Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 12:7:
- Uma: “So, because all my visions were so good [lit., no kidding their goodness], God gave me a kind of suffering, so that I would not be so high-hearted/arrogant. This suffering was/is like a thorn that keeps poking me, and like a messenger from the King of Evil-ones that continually tortures me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And in order that I don’t boast too much because God has given me many wonderful visions, therefore a very painful sickness was caused to come to me by him. This sickness is like a servant of demons that beats me so that I cannot boast.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God has given to me a very painful sickness so that I may not boast about those very good things that I saw in Heaven. And as for this sickness, Satan uses it to torment me and by means of this, I cannot become puffed up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Since God didn’t want me to become proud (lit. make-high my thoughts) because of the extremely amazing-things that were shown to me, he permitted that Satanas send what can-be-compared to a splinter that continually hardships-me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, so that I would not become a boastful person because of these amazing things that God has shown me, and so that my congenital evil desires would be defeated, God allowed that I be hardshipped by a messenger of Satanas, he being like a thorn embedded im my body, which like frequently hurts/beats me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Those words which I heard were supremely beautiful. But God did not want me to be proud because of them. Therefore he started a pain in me, it was like a thorn jabbed in me by the devil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:51:
- Lalana Chinantec: “I am the food which is alive which came down from heaven. The heart of the person who eats this food will be alive forever. There is food which I will give, because I want the hearts of the people of the world to be alive. I’m talking about my flesh and blood.’ That’s what Jesus said.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “I am the food that descended from heaven, the living food. People who eat this food live forever. This living food, it means my body that I give so that men receive life.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I am the food from heaven. I am already the food that causes life. If anyone eats this food, he will live forever. And the food that I cause him to eat is my flesh/muscles. I submit my body/myself so that all mankind will live forever,’ said Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am the food that comes from heaven and give life, and if there is anyone who eats me, his soul will not die. The food which I give is my body. I give this so that all mankind might come to own life forever,’ said Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Exactly I am that living food that came-from heaven, and whoever eats this food, he will live-and-live forever. This food, it is my body that I will give so that the many-people in this world will be able to live.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am this food which gives life, which descended coming from heaven. Whoever will eat this has life which is without ending. Now this food which I will give, which will give life which is without ending to all people, (it is) my own body.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am the tortilla/food which came from heaven even though I am a person. He who eats this tortilla/food will live forever. The tortilla/food I give is my body. I give my body so that the people who live here on earth will have the new life.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:42:
- Uma: “All those people will be thrown into the flaming fire. There they will continually cry and suffer/groan.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And they will be thrown into the fire of hell. They will wail there and they will gnash their teeth because of their regret.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they will throw them into the fire, and there they will yell and gnash their teeth because of their great remorse.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They will throw them into the place of fire that never goes-out and they will cry-bitterly while-simultaneously they will also clench-(their) -teeth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For what will be done to them is that these who are not God’s people will be thrown on the fire which is burning very high and which never dies down. There their teeth will grind and they will cry-loudly without restraint.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These evil people will be thrown into the oven which has a great fire. There the people will cry and gnash their teeth for the painful situation they endure.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Daniel 3:6
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 1:5:
- Uma: “Praise God forever! Amin.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Let us (incl.) praise God forever. Amin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “May God be praised forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “May God be praised/honored forever. Amen.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “We should praise him endlessly. This is the truth!” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore let us praise God forever. Amen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:12:
- Uma: “And the people, they murmured about him. There were some who said: ‘He is a good person.’ There were also some who said: ‘No! He is a deceiver!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Many people were whispering about Isa there in the crowds. Some said, ‘Isa is a good person.’ Others also said, ‘Not so, he is fooling the people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the many people who gathered there in the village of Jerusalem argued. Some said, ‘He is a good person.’ And others also answered, ‘No, he teaches lies to the people.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As for the gathered people, they kept-whispering arguing about him. Some said, ‘His character/custom is really (appreciation particle) good,’ while others for-their-part said, ‘Come-on-now, certainly not, because he deceives the people.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There were now numerous under-cover discussions by the people concerning him. There were some who said, ‘Expl., he’s a good person.’ But those others, they said, ‘Expl., certainly not! What he’s doing is misleading everyone.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There where the people were, many talked about Jesus. Some said, ‘He is a good man.’ But others said, ‘What good does he do? He just is deceiving the people.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 14:16:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘They do not need to go. You feed them.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said, ‘They shall not leave. You are the ones to feed them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘It’s not necessary for them to go home,’ said Jesus, ‘because you will be the ones to give them food.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Jesus said to them, ‘They don’t need to go (lit. Even-if they don’t go). You be the-ones-to-feed them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied saying, ‘It isn’t necessary to send them on their way. You (pl.) be the ones to give them something to eat.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But Jesus said to his learners: ‘It isn’t necessary for the people to go away to buy something to eat. You give them food to eat,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 2:13:
- Uma: “And the other Yahudi followers of the Lord Yesus also followed that action of Petrus’, even though they knew it wasn’t fitting. Until even Barnabas jumped-on-the-bandwagon [equivalent Uma idiom], he no longer ate with those who were not Yahudi people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The other Yahudi who trust in Isa Almasi there in Antiyok, also joined/imitated Petros and they all no longer ate together with the not Yahudi. Including Barnabas was carried-along/influenced also.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It was the same way also with what the other Jewish believers did, because they avoided it also and even Barnabas was influenced by this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So the other believers who were Jews, they followed-the-example-of Pedro, even though they and Pedro, they all knew that what they were doing was not correct. Even Barnabas, he went-astray to follow-their -example.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since it was like that, other siblings in believing who were Jews were also copying what he was doing. Even Bernabe was going along with that hypocrisy of theirs.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then other Jews who were now believers also did like Peter did in that they separated from the believers who were not marked. Also even Barnabas followed in doing what Peter did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:44:
- Uma: “There were some who wanted to arrest him, but no-one laid hands on him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Some of them wanted to arrest him but nobody even touched him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And some of the people there, they wanted to seize Jesus, but no one dared to grab him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were also those who wanted to arrest him, but none of them went to take-hold-of-him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Some, they wanted to arrest him then, but it’s like they still held back.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Some wanted to grab him to jail him, but no one grabbed him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
