Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:4:
- Uma: “From there, Paulus and his companions left again, and in every town that they passed, they always announced to the followers of Yesus the decision of the discussion of the apostles of the Lord Yesus and the elders in Yerusalem the other day. And they taught them to follow the commands that had been specified.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Paul and company travelled and went to different places and they told the ones trusting in Isa the commands from the commissioned ones and the elders in Awrusalam. They told them to obey those commands.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They left again, and in all the villages that they passed through they told the Gentile believers the orders of the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem. And they told them that it was necessary that they keep that.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they went and visited the towns there to go make-known to the Gentiles what the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem had decided that they follow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, on that journey of theirs, at each place they came to, they told to all the believers there, so that they would follow/obey also, those things which had been agreed upon by the apostles and overseers of the believers in Jerusalem, which was their advice to the believers who weren’t Jews.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:9:
- Uma: “Indeed I tell you: in the whole world, wherever the Good News is spread, what this woman has done will always be told, it/she won’t be forgotten.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And truly I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘wherever in the whole world the good news is proclaimed, it will also be told what this woman has done to me, for the people to remember her.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Remember that she will not be forgotten, for wherever the good news is spread all over the world, this which she has done for me will be told also.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This that I tell you is true that wherever on this earth the good news is preached, what this woman did will also be related as people’s remembrance of her.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This which I will say to you is really true. Wherever this Good News will be taught here under the heavens, this which she did to me will be mentioned, that being a memorial to her.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 13:3:
- Uma: “Remember your companions who are in prison, like you too were imprisoned along with them. Help those who are persecuted because of their faith, like you too were being persecuted with them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Don’t forget your fellow disciples of Isa who are in prison. Help them as if you were also in prison together with them. Remember also those who are persecuted. Help them as if you were also persecuted together with them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t forget to help the believers who are in prison; take good care of them just as if you were the ones in prison. Help also those believers who are being abused, just as if it was your own body that was being abused.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Show-mercy to those who are imprisoned and are being hardshipped as if you are sharing in their hardship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that you help your companions who are in prison. Have-pity-on them just as if you are also in prison yourselves. (Do) like that, too, for whoever else is being-hardshipped because of their believing/obeying, for you are like one body-entity.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When someone is jailed, help him in what he needs. Help him, reckoning that it was as though you who were in jail. Help those who suffer. Reckon as though you yourselves were going through what they suffer.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:36:
- Uma: “Hearing this, the head of the jail said to Paulus and Silas like this: ‘A command came from the rulers, telling me that you are to be freed. So, go and take-care / have-a-good-trip [traditional leave-taking].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The guard told this to Paul. He said, ‘The officials have sent word commanding that you be set free. So come out and may you have a good journey.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the watcher of the prison told this to Paul, and he said, ‘The Roman officials have commanded that you and Silas be set free, and you can go now, they say, but it is necessary that there is no trouble.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So the guard said to Pablo, ‘The judges say that you (plural pronoun but singular meaning) and Silas are to be released. Go then, but please keep-quiet in leaving.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then the overseer told what had been said, saying to Pablo-and-companion, ‘The highest officials have sent some people saying to release you now. Therefore go happily now for you are free.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:41:
- Uma: “He went again to pray the third time, and after that he returned again to his disciples, he said to them: ‘Are you still lying down and sleeping? Enough! The time has come for me the Child of Mankind to be sold and handed over to evil people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa returned the third time, he said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping and resting. That is enough now. The time has come. I, the Son of Mankind, will soon be handed over into the hands/holding of sinful people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A little while later he returned again the third time, and he said to them, ‘Are you still sound asleep? That’s enough, for this is the time when I, the older sibling of mankind, will be handed over to wicked people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So he went again to pray. Returning then the third-time, he said to those disciples of his, ‘Why there you are still enjoying yourselves sleeping! That’s enough! Because the hour that God has designated has already arrived that I who am Child of a Person will be turned-over to sinful people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “On Jesus’ third return, he said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping, just wanting to rest? Enough of that! The hour has come that I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human have been traded. I will now be handed over to people who are sinners.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 1:10:
- Uma: “So also we who are rich, we must be glad because God has made our hearts low [i.e., humbled us]. For rich people are like flowers of grass/plants: only one-time-around [i.e., a short time] are their lives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If there is also a fellow of ours (incl.) a truster in Isa Almasi and he is rich, he should also be glad if God causes him to be low. For the rich person just/simply passes through/from this world like figuratively the flower of a weed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The rich believer must rejoice in that his trust in his wealth has been removed; for the rich person will also be removed in the future just like the flower of a weed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You also who are rich, extreme also should be your happiness if you descend/become-low (in status, wealth, etc.) on-account-of your faith in Cristo, because the rich-person, he is like the flowers that grow in the underbrush. When the sun becomes-high and is extremely hot, the plants wither and their blossoms fall, so their beauty is-ruined. That also is what happens to the rich-person, because as-he-is-tending-to his business, that’s when-his death -will-arrive.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for the rich, it would be good for him to be pleased if it is made known to him that that wealth of his is worthless in the sight of God. For the truth is, he’s only like a flower which is quickly reached by death.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But concerning the believer who is a rich person, he should be happy when he understands that the money he has isn’t worth anything in God’s presence. Because all the rich people will pass from the scene. You see that the plants, when they flower, do not last long.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 17:28:
- Uma: “Like the old people say: ‘It is just from / because of Him that we are alive and move and are in the world.’ The same also what was written by one of your ancestors long ago who was clever making songs, he said: ‘All of us, we are the children of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because the reason we (incl.) are alive, the reason we (incl.) are able to move, the reason we (incl.) have souls, is because of God. Just like what the story-tellers also say, ‘We (incl.) are the children of God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because ‘By means of his power we are able to move, and there is also our life and personness of each one of us.’ Because just like one of your people said who knows how to make illustrations, he said, ‘As for us (incl.) also, we are his children.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because there is someone who said, ‘He is the one who gives us life, and it is he who is-taking-care (of us) in our walking and living.’ There are also other learned companions of yours who said, ‘We are definitely his children.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is like the saying of the past which says, ‘He really is the source of our life and breath. Yes indeed, we are alive just because of his determining.’ Isn’t it so, of course, that it’s like what was said by other wise-people/thinkers here among you, saying, ‘We people, it’s like he gave birth to us’ ?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:1:
- Uma: “Very early in the morning, all the religion judges [sitters] with the leading priests and the religion teachers and other Yahudi elders, they made-plans. They bound Yesus, the took him [and] brought him before ]lit., brought up] Gubernur Pilatus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When it was morning, the leaders of the priests and the elders and the teachers of the religious law gathered. They were the council members that judged. They planned/conferred as to what/how-they-should-do to Isa. So-then when they had finished planning, they bound (lit. roped) Isa and took him to hand him over to Pilatus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When morning came, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and elders of the Jews, and all of the judges, they agreed as to what they would do with Jesus. They tied him up and took him to the Roman governor Pilate.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “In the early-morning (lit. its getting-light), the leaders of the priests, elders, teachers of the law and all who had authority to judge-cases met-together, and they agreed-together as to what they would do to Jesus. After-that they bound him and they went and handed-(him)-over to Gobernador (Governor) Pilato.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “At dawn, the chiefs of the priests, the important tribal leaders, the explainers of law and others too who were members of the Sanedrin had already reached an agreement. They caused Jesus to be bound and then taken to the governor who was Pilato.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
