Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 5:15:
Uma: “For the purpose of Kristus dying to take the place of all people [is/was] so that we who are still living in this world will no longer follow our own desires. We follow Kristus’s desires, for he is the one who died and lived again to take our place.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Almasi died in place/as exchange for all people so that we (incl.) the ones living, no longer follow our (incl.) own wishes but that is what we (incl.) follow the wishes of the one who died in our (incl.) stead and he lives again for our (incl.) good.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He died as a substitute for all mankind, so that those people who are still alive, they might no longer do what they want to but rather, they might fulfill the desire of Christ who is the one who was killed and raised again, so that they might be freed from punishment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “He died for all in order that we who are alive, it shouldn’t be what we desire that we follow but rather what Cristo desires who died and lived again for us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, he died substituting for all people so that, we who are like his companions in being made alive again, hopefully we will now live no longer giving priority to our own will but rather to his will because he died because of us, and was made alive again too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Christ died to save all of us and now we do not decide for ourselves how we will walk. Rather we now live to do the will of Christ, he who died and resurrected.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:15:
Uma: “That woman said: ‘If thus, give me that water, so that I will no longer always be thirsty, and I will no longer need to come here to fetch water every day.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘Sir,’ said the woman, ‘give me this water, that you spoke about, to drink, so that I won’t get thirsty again and that I don’t have to keep coming here to draw water.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the woman said, ‘Sir, let me drink some of that water that you are talking about so that I will never get thirsty again, and I will never again also have to fetch water here.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then the woman said, ‘Sir, please give-me-some of that water so I will-never-get-thirsty and I will not have to keep-coming here to go get-water.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The woman said next, ‘Master, well if that’s how it is, give me that water you’re talking about, so that I won’t become thirsty again, coming again and again here to this well to draw water.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The woman said, ‘Sir. Give me the water you are speaking about so that I will never be thirsty. Also I will never come to draw water from this well here.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:27:
Uma: “‘What I say to you that other people do not listen to, you must speak/tell to all people. What I just whisper to you in your ear, say clearly in the ears of the people/crowd.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Whatever I tell you at night, tell it in daytime, and whatever you hear when it is you only/in private, spread it to the people in the market.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The things which I say which you alone have heard, tell them to everybody. That which I whisper to you, spread it to all people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “What I have been saying to you that no one (else) was able-to-hear, it is necessary that you make-known to the many-people. What moreover I have been whispering to you, it is necessary that you shout it so that many-people will hear it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The things I am saying to you when you are the only ones I am teaching, you must make them known to all people. My teachings that only you heard, you are to teach them to everyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “These words I tell alone to you, you must tell to all the people. These words I whisper in your ears will be heard in all the towns.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Amele: “(What) I tell you secretly in the dark tell in daylight before the eyes of men. (What) I whisper to you and you hear tell all people while standing on the house ridgepole.” (Source: John Roberts in this article )
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 7:8:
Uma: “Even though the contents of my letter the other day [lit., yesterday] stung your hearts, yet my heart is not sorry that I wrote that letter. At first my heart was sorry, for I knew that your hearts would be sad reading that letter. But your sadness of heart was only for a while.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because even if you are sad/troubled because of my letter/what I wrote to you, I do not regret that I sent that letter to you. It is true in the beginning I regretted it, when I knew that you were sad even a little while only because of that letter.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For even though you became sad by means of that letter. I decided that it was very good that I sent it. At first I was sorry that I had sent it, because it made you sad; however, only for a short time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because even though you were saddened because of that letter of mine to you, I have no regret now that I wrote it. I did admittedly feel-regret when-I-found-out that you were hurt, even though your sorrow was only for-a-moment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For even though that letter that I sent you gave you grief, I am not now regretting the things that I wrote. Admittedly I did feel-regret over that letter when I heard that it had given you grief even if only for a short time.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When I sent the letter to you before, my heart was sad because of the words in the letter. Because I knew very well that your hearts would be sad when you read the words written there. And now, my isn’t sad because I wrote the letter to you. Because I know that no longer are your hearts sad.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:47:
Uma: “When that leader heard of Yesus’s arrival in Galilea from Yudea, he went to Kana town to meet him, he said to him: ‘Lord, let us go to Kapernaum, you (sing.) please heal my child for me, because he is nearly dead.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When this titled-one heard that Isa had arrived in Jalil from Yahudiya, he immediately went to Isa. He begged Isa to come along to Kapernaum to heal his child because he was soon to die.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he heard the news that Jesus was arriving in Galilee from Judea, he went to Jesus and he begged him that he should go to Capernaum so that he might heal his child because it was dying already.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When he heard-reported that Jesus had arrived in Galilea coming-from Judea, he went and pleaded with him that he go to Capernaum to go heal his child who was already dying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When that person knew that Jesus had arrived again in Galilea coming from Judea, he went at once to him in Cana. He asked him to continue on to Capernaum because he was asking aid for his now dying son.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “That man heard that Jesus had now arrived in Galilee from Judea. He went to see him to ask the favor that Jesus come to his house in order to heal his son, since he was about to die.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:17:
Uma: “they say: ‘We invited you to play flutes, you did not want to be glad with us. We invited you to wail, you also did not want to weep with us.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘We beat the gongs for you, but you did not dance. We wailed but you did not cry.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘We are drumming for you, and you will not dance. We pretend mourning, and you won’t join in either.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘We (excl.) were certainly playing-the-gongs, but you refused to dance. Therefore we (excl.) sang-funeral-songs, but you still refused to join in.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “They’re saying, ‘Whatever we (excl.) do, it doesn’t suit you (pl.). We play stringed-instruments for you but you don’t dance. We sing songs sung at burials but you don’t cry.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “‘We blew the flute for you to dance but you wouldn’t dance. And we sang sad songs, but you wouldn’t cry,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 8:24:
Uma: “So, I request that you receive them well, and you show them your love, so that all the Kristen people know your loving [attitude], and they will also know that the words of praise that we (excl.) spoke about you are true.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When they arrive there, show them your love, so that all the other gatherings of trusters in Isa Almasi will be sure that your love is true and they will know that all our (excl.) praising you is true.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Show them your kindness so that believers in every town will know that it’s really true that you are kind to your companions. And they will know also that what we say is true, that is, that you are helpful.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Show then your love for them so it will be confirmed to them and to the congregations which chose them that your love is sincere and that what I have been saying in boasting-about you is also true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Therefore cause them to comprehend that your valuing is true/genuine, so that all believers will observe that we (excl.) were not mistaken in this praising of ours (excl.) of you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When these of whom I am speaking have arrived, be respectful to them so that the believers all over will be able to know that truly you love your brothers. Because that is what I told all the people, that you very much love your brothers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:25:
Uma: “These words of mine are very true: The time will come–and this is the time–dead people will hear the voice of the Child of God, and those who hear [it] will get new life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Truly I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘the time has come (that) all those who don’t yet believe, the ones figuratively dead hear my voice, me the Son of God. And all that hear are certainly made alive.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Very true what I say to you that the day is coming and it already has come that I, the son of God, the people who have not yet been given life, will hear my words to them, and the ones who obey, I will give them eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “This that I say is also true. All people, they are as if dead, because they are separated from God. But the time has already arrived that even those who are as if dead, they will hear my words who am the Child of God, and those who believe/obey what they have heard, they will truly live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “This is the truth, the time will come, it’s now already, when those under the jurisdiction of death will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen and follow/obey will live.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “It is true what I tell you. The time will come when it will happen according to what I tell you and it is the time now. The people now living are as though they were dead. But when they hear the word which the Son of God speaks and believe, then they will be given the new life.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
