Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:47:
- Noongar: “Every day Jesus went into the Temple and he taught the people. The chief priest and the Law Men and the elders, they all wanted to kill Jesus,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Every day Yesus taught in the House of god. The leading priests with the religion teachers and the other Yahudi leaders searched for a plan wanting to kill him,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa taught every day in the temple. The chief priests and the teachers of the religious law and including the great/important people looked for a way so that they could kill Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Starting at that time, every day Jesus taught in the big church. And as for the leaders of the priests of God and the teachers of the Law, and the elders of the Jews, they really wanted to kill Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Daily Jesus taught in the Temple. The leaders of the priests, the teachers of the law, and the leaders of the many-people, they searched for a way they could kill Jesus,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then every day Jesus was teaching there in the Templo. But the chiefs of the priests, the explainers of law and others who had important positions/responsibility over/among the people, they were looking for how they could cause Jesus to be killed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 8:7:
- Uma: “But even though it is like that, not all Kristen people’s hearts are clear like that. There are some who worshipped idols before they became Kristen people, and even to this time if they see food that has been offered to idols, they say in their heart: ‘That is an offering to an idol!’ So, if they eat that food, in their heart they feel like they have sinned, for their heart is still uncertain.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But there are (some) of our (incl.) fellow trusters in Isa Almasi who don’t know yet that the idols don’t have any power. Because they were formerly used to those idols, therefore if they now eat food that was given to the idols they think-mistakenly that they are still included in worshiping those idols. Then they are troubled in their thinking; they think-mistakenly (that) they sinned already if they happen to eat food (that was) given to the idols.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, there are some of our fellow believers who do not realize that false gods have no power over them, and it’s very difficult for them to abandon the beliefs which were left behind for them about these false gods. And if they eat food which has been offered, the thing that sticks in their mind is that they have joined in the worship of a false god. And because of this, their breath becomes bad (they feel guilty) because they suppose mistakenly that they have sinned because they have eaten meat which has been offered to a false god.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But there are companions of ours who believe whose understanding of this is not yet correct, because they were accustomed to worshipping idols, so when they eat what has been offered to idols, they still consider that they are joining-in-worshipping them. The result is, they feel dirty, because they still think that what they are doing is not right.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But it’s not all believers who understand this. For there are some who mistakenly-think that these pretend gods are true/real for that’s what they were born into (lit. awakened to). And because they were very used to worshipping these things in the past, that’s why up till now, if they join in a feast at the worship house of the pretend ones, in their mind/inner-being, they are again worshipping a god which has reality. Therefore, because their minds have not yet comprehended that there is no reality to these pretend ones, they will be dragged into trespassing on what their mind/inner-being forbids them to do.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But not all our brothers understand well about this matter. These people have customarily worshipped the idols. Therefore now in that their faith is not strong, in their thoughts when they eat meat which was killed to sacrifice to idols, they think they are committing a sin.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:31:
- Noongar: “After, the next brother also married the widow, and he died. The same thing happened to all seven brothers. They all died childless,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The same thing happened to the third one on down to the seventh. They all died without children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And then the third one took the widow for his wife until all seven brothers had taken the widow as a wife and they died and did not leave a child.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the same thing happened to the third, and it was just like that also, because all of the seven married the woman and had no children.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So also with the third. Then so-on-and-so-forth. All those seven brothers, they took-each-other’s places in marrying that widow, and they all died with no children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The third was like that too, until they had all taken-over that wife by marrying her, and they all died without having any children.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 9:26:
- Uma: “People who run in a race, they don’t run haphazardly, it’s clear what they are aiming-at. People who reciprocally-punch, their punches don’t just land any-old-where. So also I, I can be compared to a person who races or punches, for I don’t just behave any-old-way. Whatever I do, I do to aim at my winning prize there [out of sight] in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore I, I am like a person who is running. I am (going) straight towards (it) because I am striving/aiming at something. And when I preach to the people I am also like an expert boxer, each time he boxes he also hits. And I, each time I speak my speech always hits (the mark).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s why I imitate a person who races, who heads straight for the goal, because I never get out of the true path. And in my teaching people, I’m like a boxer whose blows always hit the mark so that what I have to say will always hit the mark. (In Manobo idiom, words which are very appropriate, hit the mark just like blows hit the mark).” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore as for me, I follow-the-example-of a runner-in-a-race who runs directly toward the end of the race-course without swerving/being-sidetracked. I am also like a boxer (boksinero) whose punches don’t miss.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s indeed what I myself do, striving-hard-at my serving. I am like a strong runner and I am running straight for a sure/certain destination. What I am also like is a boxer who can always hit his enemy, not one who just punches the air.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This word by which I walk, I take the road that I must walk, I do not deviate from how I must walk. I set my heart on how I will do the will of God because I do not want nothing will come from the work I do for God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:16:
- Noongar: “Your fathers and mothers, your brothers and friends, they will give you away and people will kill some of you.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “At that time, all people will hate you because of your following Me. Even your parents, relatives, family, and friends will give you to your enemies. Some of you will be killed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Even your parents, your siblings, your relatives and your friends will hand you over to your opponents. And some of you they will kill.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time, even your parents, your own siblings, your relatives and your friends, they will turn you over to the courts. And there will be some of you that they will kill.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “At that time also, even your parents, your siblings, your relatives and your friends, they will betray you to the officials so that they will kill some of you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You really will-be-betrayed-to-death by your parents, siblings, your other relatives and friends, and some of you will be killed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:31:
- Uma: “But I say: if we eat or drink or whatever we do, do it so that God is made-big.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Now, this is what I answer to what you said. Whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, you should do just what praises God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now for an answer to that is: whatever you do, your eating and your drinking, now it’s necessary that the reason you do that is so that God might be praised because of what you do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore take-care that God is honored/praised because of all that you do, even your eating and your drinking.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Don’t be/talk like that. In all that you do, whether eating, drinking, or whatever, you should be careful that everything is for God’s praise.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I will tell you about this. Whether you eat or drink, or whatever other thing you do, whatever you do search as to how God will be praised in it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Mairasi: “Therefore if you guys are going to eat maybe, drink maybe, or, going to do any kind of work, then do it for the purpose of magnifying Great Above One’s Name!” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:10:
- Noongar: “Jesus said, ‘Go into the city. A man carrying a jar of water, he will come to you. When he goes into a house, follow him,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “He said to them: ‘When you enter into the town, you will meet with a man who is carrying a water-fetching-container after fetching-water. Follow him coming to the house he enters.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He said to them, ‘When you have entered the town, you will meet a person carrying an earthenware-jar with water. Follow him to the house where he enters,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘When you arrive in the town, you will meet a man carrying a jar filled with water. Follow him to the house that he enters.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he said, ‘Go to the city. When you arrive there, you will meet a man who has gone to fetch-water. Follow him to the house he enters,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Like this is what you are to do,’ said Jesus, ‘go to the city. When you arrive there, you’ll see a man shouldering a water-drawing jar. Follow him to the house where he will go.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 1:5:
- Uma: “Salmon was the progenitor of Boas (the name of his mother: Rahab), Boas was the progenitor of Obed (the name of his mother: Rut), Obed was the progenitor of Isai,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for Salmon his wife was Rahab, their child was Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. Ruth was Obed’s mother. Obed was the father of Jesse.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Salmon, that was the father of Boaz, and Rahab was his mother. Boaz in-turn was the father of Obed, and Ruth was his mother. Obed, he was the father of Jesse,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Salmon married Rahab. They gave birth to Booz. Booz married Ruth. They gave birth to Obed. Well Obed was the father of Jesse,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Salmon was the father of Boaz. The mother of this Boaz was named Rahab. Boaz was the father of Obed. The mother of this Obed was named Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
