Following are a number of back-translations of James 1:9:
- Uma: “My one-faith relatives! We who are poor, we must be glad because even though our lives are pitiable, God has made-us-high [i.e., exalted us] [can also be read as future tense].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If for example there is a fellow of ours (incl.) a truster in Isa Almasi and he is poor, he should be glad because he will be made great/honored by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The poor believer must rejoice in that he is very dear to God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You brothers who are poor, extreme should be your happiness, because you have been made-high/important in God’s estimation.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for the sibling in believing who is low-class/unimportant here in the world, it would be good for him to be happy about his importance in the sight of God who chose him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the believer who is poor, it is said that he isn’t worth anything, but he should be very happy. Because God reckons that the poor person is valuable.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 17:27:
- Uma: “He did like this so that we would want to know who he is, so that if we look for him, we would indeed find him. For actually he is not far from each of us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God did this to the tribes in order that they would seek him and in their perseverance perhaps they might find him. But,’ Paul said, ‘God is not far from us (incl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason he did this is so that we might search for him and that we might find him. And as for God, he is not also far from each one of us,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He did that in order that people would look-for him so-that-hopefully they would find him in their groping, because he is certainly not far from us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He did like this so that all people would hopefully search for him, even if only a groping/long-shot search, just so that they would find him. For it’s true, he isn’t indeed far from each one of us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:72:
- Uma: “At that time, a chicken crowed a second time. Petrus remembered Yesus’ words earlier that said to him: ‘Before a chicken crows the second time, you (sing.) will already have denied three time that you (sing.) know me.’ [So] Petrus wept sobbingly.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Immediately the cock crowed. This was the second time. Then Petros remembered what Isa had said to him, ‘(When) the cock has not yet crowed twice, you will have argued/denied three times that you do not know me.’ When Petros thought about this, he wept.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And immediately the chicken crowed a second time. And then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him when he said, ‘Before the chicken crows twice you will say three times that you do not know me.’ And then Peter wept out loud because his breath was very painful.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Right-then the rooster crowed the second-time (lit. repeated to crow). And then Pedro remembered what Jesus had said that before the repeating of the rooster to crow, he would three-times say-in-denial that he didn’t know him. And he was absolutely defeated by his sorrow (lit. pain of his thoughts) and he cried-bitterly.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Suddenly/unexpectedly a rooster crowed again. Pedro remembered then what Jesus had said to him, saying, ‘Before the rooster crows a second time, three times you will deny me.’ When he remembered that, he cried.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 2:14:
- Uma: “All my relatives! What is the use if we say we believe in the Lord, and our behavior doesn’t follow his desire/will. Will we be freed from the punishment of our sins if our faith is like that? No indeed!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My brothers, if there is a person who says that he trusts in Isa Almasi, but his doings are not right, there is no use in that trust of his. That trust of his will not be able to take him to heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is no value in the faith of anybody toward God if his faith cannot be perceived by means of good works. Faith like this is not true and cannot save from punishment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Brothers, if someone says that he believes in Jesu Cristo but he is doing nothing to show that it is true, of what use is it do-you-suppose? Is it possible do-you-suppose for him to be saved by-means-of that kind of faith?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “My siblings in believing, really nothing will be gained by a person, even though he says, ‘As for me, I am now a believer,’ if there is nothing he is doing which testifies that he now belongs to the Lord. The truth is, with that kind of believing, he won’t be sure of being saved.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen, my dear brethren, the person who says that he is a believer and does not do anything good, says that he is a believer in vain. Can the person be saved who only says that he has faith?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:25:
- Uma: “He had already also been taught the account of the Lord Yesus. So, when he arrived in Efesus, he taught with his real heart, teaching people the account of Yesus with all-clarity, but he did not-yet know all the teachings of Yesus, it was still only the baptizing of Yohanes the Baptizer that he knew.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He had been taught about the teaching of Isa, the Lord. He spoke forcefully (lit. caused-to-be-really) and his teaching about Isa was correct. But that is what he only knew the baptism/bathing taught by Yahiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Someone had taught him beforehand about our Lord Jesus, and he was very strong to teach, and correct was his explaining about Jesus. However, the only thing he knew about so far was the baptism that John taught.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He was industrious to teach concerning the Lord Jesus, and what he was saying moreover was true, because someone had taught him previously. But what he knew however was only what Juan had been teaching when he was still baptizing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He had been taught already concerning the Lord, but the limit of it was that which had been taught by Juan who was baptizing in the past, saying, ‘Repent and let go of your sins because the kingdom of God is near.’ But even though that’s all he knew concerning Jesus, he was really teaching it thoroughly and with perseverance.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:32:
- Uma: “Yet they say he is the Redeemer King, the King of the Israel people! If we see him descend from that cross tree, then will we believe him.’ Even the people who were crucified with him, they mocked [him] too.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He is the Almasi ko’/reportedly, king of the (people of) Isra’il, na, let him come down from that post. If we (dual) see him come down, na, we (dual) will believe.’ And the ones nailed together with him, also insulted/spoke-evil-to him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You who pretend to be Christ the King of us Jews, come on down from the cross and we will believe in you.’ And those two who were nailed on each side of him, they also spoke against him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This here Messiah who is King of the descendants of Israel should just come-down from the cross so that we would see and-then believe in him,’ they said. Even the criminals who were nailed to their crosses, they also mocked him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Of course, when we (incl.) see that Cristo who is the King of Israel come down from that cross, of course we will believe-in/obey him.’ Those two who were nailed at the same time also kept on being insolent to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 4:2:
- Uma: “You desire but you don’t get what you desire. And so [lit., from there] you kill. You are envious, desiring others’ things, but you don’t ever get them. And so you argue-back-and-forth and fight. You don’t ever get what you seek, because you don’t request it of the Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You want something but you can’t get it therefore you kill. You desire/crave something but you haven’t got it, therefore you quarrel and fight. But the reason that you don’t have (it) is because you do not ask from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There are things that you want which you cannot get, and because of that you decide to murder. There are things you are envious for, but you cannot acquire them, and because of that you quarrel and fight. The reason you cannot get what you want is because you do not ask for it from God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because you want to possess something, but you aren’t able-to-get-it, so you are prepared to kill. You are also jealous but you are not able-to-enjoy/obtain it, so you quarrel and argue-together. But the reason you aren’t able-to-enjoy/obtain is that you truly don’t ask God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There is something you very much want but you can’t get it. That’s why you get angry, wanting to kill just so that it can be yours. Your envying/coveting the things you can’t get is where fighting and quarreling begin. But well, why would you be able to get it since you don’t know to ask God for it?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You want something, and you cannot get it, then you murder. When you see something your neighbor has, then you are jealous. Then you begin arguing and fighting each other. But what you want is not given to you because you don’t ask God for it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:29:
- Uma: “That disturbance spread all through the town. From there, the masses thronged to the big meeting house in the town. They caught Gayus and Aristarkhus, and took them with them to the meeting house. Gayus and Aristarkhus were both Makedonia people who were accompanying Paulus on his journey.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The-result-was/finally that whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gayus and Aristarkus, men of Makedoniya who were travelling companions of Paul. They dragged the two inside the large meeting house.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the trouble spread through the whole town. Now the two companions of Paul, Gaius and Aristarchus, who were from Macedonia, the people seized them and took them rapidly into the big house where the people were gathered.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It was no long-time before (lit. and) all the inhabitants were already disrupted/in-a-state-of-confusion. They abruptly-captured Gaius and Aristarkus who were Pablo’s traveling-companions from-Macedonia. Then they all-ran-as-a-group to drag-them-resisting to the spectating-place of the inhabitants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What else but the whole city was troubled. Without anything further, they all then hurried to their gathering place. Some were dragging two people who were companions of Pablo, who were Gayo and Aristarco the taga Macedonia.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
