Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:12:
- Uma: “The people who make-high their hearts, the Lord God will lower them. And the people who make-low their hearts, the Lord God will make them high.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever makes himself great will be put down/humbled, and whoever puts himself down will be made great.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he who makes himself great, God will make him lower than all. And he who considers that any one of you is greater than he, God will make him to be greater than any one of you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who makes himself high/great, he will be put-low, but the one who humbles himself, he will be made-great.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For the one who exalts himself, he will be made low by God. And as for the humble, he will be made important.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because the person who tries to make himself go higher is the one who will go to the ground. But the person who says in his heart that he will put himself down to the ground, that is the person who will go high.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 2:19:
- Uma: “If the Lord Yesus desires, I have the intention to order/send Timotius to go visit you, so that when he returns here, I will be comforted to hear your news.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If it is the will of Isa Almasi, our (incl.) Leader, I will send Timoteo soon there to you so that when he returns, he can bring me news about you so that my liver will be encouraged.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I have great confidence in our Lord Jesus that I’ll soon be able to send Timothy to you. And when he returns here I will know about your situation, and this will make me very happy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If the Lord Jesus permits-it, I expect that it will not be long before (lit. and) I send Timoteo to you so that when he returns, that will make-my thoughts -happy because of what he will report concerning you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But I want hopefully, as long as it’s the will of the Lord Jesus, to be able before long to send Timoteo there to you, so that I can be happy when I really comprehend your situation there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “May the Lord Jesus want that I send Timothy to see you. When he returns, then I will rejoice upon learning how it is with you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 14:20:
- Uma: “When that time comes, you will know that I am the one who is in-harmony [lit., mutual-life] with my Father, and you in-harmony with me, and I in-harmony with you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When that day comes, you will know that my Father and I are one. And you will also know that you and I are one.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And on the day when I return for you, you will know that we are only one, I and my Father. And as for you, you are here to me, and I am there to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “At that time, you will know that I am in my Father while also you are in me and I in you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You will know on that day that I and my Father, we (excl.) are one living-entity, and I and you, there’s no longer any separating us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “On that day you will realize that I am in fellowship with my Father. And I am in fellowship with you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:5:
- Uma: “For many will appear saying that they are the Redeemer King. Many people will be deceived.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For many will come calling themselves by my name, saying that they are the Almasi. And they will deceive many.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For many will appear using my name, and each one of them will say that he is the one chosen by God to rule. And many will believe their lies.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because many will come who will say, ‘I am emphatically the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because many will come who falsely-claim my name, who say, ‘I am the one who is Cristo who has been sent by God.’ Many will be those who will be misled by them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because many people will walk about saying to the people: ‘It is I who am the Christ,’ they will say. This will deceive many people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 3:21:
- Uma: “When he comes, he will change these weak physical bodies of ours so that they are the same as his body whose power is no kidding. He is able to do that, because his authority/power is greater than all others. With his authority/power, he makes-to-submit everything there is.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When he comes here, he will change these our (incl.) bodies which are weak and die and make them like his body which never dies and which can dwell there with God. Almasi has power to rule over everything and he will use this power to renew our (incl.) bodies.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And on that day He will change our weak bodies and He will make them to be like His powerful body and when He changes us like this, He will use His great power which is what He uses to control everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He will turn-these pitiful and mortal (lit. will-die) bodies of ours -into what is like his beautiful/fine body when he had come-alive again. And he is able to do that because of/by means of his power to persuade all that exists to-submit themselves to (lit. cause-themselves -to-be-ruled by) him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He is the one who has supernatural-power with which he can-subject- all things -to-his-rule. And through the strength of this supernatural-power of his, he will make new our body which is for-use-on-earth, making it the same as the good-quality of his body which is for-use-in-heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He will change our bodies because they are now not strong. He will cause that they will become like his won body which is surpassing. He has the power that what he commands to happen will happen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:21:
- Uma: “They do all that to you because you are my followers. They do all that to you because they do not know God who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They hate you and they persecute you because you belong to me and because they do not know God, God who sent me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But people will treat you badly because of your faith in me because they don’t recognize the one who sent me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They will do all these-things to you on-account-of your being-united-with me, because they don’t know the one who sent me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But because they don’t recognize/know the one who sent me to come here, therefore they will cause you suffering/hardship because of your believing-in/obeying me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This that I am speaking about is what the people will do to you because you are my learners. Because they do not know God who sent me is why they will so do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:37:
- Uma: “Like what happened at the time of the prophet Nuh long ago, like that also will be what happens on the day of my arrival, I the Child of Mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When I come back to the world, the deeds of the people will be like the deeds of the people in the time of Nu.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for me, the Older Sibling of Mankind, in the future at the time of my return here to earth, the activities of people at that time will be like the activities of people long ago at the time of Noah.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The behavior/character of people on the day that I who am Child of a Person will return, it will be like the time of Noe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “In the same way that the people in the time of Noe had no thought of(lit. it wasn’t in their head) the punishment coming to them, like that indeed will be at my return here, I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Like it was in the days Noah lived, also it will be like on the day the Man who will come from heaven comes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 1:12:
- Uma: “We(excl.) pray that your hearts will be continually glad saying thank you to our Father, because he is the one who lifted you to become his children, with the result that you receive a portion together with all his followers in his Kingdom that is light/bright.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And really thank our (incl.) Father God. Because of what God did for you, you are worthy to be included to be given what he stored-up/kept for his people there in his glorious/bright place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that’s not all, because then your thanks to our Father God will be great because of His making you worthy to share in all that He is going to give to you His own whose minds have been illuminated.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Continue moreover to thank God our Father who has given us authority to share-in what he has prepared for all his people who belong to/have joined his ruling/ruling-place which is very-light (i.e. as daylight).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And (that) you will always be happily giving thanks to God the Father. For you also, he has made fit to receive-a-share of the good things that he has in store for all he has chosen and separated out as now being his people, those who are now living in his light.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I want that you thank God, he who is the Father of Jesus Christ. Because it is he who caused that we have part in all that he will give in heaven to the people who are in his hand.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
