Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:12:
- Uma: “At that time, the evil of people will be keep-increasing, to the point that the love of many people will diminish.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because the evil/badness in the world will be exceeding/very bad, most people will no longer love their companions.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of the spread of the wickedness of mankind, most will no longer have in their breath their love for their companions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of the increase of evil, the love of most will decrease.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Evil will really spread all over the world/land. Therefore what will happen is that many will be those whose holding-dear of me will grow small.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When there has developed much evil, many people will draw back from loving their fellow believers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 4:7:
- Uma: “If you turn-over your nervousness to God, he will give you goodness that is beyond the thinking of mankind, with the result that your heart and thinking will be calm in your connection with Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then God will cause peace in your livers and in your thinking/minds because you belong to Isa. And this peace is unspeakable.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then there will be no trouble in your mind and breath, for by means of your being made one with Jesus Christ, God will give you a peaceful breath that other people cannot understand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because if you do that, you will have the peace that God gives that people’s minds are not able to surpass, and that will be like a guard that watches-over your minds on-account-of your being joined to Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Of course if it’s like that, you will have peace/protection of mind/inner-being which really is far-from-ordinary, the big-size of its good-quality not being able to be grasped by the mind/thinking of man, because God is where it comes from. He will grace/give you that your mind/inner-being and mind/thinking will be peaceful/protected through your trust in and your being united/tied-together with Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God will put peace in your hearts then. Concerning his putting peace in your hearts, it is the greatest in intensity, not like the peace which people talk about. No longer will your hearts be fearful when now you walk with Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “At that point the peace coming from God, which is going beyond all hum-an wisdom, it will keep well your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 164)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:1:
- Uma: “‘All this I say to you, so that you will not be so discouraged that you let-go believing in me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to his disciples, ‘I have told you all this in order that your trust in me will not move/waver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I told you all these things,’ said Jesus, ‘is so that your faith in me might not become lax by means of what’s going to happen to you in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘I have told you all these-things so that you aren’t taken-by-surprise at their happening but rather you will-continue to believe in me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for these things, I am telling them to you already so that you won’t as-it-were trip-and-fall over the things which will happen to you, your believing-in/obeying me become insufficient.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am telling you this so that you will not doubt.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:44:
- Uma: “Like that also you must be ready waiting for me, for you do not know when I the Child of Mankind will arrive.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Likewise also you, you shall always be watchful, for I, the Son of Man, will come here at a time when you do not expect me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In just the same way, always be on your guard because I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, will arrive at an hour when you don’t expect me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore you also, it is necessary that you be ready, because I who am Child of a Person, I will come at the hour that you do not expect me to come.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore you are to be always prepared, because I will come who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human at an hour which you aren’t-sure-of.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Also you do like that, stay awake. Because at the time you don’t expect it, that will be the time the Man who will come from heaven will arrive.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 1:18:
- Uma: “We who believe in Kristus can be compared to his body, and Kristus is our head. Like the head controls the body, so also he controls all the people who believe in him. And he is the one who gives us new life, for he is the Firstborn, its meaning, the one who first came to life again after death. The result is that he is the one who is the main-thing of all that is.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He also is the one who rules all who trust him. All of them are figuratively his body and he is their head. He is the source of the new life. He was the first to be made alive from his death so-that he is the ultimate highest and greatest (langkew and bangsahan).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and because He’s the one in charge of His body, which is to say, all of His believers, and also because he is the one who gives life to all the believers, because He is highest in rank of all those who will be raised from the dead; and that’s why He is greater than everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He also is the one who is responsible for all of us who believe, so he is the one who is compared to our head and we are like his body. He also is the source of our new life, because he was the first who lived again who won’t again die, in order that he would be the highest of all.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He is the like-the-head of all who are believing/obeying him whose (pl.) likeness is one body-entity. In his coming-alive again he really opened the way for this (matter of) coming-alive again, and he is the source of this life which has no end. Therefore it’s clear that in/among absolutely-all, he only has incomparable highness/importance.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And it is Christ which directs the body of the person. It is Christ who gives new life to all who believe in him. And it is he who preceded those who will resurrect from where they are buried. Therefore Christ is supreme over all that there is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:33:
- Uma: “All this I say to you, so that you receive goodness of life from your relationship with me. While you are still in this world, you will definitely be persecuted. But make your hearts strong, because I have defeated this world.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All this I have told you so that you have peace in your liver. The reason that you have peace in your liver is because you are one with me. Here in this world you will be persecuted by the people who do not follow God. But do not be afraid. I have defeated their leader.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I have told you all of this is so that your breaths might become peaceful because of me. Here on the earth you will be treated badly by people who are my enemies, but don’t you be afraid because I have defeated the boss of my enemies.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I tell you this in order that you will have peace on-account-of your being-united-with me. It’s true granted that you will be hardshipped in this world. But never-mind, be-brave, because I have already defeated the evil that is in this world.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I told you this so that you will have peace/protection of mind/inner-being through your being tied-together/united with me. You really will have suffering/hardship while you are still here in this world. But take courage (strengthen your mind/inner-being) because as for me, I have now defeated the one who rules here under the heavens.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When you give your heart to what I tell you, it will cause you to be at peace. Here in the world you will suffer. But be encouraged, I have conquered that which has power here.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:26:
- Uma: “‘The noble said: ‘You (sing.) are a bad lazy ordered-one! If you (sing.) knew that I reap what is not my planted-thing, if you (sing.) knew that I get what I did not work hard for,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His master answered, ‘You are a bad and lazy servant. You know, surprise, that I take what is not mine and harvest what I have not worked for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his master answered, ‘Your work is very bad. You are a lazy servant. You knew, did you, that I harvest what I don’t plant and I get gain from what I do not invest.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then his master said, ‘You (sing.) are a bad and lazy servant! If you (sing.) already-knew that I am taking what I didn’t work-for and I am harvesting also what I didn’t plant,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Your nature/ways are really evil and you’re a lazy slave!’ said his master. ‘You knew apparently that I harvest what I am not the one who put in the hard work, and I take profit on what it wasn’t I who persevered.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The boss then said to his worker: ‘Are you an evil worker, man? You are very lazy. You tell me that I take what I haven’t worked hard for. You tell me that I harvest where I haven’t worked.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:21:
- Uma: “Let’s not any longer follow laws that say: "Don’t handle this!" "Don’t eat that!" "Don’t touch this and that!"” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Don’t touch that,’ or ‘Don’t eat that,’ or ‘Don’t hold that.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So, brothers, since it is like we (incl.) died along with Christ and we can no longer be controlled by incorrect doctrines, it’s necessary that you no longer obey the rules of people who are God’s enemies. These are commands made by mere people. They say that there are goods which God will not allow us to eat, and He won’t even allow us to touch or taste them. Brethren, don’t you obey things like this, for there is no value in their restrictions, because if we eat food, it’s just removed (no longer exists).” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Don’t hold/pick-up those-things (far-away)! Don’t taste those-things (near hearer)! Don’t touch these-things!’?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Don’t trespass by eating that,’ or ‘These things, don’t hold them. Even touching, don’t touch.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They say that one cannot eat certain things. They say that you must not want to try them out, even that you must not touch them, they say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
