Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 3:5:
- Uma: “He did stare at them, because he hoped he would get money from them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The man looked at them expecting to receive from them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he looked up at them because he supposed that there was money that was going to be given to him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So he looked at them because he expected that they would give something to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, he looked for he was waiting to be given to.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 2:16:
- Uma: “There also were there several religion teachers who followed the Parisi teaching. When they saw Yesus eating with these people who had evil character, they said saying to his disciples: ‘Why does your teacher eat at-one-time tax collectors and sinner people!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There were Pariseo there, teachers of the religious law. When they saw that Isa was eating together with the sinful people and the people collecting taxes, they said to the disciples of Isa, ‘Why does Isa mix in eating with the tax collectors and the other sinful people?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were there also some Pharisees who were teachers of the law. And when they saw that Jesus was eating with these law breakers and tax collectors, they asked the disciples of Jesus, they said, ‘Why is Jesus eating and drinking with these cheating tax collectors and law breakers?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the teachers of the law who were Fariseo (Pharisees) saw that Jesus was eating-with people like those, they said to Jesus’ disciples, ‘Why does he eat-with tax collectors and other sinful people?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This was seen by some of the explainers of law who were members of the Pariseo. Therefore they questioned those disciples of Jesus. They said, ‘Why does he join in eating with the money-grabbing official-receivers of payment to the government and those others who don’t fully obey our (incl.) laws?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “So some scribes who belonged to the party of the Pharisees, when they see that he is eating with public sinners and tax collectors, had a word with his disciples about it: ‘Why does he eat with tax collectors and public sinners?'”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 4:10:
- Uma: “That is why we work hard, for we trust in the God who lives forever, the King who lifts all people, especially people who believe.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore we (incl.) continue to work for God and really persevere in teaching/preaching because God is whom we (incl.) hope in. He is the living God and he is the one who saves/rescues all mankind, especially the ones trusting in him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of this, we (dual) will keep on working hard so that all people will believe it, for we have trusted in the God without death, and He is the one who is the Savior of all people, especially those who believe in him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This is the reason we put-forth our efforts (lit. ability) to serve Cristo, because the source/base of our hope/expectation, it is the living God who saves all people, particularly us who believe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s why we persevere and struggle-on in the work of God who lives till forever, because our assurance holds fast to him that he will give us salvation in the future. For the will of God is, that he might save all people, and he truly will save as many as will believe and trust him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore even though people are against us, yet let us put our hearts to doing the work God gave to us. Because we are assured that our God lives. And he is the one who is able to save all the people. But those who will be saved are those who will believe.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 4:11:
- Uma: “He is the one that the words of the Holy Book aim at that say like this: ‘The rock that you [emphatic] house-builders discarded, that very rock is the one that became the main foundation-stone.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “About Isa hep it is said in the holy-book, ‘The stone which you, the experts in building stone houses, rejected because you mistakenly-thought it useless, now that one is already the stone of ultimate/greatest use.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus is that stone which was prophesied in the word of God written long ago which says, ‘The stone which is used for building the house, you carpenters threw it away because you thought mistakenly that it had no purpose. However it has become today the stone which is the only one that can be used to finish this house.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He is also the one who was illustrated by what God caused-to-be-written that says, ‘The stone that you rejected, you who are building a house, that’s what God caused-to-become the most-valued stone that makes-firm the house.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And he is the one meant as being like a stone in this which is written, saying, ‘The stone which was not acceptable to the house builders, that after all was the one which was used as the main-support of the house.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Desano: “Jesus is like the post which you builders threw out. This post in actuality is now turning out to be the main support of the house.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
For the Old Testament quote, see Psalm 118:22 and Psalm 118:23.
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 3:20:
- Uma: “After that, Yesus returned to the house. But many people came again and surrounded him with the result that Yesus and his disciples did not have-a-chance-to-eat.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa and his disciples went home. But the crowds of people again gathered going there, therefore Isa and company had not even time to eat.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus and company, they had no time even to eat because many people gathered together to him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they went-home. Whereupon the many-people gathered again and plural Jesus had no chance to eat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus and company had returned to the house, many people again gathered around. That’s why Jesus and his disciples weren’t even able to eat.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 6:1:
- Uma: “As for our one-faith relatives who live as slaves, teach them to honor and submit to their nobles in every way, so that there will not be anyone who disparages the name of God or disparages our teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All slaves trusting in Isa Almasi ought to really consider their masters as worthy to be honored/made great so that God is not spoken evil of by people and the teaching followed by us (incl.) is not looked down on/criticized.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the believers who are servants, they must consider their masters worthy of respect at all times. For by means of this, there will be nothing to destroy the reputation of God and no one will be able to criticize our teaching.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Here also is what I will command the slaves who believe. They must properly respect their masters lest there be those who speak-badly-of the name of God and what we are teaching on-account-of their lack of respect.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What really is good for whoever is a slave who is now a believer in God is, that he respects well his master. For if not, of course it’s not just this slave who would be negatively-criticized by others, but on the contrary including God whom he has believed in. Like that too is this which we teach, maybe it would also be negatively-criticized.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The believers who are workers must respect their bosses. Because if the workers do not respect their bosses, people will say that the word by which we walk is no good. Then they will speak bad against God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:6:
- Uma: “From there, several men wrapped up the body of Ananias, and they carried it away and buried it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the young men entered to shroud Ananiyas and they brought him out to bury.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Ananias heard these words, God punished him, and immediately he fell down and died. And then some young men came to him and tied up his body and carried it out and buried it. And all who heard about this happening were very much afraid.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Upon Ananias’ hearing what Pedro said, he simultaneously (with hearing it) fell down dead. The young men wrapped-around-his body -with-strips (of cloth), then they took him out and went and buried him. And great was the fear of all who heard what happened to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What the young people there did was, they wrapped up that one who had died and then carried him to bury him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:17:
- Uma: “But God’s Word is not really rooted in their in their hearts, that is why they don’t last long. When they are persecuted or caused to have trouble because of their faith in God’s Word, they [right away] retreat/give up.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the message of God doesn’t root deeply in their livers. Therefore they don’t endure long. When trouble comes or if they are persecuted because of their following the message, they no longer believe.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But their faith is not drawn tight, and in a short time when trouble overtakes them, or difficulty because of their receiving the word of God, they return to their former doings.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the word did not take-root in their minds, therefore if difficulties arrive or they are hardshipped due-to their having-received the word of God, they do not continue to believe but rather they immediately turn-their -backs-on their faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But they don’t really take it to heart (lit. store it well in their heads). That’s why they don’t hold-fast in their believing, like plants which don’t have roots. If they will be reached by hardship or they will be caused to suffer because of this belief/obeying of theirs of the word of God, they will drop/give-up at once.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
