Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 13:9:
- Uma: “For in the Lord’s Law there are these commands: ‘Don’t commit adultery, don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t desire things of others.’ All of those, and other commands as well, we follow them all if we follow this one order: ‘We must love our companion like we love ourselves.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The law of Musa says hep, ‘Don’t commit adultery/fornication; don’t kill; don’t steal; don’t covet the property/wealth of your companion.’ These commands and all the other commandments are included in this one command, saying, ‘Love your fellow-(men) as you love yourself.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For there is something written in the Law which says, ‘Don’t you commit adultery against your spouse, don’t you kill; don’t you steal; do not decide that you want the possessions of other people.’ And as for these commands and others also, we can carry out all of them if we obey the command which says, ‘You must hold your companion dear in your breath; you make him equal with your own breath.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the commands that say, ‘Don’t (sing.) commit-adultery, don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t covet (lit. grab-after) what is not yours (sing.),’ and the rest of the commands, they are all concentrated in this one command: ‘You (sing.) must love your (sing.) companion like your (sing.) way-of-loving yourself (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The word which the law commands says: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not lie about anyone. Do not want something which is owned by another.’ These words are what the law commands. And there are other words also which it commands. But all of these words said in the law are included here in the word which says ‘Love your fellowman like you want that you be loved.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:33:
- Noongar: “But I must go on my path, today and tomorrow and the next day. They must kill the prophets, but only inside Jerusalem.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But today, tomorrow and the next day, I definitely must continue towards Yerusalem. Because it is not appropriate that a prophet be killed in another town, it must be in the town of Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But I have to continue on my journey/way today and tomorrow and including the day after tomorrow. Nothing will happen to me here. For most of the prophets are/were killed there in Awrusalam.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But I say to you that it is necessary that I continue on my way slowly, today, tomorrow and the next day, because it’s not possible that I be killed here, because a prophet of God is never killed except inside the town of Jerusalem.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Yes, I will emphatically not die here but rather I will continue until I arrive in Jerusalem, because it’s as if a prophet can’t die if it’s not there.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But it’s true, every day I am continuing on with my journey going to Jerusalem, because it’s not fitting for a prophet that where he will be killed is just anywhere other than there at Jerusalem.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 19:12:
- Uma: “His eyes shone like blazing fire, and on his head were many crowns [lit., hats of kings]. On his body there was a name written, but only he knew the meaning of that name.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His eyes were like flames of fire and many crowns had been placed on his head. There was a name written on him but nobody knew the meaning of that name only he himself.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “His eyes seem as if they are on fire. There were many crowns placed on His head as a sign that He is the high king. There was a name written on Him which He alone knows what its meaning is.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “His eyes, they were like flaming fire and many were the crowns on his head. His name also was written on him, but no one knew its meaning except he alone.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His eyes were like a burning fire. And he was crowned with many crowns. Written on his body is another name, but only he knows what it means.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “His eyes shine like the flames of fire. And there were many crowns on his head. Written on his forehead there was a name which was not known as to its meaning. He alone knows.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 15:4:
- Uma: “All that was written long ago in the Holy Book was written to teach us. From the teaching we get from the Holy Book we become enduring/lasting in difficulties and our hearts are fired-up, so we are strong to hope in God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All that God caused to be written in the holy-book long ago is for teaching us (incl.) so that we (incl.) know how to endure when in suffering/difficulties and so that our (incl.) livers are encouraged and our expectation/hope in God does not move.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For anything that was written long ago in the word of God, the reason it was caused to be written was so that we might be taught; for by means of the word of God, we are taught to endure hardship and we are advised so that our expecting good things to happen in the future might not be removed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I remind you of this that was written, because all that God caused-to-be-written back then was written so that we might learn-from-it. Because due to God’s word, our minds are made-strong and we are able to endure hardship so that we will persist in hoping for what God will give in-the-future.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “What all is written in the Holy Book was written in order for us to study and know about the word it says. This word which the Holy Book says, upon our understanding it, strengthens us to endure what we go through. Because we know that it will happen according to the word which is written.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:30:
- Noongar: “They will say, ‘This man began building a house but he couldn’t do it!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “they will say: ‘Ii, what’s-his-name wanted to build a big house but actually he did not have enough money!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They (will) say, ‘This person is able to start putting up a house but cannot finish it.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they will say to each other, ‘It would have been better if he had not set up the posts of that house, because it’s evident that he cannot afford to continue.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “saying, ‘E (mocking exclamation), look at that, would-you! He only started and he isn’t able-to-continue-it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They will say, ‘Expl., just spikes set in the sky!’ (idiom for frame of house left incompleted). Therefore the one who wants to submit to me, he must think about it well first.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:8:
- Uma: “But people who are afraid to follow me or who do not believe, people whose deeds are evil, killers, those who do [sexual] wrong, sorcerers, those who worship idols, and all who lie, they are certainly punished in the sea of fire that blazes and has-coals. That is what is called the second death.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the ones who turn-their-back-on/reject me because of their fear of persecution/suffering and those who give up their trust in me, they will be thrown into the sulphur fire. Likewise also all who do bad, and kill, and practice illicit sex, and do sorcery towards their companions, and worship idols, and all liars, that is their portion they will be put in the sulphur fire large like a lake. This is called the second death.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But he who is afraid to follow Me, and the unfaithful persons, the people whose actions are vulgar, murderers, and those with filthy customs, sorcerers, and all those who worship false gods, and all people who are liars, what their end will be is: they will be thrown into the lake filled with flaming sulphur which is the second death,’ He said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the person who doesn’t persevere in believing due to his fear of hardship/suffering, the one who has no faith, the one whose behavior is filthy, the murderer, the one who sleeps-with someone who is not his spouse, the sorcerer and spirit-medium, the one who worships idols, and all who tell-lies, they will all stay in the wide pool which is the place of flaming sulfur. This is what is designated as the second death.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well, really very hard is what will happen to those who are afraid to believe, those who dropped/gave-up their believing, those who let-themselves-be-captivated by disgusting doings, killers of their fellowman, those behaving-immorally with one who is not their spouse, those who have secret-supernatural-skills which are occult-powers, the ones who serve familiar-spirits or whatever is their replacement for God, and all who are liars. All of these, without any uncertainty, will be thrown into that lake of burning asupri, this being what is referred to as the second death.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the people who fear to suffer on account of me, and those who separate from my word, those who are evil people, who are killer, who commit fornication, who are witch doctors, who worship idols, who are liars, these have coming to them that they will go to lake bubbling burning fiercely with sulphur. That is the time of death.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 16:3:
- Uma: “Please announce my greetings to Priskila and Akwila. They are my fellow workers in the work of Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Tell (you pl) Pirisila and Akila that I remember them. They have been my companions in working for Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Greet Priscilla and Aquila for me; they are my partners in my obeying and my carrying out what Jesus Christ has given me to do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I send-greetings-to (lit. cause-to-be-greeted) Priscilla and Aquila who have worked-with me in serving Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Please greet for me Prisca along with her husband Aquila. These are my fellow workers in doing the work of Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:27:
- Noongar: “‘Your brother has come back home’, the worker said, ‘and your father has killed the best bullock because his son has come back from the dead’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “That servant said: ‘Your (sing.) younger-sibling has returned home! Your (sing.) father ordered a fat calf slaughtered, because his lost child he has found again with goodness/safety.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The servant said to him, ‘Your younger brother has arrived and your father commanded the fattened cow to be butchered for nothing-bad has happened to your younger brother.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that servant answered, ‘Your younger brother has come home and your father has butchered the young cow that he had fattened because he has come home without harm.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Your (sing.) younger-brother has come-home,’ that servant answered, ‘so your (pl.) father has butchered-for-him a fat cow because (reassurance particle) he has received him with nothing having happened to him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That slave replied, saying, ‘That’s celebrating since your brother has come home. Your father had that fattened young cow butchered, for he arrived unharmed (lit.no whatever to his life/breath).'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
