complete verse (Luke 16:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 16:1:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘A boss had much money and his worker looked after his property. People told the boss his worker misused his property.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus also said saying to his disciples: ‘There was a rich man, and he had a servant to held [i.e., managed] his money. Someone accused that servant to the rich man, they said: ‘He continually gives away/wastes [lit, gives dry] your (sing.) money!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa told his disciples another parable. He said, ‘There was a rich man who made one of his servants the caretaker/manager of all his wealth. Then that caretaker was reported to him that he always deceived and destroyed the wealth of his master.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus told his disciples another parable; he said, ‘There was a rich man and he put one of his servants in charge of all his wealth. There was also another person who accused to the rich man that, as for that servant he put in charge, he was wasting the money of his master.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus again parabled to his disciples and said, ‘There was an employee of a rich-man who was in charge of his riches. Whereupon there was someone who accused him saying that he was spending the possessions of that rich-man.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus spoke to his disciples. He said, ‘There was a rich person who had a manager. It was reported (as an accusation) to him that all his assets/possessions were being spent-too-freely by that manager of his.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Revelation 22:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:18:

  • Uma: “To every person who hears the foretelling words in this letter I say: If there is anyone who adds anything to words of this letter, God will also add-to his punishment with the tortures that are written in this letter.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I am Yahiya. I admonish you, whoever hears the things foretold in this book: don’t add anything to the words/message in this book. If anyone adds to it, God will also add to him the disasters told about in this book.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am John. I warn everyone who hears that which was revealed to me which this books talks about (causes to understand). If there is anyone who adds anything to this message, God will add to his punishment the torments that are spoken about in this book.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is what I am warning (lit. saying-in-advance) to all of you who have heard what has been prophesied in this book: If someone adds to what has been written here, God will also add to his punishment the hardships that it tells-about here.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, I warn whoever hears the sayings which have been made known which are contained here in this writing. For whoever will add to what is being told here in this writing, God will add to the punishment of him the epidemics which are written here.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning all who hear about this word of God written in this book here, let them listen well to this word. Whoever adds a bit to the words here, then also God will add to him the calamities about which are written in this book.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 1:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 1:14:

  • Uma: “In-fact I think/say it’s a blessing/good-fortune that I didn’t baptize any of you, except for Krispus and Gayus,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I really thank God that I did not bathe anyone other there than only Kirispus and Gayus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My thanks to God is very big, because the only ones I baptized there were Crispus and Gaius.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I thank God, because Crispus and Gaius are the only ones I baptized there (near addressee).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I thank God that I was not the one who baptized you there, except for Crispo and Gayo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I thank God that I baptized none of you, just only Crispus and Gaius did I baptize.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 17:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:2:

  • Noongar: “Better for him, if people tied one big stone to his neck and they threw him into the sea! Much worse for him if he makes one of these children do wrong!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “It would be better if a sharpening stone were tied to their necks and they were thrown into the sea, than that they cause-to-fall even one person whose faith is small, until he does sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “It would be better for him if a big stone would first be hung around his neck and he would be dropped into the sea so that he could not tempt to sin one of these who have a lowly/humble liver and trust in me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If a large grindstone is tied to his neck and he’s thrown into the depths of the sea, that would be better than his punishment if by means of him, even one of these children sins.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It would be better if his neck were-hung-with a heavy rock and-then he were thrown into the ocean than his tempting-to-sin even one of these who are the lowest (i.e., least important) people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It would be better for a person to be weighted with a big milling stone and just thrown in the middle of the deep water. Better than that he cause-to-fall-into-sin a humble-person who believes-in/obeys me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 2:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 2:15:

  • Uma: “We who have received the Holy Spirit, our hearts are clear [i.e., enlightened] to recognize every sort of thing, [to tell] whether it is good or not. But people who do not know God, their hearts are not clear to recognize what is in our hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But the person who has God’s Spirit understands everything whether it is good or bad. But the person who-has/where-there-is God’s Spirit, he is not understood by the people who don’t have God’s Spirit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But as for the person who has in him the Holy Spirit, he can understand the value of anything that the Holy Spirit teaches. But, that person who does not have in him the Holy Spirit, he cannot understand what is in the mind of those people who have been given the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But the one in whom God’s Spirit stays can-understand the importance of everything, but other people are not able-to-understand him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But the person who is being indwelt by the Espiritu Santo, he can understand all things, whether (they are) good or not. However, people who have not yet believed, who are not being indwelt by this Espiritu Santo, they are lacking in wisdom/understanding to pass judgment on the manner-of-life of those who have now believed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The people who walk with the Holy Spirit can make good judgments about this word. And it cannot be said by anyone that the word he speaks is wrong.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 17:34)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:34:

  • Noongar: “I tell you, that night, two people will be asleep in one bed; one person will be taken and the other person will remain.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Truly I say to you: On the day of my return, two people who sleep together at night, one will be taken, the other will be left behind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I tell you, when I come back here, there will be two lying together at night, one will be taken and the other left behind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time, if my return takes place at night and there are two people sleeping together, one will be able to go along with me and the other will be left behind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I tell you that if it is night when I come and there are two sleeping-together in one bed, one will be taken and one will be left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “What I will say to you really is true that at my returning here, people will be divided up. If night is when I come, maybe there will be two persons sleeping together but if they are not the same in being my people, one will be left, only one taken.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 4:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 4:8:

  • Uma: “Do you think thus, that you have no more lacks? Do you think the strength of your faith in the Lord is really sufficient? Are you really ruling as kings, and we (excl.) apostles of the Lord Yesus aren’t? That would indeed be good, relatives, if you really had become kings, so that we (excl.) could rule along with you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You mistakenly-think that you don’t need to ask anything from God because you say that you have already everything. You mistakenly-think that your trust in God is strong and that you are leaders in God’s kingdom, but we (excl.) the apostles not yet. It would be good if it were true that you were really leaders so that we (excl.) would be leaders together with you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Perhaps you are thinking mistakenly that you no longer need God’s help; it’s as if you have already been made immortal, and all the blessings of God, you’ve already received. Perhaps you are thinking mistakenly that you are already ruling in the kingdom of God, but as for us apostles, we have not yet been able to rule. I really wish that it were true, that you are already ruling, so that we also might rule with you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Oh you (expression of rebuke) from-Corinto! You think you already-have all that you need and you already have all the abilities that the Holy Spirit gives. You think you have already begun to rule, but as for us (excl.) apostles, not yet. It would be nice if it were true that you are already ruling so that we (excl.) could join-in-ruling also.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For apparently in your mind/thinking you are now rich, in that you are abundantly-supplied with everything that God gives. Probably you mistakenly-thought that you have surpassed us (excl.) because you have now attained (the status of) reigning in the kingdom of God. If that were true it would be good, for if it were like that we (excl.) would reign, too, along with you, and we (excl.) would no longer have any hardships.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “In your thoughts, in that you know this word, now you think that you lack nothing. You are living well you think, it is as though you were ruling it seems from how you act. We though, you throw aside as though we are of no value. If only it were really true that you rule, ruling everywhere. Also then would then come to us a little bit of authority from the work you would be doing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 18:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:29:

  • Noongar: “‘Yes,’ Jesus said to him, ‘and truly, I tell you, if a person leaves his home or his wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the Kingdom of God,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus said saying to his disciples: ‘Truly I say to you: whoever leaves-behind his house, his wife, his relatives, his parents or his children because of following the commands of God his King,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Yes,’ said Isa to them, ‘truly I tell you, if a person leaves his house, his wife, his siblings, his mother and father or his children so that he will be included in God’s ruling,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘It’s true what I say, if there’s a person who leaves behind his house, his wife, his siblings, his parents, his children, so that he might preach to people how God will rule over them,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Yes granted,’ said Jesus, ‘and it’s true moreover what I tell you that anyone who leaves his house, his spouse, his siblings/cousins, his father and mother, and his children because of his serving in God’s ruling,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying to them, ‘What I will say to you is the truth, that there’s no-one who won’t be rewarded who can leave (implies when necessary to do so) his home, his wife, his siblings, parents and children, just because of the kingdom of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)