsely-claim to be Cristo, and there will also emerge those who claim falsely to be prophets. They will show signs and do amazing things, so that if only it were possible, they would mislead even those chosen by God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because there will be many liars going about saying to the people, ‘I am the Christ,’ or they will say, ‘I am the spokesman for God,’ they will say. And they will be able to do miracles. These miracles they do, wanting to deceive the people who are chosen by God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 4:22:
- Uma: “All the believers in Yesus who are in this town, with those who are in the house of the king, sent greeting to you, relatives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All the ones trusting Isa here, especially the ones who work in the sultan’s palace, remember you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “All of my fellow believers here in the town especially our (incl.) brothers who live here in the house of the king, they send their greetings also to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “along with all God’s people here in Roma, but especially those who work in the house of the Emperor (RL Emperador).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All our other siblings in believing here, especially those of the household of the Impiradur, also greet you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “All the people here who are the people of God greet you. Also some of the believers who live in the house of the king of Rome strongly send word to greet you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:13:
- Uma: “When the Holy Spirit comes, he is the one who will lead you, and cause-you-to-know all the true teachings. He will not speak according to his own will. What he hears from my Father, that is what he will say. And he will announce to you what will happen in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the Spirit of God comes, the one who speaks the truth, he will teach you all the true teaching. He does not teach from his own thinking but whatever he hears from God, that is what he teaches. And he will tell you what will happen in the future.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the Holy Spirit who teaches the true doctrine, when he is already here with you, he will cause you to understand all that’s true. He will not just cause you to understand his own thinking, but rather what he will teach is what he has heard from my Father. He will cause you to understand what is going to happen in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But never-mind, because when God’s Spirit comes, what he says being entirely true, he is the one who will guide your minds so that you will come-to-know all that is true. And it won’t be he who is the originator (lit. owner) of the words, but rather he will make-known what he hears from God. Even what will happen in a future day, that also he will make-known to you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when this Espiritu Santo comes who is the one whose job is to cause you to know the truth, he will be the one to help you so that you will really understand all the truth. He won’t speak his own words, but on the contrary what he will tell you is what he hears from the Father. And he will also make clear to you the things which are coming.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When the Holy Spirit comes he will reveal to you the truth. And all is true what he teaches you. Because he will not speak just on his own, rather he will speak exactly what he is told. He will cause you to understand what is to be.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:6:
- Uma: “‘In the middle of the night, a person shouted out: ‘Here comes the bridegroom! Come on and meet him.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When it was midnight someone called, he said, ‘The bridegroom comes, come and meet him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in the middle of the night, they heard someone calling, ‘Here is the bridegroom. Meet him now.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘In the middle of the night, someone shouted, ‘Here is the man-getting-married! Come to meet him!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When it was midnight, someone called out saying, ‘The man who is being married is arriving! Go and meet him now!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When it got to the middle of the night, a person was heard shouting: ‘Here comes the bridegroom now, get going and meet him,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:2:
- Uma: “I tell you this so that the hearts of you all will be strengthened, and you will mutually-love each other, until you become-united [in harmony]. My desire is that your hearts really be clear [aware, wise] to understand God’s intention/purpose that was not known by mankind from long ago. My desire is that you know God’s intention with no uncertainty–meaning, that you know Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This I do so that your liver will be encouraged and you always love each other, then your trust will become firm and you will not doubt/waver because you really understand already the truth. So-then you will already know about what God has hidden, that means about Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I work hard is so that your faith in God might be strenghtend by means of your mutual help to each other and by means of your loving each one of you. I want to be perfected your understanding of what was taught to you which is what God revealed to you about Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because I want your minds to become-strong and that you will be-one/united because of your loving-one-another so that you will not doubt but rather you will thoroughly understand concerning what God didn’t make-known back then, meaning to say, concerning Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “My perseverance is like this so that you will be encouraged (lit.your mind/inner-being will become strong) and (so that) you will be all the more united in your valuing one another. And hopefully so that you will become rich now in complete understanding/wisdom in that you will really comprehend the things about Cristo, things which God has been hiding for all this time.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I want that your hearts be strengthened so that with one word (unitedly) you love one another. And I want that you will not be doubting, but that you will know well about Christ. It is God who makes known well about Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:12:
- Uma: “While I am still with them, I am the one who takes care of them with the power of your (sing.) name–with the name that you (sing.) gave me. I guard them and none of them received disaster, except for one. He must have disaster, so that they world written in the Holy Book come true.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “As long as I was here with them I have watched over the people you gave to me with the power of your name. I watched over them, therefore none is lost from you, except one, for someone had to be lost so that the writing of the holy-book would be fulfilled.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “These people you have given me, while I was still with them I kept them safe by means of the power of your name. I watched over them and there is not even one of them who will be lost. The person whose punishment was prophesied, he will be lost because the prophecy in the written word of God will be fulfilled.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While I was with them, I protected and cared-for them by the power of your (sing.) name which you (sing.) gave to me. And assuredly none of them were separated from me except the one who was designated/destined to be punished, in order that what you (sing.) caused-to-be-written would come-true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “While I am with them, I am taking care of them through the strength of your supernatural-power which you gave to me. I have watched over them well, therefore not even one has been lost, except that person who searched for what-would-cause-him-to-be-lost, for it was also just the fulfilling of what is contained in the writings.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “While I have been with them here on the earth, I have cared for those you delivered over to me by means of your power. I have not let anything happen to them. No one was lost, except one person he who was written about as being lost so that it turned out as written in the Holy Book.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:38:
- Uma: “When did you (sing.) pass by our house and we had-you (sing.)-stop-in? When did we see you (sing.) didn’t have any clothes and we gave you (sing.) clothes?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When did we see you as a stranger and treated-you-according-to-custom? When did you have no clothes and we gave to you?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When did we receive you into our house and we did not recognize you? When did you need clothing and we gave it to you?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When also did we (sing.) show-you (sing.) -hospitality and give you (sing.) clothes?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When is it you were like a stranger and we welcomed you, or you were without-clothes and we clothed you?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When did we see that you were a stranger and we gave you a resting place? When did we see that you didn’t have clothing to wear and we gave you clothes to wear?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
