Following are a number of back-translations of Philemon 1:21:
- Uma: “[As] I write this letter, I trust/hope that you will do what I request. And I believe that you will do more than I request.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I write this because I am sure that you pay attention/listen to me. I know that your help will exceed what I ask.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As I write to you I have great confidence, for I know that you will listen to me. I know that what you will do is bigger than what I ask for.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I have written these-things to you (sing.) because I thoroughly expect that you (sing.) will fulfill my request and even more.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am writing to you because I am really sure that you won’t refuse this which I’m initiating-an-agreement-about with you. My hope is that you will do even more than this.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I send this word to you because I know very well that you will do what I say. And I know that you will do much more than I say to you now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:18:
- Uma: “At that time, there was something like fish scales that peeled from the eyes of Saulus and he could indeed see. Up stood Saulus and he was baptized as/becoming a follower of the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Immediately there was (something) like fish scales which fell from Saul’s eyes and he was able to see again. Then he got up and he was bathed/baptized as a sign that he now belonged to Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And immediately it was as if there was something that peeled off of the eyes of Saul, and his seeing was opened. And he got up and he was baptized.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Right then something like fish-scales fell from Saulo’s eyes, and he was-able-to-see-clearly. After that he got-up and was-baptized.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he had said that, suddenly/unexpectedly there were what got removed from Saulo’s eyes which were like fish-scales. When those had been removed, he truly could see again. Without anything further, he stood up and caused himself to be baptized.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:9:
- Uma: “They ate until they were full. The number who ate at that time [was] about four thousand. After they ate, they gathered the leftovers, still seven baskets full. After that, Yesus ordered them to return to their houses,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There were more or less four thousand people who had eaten.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The number of the people who became satisfied there were four thousand people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The number of those-who-ate was about (lit. goes to) four thousand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for the number of those who ate, there were about four thousand. And then Jesus sent those people on their way.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 2:14:
- Uma: “The people that he calls children are mankind with physical bodies that must die. So, that’s why Yesus also became a man(kind) and lived just the same as man(kind), so that from/by his death he destroyed the power of the King of Evil-ones, who brings/brought death to man(kind).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The ones Isa calls children, they are humans who have flesh/muscle and bone. Therefore Isa also became human like they so that he could experience death. And because of his death he defeated the leader of demons the one who brought death to mankind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for us (incl.) who are children of God, we are just human beings who are subject to death. And because of this, Jesus become human also so that He might be like us. The reason He did this was so that it might be possible for Him to die. And by means of His death He might defeat Satan, who is the origin of death,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Since the children of God that it is talking about here are people who have bodies that die, Jesus also became a person with a body like theirs so that he would have a way to die. He did that so that because of his death he would totally defeat the Devil (RL Diablo) who is the source of people’s dying and being-separated from God” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well because those children being referred to are people/humans, who have flesh, blood, and a limit to life, therefore Jesus, he became a man/human too so that it would be possible for him to die also. Because, in his death he defeated Satanas, in-that he destroyed his control over people, that being what leads them to death which is unending punishment.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These of whom he says are children are people. Therefore Jesus became a person in order to become like they are. He wanted this so that he could be able to die, in order that he would spoil the power of the devil, the one whose fault it is that there is death for people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:7:
- Uma: “When the angel who spoke to him went out, Kornelius called two orderlies and one of his trusted soldiers. That trusted soldier was also one submitted to the Lord God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After the angel had left, Korneliyus called two of his servants in the house and one soldier servant. That soldier was religious.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the angel of God left. And immediately Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier who was one of his trusted ones. Now this soldier also worshipped God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the angel had-gone-from-sight, Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier who was his helper who also worshipped God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that angel who had talked with him had disappeared, Cornelio called two people who were his servants and one person who was a soldier whom he could rely on who was also a devout-worshipper.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 9:3:
- Uma: “His clothes became all shining white, there isn’t anyone in the world who can launder as white as that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His clothes really shone and were very white. There is no person here in the world who can make clothes white like the whiteness of his clothes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “His shirt was like the full moon because it was very white. There is nothing washed white here on the earth that could compare with it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and his clothes became-extremely-white becoming-dazzling. Its whiteness, nothing can-equal-it on earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His clothes gleamed very-white like just-broken waves, which really couldn’t be equalled by any bleacher of cloth here in the world.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 4:9:
- Uma: “So, there is still opportunity for the people of God to get rest/stopping with him. That rest /stopping is like God’s rest/stopping on the seventh day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, because it is like that, therefore there is yet really a resting-place for God’s people so that they can rest like God rested on the seventh day when he had finished creating everything.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, as for us (incl.) the subjects of God today, we now understand that it’s possible for us (incl.) to enter in so that we rest with God just like God rested on the seventh day.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That’s how-we -know that there is still a resting-place that has been prepared for God’s people like God’s resting (same word as resting-place) on the seventh day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, through these things, hopefully we have become-sure that there is yet a rest in the future, like God’s rest on that seventh day, after he had created everything. As for this rest, God’s people are the ones it is being reserved for, as many as are believing/obeying and trusting him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore now there is a resting place determined where God’s people will rest like God rested on the seventh day.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:39:
- Uma: “We(excl.) here are the ones who saw all that he did in the land of the Yahudi people and [lit., until] in the town of Yerusalem. Finally he was killed, nailed to a cross tree.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And we (excl.) here,’ Petros said, ‘we (excl.) can witness/testify to all that Isa has done in the land of the Yahudi tribe and there in Awrusalam. So-then he was killed by the people, being nailed by them on the post.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for us (excl.), we were able to testify to this because we saw all that he did in the villages of the province of Judea and there also in Jerusalem. We are able to testify also that he was killed by the Jews by being nailed to a cross.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And as for us (excl.), we (excl.) saw all that he was-doing in Jerusalem and in the other towns of the Jews. They nailed (him) to the cross and that’s how-he-died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “We(excl.) can testify to this for it took place before our (excl.) eyes, all this which he did in our (excl.) land, including there at Jerusalem. But well, he was killed by our (excl.) fellow Jews, for they caused him to be nailed to a cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
