Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:7:
Uma: “Yesus said: ‘My Father himself is the one who sets when will be fulfilled all his purposes that he has established by his authority/powerb [kuasa]. It is not necessary for you to know.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “He answered, he said, ‘You don’t have/are not supposed to know about those (things). My Father is the only one who decides/rules over the happenings in the world and when he will let them happen.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘It is only our Father God who has power to know at which time the things which he does will be fulfilled, and it is not permitted to you to know this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘It is not possible for you to come-to-know that, because my Father only has the authority to designate (lit. sentence/convict) what will happen in a future day (lit. addition of days) and when it will happen,’ said Jesus answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied to them, ‘Only my Father knows at what time or hour he will fulfill all which he has determined. As for you, it’s not possible/acceptable for you to know these things.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Desano; “These things are not for you to know. Only God the Father knows what he is going to do by his power, and the day when he is going to do it.”
Teutila Cuicatec: “Jesus answered them: ‘It is none of your concern to know on what day or at what hour what God the Father himself has established will be fulfilled.'”
San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “Father Jesus said to them: ‘You do not need to know when or what hour that will be because only Father God knows when he will cause that to be.'” (source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 28:10:
Uma: “He said to them: ‘Don’t be afraid! Go, tell my relatives to go to Galilea, there they will see me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘Do not be afraid,’ said Isa, ‘go now and tell my (collective-) brothers that they shall/must go to Jalil. There they will see me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Don’t be afraid,’ said Jesus, ‘Go to my siblings and tell them to go to Galilee and there they will meet me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they are to go to Galilea so that we (excl.) will see-one-another there.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Jesus said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Go now and tell my disciples whom I regard as my brothers. Tell them that they are to go to Galilea. They will see/meet me there.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to the women: ‘Do not fear now. Go and tell my brethren that they must go to Galilee where we will see each other.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 3:9:
Uma: “Actually, we would not have been wrong to request [things] of you. But we wanted to show you a good example to follow.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “It would have been right for us (excl.)/we had the right to ask for support from you but we (excl.) did not ask so that you would have an example.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We have a right to ask payment from you, however we did not ask for payment, rather, we worked so that there might be activity of ours that you could imitate.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “We (excl.) did that so that you would have an example-to-follow, even though we (excl.) had a right to request from you our (excl.) needs.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Admittedly we (excl.) have authority to have you supply our (excl.) needs. But no. Instead of having you meet our (excl.) needs, what we (excl.) showed you was how it is really good to live so you could copy it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Even though it is proper that we could have said that you take care of us, we did not say that. Rather we worked in order to show you how it is necessary for you to live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:13:
Uma: “But there were also part of them who made fun, they said: ‘They are just drunk!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But there were some they just mocked the disciples of Isa. They said, ‘Those men/persons are drunk.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And some of them, they criticized the believers saying, ‘They are all drunk!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But there were also others who downgraded/ridiculed the believers saying, ‘Those-people are just drunk.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But others only laughed. They said, ‘Expl., they’re drunk.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tepeuxila Cuicatec: “Others taking it as a joke said, ‘They already drank sweet pulque.'”
San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “But some of them just made fun, they said, ‘They are drunk, they have drunk much wine,’ they said.”
Desano: “Others made fun of them and said, ‘They are very drunk.'”
Lalana Chinantec: “Other people mocked, they said, ‘They’re drunk. They have drunk wine that is just in the making,’ they said.”
Central Pame: “Some laughed at it, they said, ‘They have drunk too much grape liquid.'”
Chuj: “But there were others of them, they only insulted; they said untruthfully: ‘They are drunk,’ they said.” (Source for this and five above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:22:
Uma: “The people were surprised to hear his teaching. Because he did not teach like the religion teachers. His teaching [was] like a person who really had-authority/power.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The people were amazed/wondered when they heard his preaching/teaching. For the teaching of Isa was really different from the teaching (usihat) of the religious-teachers of the religious law. For Isa had power when he spoke.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The people, when they heard his teaching, were very amazed, for his teaching was not like the teaching of the teachers of the law of the Jews. For Jesus, by contrast, had great power to teach.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The many-people were surprised by the way he taught, because in his teaching, they could-see that he had authority, which was not like the way of the teachers of the law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The people were amazed, because it was clear from his words/speech that he was one who had true wisdom/understanding of what he was teaching. Not like the explainers of law who always mention/refer-to what had been taught by others.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Shipibo-Conibo: “Then, when he was teaching them. they were all startled. He taught them like one who had strength, not as the book wise ones did.” (Source: James Lauriault in The Bible Translator 1951, p. 32ff. )
Balinese: “Ah, astonished were all the people there at His teaching, because He taught in the way of a man full of power, wholly otherwise than is the way of those learned in the religion of Taurat [Torah].” (Source: J.L. Swellengrebel in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 75ff. )
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “Well, they were overwhelmed by his teaching, because he taught them as someone who had authority, and not as the scribes.”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 2:3:
Uma: “Praying like that is good, and is liked by God the King who lifts us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When/if we (incl.) pray to God like this, it is good and God, the one who saves us (incl.), is pleased.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I beg this is because prayer like this is good. This is what God our Saviour wants.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because it’s good if we do that and moreover that’s what pleases/satisfies God who saves us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Prayer like this is good and pleases God who is the origin of our salvation.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “It is necessary that we pray for all people because this is what God looks well upon, he who is our Savior.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:45:
Uma: “There were some who sold the contents of their house, and the money of the selling was divided among their companions who were in need.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “They sold their properties/wealth and some of their belongings/things and they divided the money to help meet the need of each one.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They sold their possessions and land, and the sale price they distributed to all their companions according to what each one needed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “They were also selling-and-selling their land and belongings to share-with their companions according to the needs of each one.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The proof was, if one person had real-hardship, what others would do is, they would sell some belongings or a (valuable) possession and use (the money) to help that sibling of theirs in believing who was in difficulty, however much he needed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Lalana Chinantec: “They sold what was their; the proceeds from that they gave to their companions who didn’t have anything.”
Morelos Nahuatl: “They sold all their lands and what they had. Then they distributed to everyone according to the amount each lacked.”
San Mateo del Mar Huave: “And also when they sold land, houses, or whatever they had, they divided everything, giving each one that which he lacked.” (Source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 2:9:
Uma: “I, the Child of Mankind, I do have authority in the world to forgive sins. But if I say to this lame person: ‘Your (sing.) sins are forgiven,’ you do not know whether they are really forgiven or not. But if I say: ‘Get up, roll up your (sing.) mat, and walk,’ you will see whether it happens or not. So I will show you that I have authority to forgive sin.’ From there, he turned to that lame person,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Which is the easier, to say to this paralyzed person, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up, take your bed (lit. for-lying-on) and walk.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For which is easier to a mere person? Is it to forgive the sins of this paralyzed man or is it to heal him so that he can rise and pick up his hammock and walk?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “It is admittedly easier to say, ‘Your (sing.) sins will-be forgiven’ than ‘Get-up, pick-up that stretcher of yours (sing.) to walk.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Which is easier to say to this person who is paralyzed? Is it, ‘Your sins have now been forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand, carry what you are lying on and go now’? Isn’t it so that they are the same in that only the supernatural-power of God can do it?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Michoacán Nahuatl: “Which is harder for me to do in order to show you that I can forgive sins? Is it harder for me to tell this man, I forgive your sins? Is it harder to tell this man, Get up . . .”
Ojitlán Chinantec: “Surely if I can make him get up, pick up his bed, and walk away with it, I can also forgive his sins.
Western Highland Chatino: “Who can know if I can truly forgive sins if I say to the sick man that I forgive his sins? But if I tell the sick man to get up, pick up his bed,and walk, immediately you know whether I have authority or not.” (Source for this and two above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Kim text for oral translation: “What is the easiest thing; it is that of saying to the paralysed: ‘Your sins have been forgiven’ or of saying ‘Get up, take your bed, go your going (go away)’?” (Source: Bayamy Tchande Awakde in The Bible Translator 2025, p. 23ff.)
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your pallet, and walk’?”
