Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:4:
- Uma: “My purpose in saying this to you, [is] so that you will not be able to be deceived by people with words that make-you-smooth.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The reason I say this to you is so that you are not fooled/deceived by people who speak as if what they say is really hitting-the-mark but it is not true.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I tell you this so that you might not be converted by anybody by means of arguments that seem to be right, but they are a lie.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I have told you these-things so that you are not deceived by the untrue-things that clever reasoners (RL pilosopo –one who is quick to come up with clever-sounding arguments) are saying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am speaking like this so that you will not be led astray by others, no matter how good is that talk of theirs which is their leading you astray.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I tell you this word in order that no one will deceive you. Because there are people who speak beautifully in order to deceive.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:14:
- Uma: “I have told them your (sing.) word, with the result that people who do not believe hate them, because they are not their companions, like I also am not the companion of those who do not believe.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I have passed-on/given to them your word/message. So-then they are hated by the people who do not follow you, because they do not follow/go-along-with the thinking of those people. They are like I am, I also do not follow/go-along-with the thinking of the people who do not follow you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am not asking that you take out of the earth these people who belong to us. Rather the thing that I am asking you is that you watch over them so that they may not be harmed by Satan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I have made-known to them what you (sing.) have said, therefore those who don’t believe in me, they also hate them, because they are just like me, their character/behavior not being worldly like those who don’t believe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I’ve been able to speak your words to them, that’s why they are now hated by the mass of people who don’t believe-in/obey me, because they no longer harmonize with the crowd. An illustration of them is, they’re like me now who am not of this world here.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The word which you sent for me to teach was looked favorably upon by them. But the people who did not look favorably on your word hated them who did. For they do not continue doing the evil like the people do. They do like I do, since I do not do the evil done by the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:40:
- Martu Wangka: “I am saying the truth to you all. My new relative was sitting hungry, and then you all gave food and meat to him, you satisfied him. Like that you all gave to my relative, and as a result of that I was happy because that one belongs to my family. If I contrary to fact would have been there hungry, you all would have felt sorry for me as well, and given to me contrary to fact.” (Source: Ken Hansen in Notes on Translation 1998/2, p. 11ff.
- Uma: “‘And I the King, I’ll answer them: ‘So that you know: what you did to help these relatives of mine here, even just one of my relatives whose life is small, it means it’s the same as you did it to me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I, the ruler, answer them, I say, ‘Truly I tell you, whenever you did this to my disciples of low status you did it really to me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then I, the king, I will answer, ‘I tell you that if you did this even to one of these my siblings, which is to say, those who believe in me, even though he is very low in rank, you inadvertently did it to me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Then I who am king, I will say to them, ‘This that I tell you is true that when you were doing (things) like these to even one of the least-important (lit. lowest) of these who are my brothers, you have done it to me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I their King will say, ‘What I will say to you really is true. When you did these things to even the most insignificant/low-class who is like my sibling, of course I am the one to whom you did it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The ruler will then say to the people: ‘Truly I tell you that concerning what all you have done for my brethren here, even though they are not respected by people, with the help you have given them, you have helped me too.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 3:13:
- Uma: “Don’t take-offense-at [lit., pick-up] the wrongs of others, or hold-grudges-against others. Forgive those who do wrong to us. Like the Lord forgave our sins, so also we must forgive others who do wrong to us, with sincere/holy hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You ought to be patient/longsuffering with your companion if you aren’t pleased about/don’t-agree-with something. If someone has sinned against his companion, forgive each other. Forgive your companion like God is forgiving you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Let us endure and let us forgive our companions who sin against us. It’s necessary that just like our Lord forgave us, we must forgive each other also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You should also endure/be-patient-with the faults of your fellows and forgive-one-another if you have a cause-for-complaint or someone who sins-against you like the way the Lord forgave you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Be forgiving of your companions, in that you are enduring with a good mind/inner-being their sin against you. In the way that Cristo has forgiven you your sin, just like that should be your forgiveness of others.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Among yourselves endure patiently what another does to you. If there comes up something to cause arguments among you, forgive one another. Just like Christ forgave you, do like that and forgive others.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 18:20:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘My custom is to speak plainly to all people. I teach in the house of prayer and in the House of God, where we Yahudi people usually meet. There is nothing that I hide.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa answered he said, ‘I have always taught in the middle of crowds like in the prayer-houses and in the temple where all the Yahudi gather. I have not taught anything that is hidden.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and Jesus answered, ‘My teaching to the people is not hidden because I taught there in the churches and there also in the House of God where all Jewry gathers. I did not hide any of my words.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘I always emphatically have-been-teaching with the many-people listening, because I have-been-teaching in the gathering-places of all the Jews which are the many synagogues (loan sinagoga) and the Temple. I have certainly taught nothing which I have been-concealing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘All that I have been teaching, it was wholly in-the-open/public. I was always teaching in the Judios’ gathering places, which are the places for worship, including the Templo. There’s nothing I said which was in concealment.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said, ‘What I have said has been said in front of the people. I have taught in the little churches and in the big church where all the Jews gather. I haven’t said anything secretly.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:26:
- Uma: “While they were eating, Yesus took bread and he prayed-over-it saying thank you to God. After that he broke it up and offered it to his disciples, he said: ‘Take it, eat it. This is my body.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “While they were eating, Isa took bread, and after he had given thanks to God, he broke it and gave it to his disciples. He said, ‘Take and eat. This bread is my body.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and he thanked God for it, and he broke it, and he passed it around to his disciples. He said, ‘This is my body. Take it and eat it.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While they were still eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God. Then he broke-it-repeatedly-into-pieces and gave it to his disciples saying, ‘Take this to eat it, because this is my body.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they were still eating, Jesus picked up bread and then gave-thanks to God. After he had given thanks, he divided it and then gave it to those disciples of his. He said, ‘Here, take it and eat it, for this is my body.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “While they were eating, Jesus picked up the bread. Having thanked God, he broke it up and gave it to the learners to eat. He said: ‘Eat this bread here. This is my body.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 1:2:
- Uma: “We do not cease to say thanks God because of you, relatives, and we include-you-in-prayer always.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (excl.) always thank God because of you all and always mention you, each time we (excl.) pray to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our thanks to God for you is always big, and we are always praying for you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When we (excl.) pray, we (excl.) don’t forget to pray for you all and we (excl.) also continually thank God our Father on-account-of you, because we (excl.) remember the good that you are doing on-account-of your faith and your industriousness to serve God because of your love for him and your patience/endurance that stems-from your hope/expectation in Jesu Cristo our Lord.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “We(excl.) really are always giving thanks to God because of you, and we (excl.) are also always mentioning you in our (excl.) prayers.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Always we thank God concerning you. And always we pray to God concerning you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 2:3:
- Uma: “We did not invite/encourage you to follow teaching that was false. Neither was there any evil intention in our heart, we did not want to deceive anyone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All we (excl.) told you is true. It is not that our (excl.) thoughts are bad, (that is not the reason) why we (excl.) preach. We (excl.) do not deceive.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our preaching to people does not come from error or from an immoral purpose. We do not lie to anyone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because what we (excl.) are saying to convince people is all true. Our (excl.) purpose/motive also, it isn’t that we (excl.) trick them and neither is it women that we (excl.) are thinking about,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It really is the truth which we (excl.) taught to you there. It’s not as if there was a motive in our (excl.) mind/inner-being which was disgusting or just deceptive.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When we told you the word, we did not look for ways to deceive you. We did not tell you anything which was not correct; we told you only the word which would do you good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “Because our advice/exhortation did not originate from anything bad nor incorrect nor dirty. Because our exhortation cannot deceive.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Bariai: “You (pl.) know, the strong talk which we made to you in that day, this we didn’t make to deceive you. We didn’t follow any behaviour of corruption (lit. having dirtiness) and neither trickery.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
