Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:39:
- Noongar: “And people don’t want new liquor after they drink old liquor. They say, ‘The old liquor is better!”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘No-one wants to drink new wine if he has finished drinking the old. Because he will say: ‘It is old wine that is delicious.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A person who is used to drinking grape water which has been stored for a long time does not look for new grape water. He says the taste of long stored grape water is good.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that person who drinks the old wine, he will not drink the wine which has just been made because he says, ‘The old wine is what is good.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Another-thing yet, the one who has become accustomed to drinking mature grape juice, he doesn’t-want to taste the not-yet-mature, because he says/thinks that the mature (wine) that he is accustomed to is tastier.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well, no-one wants to drink this new drink if he has drunk that which was stored for a long time, because what he says is, ‘This matured one is better.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 5:3:
- Uma: “For if we love God, its meaning, we follow his command(s). Yet his command(s) is/are not difficult to follow.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The meaning of loving God is, one should follow/obey his commandments. And it is not difficult to follow/obey his commands,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our true love for God is our obeying His commands, and His commands are not hard to obey” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the way we love God, it’s our obeying his commands. And his commands, they aren’t difficult to obey,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is what is meant by our holding God dear, we are obedient to his commands. Because as for these commands of his, they are not excessively heavy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because the person who loves God is one who does all that God commands. And what all God commands, he does not look upon as being hard, rather he does it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we love God we will do what he commands. And what he commands is not difficult for us to do.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “If we really love (esteem) God, we will do as he says. And his Word isn’t difficult.”
- Tzotzil: “Because if we love God, we obey his commands. His commands are good. They are like a load that we do not find heavy.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “If we really love God then we will keep that which God ordered. God’s orders never bother us.”
- Yanesha’: “This is how we love our Father; we reserve in remembrance his put word. His put word does not make it hard for us.”
- Aguaruna: “If we truly love God we will obey His word. His word, obeying it, it is not difficult.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 28:4:
- Uma: “When the townspeople saw the snake hanging on Paulus’ hand, they said: ‘This man must be a murderer! Just look, although he did not die in the sea earlier, but the Anitu who Weighs/Judges will not let him live.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the people of that island saw the snake fastened on Paul’s hand, they spoke-among-themselves. They said, ‘This man really has killed. Even though he has escaped from the sea, yet his fate could not be postponed/put-off. Just the same he will die.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the people who were inhabitants there saw the snake hanging on the hand of Paul, they said to each other, ‘So, he is a murderer, because why was he not able to avoid his punishment? Because even though he wasn’t drowned in the sea, he’s going to die just the same.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the inhabitants saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said-to-each-other, ‘Obviously of-course he is a murderer, because even though he escaped/survived the ocean, an unseen-one (i.e. god) has punished-him just the same, because there-now the snake has replaced (the ocean).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the people from there saw that deadly snake which had wound around Pablo’s hand/arm, they said, ‘Ah, this person really is a murderer of his fellowman. For look at this, even though he got free from the sea, he won’t indeed be allowed to live for he can’t run away from being punished-by-the-supernatural.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:32:
- Noongar: “If you love people, only if they love you, why will you be praised? Bad people love people if they love them!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘If we love only the people who love use, God will not bless us. Even people whose actions are evil, they love people who love them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘If you only love those who love you, is there anything to praise you for? No. For even the sinful people certainly love those who love them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you think that God will reward you if the only people you like are those who like you also. For even the transgressor people, they like also the people who like them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘If it’s only those who love you that you love, will you be rewarded do-you-suppose? Even sinful people, they of course love those who love them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For if only those who value you are valued by you, what more reward are you waiting for? For even sinners value those who value them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 3 John 1:1:
- Uma: “This letter is from me the Elder, I send it to my friend Gayus, whom I truly love.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This letter/writing is from me the Elder of the trusters in Isa Almasi, I send this to you Gayus, my friend whom I love.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for me the old person, I write to you, Gaius, my friend whom I hold very dear.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My esteemed Gaius, I who have written this, it’s Juan who is a leader of the believers. My love for you (sing.) who are my friend is from-the-heart. May your (sing.) life there be good and your (sing.) body also be strong like the strength of your (sing.) faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “My friend Gayo whom I truly hold dear, there-with-you is my letter, I who am the senior-elder.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I lead in relation to God’s word, I greet you my dear friend Gayo. I truly love you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “I in my old age am writing to you dear Gayo. Truly I love you.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “I am the Old-Man Leader, I am sending this paper to you, dear Gaius, loved one. And also I love you in regards to the true Word which we (dual) believe.”
- Isthmus Zapotec: “I am an old man. I am writing this letter to a friend of mine, (whose) name is Gayo, whom I truly love.”
- Garifuna: “I, an elderly person, write to my friend the one named Gayo (necessary to avoid the connotation of writing to a rooster), the one whom I love. I love you with all my heart (genuine love).” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 1:5:
- Uma: “By the lips of that Yesus, God gave me a big blessing, appointing [lifting] me as his apostle [messenger], so that I take the Good News to people all over the world, teaching them to believe and submit to the Lord Yesus, so that the name of Yesus is made-big.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because of Isa Almasi I was given work/doing by God. I was commissioned by him to proclaim the good news so that there would be some from all nations/peoples/tribes that I would carry/influence to be people trusting and following/obeying Isa Almasi so that he can-be-praised/is-praised.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Through Christ sending me, I was given wisdom and God made me an apostle, which is to say, send one, in order that Jesus might be honored. The reason that he did this was so that I might teach the people who aren’t Jews in the towns everywhere, so that they might obey and believe Jesus Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of him, God showed-me -kindness/grace and made me an apostle so that I would persuade people in all countries/towns to believe and obey Cristo so that he would be praised/honored.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus Christ did me the favor of giving me the work of being his representative. He wants that in whatever land I tell the good news to the people and that they will believe, they will do what it says. By this then the people will praise Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Hopi: “Because of Him, God through his pity sent me to preach in order that I might speak the good message to all people in order to persuade some. And then they will walk according to our beliefs. In doing this I make Jesus Christ very big.”
- Central Mazahua: “Jesus Christ looked on me well. He sent me to do his work, in order that the people in the world will believe-obey, listen-obey him.”
- Central Tarahumara: “And Jesus Christ very lovingly sent us to preach in his name, so that the people who live in all the world, believing well, should reverence Jesus Christ himself.” (Source for this and two above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:16:
- Noongar: “They all were frightened and praised God. ‘A great Prophet has come among us!’ they said. ‘God has come to save us!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The people who saw that happening, they were all afraid, and they praised God, they said: ‘A powerful prophet has appeared in our midst! God has really come down to help his people!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All the people there were entered by fear and they praised God. They said, ‘There is a powerful prophet here with us (incl.). God has remembered us (incl.) his people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all who saw that were very much afraid and they praised God. They said, ‘A very great prophet of God is now here with us!’ And they said also, ‘God has come down to us, so that we, his chosen people, might be set free!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All who were there, extreme was their fear and at-the-same-time they also praised God. Some said, ‘Wey, this prophet who has come to our place is truly powerful!’ Others also said, ‘God has come (particle of surprised realization) to save his people!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When those people observed, they were reached by fear and they praised God. ‘A praiseworthy prophet has come here to us. Really as for us (incl.) who are the people of God, we have been very much shown grace/mercy by him!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Southern Zazaki: “They became stiff with fear… .” (Source: Werner 2012, p. 128)
Following are a number of back-translations of Jude 1:18:
- Uma: “They often said to you like this: In the days close to the Kiama Day, there will be people who make-fun-of our faith. They will follow their evil desires, and not submit to God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They said hep to you, ‘When the end of the world comes close, there will be people coming to you, people who always indulge their desires. They will make fun of you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They said, ‘In the future in the last days people will appear who speak in rejection against you. What they will obey is their own desires which are against God,’ they said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They said to you, ‘When the last days arrive, there will be those who deprecate/belittle/make-fun who obey/fulfill what they desire that is evil.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For isn’t it so that they said to you, ‘It’s certain that when the end of the world approaches, there will appear/turn-up those who indulge their own will which is opposed to God’s will. And they will make you a laughing-stock because of your believing/obeying.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They said that before the days to come have ended, there will be people who will ridicule the things which are sacred. These are people who will do whatever evil comes to mind.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
