Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:21:
- Uma: “When we drink wine in our worshipping the Lord Yesus, we cannot also drink wine with those who worship demons. We can’t eat bread to remember the Lord’s death, and also eat with those who are worshipping demons. So it certainly isn’t fitting for us to enter an idol worship house and eat with them who worship idols. [NOTE: This is Paul’s main point, but he never explicitly states it! Cf. section heading at 10:14]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When you gather to eat and drink to remember the death of Isa Almasi, you cannot also follow/join in eating and drinking what the people have given to their idols. Because if you eat that, it is as if you follow now the demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for us (incl.) believers, if we carry out that which was commanded about the Lord’s supper, it is not allowable that we eat and drink also, that which was sacrificed by unbelievers to the demons. Because it’s as if we have fellowship with demons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is not possible for you to join in eating and drinking what has been offered to demons and at-the-same-time join in eating and drinking what reminds us of the Lord’s death.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For it is really not allowable that you include yourselves in the drinking and eating which is a remembrance of the far-from-ordinary death of the Lord, and (that you) also take part in feasts which are their means of worshipping the messengers of Satanas.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You can not eat the Holy Supper the Lord Jesus left for us to do and also go to where is eaten the meat offered to evil spirits.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:38:
- Noongar: “When the sun rose, all the people came to the Temple to hear Jesus.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Every morning the crowds gathered at the House of God wanting to hear his teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And early in the morning yet, all the people went already to the temple to listen to his preaching/teaching.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all the people in that town, they went early to the house of God because they wanted to hear his teaching.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore the many-people, they went early every-morning to the Temple to go listen to what he was saying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore the people came early going to the Templo, so that they could hear the things Jesus was teaching.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:20:
- Uma: “So, when you meet together, your behavior is not fitting for people who gather to eat bread and drink wine to remember the Lord Yesus’ death.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When you gather to eat for remembering the death of Isa Almasi, it is as if you are not remembering Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when you gather together to eat because you want to observe the Lord’s Supper, what you do is not very good, and this cannot be the Lord’s Supper.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the result of it is that when you gather to eat-together koma what-reminds you of the death of the Lord Jesus, he in fact is not the one you are thinking about.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when you gather together to do this act-of-worship which is a remembrance of the death of the Lord, the significance of it is far from your minds/inner-being. It’s not the death of the Lord that is in your minds,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore when you gather together in order to have the Holy Supper, it is not looked well upon by Christ in what you are doing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:32:
- Noongar: “But I ask God to help you, Simon, so your faith will not die. And when you come back to me, you must give strength to your brothers.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But I pray for you ahead of time, Simon, that your faith not be weak/limp. So, when your heart is again clear, you must strengthen the hearts of your companions.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But I have prayed for you to God, Simon, that your trust in me may remain steadfast. You will turn your back on/reject me, but when you return to me, cause the trust of your brothers to be firm.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, I’ve prayed for you, Simon, to God, that your faith in me might not be removed. And when your faith in me is already strong, you must cause that the faith of your companions also become strong.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But I have prayed for you (sing.) Simon that you (sing.) will-continue to believe, and when you (sing.) turn again to me, you (sing.) must strengthen your (sing.) companions.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well, I have indeed prayed, Simon, that you (sing.) won’t drop/give-up your believing-in/obeying me. And then when you repent/are-sorry and your believing-in/obeying me returns to being strong again, strengthen the believing of these companions of yours who are your siblings in believing.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:2:
- Uma: “They asked the Yerusalem villagers, they said: ‘Where is the Child who was just born to become the King of the Yahudi people? In the east we saw a star that meant/told of his birth. That is why we came wanting to worship him.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they arrived there they asked, they said, ‘Where is the child that was recently born the one who will finally become the king of the Yahudi? For we have seen a star appear there in the east and that star is a sign that he has been born and we have come to praise him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They asked, ‘Where is the prophesied child born who will rule over the Jew people? We saw the appearing of the star which is the sign of his birth. Because of this we came here for we will worship him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they arrived there, they inquired saying, ‘Where is the one who was born who is king of the Jews? Because we (excl.) saw the coming-out of the star that is the sign of his birth, and we (excl.) came to worship/honor him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they arrived in Jerusalem, they kept asking around as to where was the one who had been born who would reign as King of the Judio. ‘Because we saw,’ they said, ‘a new star which rose in the east, which is the sign that he has now been born. This is why we (excl.) have come, that we (excl.) will worship him.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They were asking, saying: ‘Where is the baby who has been born, the one who is the kind of the Jews? For there towards where the sun rises we saw a star which was a sign that he has now been born. So now we have come in order to worship him,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:18:
- Uma: “That’s why God ordered that our body be made of many kinds of parts, every kind of part he put in our body according to his desire, each in the place that is appropriate.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But when God created the human body, he placed many different things in that body whatever he wanted.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s good because when God created man He didn’t create him that way. He created for the body of a person all those different things that he would need according to what God wanted.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But of-course the body isn’t like that, because God has arranged all the parts of the body in their proper place according to what he wanted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But God really has placed each part of the body in accordance with where he desired to place it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But God caused that our bodies be. Each part of it he caused to be where he wanted them to be.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:64:
- Noongar: “They covered Jesus’ eyes and asked, ‘Who hit you? Guess!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “They wrapped/covered his face so that he could not see, and they asked him: ‘Ee prophet! Try to say who is slapping you (sing.)!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They blindfolded his face and they slapped him and asked him saying, ‘Guess, who was it that slapped you?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for those people who were watching Jesus, they treated him shamefully. They tied something around his eyes and they hit him with their fists, and they said, ‘As for you, you prophet, prophesy as to who hit you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They also covered his eyes, then they said, ‘All-right now, guess who boxed you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They covered his face and kept on asking, ‘Guess/prophesy! Who was it who hurt you?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:11:
- Uma: “Yohanes also said: ‘I baptize you with water, as a sign that you have repented from your sins. But one will come after me whose power surpasses mine. Even to become his servant who carries his shoes, I am not worthy. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I bathe you with water so that it can be seen that you regret and leave your sins. But somebody will come here after me, he is more powerful than I am. I am not even worthy to carry his shoes. That one will bathe you with something different. To some of you he will send the Holy Spirit and some he will bathe with fire.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘I use water to baptize you with,’ said John, ‘a sign that you have had done with the bad way of doing, but the one who takes my place, what he will baptize you with is the Holy Spirit, and if not that, then fire. He is greater than I and even to just carry his shoes, I am not yet fitted as his servant.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he continued saying, ‘There is (someone) higher (in rank, importance) than I who is following. And because of this highness of his, I am not worthy to even carry his shoes. (3:3) Only water is what I baptize-you -with so that it will be shown that you have repented of your sins, but as for him, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am baptizing you here in water, it being like a sign only of your repenting/being-sorry-for and dropping/giving-up your sins. But it’s true that the one who will come following/succeeding me, what he will baptize you with is the Espiritu Santo and fire. He really is superior to me. Even to remove his footwear, it’s not acceptable/possible for me to do it, because his greatness/importance is really very much.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning myself, it is true that I baptize with water these people who say that they will separate from evil. But there is coming another one who will baptize with fire when the Holy Spirit strengthens you with power. That one is greater than I am. How could I ever compare to him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
