complete verse (Matthew 12:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:18:

  • Uma: “‘This one is my Servant whom I chose, I love him, and he makes-glad my heart. My Spirit I give him. That my government is upright He announces to all people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘This is my servant whom I have chosen. I love him and am really pleased with him. I send my Spirit to him and he proclaims about my righteous judgment to all tribes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘This is the servant I have chosen. He is the one who is very beloved to me. I really like his works. I will cause him to be led by the Holy Spirit, and my righteous judgement, he will tell to all mankind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘This one is whom I chose to serve me. He is the one I love and the one with-whom-I-am-always-satisfied. I will send my Spirit to stay with him so that he will make-known to the Gentiles how people may be made-righteous in God’s sight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Today here is my servant, whom I indeed have chosen. I really hold him very dear. He really pleases me very much. I will cause him to be indwelled by my Espiritu Santo, and true justice/righteousness (lit. straightness) is what he will administer (lit. cause-to-go) to all nations.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “‘This one here is my worker whom I have chosen. Very much do I love him. I am pleased with him. I will cause that he will walk with the Holy Spirit now so that he will receive power to do what he does. He will tell the people who are not Jews that God will judge how people live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

For the Old Testament quote, see Isaiah 42:1.

complete verse (2 Corinthians 10:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 10:16:

  • Uma: “to the point that the width of our (excl.) working-area also will increase. For we (excl.) want to take the Good News to villages that are farther away than you. We(excl.) don’t want to take the Good News to people who have already heard the Good News, lest [lit., don’t-don’t] we (excl.) get proud [lit., have big hearts] speaking of the results [fruit] of our (excl.) work, when actually we (excl.) are working in another’s work-area. [lit., spot another has cleared for agriculture (used figuratively here)]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then when your trust is already strong, we (excl.) can also go and proclaim the good news about Almasi in the places on the other side of you. Because we (excl.) only want to boast about work that is given to us (excl.), not about the work/doings of other people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And by means of this it will be possible for us to spread the Good News there in the far towns which are on the other side of you. For we do not want to boast about that which other people have done in the towns where God did not send us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “so we (excl.) can go preach the good news in farther-away towns which still have no one who is teaching. Because we (excl.) don’t want to boast-about what others have worked-on, saying that that work is our (excl.) business (same word as jurisdiction).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It would really be good if (we) will be able to teach the Good News in the places beyond where you are. But we (excl.) really are not falsely-claiming-for-ourselves in-which we (excl.) are boasting of the hard work of others (as if it were our own).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Afterwards, there in other towns beyond where you live I can then continue working in telling the good news. But not where there already are believers living where some other person has preached will I do my work.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:9:

  • Uma: “‘Here is a child who has [lit., food-bundled] five pieces of bread and two smoked fish, but what use is that for those many people?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He said to Isa, ‘There is a small boy here, he has five units of bread and two fish. But this really isn’t enough to feed all these people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘There is a child here who brought a lunch of five pieces of bread of barley flour and two fishes. But what good would this be since there are so many people?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Here is a male child who has taken-as-lunch five barley breads and two dried-fish. But this is by-contrast very-few (CVC redup. of how-many) with this many people (lit. manyness of people).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘There’s a child here, a young-boy, with packed-food-for-a-trip, however what is to be done with five units of small-bread and two units of small-fish? It really wouldn’t be enough to go around all that crowd of people.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “‘There is here a boy who has five breads and two fish. But where will they do any good, there are a lot of people.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Chol: “‘Here is a boy. He has five unites of food made of cebada (barley) and two fish. Is this enough for so many of us (incl.)?'” (Source: Larson 1998, p. 107)

complete verse (Matthew 12:50)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:50:

  • Uma: “Because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, they are my siblings and they are my mother.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For whoever does the wish/will of my Father who is in heaven, is my brother and my sister and my mother.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For anyone who does what my father in heaven wants, is also my mother, my brothers, and my sisters.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “because those-who-do what my Father in heaven wants, they are counted as my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because whoever really obeys the will of my Father in heaven, they are like my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because whoever likes to do the will of my Father who is in heaven is as though he were my brother, as though he were my sister, as though he were my mother,’ he said to the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Corinthians 11:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:30:

  • Uma: “If I must praise myself, I will praise myself recounting all my weaknesses.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I don’t want to boast, but if I have to boast, I only boast about the difficulties that I experienced so that you know that I have no strength/power.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I don’t want to boast, but if necessary for me to boast, I will boast about the hard things I have passed through, because by means of this you will know that I really lack in skill.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I dislike boasting-about myself, but if I have to do that, I will boast-about what shows my weakness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But if I need to boast, this is truly what I will boast of, the things that cause to be comprehended that, of my own self, I have no ability.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is necessary that I tell you about myself, but it is only that I want to tell you about myself so that it will be apparent that I am not strong.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 6:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:41:

  • Uma: “From there, the Yahudi people were-all-complaining, because Yesus said that He was the food that descended from heaven.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then the people grumbled about what Isa said there, when he said, ‘I am the food from heaven.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the rulers of the Jews got angry with Jesus because he said, ‘I am the food which comes from heaven.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon the Jews began to grumble-in-a-mutter on-account-of what Jesus had said that he was the food from heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the Judio heard that, they talked-among-themselves about that which Jesus had said saying, ‘I am the food which descended coming from heaven.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “With this word the Jews began to be angry at Jesus because he said, ‘I am the tortilla/food which came from heaven.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 13:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:32:

  • Uma: “That seed was very tiny, smaller than other seeds. But when it grew, it was bigger than the other vegetables. It grew like a tree, with the result that birds came and made their nests in its branches.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “This seed is very small but when it grows, it becomes bigger than all plants and becomes a tree. Therefore the birds can go and make their nests on it’s branches.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A person plants this in his field, and when it sprouts and gets big, it becomes the largest of the vegetable plants. It’s like a tree and the birds can light in it and can build their nests in its branches.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows and matures, this is the largest of all plants, whose size is like a tree, and it is possible for birds to make-nests in its branches.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It really is the smallest seed of all plants, but when it has been-planted/taken-root, on sprouting it grows bigger than all other vegetables, and becomes a tree. Without anything further, its branches will then be nested in by birds.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “This seed truly is the smallest of all the other seeds. But when it grows, then it is a larger plant than all the other plants in the plant garden. There in its branches birds make nests.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

For the Old Testament quote, see Daniel 4:12 and Daniel 4:21.

complete verse (2 Corinthians 13:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 13:8:

  • Uma: “As long as you follow what is true, we (excl.) cannot obstruct you. In fact we (excl.) always want to help you follow what is true.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “We (excl.) cannot do anything opposing what is true but we always advance what is true.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For if your behavior is proper, as for us apostles, it’s no longer possible for us to show our authority over you because we only have to show our authority over you when you disobey proper behavior.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because it’s not possible for us (excl.) to oppose you if you are following the true teaching but rather it is necessary that we (excl.) help you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because it’s really not possible/acceptable that I should be happy about anybody doing what isn’t in harmony with the truth. The only thing I am happy with is the doing of good in the sight of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “About this word which is true, I hunt for how it will conquer, I do not do anything that will spoil this word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)