Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:30:
- Uma: “But he did not believe / pay-attention-to his request. He put him in prison until all his debt was paid.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But that servant did not want to. He ordered him to be put in prison as long as he had not paid all his debt.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But that person didn’t like that, and he had him put in jail for as long as he could not pay.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But he refused and had-him -jailed until he would pay his debt.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But his fellow servant who was causing him to pay wouldn’t accept that. He had him imprisoned until he could pay.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the man to whom he owed a little bit of money didn’t want to wait. Rather he grabbed him and took him to jail until he would pay the money he owed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 2:8:
- Uma: “God has lifted us from the punishment of our sins, just from his grace alone, because of our faith in Yesus. He lifted us, not from the goodness of our character. It is a free gift of God to us,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For because of God’s love and mercy hep that is why you are saved when you trusted in Almasi. It is not because of your doings/works that you are saved but this is a love-gift from God to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For just because of His grace to us (incl.) He freed us from punishment when we believed. We were not freed by our own works,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the mercy/grace of God is the reason that we were saved by-means-of our believing in Cristo. It was certainly not due to what we have done, but rather it was God’s gift.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really this grace/mercy of God, that (emphatic) is the source of our having now been saved from his punishment of our sin, because of our trusting and believing/obeying Cristo. And even this trusting and believing/obeying, he gave (it) to us, it’s not as-might-be-said we who are the origin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It was just God’s favor he gave us in that he saved us when we believed in Jesus Christ. We cannot say that there was any good we did in order that we were saved. Rather God alone wanted that he save us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “It is the kind-heartedness of God that saved you upon believing. You were not saved because of the things that you yourselves did, not at all, but your salvation is a gift of God.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 126)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:35:
- Uma: “What was written in the Holy Book does not change. So, if the Holy Book says ‘You are God’ to people who received the Word of God long ago, even more so me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, we (incl.) know that all that is written in the holy-book does not change forever. Na, if the people who were given God’s message/word are called by him gods,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now,’ said Jesus, ‘the written word of God cannot be changed. Therefore if he called our ancestors gods long ago, those whom he gave the word to,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That-aforementioned which God caused-to-be-written, it certainly cannot be terminated. If therefore gods is what God named those people through-whom-he-spoke,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Gods is the name God calls those people in that writing to whom he was giving responsibility for his words. Really as long as it’s said in the writings, there’s no disregarding it. It’s not possible/acceptable to regard-as-unimportant what it means.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You know that what is written in the Holy Book cannot be denied by anyone. Well, God said that the people who guard his word are like God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:28:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Indeed I say to you [plural]: in the future when God makes everything new, I the Child of Mankind sit on the beautiful seat ruling. At that time, you here who follow me, you will also sit on twelve seats governing the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said, ‘Truly I tell you, when I, the Son of Man, will sit to rule in the new world, you, my twelve disciples, will also sit to rule over the twelve tribes of Isra’il.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘It’s true this I say to you; I, The Older Sibling of Mankind, I will be powerful in the future in my ruling when everything is made new, and you also, my disciples, you will be able to rule the descendants of the twelve children of Israel.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Yes granted,’ said Jesus, ‘and it’s true moreover what I say to you that when this earth is made-new, the importance and power of me who am Child of a Person will become-known, because I will sit-down on my throne to rule. And you also who are my disciples, there will be twelve thrones for you to sit-down on to judge the people who are descended from the twelve children of Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying to them, ‘This which I will say to you is the truth, that when heaven/sky and the world will be made new by God, I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human will now reign in really-far-from-ordinary glory. And then you twelve disciples of mine, you will then be my companions in this controlling/ruling of mine of my people who are like the descendants of the twelve natural-sons of Israel.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to them: ‘Truly I tell you that on the day everything becomes new, that is the day on which the Man who came from heaven will sit on his chair to rule. Then you who follow me, there where there are twelves chairs you will sit to judge over the twelve groups of the descendants of Israel.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 3:18:
- Uma: “I pray that you, together with all the believers in Kristus, know how no kidding the bigness of the love of Kristus to us is. That love of his cannot be told fully, the depths of it cannot be sounded, and we are not able to measure its bigness. I pray that you experience his love in your lives, in order that all that is in God is also in you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When your love is firm you will really understand and all people who belong to God will also understand as to how great Almasi’s love is which is unspeakable.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “you, and every one of us (incl.) subjects of God, we might be given understanding as to what is the unfathomable love Christ has for us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that it should thus be possible for you and for all God’s people to understand the greatness/value and the largeness of Cristo’s love to us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “so that the Lord will give you along with all of God’s people to comprehend very well how very-far-from-ordinary and glorious is the valuing of Cristo for us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And I want that you and all the rest of the believers know very well about how greatly we are loved by Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 11:25:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘I am the one who raises the dead, and who gives life. People who believe in me, even if they are dead, they will live again.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to her, ‘I make the dead alive and I am the source of life. Whoever trusts in me, he will live even though he has died already.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘I am the one who raises the dead. I am the one who gives life. If there is a person who believes in me, even if he dies, his soul lives just the same.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jesus said, ‘I am the one who makes-alive the dead. I am the one who gives life. Whoever believes in me, even though he dies, he will nonetheless live forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘I am the one who causes to live again and am the source of life. The one who believes-in/obeys me, even though he will die it’s cerain he will again be made alive.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said, ‘It is I who will cause those who have died to be resurrected, and I will give the new life. He who believes in me, even though he dies, will again live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:30:
- Uma: “On the side of the road sat two blind people. When those blind people heard that it was Yesus passing by, they said: ‘Lord, descendant of King Daud! Have mercy/pity on us!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There were two blind people sitting at the side of the road where they were passing. When they heard that Isa was passing by, they shouted loudly they said, ‘O descendant of Sultan Da’ud, have pity on us.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were two blind people who were sitting on the side of the road. And when they found out that Jesus was passing by there, they called out, saying, ‘Hey, Datu, pity us for you are the prophesied descendant of King David.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were two blind-ones who were sitting on the edge of the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing-by, they immediately-shouted saying, ‘Lord, descendant of David, please have mercy!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There at the edge of the trail, there were two blind people sitting. When they knew that Jesus would pass by, they were shouting out saying, ‘Lord, descendant of king David, do pity us!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There in the road where he was to pass by there sat two blind men. The blind men came to know that it was Jesus who would pass by where they were sitting. They began to shout saying: ‘Listen, Lord, you descendant of David, have pity on us,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 4:29:
- Uma: “Don’t let there be evil words spoken from our lips. Rather speak words that help and strengthen others’ hearts, like is appropriate. Words like that bring goodness to people who hear.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Don’t speak bad things but speak only good words and words that encourage the liver and words that hit-the-mark/are correct for the good of those who listen to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that your speaking is not filthy, but rather you must speak words which will give help to the faith of your companions, so that those who listen to you might find great value according to what they need in what you say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You ought not to speak even a little evil, but rather what you are only to speak is what will help and strengthen the minds of those who listen according to what each one needs so that it will be-to-his-betterment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary also that your mouths will not emit (lit. be exited by) harsh-speech, but rather wholly what is good which is a means-of-making-firm the belief of others and (that which is) able to help them with whatever they need.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not speak any kind of bad words. Rather you must speak the good word, that word which will do good to the people who hear it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
