Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:45:
- Noongar: “All the people were listening to Jesus, but he said to his disciples,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “While the people were listening to Yesus’ words, he spoke to his disciples, he said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And while all the people were listening, Isa said to his disciples,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while those many people were still hearing the word of Jesus, he said to his disciples,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While all the many-people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “While the crowd was still listening, Jesus said to his disciples,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:13:
- Uma: “Every kind of temptation that hits us, is temptation that usually happens to mankind. But God always remembers his promise to us: he will not let us be tempted more than our ability. When we are hit with that temptation, he will always give us a way to flee from that temptation, so that we will be strong to endure it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All the different kinds of temptation/tempters that have come to you, those are also the temptations/tempters that come to all mankind. But God is really trustworthy, therefore he will not abandon you to be tempted if you cannot endure it, because if the temptation/tempter comes, God will help you so that you can endure that temptation/tempter and so that you will be freed/come out of that.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Anything that Satan uses to tempt us is not new, because he always uses things like this to tempt people. But we can trust God because He will not permit us to be tempted above what we are able to endure. He will always give us strength so that there may be a means of avoiding, so that we might not do evil.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You have not experienced any temptation that other people have not also been-experiencing. And God is faithful, because he will not allow for you a temptation that you are not able to fight, but rather he will give you the ability/power you need so that you will be able to avoid sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But there is no temptation/test that has come to you that your fellowman is also not experiencing. But you can be sure of the help of God that he will not allow you to be tested in excess of your ability. But rather, when you are tested, he will give you strength with which to be able to overcome this test/temptation.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If there comes to mind that we will commit sin, this is just like what happens to all the rest of the people. But God does not separate from us, he will help us that our hearts will not be conquered by evil. Whenever there comes the evil thought, God will help so that we can overcome the evil so that we will not do it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:30:
- Noongar: “When you see its leaves beginning growing, you know summer is coming.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “When you see its leaves bud, you know that it will not be much longer before the dry time [which is also hot].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When you see the leaves sprouting you know that it is soon the warm season.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because here in our (incl.) place, when its limbs begin to put out leaves and tender shoots, we know that the dry season is soon to happen.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When their leaves are replaced, you expect that it is almost rainy-season.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they now sprout leaves, of course you know that hot season is close now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:12:
- Uma: “For as the first woman was made from man, man also is born from woman. Everything is from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because even though in the beginning the woman was created from the body of man, nevertheless today man is born by woman. And all together are from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So even though the first woman came from the body of the first man, today the man is given birth by the woman; however, everything comes from God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because even though the first woman came-from the man, yet starting-from then, there has also been no man to whom a woman hasn’t given-birth. Then again (lit. thus also) absolutely-everything that exists, including women and man, they came-from God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Yes indeed, the first woman did come from the man but, from that time, there is no man who has not been given birth to by a woman. But God really is the origin of all things.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because truly the woman first came into existence by being taken from the body of man. But also it is true that man now lives because of being born of women. This all is what God determined to be.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:24:
- Noongar: “All the disciples began arguing, which one of them was greatest among all of them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From there, the disciples of Yesus argued with one another, which of them had highest rank.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, the disciples of Isa discussed as to who of them should be the greatest.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then those disciples argued as to which one of them would be the greatest in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A little-later, the disciples of Jesus were quarrelling as to which of them was/would-be-considered the greatest.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Something else which those disciples did was, they were arguing as to which of them would be acknowledged as the most important.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 1:19:
- Uma: “Yusuf was a person who submitted to the Law of Musa. That is why he said in his heart: ‘I will just end my engagement with Maria.’ But he did not want to embarrass/shame Maria. So, his intention was just to end it quietly, people did not need to know.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Her fiancé Yusup, his deeds were straight/righteous. Therefore when he knew that Mariyam was pregnant, he did not want that Mariyam would be ashamed. Therefore he thought they would just separate but it shouldn’t be made widely-known.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now Joseph obeyed the system of laws left by Moses. And because of this he was not going to go ahead and marry Mary, however he didn’t want her to be shamed so he thought that it would be settled secretly.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jose consistently-obeyed the law of Moses, but he also didn’t want to (publicly-)shame Maria, so he decided to divorce her without the many-people coming-to-know.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, as for Jose who was the bridegroom, he was-wanting-habitually-to-do what was straight/righteous, which is why he would just back-out (of the agreement). But because he was a good/nice person, and he didn’t want to shame Maria, he was thinking not to do-it-publicly.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now Joseph was about to be her husband. Upon learning that she was now carrying a child, Joseph wanted to do what the law said and divorce his woman. But he did not want that many people know what had happened.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:10:
- Uma: “To one person is given power to do miracles, to one person is given ability to speak God’s words. To one person also is given knowledge to distinguish what is from the Holy Spirit and what is not from the Holy Spirit. To a different person is given ability to speak with languages from the Holy Spirit. And to one person is also given the knowledge to interpret [lit., move the meaning of] that language so that others can understand it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There are some whom he has given power to do powerful deeds/miracles. Others also he gave the expertise to teach God’s word; there are still others to whom it is made known if people’s expertise is from God’s Spirit or from some other (source). And there are also (others) who have been given by God’s Spirit the expertise to speak languages that are not understood by the people. There are also (others) who have been given expertise to explain as to what was said there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And to another the Holy Spirit gives the power so he can do miracles. And to another yet is given the skill to explain what God has caused him to understand. And to still another is given the skill to identify a supernatural guide, whether it comes from God or whether it is a demon. There are also people whom God gives the skill to speak in languages which they do not know; and there are also people to whom is given the skill to interpret what these people say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He moreover gives to another the ability to do miracles, to another the ability to tell what God has made-known, and to still another the ability to be-able-to-distinguish whether or not what was said was from God. To still another, he gives the ability to speak various languages that he doesn’t know, and to still another, he gives the ability to interpret those languages.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There are others also who have been given the ability to do miracles (lit. amazing things). There are also those whom the Espiritu Santo puts-into-the-mind-of words which God is making known to everyone, and there are also those being graced with the ability to recognize if it is really the Espiritu Santo who is putting-into-the-mind words like this, or if it just the deception of the evil-spirits. There are still others also who are being given the gift of being able to speak different languages that they haven’t studied. And then, in the case of others also, they can explain the meaning these languages that they haven’t studied.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Others are given strength to do miracles. Others, the Holy Spirit puts in their minds the word they are to speak. Others he causes to know well whether the Holy Spirit puts in the mind the words spoken by a person or not. Concerning others, the Holy Spirit causes that they speak different words they did not know. There are some whom the Holy Spirit causes to be able to tell the meaning of these different words which are spoken.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:56:
- Noongar: “When one serving woman saw him sitting close to the fire, she looked straight at him and said, ‘This man also accompanied Jesus!’ ” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “A female working in the house of the High Priest saw Petrus while he was warming-himself-by-the-fire. She recognized him and she said: ‘That person is a companion of Yesus!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then he was seen by one of the servant girls while he was sitting in the light of the fire. The girl stared at him and she said, ‘This person is also a companion of Isa.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was there a woman servant and she saw Peter warming himself, and she looked carefully at Peter and she said, ‘Even that man is a companion of the one they have arrested.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A young-lady servant saw him because he was lit-up by the fire, and she looked-closely at him saying, ‘This man, he was definitely one of his companions.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “One of the servant girls saw Pedro warming-himself-by-the-fire. When she saw him, she scrutinized him well and said, ‘This fellow is a companion of that Jesus.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
