complete verse (John 1:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:12:

  • Alekano: “He showed the way to the ones who loved him so that they could become God’s people. He did that to the ones who believed concerning him.”
  • Lalana Chinantec: “But there were some who did accept him, who believed on him. They are the ones who were given authority to become the sons of God.”
  • Uma: “But whoever received him and believed in Him, he gave them authority [lit., seat] to become children of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But whoever receives/received the Word and believes/believed in him, he gives/gave them authority to become children of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, anyone who did receive and believe in him, he gave them the right so that they might become the children of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But there were however some who received (him) who were the ones who believed in him. It was to them that he gave the right to become children of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But there were indeed people who believed-in/obeyed and trusted-in/relied-on him. These ones, he gave them the authority/right to be able to be regarded as children of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But all those who looked favorably upon him and believed that he is the savior were given the permission to become the children of God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But whoever received and believed in him he gave the right to become a child of God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Mairasi: “But they themselves who received Him all received power with the result that they themselves become children Belonging to Above-One, specifically those people who believe His Name:” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
  • Bariai: “But whoever (pl.) received him and believed in him, they’re the very ones whom he allowed to become God’s children.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Kupsabiny: “but there are some people who welcomed and entrusted themselves to him. He accepted/allowed those people to become children of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)

complete verse (John 8:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:32:

  • Ojitlán Chinantec: “And you will know the nature of the truth. And you will be liberated on account of having accepted the truth.”
  • Huehuetla Tepehua: ” . . . and when you know the truth you will be taken from your servanthood.”
  • Aguaruna: “And when you do, you will know truth, and that truth will lead you to freedom.”
  • Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “And you will know what is truth. And because of truth you will not be ruled over by anyone else.”
  • Chol: “You will begin to become acquainted with the truth of my words. My words are true. They will cause you to become free.”
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “You will know what my true words mean, and if you know what they mean, you will no longer be under the foot of evil like slaves.”
  • Lalana Chinantec: “. . . You will no longer need to work without pay like you do now.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
  • Uma: “and if you are really my followers, you will really know the true teaching, with the result that you will be free.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And you will know as to what is the truth from God. And this truth will free you from what is enslaving you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You will know the true doctrine, and by means of this you will be set free from slavery.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You will come-to-know the truth concerning me, and by-means-of this truth, you will-be-set-free.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “You will really recognize the truth, and this truth is what will release you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “And you will know the true word and the true word will save you.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 John 2:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:2:

  • Uma: “And he is the one who died to become our redeemer / body substitute so that God [could] forgive our sins. And not only our sins alone did he redeem, but the sins of all mankind also.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And Isa Almasi was made a sacrifice hep to make our (dual) sins be passed. And not just our (incl.) sins but up to/including the sin of all mankind was taken away/made past by Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He is the one who was sacrificed because of us (incl.) so that our sins might be removed. And it’s not just our sins which can be removed, but rather the sins also of the whole of mankind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And it is Cristo just the same who underwent/bore the punishment of our sins so that they can be forgiven, and not our sins only but rather the sins of all people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because as for this Jesus, he was made a sacrifice, so that he could-take-the-punishment for our sins. As for these sins for which he took the punishment, it wasn’t only ours, but rather for the sin of all people here under-the-heavens.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “This Jesus Christ died in order to take care of our sins, and not just ours, rather he died in order to take care of the sins of all the people living on earth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “He died to pay for our guilt in order that we may be at peace with God. Not by reason of our guilt only did he die, but rather by reason of the guilt of all mankind.”
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “Because he delivered himself to pay for our sins. And not only our sins, but also all the sins here in the world, he paid for.”
  • Tzotzil: “He paid for our sins when he died on the cross. Not our sins alone he paid. He paid for the sins of all people also.”
  • Sayula Popoluca: “And he died for our sins so that God might pity us…” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
  • Candoshi-Shapra: “He himself pacified His Father in regard to our sins so he would not hold them against us. However, He did that not only for our sins. For all the people who live in the world He did that.”
  • Yanesha’: “He is given, thus he pays on us our sins. This is not for us alone, it is for all of us who are on the earth.”
  • Aguaruna: “He, just he, dying he paid (for our benefit), in order to eradicate for us our sin, but more, he paid for us, not just our sin, all people their sin he paid for for them.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)

complete verse (1 John 3:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:6:

  • Uma: “So, all people who remain in harmony with him, they no longer do sins. All people who keep doing sins, they haven’t seen him and they don’t know him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore whoever is one with Almasi, he does no longer sin. Anybody who is still sinning has not understood about Almasi and he has not known Christ.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of that, anyone who holds tight to His oneness with Christ, it is not possible that He continually does evil. That person who is always doing evil, he doesn’t yet know who Christ is and he has not yet believed in Him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So whoever has-been-joined to Cristo, he doesn’t continue to sin, because the one who continues to sin, he hasn’t believed in Cristo and has absolutely not come-to-know him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The one who lives holding fast to his believing-in/obeying Jesu-Cristo, he doesn’t keep on doing sin. But the one who still keeps on with his doing of sin, he hasn’t comprehended what Jesu-Cristo is like and doesn’t really know/acknowledge him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “All who walk with Jesus Christ do not continue committing sin. But all who commit sin are those who do not understand about Jesus Christ, and do not know him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “Each one of us if we are constantly present with him, we are not evil doers. And each one of us if we are evil doers we do not yet understand who Jesus Christ is, nor are we acquainted with him.”
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “He who habitually lives with Christ doesn’t habitually do sin. But he who habitually sins, never wanted to hear Christ and he never knew him.”
  • Tzotzil: “If we are in the presence of Christ, we don’t now seek our sin. If we still seek our sin, it is because we have not yet seen Christ, we do not yet know him.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
  • Candoshi-Shapra: “The one who lives (abides) with Jesus only does not sin. The one who sins has not seen Him. Neither does he know Him.”
  • Yanesha’: “All whoever is one with Christ is not characterized by sin. If anyone sins, he has never seen (or found) Christ, he does not know how Christ is.”
  • Aguaruna: “He who is in Christ goods (opposite of sins), but he who doesn’t do so he does not know Christ, ‘He is like that,’ saying he does not know.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)

complete verse (John 1:45)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:45:

  • Uma: “From there, Filipus also went to meet-with his friend named Natanael, he said to him: ‘We have met [exclamation] the Redeemer King, like was written in the Book of the Law of Moses and the letters of the prophets long ago! His name is Yesus from Nazaret, the son of Yusuf!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Pilip looked for Natanael. When he found him, he told him, he said, ‘We (excl.) have found now the person that Musa told in the holy-book Tawrat about and also the prophets told about him in their writings. He is Isa the son of Yusup from the village Nasaret.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Philip, he went to Nathaniel and said, ‘We have seen the person that the prophets foretold long ago and that Moses foretold when he wrote in the book of the law. He is from Nazareth and he is Jesus the son of Joseph.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now Felipe, he went and found Nataniel and said to him, ‘We (excl.) have found the person whom Moses wrote-about and the prophets also wrote-about. He is Jesus from-Nazaret the child of Jose.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That Felipe, he looked for a person named Natanael and told him, saying, ‘We (excl.) have found the one referred to in what Moises mentioned in the things he wrote and foretold also by the prophets in the things they wrote. It’s Jesus the taga Nazaret, the son of Jose-and-spouse.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Philip went to hunt for Nathanael. He told him: ‘We found the man who is spoken about in the Holy Book which Moses and the other prophets wrote. He is Jesus, who is from Nazareth, the son of Joseph.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Following is a back-translation of John 1:45 from Lalana Chinantec: “Philip went off. He went to get Nathanael. Philip said to Nathaniel: ‘We have met a person about whom Moses spoke when he wrote on paper the word, the law of God. The people who preached the word of God in the olden times, also spoke about this person. Their words are written down on paper. Jesus a person from Nazareth is the name of the person they were speaking about back then. He is the son of Joseph,’ Philip said.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)

complete verse (John 15:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:8:

  • Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “If you give very much fruit, if you do very much what God wants, in this manner you honor the Father and thus it shows that you are really my disciples.”
  • Aguaruna: “When you give much fruit and the people see that, they will say, ‘Surely he is Jesus’ follower.’ When you do this they will praise my Father.”
  • Ojitlán Chinantec: “In that way you make my Father big, doing much good so that people know that truly you are my disciples.”
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “My Father receives honor when you do very much the things which he likes and also you are showing that you are following me like you should, if you are doing very much the things that he likes.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
  • Uma: “If you bear much fruit, my Father is made big. If like that your behavior, you are really my followers.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “If you do much good, my Father will be praised and it will also be known that you are truly my disciples.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If you continue fruiting, which is to say, if your works are always good, people will praise my Father God, and it will be known that you truly are my disciples.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is wherein-my Father -is-honored, if your faith has much fruit, and this also is how you will show that you are my disciples.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The praiseworthiness/glory of my Father is apparent when/if the fruit of your believing/obeying is plentiful and growing well in your life. If it’s like that, it’s proof that you are my disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “My Father will be respected when you live good lives. This also will make it apparent that you are my learners.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 John 2:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:14:

  • Uma: “I write to you my children, because you know our Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know the one who was from the first. I write to you young-men and young-women, because your faith is strong, you take-to-heart God’s Word, you have defeated the evil-one(s).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I write to you, my children-grandchildren, because you know your Father God. I write to you old people because you know Almasi, he was before the beginning of time. I write to you young men, because you are strong in your liver. The word/message of God is steadfast in your liver and you are not carried-along/influenced by the temptations of the leader of demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I write to you older people, is because you are the friends of Christ. He existed before anything was created. The reason I write to you young people is because your faith is strong and because the Word of God cannot be removed from your minds and because you have defeated Satan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I will please repeat again the reason why I wrote to you. As for you my children, I wrote to you, because you know our Father. You fathers/elders also, because you know him who already-existed since the very-beginning. You young-men also, because you are strong, God’s words are stored in your minds and you have moreover defeated Satanas.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I am writing to you elders/parents because you indeed know him who existed already from long ago when there wasn’t yet any world. I am writing to you young-folk because your believing/obeying is strong. The word of God is remaining with you, and well, you have now been able to have victory over that Epitome of Evil.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the old people, I write this word to you here in the letter because you have come to know him who was living before all the things that exist were made. Concerning the young men, I write this word here in the letter because now you are firm in that you believe God’s word in your hearts. And now you have won against the devil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “This letter I have written to you parents of children because you are acquainted with Jesus Christ the person who is present since the beginning. Likewise I have written to you young people because you endure not doing (keep from doing) evil. The word of God is constantly in your thoughts, and you have won out over the deceiver.”
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “I’m writing to you, you men, because you know him who was living when unending time. I’m writing to you, you boys, because you are strong. The Word of God dwells in your hearts and you have overcome the big-evil-one.”
  • Tzotzil: “You who are already old (men), because you have already known Christ whose character is he is, therefore I have written you this.. You who are young men still, because there is already the strength of your hearts therefore I have written to you this. God’s word is in your hearts therefore all the time you conquer the devil.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
  • Candoshi-Shapra: “I am writing to you adults. For you learned Him who has always first continuatively existed. I am writing to you young men for you are strong, for God’s Word lives in your hearts and you overcome the evil one.”
  • Yanesha’: “The ones (male) with children, now already you know he is the one who is from the beginning, that’s why I write to you. Young men, you are strong. Our Father his word you embody, you went and surpassed the devil, that’s why I write to you.”
  • Aguaruna: “Big ones (adults), I am writing to you because you are the ones who know him, the one who always lives, ‘He is like that’ saying. Young-men you are strong, and you are those, who complete God’s Word, the devil you are also victorious over, therefore I also write to you.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)

complete verse (1 John 3:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:17:

  • Uma: “For example there is a person who has the stuff of this world, and he sees his relative lacking something, and he just looks dry at him [i.e., looks and does nothing], certainly that person does not love as God [does].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “If there is a person who has his livelihood and sees his fellow-man in need and does not help the need of that fellow-man, that means that he does not love God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is anyone of us (incl.) who has the means to help his companion who is in difficulty, but he does not help him, it is not possible that God is dear in his breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But if there is a person and he finds-out that he has a brother who lacks what he needs and-meanwhile he doesn’t pity-him/show-him-benevolence, is it indeed the case (RQ implying of course not) that he loves God?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But if we just ignore the hard circumstances of our siblings in believing, because even though we have the means, we are hoarding for ourselves what would be used to help them, if it’s like that how can we say we hold God dear?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Suppose a person who owns a lot of things sees that his brother is in need. If he does not pity him so that he gives what is needed, then how ever can he say that he loves God in his heart then?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we have things and we know that our fellow is in need to use them and we do not pity him, we cannot say that we are loving God.”
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “But if one has something that he has, but his sibling is lacking necessities, and if he doesn’t do love to him, but the love of God is not in his heart then.”
  • Tzotzil: “If there is what is ours here in the world, if we see that poor him our brother, if we do not pity him even a little, it is in vain we say that we love God.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
  • Candoshi-Shapra: “If (a person) himself doesn’t lack anything, yet looks on (without acting) while his brother is in need and doesn’t pity him, does God’s love ever dwell in that one? Of course not!”
  • Yanesha’: “However, if we, all kind of things we have here on the earth, if we see our countrymen something needing, we, we do not have pity on him, how does it fill us, our Father, his love, in our hearts?”
  • Aguaruna: “He who possesses things, and does not have mercy on his brother who suffers, ‘I love God,’ saying, for nothing he says it.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)