Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:1:
- Uma: “There are some of our one-faith relatives whose faith is not yet strong, with the result that their hearts are still unsure [about] doing several kinds of behavior. We must receive well people like that. Even though their customs are different than our opinions, don’t argue about that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There is something I want to say to you (pl.) about a person whose trusting Isa is not yet strong. You ought/must treat-him-according-to-good-custom/respect him. Don’t carry/influence him to argue if your (pl.) thinking is not the same about what is proper/right to be done and what is not proper/right.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is one of your companions who believes in Christ, but his faith is not yet drawn tight, accept him, but don’t argue with him if the practice of his believing is not exactly like yours.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If there is a person whose faith is not yet mature or is weak, accept him anyway without arguing-with him concerning the differences of his thoughts/opinions from yours.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the believer who does not yet understand well about the word he believes, there where you meet together give him a welcome. Do not want that you just argue with him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:4:
- Noongar: “But they could not say one thing. Jesus took the man, healed him and told him to go away.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Those religion teachers and Parisi people refused to answer him. From there, Yesus laid-hands on that sick person, he healed him and he ordered him to go.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But they did not answer. Then Isa touched the sick person and he was made well by him and then sent him home.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But they did not answer Jesus, and then Jesus took hold of that person who was sick and immediately he was healed. And Jesus sent him home.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But they kept-quiet. So he placed-his-hands-on that sick-person and he became-well, and then he sent-him-home.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But not one of those questioned responded. Well, what Jesus did was he took hold of the hand of that sick one and healed him, and then sent him on his way.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 19:17:
- Uma: “After that, I saw an angel standing on the sun. He called loudly, calling all the birds that fly in the air, he said: ‘Come attend the big feast that God has made available.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I saw an angel standing in the sky in the brightness of the sun. He called loudly to the birds flying in the air-space. He said, ‘Come here. Gather here for the great feast of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then I saw an angel standing in the middle of the sun, and he called loudly to all the birds that fly above, he said, ‘All you birds gather together that you might eat the supper which God feeds you!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then I saw an angel standing where-the-rays-of the sun -shone. He raised his voice shouting to all the birds flying overhead, ‘Come so that you will gather-together to eat (used of meat) the great-quantity that God will-feed you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I saw next an angel who was standing on the sun. He called to all the birds in the air. He said, ‘Come now, be gathered here at this great feast of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I saw another angel who stood at the sun. He shouted to the birds flying above. Loudly he called to them, saying: Gather together now. Because God will make a feast for you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 15:10:
- Uma: “There are also words in the Holy Book long ago that say like this: ‘You who are not Jews, be glad together with the Jews whom God chose from of old.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And it is written also, saying, ‘You the not Yahudi, be glad/joyful together with the people who have been chosen by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is also another thing that we can find in the written word of God which says, ‘As for you people who are not Jews, join in the rejoicing because you are now just like the Jews, the former chosen people of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There is also something written which says, ‘You who are Gentiles, be-happy-with those whom God has chosen as his people.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The word written in the Holy Book says: ‘The people who are not Jews will rejoice together with the Jews who are God’s chosen ones.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:1:
- Mairasi: “One day the people who collect money pertaining to head payment [tax collectors] and people who are called ‘bad’ were watching Him, they themselves came [and] were listening to Yesus.” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Noongar: “One day many tax collectors and other people who were rejected, they came to hear Jesus speaking.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “One day, many tax collectors and other people who were said by the people to have evil behavior arrived to hear the words of Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “One day many people who collect payment for the government and other people who do not follow the religious law came close to Isa for they wanted to hear his teaching/preaching.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time there were many sinful people, like tax collectors and law-breakers, and they went to Jesus because they wanted to listen to his teaching.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Many tax collectors and others whom the Jews called sinners were going to listen to what Jesus was-teaching.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There were now many going to Jesus who were official receivers of payment to the government and others who were regarded by their fellow-countrymen Judio as sinful. They wanted to listen to his teaching.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:13:
- Uma: “That fort had four sides, and in each side are three doors: three in the east, three in the north, three in the south, and three in the west.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There were three doors in the wall towards east, three towards west, and across the place on each side there were also three doors.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The wall of the city has four sides, and in each wall there are three gates. On the side of the east there are three gates. On the side of the west, three also. On the side of downstream there are three also, and on the side of upstream, three gates also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were three-entrances -each on the facing-sides–on the east (lit. coming-out of the sun) and west (lit. going-out-of-sight of the sun), the side-toward the north and side-toward the south.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The gates were in threes on each side. Three were toward the east and three toward the west. Three were toward the south and three also were toward the north.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “At the side of the city where the sun rises there were three gates. On the side of the city on the north there were three gates. At the side of the city on the south there were three gates. At the side of the city where the sun sets, there were three gates.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 16:9:
- Uma: “My greetings to Urbanus, our fellow worker in the work of Kristus. My greetings also to Stakhis whom I love.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And Urbanu also, our (incl.) companion working for Isa Almasi, and Istakis my friend, tell them that I remember them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Greet also for me Urbanus, my fellow servant of Christ, and Stachys, who is my very dear friend.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So also Urbanus who worked-with us in serving Cristo, and Estakis who is my esteemed friend.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Please greet Urbanus for me. He is our fellow worker in our work for Jesus Christ. And also my friend Stacys please greet for me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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)
