Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 11:31:
- Uma: “The Yahudi leaders talked among themselves, they said: ‘How should we answer him? If we say his power was from God, he will say to us: ‘If that’s the case, why didn’t you believe him?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then they planned/discussed, they said, ‘If for example we say that Yahiya’s authority to bathe the people was from God, he will say, ‘Na, why did you not believe Yahiya?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then they asked each other saying, ‘If we say that it was God, then he will ask us why we didn’t believe John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they asked-each-other saying, ‘What shall we answer? If we say that God is the one who gave his authority, Jesus will probably say, ‘If that is so, then why didn’t you believe/obey him?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they heard that, they talked among themselves, ‘If we (incl.) say, ‘From God,’ he will then say to us, ‘Well why don’t you believe/obey him?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 10:19:
- Uma: “Relatives! When the Big Priest enters/entered the More Holy Room, he had to take/carry the blood of livestock. So also we, because-of the blood of the death of Yesus, we are no longer afraid to approach God, we are-bold/dare to come before him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore my brothers, we (dual) are free to go into the Most Holy Place because of Almasi’s death. That means, it is possible for us (dual) to go into the presence of God because Almasi has died taking-away our (incl.) sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So, brothers, since Christ allowed Himself to be killed and His blood flowed out, we no longer have reluctance to enter by means of prayer, into the very precious room inside the curtain.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore brothers, on account of Jesus’ blood which flowed-out at his death, we are not afraid to enter the exact place of God which is compared to the Holiest Room.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore now, brethren, it is now possible for us to like enter without any hesitancy into that Exceedingly Far-from-ordindary Room, through the strength of the blood of Jesus which he shed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Here on earth only the high priest can enter into the place which is overflowingly holy. But now, my brothers, all of us can pass to the face, the eye of God now. Because Jesus Christ himself died in order to clear our sins.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 14:13:
- Uma: “From there, because there was also a house of worship of Zeus outside the town, their religion leaders carried/brought several bulls and flowers to the town gates, along with many people. Their intention was to slaughter the cows as-a-worship-offering to Paulus and Barnabas.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The prayer-house of/for their god Seus was there outside the gate of that city. The priest of that prayer-house went to the gate leading bulls having garlands (lit. flowers strung) around their necks. This priest and the many people wanted to butcher those cattle as a sacrifice to Paul and company.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was there near the town the church of their god Zeus, and the shaman who sacrificed there, he was there already at the gate of the village bringing flowers which were made into a necklace and a cow to sacrifice because he and the people, they would worship Paul and company.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The temple where-they -worshipped Zeus, it was at the edge of town. So their priest, he took male cattle necklaced with flowers to the gate that was the entrance of town, because they all wanted to sacrifice-to plural Pablo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Outside of that city there was a worship-place of their pretend god who was Zeus. Well, what their priest there did was, he fetched male cows which he necklaced with what was made with flowers, and he took them to the gate of the city. He was thinking that he would lead the crowd in worshipping Bernabe and Pablo. He would sacrifice those cows to make a thank-offering.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:30:
- Uma: “We must love him with our real heart, we [must] offer all our life to him, we [must] love him the full-extent of our knowledge and the full-extent of our ability.’ That is the first command.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You (sing.) shall love God, your (sing.) Lord, with your entire (dambýs-býs) liver and mind and strength.’ This,’ said Isa, ‘is the commandment greater than all.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is necessary that the one you hold big in your breath is God our Lord. He is the one you must make dear in your breath, your mind, your understanding, and in all that you do.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) must concentrate all your (sing.) mind/thoughts, skill/intelligence and strength in loving God your (sing.) Lord.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that you (sing.) hold him dear without not-meaning-it, but on the contrary really with your mind/inner-being and your mind/thinking being concentrated, and with all your strength.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tzotzil: “Love with all your heart our Lord God. All that you are able to do, do it because you thus love Him. All that you think, do it because you thus love Him. Serve Him with all your strength because you thus love Him.”
- Western Highland Chatino: “Love very much God your Lord. You’ll think much about God. You’ll give your hearts to God. You’ll give all your minds to God. You’ll give all your strength to God.” (Source for this and above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
See also heart, soul, mind (with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind).
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 11:12:
- Uma: “At that time, Abraham’s body was like it was dead for he was old. But even so, because he had faith, from this Abraham appeared many descendants, whose amount cannot be counted, like the number of stars in the sky, and like the number of sand [grains] on the edge of the sea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And Ibrahim was already really old, his wife could no longer have a child by him. But because he believed God’s promise his descendants became really many like the stars in the sky and the sands at the seashore which cannot be counted because of their multitude.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for her husband Abraham, who was very old also, and it was no longer possible that his wife might become pregnant by means of him, however he had a child just the same and he became the ancestor of very many people. They were like the sands on the sea and the stars in the sky because they could not be counted.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So even though Abraham ought not to have been able-to-sire-descendants because he was already an-old-man, the descendants of this one person multiplied nonetheless like the manyness of the number of the stars or the not countable sand/gravel at the edge of the ocean.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s why even though this Abraham was only one (person), and you could say he was (as good as) dead already because of his old-age, however he is the origin of descendants that could not be counted, which are like the large-number of the stars in heaven/sky and just-like the sand on the beach.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Abraham was also an old person already passed the time for having children. Yet nevertheless his son was born. This one multiplied, there were very many descendants who lived. The number of them is like the stars above or like the sand on the edge of the sea, it isn’t possible to count how many.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 15:17:
- Uma: “The Lord God said: ‘After that, I myself will return to visit the descendants of the Yahudi people that were ruled over by Daud long ago. I will love them and erect again the kingdom of Daud. From there, all the other people will also search for me. All the non-Yahudi people, whom I call to become my people/crowd, will certainly come to Me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then all the people from other tribes, they will also seek me because I have chosen them also, said God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, all mankind, all the people that I cause to believe in me, they will want also to worship me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that then all the Gentiles whom I have chosen to be called my people will turn to me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I will do like this so that, from all nations of people who aren’t Jews, as many as I have dedicated/secured as being my people will then search for me.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:18:
- Uma: “Call-out to God that your time-of-fleeing will not be at the cold time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Pray to God that this may not happen at a time of bad weather.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pray to God that this running away might not happen at the cold time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Pray that these hardships will not coincide with the frost-season.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You must pray that this won’t happen in cold season.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 12:4:
- Uma: “No kidding the suffering that Yesus underwent facing evil people who rejected him, to the point that he was killed. As for you, relatives, there are indeed evil people who are opposing you too, but in your war opposing sin, none of you has yet been killed like Yesus. So, consider Yesus, so that you not become weak and your hearts discouraged [lit., lessened].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You know that none of you has as yet been killed for resisting sin that tempts you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For you know that in your resisting evil behavior, not one of you has been killed because of His faith.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because in your trying to defeat sin, none of you has yet had his blood flow-out because of his faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For as-for-you, you have not yet experienced that your fighting against evil has-been-the-means-of- your life/breath -being-severed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “So far the evil people haven’t been able to kill us while we are hunting for how to separate from the sin that is here on the earth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
