Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:20:
- Uma: “His heart was not uncertain about God’s promise. He kept believing, and his faith strengthened his heart. That’s why Abraham said thank you ahead of time to God,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He continued to believe that finally God’s promise to him would be fulfilled. Ibrahim did not doubt but his trust in God became stronger and God was praised by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He did not doubt the promise of God, but rather, he held tight to his believing and he thanked God for what he would do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Neither did he doubt that God would fulfill what he had promised but instead his faith grew-stronger and at-the-same-time he also was praising God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He did not at all doubt. Rather he firmly thought that there would happen the word God had told him. He was strengthened to believe that the child would be born as God had said. Therefore he praised God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:17:
- Noongar: “All the people ate and became full, and the disciples picked up twelve baskets of bread and fish which the people did not eat.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “They all ate until they were full. After they ate, his disciples gathered the left-over food. There were twelve luncu-baskets left-over.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They all ate and were filled/satisfied. Then the disciples gathered the leftovers of the people, there were twelve full baskets.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all of those people ate and they were satisfied. And as for that food, there was left over twelve baskets of pieces that were picked up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They all ate and were satisfied. When they afterwards collected the left-overs, twelve baskets were filled with the food scraps.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All of them ate until they were full. The disciples collected the left-overs, filling twelve baskets with broken/divided bits of food.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 6:3:
- Uma: “After that, the Lamb opened the second seal, and I heard the second living thing say: ‘Come here!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the Sheep removed the second seal from the paper roll. And I heard the second angel of-different-kind call, he said, ‘Proceed now.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the young sheep removed the second mark on the scroll, and I heard the second creature say, ‘Get going!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that the Sheep detached the second thing-that-was-adhering/affixed, and I heard the voice of the second creature saying, ‘Come (sing.) right-now.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After that happened, the second fastening was then removed by that one referred to as Young Sheep. And then I heard what was spoken by the second created living being, saying, ‘Come now!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then the Lamb broke the seal. Then the one who stood at the corner of the chair said to me: ‘Come here so that you can see well,’ he said to me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 6:6:
- Uma: “We know, relatives: our former life was killed together with Kristus on the cross tree, in order that the power of sin in our lives be destroyed, in order that we no longer be enslaved by sin.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (dual) know that our (dual) inborn sinning/old nature has been figuratively nailed together with Isa Almasi onto the post where he was nailed, in order that our (dual) inborn sinning would be destroyed and we (dual) would no longer be made slaves by our (dual) sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For we (incl.) know that our former law-breaking humanity, it’s as if it was nailed along with Christ on the cross so that it might die. And because of this, our always having to sin was removed. And at last we are no longer slaves to evil behavior.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because we know that our former life was included in his being nailed to the cross so that the power of our sinfulness would be removed and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Christ was nailed to the cross, it was as though our bodies were nailed. Because now is finished the sins we committed before, now no longer does sin rule us as though it were our bosses.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:49:
- Noongar: “John said, ‘Lord, we saw a man send away evil spirits in your name, and we told him to stop, because he is not one of us.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yohanes said: ‘Teacher, we (excl.) saw a person cause-to-leave/expel a demon with your (sing.) name, but we (excl.) forbade him because he is not our follower.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Yahiya spoke he said, ‘Sir, we (excl.) found a man who spoke/uttered your name when he drove out a demon from a person. We (excl.) told him not to, because he is not one of our (incl.) companions.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then John said, ‘There was a person whom we came upon, and he was curing people who were afflicted with demons, and he was using the power of your name to cure them. We told him to stop it, because he was not one of us.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Juan said to Jesus, ‘Lord, we (excl.) saw a person causing-evil-spirits -to-leave using your (sing.) name, and we (excl.) forbid him because he wasn’t our (incl.) companion.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “One disciple who was Juan spoke. He said, ‘Master, we saw a person who was driving out evil spirit(s), your name being what he was mentioning. Well, we told him to stop because he wasn’t one of us.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 8:1:
- Uma: “When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, all-of-a-sudden it was quiet in heaven for half an hour.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the Sheep removed the seventh seal from the paper roll. Suddenly it was completely-quiet in heaven for half an hour.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the young sheep removed the seventh mark there on the scroll, all sound was removed from the dwelling of God in heaven for a half hour.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the Sheep detached the seventh thing-that-was-adhering/affixed to the rolled-up paper, all that were in heaven became-quiet for half an hour.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That seventh fastening was then removed next by that one referred to as Young Sheep. For the space of half an hour there was no response (implies anticipation here) in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Lamb broke the seventh seal which was on the paper then. There in heaven for about half an hour there was no one making a sound.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:15:
- Uma: “I don’t understand the value/use of this character of mine. The good behavior that I want to do, I don’t end up doing. Behavior that I hate, that’s what I end up doing!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I don’t really understand my behavior. Because the good which I want to do I do not do. But that is what I do, the bad which I do not want/like/desire.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I don’t understand why I do things like this, because the good which I want to do, I can’t do. And the bad things that really disgust me, that’s what I do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I am surprised at what I do, because what I want to do, that’s what I don’t do, and at-the-same-time what I don’t-want to do, that’s what I am doing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I do not understand how it is what I did, in that concerning the good I wanted to do, I didn’t do it. That which I didn’t look well upon is just what I did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “I do not do what I want to do. Instead, what I do not want to do is what I do. I am not aware of why I do that way.”
- Central Tarahumara: “And I do not know why I do thus, because I do not do good as I desire to do good. I only do the kinds of deeds that I hate very much.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “In my life I don’t understand what I do. The good that I want to do, that is not what I do. Rather, I do that which I detest.” (Source for this and two above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:19:
- Noongar: “Listen! I have given you power so you can walk on snakes and on scorpions and you can beat all the power of Satan. And no thing will hurt you.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “So, so that you know: I give you authority, that you can step on snakes or poisonous-centipedes and defeat all the strength of our enemies. No-one [will] wound you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Look, I have given you supernatural-power so that even if you step on a snake or a skorpion nothing will happen to you. And you also will not be defeated by our (incl.) enemy the leader of demons. Nothing can destroy you whatever.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Remember this, I gave you power so that even if you stepped on snakes or scorpions, you would not be bitten. And you also cannot be overcome by the power of our enemy, Satan, and there is nothing that can harm you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And I indeed also am the one who gave you your power so that even if you step on snakes and centipedes, nothing will happen to you but rather you will defeat all the power of Satanas.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Think about this, that you have been given by me the authority to overcome all the strength of our (incl.) opponent who is Satanas and his people, they being like snakes and scorpions which you will tread on but you won’t get harmed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
