Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:8:
- Noongar: “But the worker said, ‘Boss, let the tree grow another year. I will put manure in the ground and dig around the tree.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘The person who looked after the garden said: ‘Let it grow just this one more year, Nobleman. I will weed it, and I will haul fertile [lit., fat] land from outside for it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the caretaker of the ground answered, he said, ‘Wait a while Sir, let me dig-up the soil and put fertilizer there this year. (fertilizer – lit. for making fat the soil)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, that one who was taking care of the plants said, ‘Let’s not, we two, just yet, uncle, chop it down. Let’s just leave it for another year. I will clean around it and I will sprinkle some fertilizer on it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘But that caretaker said, ‘Sir, let’s please bear-with-it for even one more year only so that meanwhile I will cultivate its base and fertilize-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The manager/tender replied, saying, ‘If possible/acceptable, please don’t chop it down this year, for I will just pile-up-soil-around its base and then put fertilizer (lit. what-causes-plants -to-grow-strong). Maybe if like that is done, it will fruit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 18:10:
- Uma: “They just gazed from afar because they feared that the torture that struck that village would spread to them. They said: ‘How-sad! [like Indonesian: kasihan!] How-sad for that big village over there, the strong village of Babel! In just one hour came its punishment.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They will stand from far off watching because they are afraid that they might be included being punished. They wail saying, ‘Allo. It’s all over (lit. no longer becoming). What a pity, really, for the famous and strong city of Babilon. In just one hour you were struck by God’s judgment.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They will have to stay far away watching, for they will be afraid lest they be included in the torturing of that town. They will say, ‘Pity you, you very great city of Babylon. For within one hour you have been overtaken by punishment!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Due to their fear of being-punished-with her, they will stand far-off and say, ‘Oh how-awful (exp. of sympathy)! Extremely to-be-pitied is that famous (lit. newsed) city Babilonia! Even though that was a large city, yet its punishment was sudden, because it was a mere only-one hour and it was destroyed!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They will just stand at a distance, because they are afraid of being included in that punishment of suffering. They are saying, ‘Alas, this really is extremely hard! It’s a really gooseflesh-causing thing. Because in the space of just one hour the punishment has come to the glorious and famous city of Babilonia.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Far off these people will stand to look at what happened. Because the people will fear the punishment which will come. They will say: ‘Pity the city of Babylon. It was powerful but now in just a short time there has come the punishment it passes through,’ they will say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:2:
- Uma: “For instance, people whose faith is strong say that we can eat any kind of food. But there are some whose faith is not yet strong. Those people say the Lord does not like it if we eat meat, only vegetables may be eaten.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For example a person whose trusting is not strong, he believes that eating any meat is forbidden/unclean that’s why what he uses for viand is only vegetables. But a person whose trusting is strong believes that any (lit. even what) food can be eaten.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person whose faith is drawn tight, what he is thinking is; we (incl.) are allowed to eat any kind of food; however, the person whose faith is not yet drawn tight, he thinks mistakenly that we are not permitted to eat any kind of meat, so vegetables alone are what he uses for viand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For-example, there are those whose faith is not yet mature who believe that it is taboo to eat meat, so they eat-only vegetables -for-viand, while others believe that no food is taboo, so they eat-anything -for-viand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because there are some believers who understand well that they can eat all that is edible. But there are other believers who do not understand well about the word we believe. They think they would commit sin if they ate meat, therefore they say that only the things which are not meat can be eaten.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:5:
- Noongar: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘If one of you has a son or a bullock and one falls into a hole on the Sabbath Day, you will quickly pull him out, even on the Sabbath Day, won’t you?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that he said to them: ‘If for example our child or our cow falls into a well on Sabat Day, do we not rush to lift him out, even if it is the worship day?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that he asked the people, he said, ‘What do you do if for example your child or your cow falls into the well on a day of-no-work. I guess/figure you immediately go and help even though it is a day of-no-work.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus said to the people there, he said, ‘What do you do when you have a child, or if not, a cow, which falls into a deep hole on the day of rest? Certainly you help him, even though it is the day of rest.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Now supposing (lit. and please if) you have a child or even a cow that falls in a well, you will emphatically hurry to go pull-him-out even though it’s the day for-resting, isn’t that so?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus said to them, ‘Supposing you have a child or a cow which falls into a well, won’t you pull him out even on the Day of Rest?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 19:18:
- Uma: “Come, eat the flesh of kings and war leaders, eat the flesh of brave soldiers, eat the flesh of horses and the flesh of the riders of horses. Come eat the flesh of people big or small, who are [[lit., live as] noblemen or are slaves.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Come here to eat the flesh of the dead people, the flesh of kings and generals and soldiers, the flesh of horses and their riders. Eat the flesh of all the dead people, slaves and not slaves, of those of high status and of those of low status.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Gather together that you might eat the flesh of kings, captains, and soldiers. Eat the bodies of horses and those who ride on the horses! Eat the bodies of all people, slave and not slave, great in status or small in status!’ he said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Come to join-in-eating the bodies of kings, soldiers and their leaders, horses and horseback-riders, and all people who reject God who are slaves and not slaves, important and unimportant (lit. high and low).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Come now. Eat the flesh of all who didn’t submit to God. Eat the flesh of kings, soldiers and their officers, including the horses which they ride. Eat the flesh of all people who don’t acknowledge God, slaves and not (slaves), low-class and high.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now you will eat the meat of rulers. You will eat the meat of generals, and all the people who are valiant. You will eat the meat of people who have bosses and also of those who do not, the big and little, all you will eat.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 15:11:
- Uma: “There is also written these words: ‘You who are not Jews, praise the Lord. You all mankind, praise him!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And it is written yet, ‘Praise God, all you the not Yahudi. Praise him, all you many-nations.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is also what He said, ‘As for all of you people who are not Jews, praise God. And as for you, all of mankind, you just praise Him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Yet another says, ‘You who are Gentiles, praise the Lord God. All you people, praise him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “In another part of the Holy Book is written the word which says: ‘All of the people who are not Jews, praise God. Wherever there are people they all must praise God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Deuteronomy 32:43.
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:2:
- Mairasi: “Farisi people and the people who explain and write Great Above One’s prohibitions already got angry. They themselves said: ‘Yi [Yuck], this person calls bad people to come to Him, then also he eats things together with them!'” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Noongar: “The Pharisees and Law Men, they began criticising Jesus. ‘This man welcomes bad people. He also eats together with them.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The Parisi people and the religion teachers disparaged them, they said: ‘Ii, that person there is befriending sinners and eating with them.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the Pariseo and the teachers of the religious law grumbled, they said, ‘This person goes along-with/keeps company with sinful people and even eats together with them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And this disgusted very much some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who were there also, and they said, ‘As for this Jesus, he runs around with people who are breakers of our Law, and he eats also with them.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So the Pharisees and the teachers of the law grumbled/muttered saying, ‘Now look at this person! Why does he like to converse-with sinful people and even eat-with them!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But the Pariseo and explainers of law talked-among-themselves. They were saying, ‘Really as for this fellow, he gathers-around-himself sinners and even joins-in-eating with them.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:14:
- Uma: “That fort of that village was built on twelve foundation stones, and on those foundation stones were written the names of the twelve messengers of the Lamb.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The foundation (lit. for-placing) of the wall of that city were twelve stones. On these stones the names were written of the twelve people commissioned by Isa, the one called the Sheep.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The wall of the city rests on twelve large stones. Written on these stones are the names of the twelve apostles of the young sheep.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The foundation of the stonewall of the town, it was twelve large rocks on which were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Sheep.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And there were also twelve units of rock which were the stabilizers of the wall of that city. Written also there were the names of the twelve apostles of that one referred to as Young Sheep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this wall which goes around the city, there at the base there are twelve stones which are the base. These stones have written on them the names of the twelve representatives of the Lamb.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
