Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:5:
- Uma: “For even though I am far from you, in my heart I am there with you. And I am very glad to hear of your harmony and your faithful belief in Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because even though I am not there with you I always think of you. I am happy/joyful because you live-in-harmony and because your trust in Isa Almasi is strong.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For even though I am not there with you now, I’m always thinking about you; I rejoice because of you, for I know that you are thoroughly doing good and your faith also in Christ is strong.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because even though I am not staying-with you there, I nevertheless am-thinking-about you, and I am made-very-happy at having heard of the unity/harmony of your thoughts and the strength of your faith in Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For the truth is, even though I am not there with you, I am always thinking-of/concerned-for you. I was really happy to hear-the-news that you are like-minded in not being-able-to-be-moved-about, your trusting in and believing/obeying Cristo being firm.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am not there where you are now, but I am thinking concentratedly about you. And it puts my heart to rest as I hear that you are not in a turmoil, rather you strongly believe in Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:16:
- Uma: “Like I am not the companion of those who do not believe, so also my disciples are not their companions.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They are like me, they do not follow/go-along-with the thinking of the people who do not follow you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They have no association with your enemies just like I also have no association with your enemies.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because they are like me, not being counted among the people who don’t believe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They are no longer in subjection to that evil of his because they are now like me who am not of this world here.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Like I did not do the evil the people do, also our people do not do the evil which the people do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:42:
- Uma: “For when I was hungry, you didn’t give me good. I was thirsty, you didn’t give me drinking water.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For I was hungry but you did not give me food, I was thirsty but you did not give me drink.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For long ago I was hungry, but you didn’t feed me; I was thirsty and you didn’t give me to drink.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For I was hungry but you didn’t feed-me, and I was thirsty but you didn’t give-me-a-drink.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because when I was hungered, you didn’t feed me. You didn’t cause me to drink when I was thirsty.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because when I was hungry, you did not give me food to eat. When I was thirsty, you did not give me water to drink.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 3:14:
- Uma: “More than that, we must love one another, because if we love one another, we will be perfectly united/at-one [lit., united with no scales/imperfections].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And most important of all these, you ought to love your fellow-men. Because if we (incl.) love each other we (incl.) really live-in-harmony.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that everyone consider precious in his breath everyone of his companions. This is the most important advice of all that I have for you, for if you obey this you can also obey or carry out all of these good works.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “What you must also add to these good customs is love, because if you love-one-another, the oneness of your minds will have no lack/fault.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Above all value one another for this is like the place-hooked-onto and means-of-completing of all these good ways/habits.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “That which is of highest importance for you to do is that you must love your fellowman each one of you. Then you can do what all I tell you to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 18:22:
- Uma: “When Yesus said that, a guard standing beside him slapped him, he said: ‘How dare you (sing.) speak to the Big Priest like that!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa said this he was immediately slapped by one of the guards there and he said to Isa, ‘You have no manners. Don’t answer the leader priest like that.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus said this, one of the police who was standing there near him hit him with his fist and the police said, ‘Why do you dare to answer like that to the high priest?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Upon Jesus’ saying that, one of the guards who was there abruptly-slapped-him-in-the-face saying, ‘Is that the way you (sing.) answer the highest priest?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he had said that, he was slapped-on-the-face by one of the guards there who said, ‘Why is your answer like that to the Most-important Priest?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus had said this, a church policeman who stood there struck his fact and said, ‘Is this how you answer when you speak with the chief priest?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:28:
- Uma: “for this is my blood that will be spilled/poured when I die. This blood of mine will strengthen the promise that connects God with mankind, so that the sins of many people are forgiven.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “for this is my blood which is soon poured out/spilled because of many people so that their sins will be forgiven. This is a sign that God is fulfilling his covenant.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because this is my blood that will be caused to run out and which will annoint many people so that their sins might be forgiven. This is the sign of the way of setting free which God has established.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “because this is my blood that ratifies (lit. ties-in-a-knot) God’s new agreement. It will flow-out when I die so that the sins of many people will be forgiven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because as for this, this is my blood which is the strength/pledge of the initiated-agreement of God with man. For I will shed (lit. cause to drip) my blood so that many can be forgiven for their sins.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “What is in this glass here is my blood. Because this is the sign now that when I die, the new agreement God makes with you comes into force. I will shed my blood to clear the sins of many people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
See also complete verse (Mark 14:24).
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 1:3:
- Uma: “When we pray to God our (incl.) Father, we always remember your work that you do because of your faith, and we remember also your helping others because of your love, and we remember your enduring in persecutions because you hope in the coming again of Yesus Kristus our (incl.) Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When we (excl.) pray to our (incl.) Father God, we (excl.) really always remember the good you always do because of your trust in Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader. We (excl.) also don’t forget your hard-work because-of your love for him and your perseverance because you really expect that our (incl.) Lord will come back.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For when we pray to our Father God, we cannot forget your faith and your love and your expecting our Lord Jesus Christ. For your faith can be perceived by means of your activities, and by means of your hard work, your love for Him can be perceived. And your expecting Him can be perceived by means of your endurance.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When we (excl.) pray, we (excl.) don’t forget to pray for you all and we (excl.) also continually thank God our Father on-account-of you, because we (excl.) remember the good that you are doing on-account-of your faith and your industriousness to serve God because of your love for him and your patience/endurance that stems-from your hope/expectation in Jesu Cristo our Lord.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For we (excl.) really are always thinking about your work/activity which is the fruit of your believing/obeying, your perseverance which accompanies your valuing one another, and your endurance of hardship with a good mind/inner-being. As for this endurance of yours, it’s results are, your assurance is sturdy. For you are sure that, because of your trust-in/relying-on and belief-in/obeying-of our Lord Jesu-Cristo, you will be saved at the end of the world, that you will then be in the presence of God our Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When we pray to God our Father, we think about the work you do because you believe in Jesus Christ. And we think about the help you do because you love each other. And we think about how firm your faith is because you await the day that our Lord Jesus Christ will come.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 19:14:
- Uma: “At that time, it was nearly mid-day, the preparation day at the time of the Paskah feast. Pilatus said to the Yahudi people: ‘There is your king!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “That day was the day for preparation for the Festival For-Remembering and it was almost noon. So-then when Pilatus was sitting, he said to the people, ‘Look, here is your king.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It was then noon on the day which was the day when they prepared for the Feast of Passing By. And then Pilate said to the Jews, ‘Here is your king!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Upon his-sitting-down there, it was almost twelve o’clock on that-same day on which the Jews prepared for the fiesta. Pilato said to the Jews, ‘Here is your king.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It was now the day called Preparing, which was the first day of that Fiesta of Passed-by. It was now 6 o’clock in the morning. Said Pilato to those Judio, ‘Here now is your King!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It was about six in the morning. It was the day the people got prepared for the rest day. It was also still during the celebration of the Passover. Pilate said to the Jews, ‘Here is your ruler.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
