complete verse (1 Thessalonians 2:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 2:20:

  • Uma: “Certainly you are the bigness and joy of our hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Yes, you are the reason/source that we (excl.) will be honored and be joyful.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Yes, you are the ones we will boast about. You are our cause for rejoicing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is truly indeed true: you are our (excl.) cause-of-rejoicing and the reason we (excl.) will be praised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Yes indeed, because of you indeed, our (excl.) happiness is really far-from-ordinary, and our (excl.) praising of God is big.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Very much do we rejoice because of you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 19:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 19:41:

  • Uma: “Near the crucifying-place of Yesus, there was a garden, and in that garden there was a hole in the side of the mountain that was prepared as a grave. That grave was still new, it had not yet been used [lit. buried-in].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There where Isa had been killed was an orchard. There in that orchard was a burial cave, new yet, nobody had been buried there yet.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Near the place where they nailed Jesus was a place planted with trees. There was there a burial cave just finished and never buried in.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Near to where-Jesus -had-been-nailed, there was a place that was planted with trees which was the location of a cave that had not been used that had recently-been-chipped out of rock.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “At the side of where Jesus had been nailed, there was a plantation/garden. There, there was a burial-place which had recently been caused to be made, which was hollowed out rock. It was just being kept in store, no-one having yet been buried there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Close to where Jesus was put on the cross was a woods and in it was a cave in which no one had been placed but it was made to put someone in.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:12:

  • Uma: “The leading priests and the elders of the Yahudi people as-one-group brought-charges-against him, but he didn’t reply.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But when he was accused by the leaders of the priests and the elders, he did not answer.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But when Jesus was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he didn’t answer.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But even though the leaders of the priests and the elders were accusing him, he didn’t answer.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But when the chiefs of the priests and important tribal leaders were coming out with the things they held against him, he didn’t reply.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The chief priests and the men who lead at the church all accused Jesus. But Jesus made no reply.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Thessalonians 5:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 5:1:

  • Uma: “Relatives all, it is not necessary for us to write to you about just exactly when the day of the Lord’s coming is.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, my brothers, we (excl.) don’t have to write as to when this will happen.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Brothers, it is no longer necessary for us (excl.) to explain to you in this letter the days and the times when these prophecies will be fulfilled.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Now as concerns the time when these-things will happen, there is nothing that we (excl.) need to write you, brothers,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Siblings in believing, on that subject of the returning here of the Lord as to what time or hour, there’s nothing else we (excl.) can tell you in this letter of ours(excl.).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “And now, brothers, it is not needed that I write about the fact that it isn’t known what day, what hour the Lord will come.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 20:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 20:31:

  • Uma: “But what I wrote here, I wrote so that you believe that Yesus is the Redeemer King, the Child of God, and so that you received good life forever from your belief in him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But the ones written here are (written) so that you believe that Isa is really already the Almasi, the Son of God and so that you will be given life forever because of your trust in him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I have written these miracles here is so that you might believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the one chosen by God to rule. And if you believe in him you will be given life forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But these however, they have been written here in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah the Child of God so that through your faith, there will be in you life that has no end on-account-of your being-united-with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But those things which are written here, they are written so that you (pl.) will believe that this Jesus is the promised Savior and that he is the one who is the Son of God. And through your believing-in/obeying and being tied-together/united with him, it’s certain that life which is without ending will be yours.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But these words are written so that you believe that Jesus is the Christ appointed by God to rule and that he is the Son of God. If you believe this, you will have the new life.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:44)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:44:

  • Uma: “Even the bandits who were crucified with him, they ridiculed him too like that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Even the outlaws nailed together with him joined also in insulting him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even the bandits who were nailed on either side of him, they also spoke in rejection of him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Even the criminals who were nailed to their crosses, like that also is how they mocked him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The insolence toward him was also extreme by those two robbers who were nailed at the same time.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Also the thieves who were put on crosses along with Jesus made fun of him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Thessalonians 1:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 1:5:

  • Uma: “So, in the staying of your faith we (incl.) see the justice [lit., straightness] of God’s decision: you endure in the hardships that hit you because of your following God, that’s why God says you are worthy to become his people in his Kingdom.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All this is a sign that God’s judgment is straight/right. Now you endure/suffer so that it is known that you are worthy/fit to be included in God’s ruling/kingdom.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This trusting and endurance of yours is a sign that God’s judgment is just, for by means of the afflictions you have to endure, He shows that you are worthy to be included with the people He rules over.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “That is the evidence of God’s absolutely correct/right judging of people, because your enduring of hardship since you are God’s people, it is happening to you in order that God will give-the-verdict that you are worthy to be-joined-to his ruling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Really as for all of this, it testifies that God is righteous/straight in judging, that he will regard you as acceptable to live in his kingdom, that kingdom which you are standing up for and for which you are being caused this hardship.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now you suffer because you believe God’s word. But because your faith is firm, it is seen that God does everything well. And it will come out that you go to where God rules.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 1:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:7:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘My Father himself is the one who sets when will be fulfilled all his purposes that he has established by his authority/powerb [kuasa]. It is not necessary for you to know.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He answered, he said, ‘You don’t have/are not supposed to know about those (things). My Father is the only one who decides/rules over the happenings in the world and when he will let them happen.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘It is only our Father God who has power to know at which time the things which he does will be fulfilled, and it is not permitted to you to know this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘It is not possible for you to come-to-know that, because my Father only has the authority to designate (lit. sentence/convict) what will happen in a future day (lit. addition of days) and when it will happen,’ said Jesus answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied to them, ‘Only my Father knows at what time or hour he will fulfill all which he has determined. As for you, it’s not possible/acceptable for you to know these things.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Desano; “These things are not for you to know. Only God the Father knows what he is going to do by his power, and the day when he is going to do it.”
  • Teutila Cuicatec: “Jesus answered them: ‘It is none of your concern to know on what day or at what hour what God the Father himself has established will be fulfilled.'”
  • San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “Father Jesus said to them: ‘You do not need to know when or what hour that will be because only Father God knows when he will cause that to be.'” (source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)