Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:6:
Noongar: “Jesus said, ‘If you had faith like a tiny seed, you could tell this tree, ‘Pull yourself up with the roots and plant yourself in the sea’. And the tree would do what you said.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “The Lord Yesus said: ‘If you have faith even just [the size of] a chigger, you can say to this big tree: ‘Pull yourself up from there, move over there into the sea!’ it would definitely really move according to your command.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Their Lord answered, he said, ‘If you trust God even just a little, figuratively if it’s size is only like the mustard seed, you can say to that big tree over there, ‘Uproot yourself and change your place going into the sea,’ and it will do what you say.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘If you have faith which is as big as even one small mustard seed, you can say to this big tree, ‘Go away from there, and be transferred into the sea.’ And that will be that, and it will obey you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “And he said, ‘Even though your faith is small like the smallest seed, you can say to this large tree, ‘Pluck-out your (sing.) roots and go to the ocean so that that will be your (sing.) growing-place,’ and it will go and obey.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The Lord Jesus replied, saying, ‘Hopefully your believing will become like a little mustasa’ seed which keeps on growing until it is a big plant. For if your believing in me is like this, really even supposing you will say to that tree to be pulled up and stand next in the sea, it’s certain it would do as you say.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Kabwa: “Even if you were to have small faith like a small mustard seed, you would tell a big fig tree thus, ‘Uproot here, you should go, you should plant yourself in the lake!’ it would obey you.”
Suba-Simbiti: “Whenever you have just small faith, [even] if it were like a small mustard seed, you would tell this fig tree thus, ‘Uproot, you should go, you should be planted in the lake!’ and it would obey you.” (Source for this and above: R.M. Mészároš in Journal of Translation 18/2022, p. 115ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 3:3:
Uma: “for you are still following the evil desires of your hearts. For if you have envy in your hearts and are arguing, doesn’t this show that you are following the evil desires of your heart, like people who do not-yet know the Lord?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “because you still follow the behavior of the people in this world. Some of you are jealous, some of you quarrel. That is a sign that you are following your desires like the people who do not follow God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because you are still controlled by your desires. For there are some of you who are jealous; and there are some of you who are quarelling; and because of this it seems that you are still controlled by your desires like people who have not yet believed in Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “because your minds are still human. I say that, because there you are arguing and you are jealous/envious. And if that’s what you are doing, you are indeed human and you take-after the thoughts and behavior of worldly people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Because the evil desires of the body are still dominant in your minds/inner-being, for with you still is envying and striving-for-mastery-over one another. Those ways of yours, they testify that you are still indulging your own bodily desires, just like people who haven’t yet believed/obeyed Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because still you do like other people live. You still are jealous. You still quarrel. You still do not speak the same word. You still do like the people who do not know God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:1:
Noongar: “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them the way they should always talk to God and not be anxious because of their life.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “After that, Yesus spoke a parable, teaching his disciples so that they would be faithful to pray and not get discouraged.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then Isa told his disciples a parable to give them an example so that they would always pray to God and not get tired of it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also another parable which Jesus told his disciples. He wanted to teach them that it was necessary that they not become weary of praying, and that they should not also give up their trust in God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then Jesus related to his disciples this parable to teach them that they ought to pray constantly and not become lazy/tired-of-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Jesus used another illustration in teaching his disciples, so that they would comprehend that it’s necessary to be always/often praying, not to get fed up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 4:12:
Uma: “We(excl.) work hard with our (excl.) hands. If some curse us (excl.), we (excl.) respond to them with blessings. If some persecute/bother us (excl.), we (excl.) endure it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “We (excl.) work hard so that we (excl.) have our (excl.) livelihood. If people curse us (excl.), we (excl.) ask blessing for them from God. When they persecute us (excl.) we (excl.) simply endure.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We have to toil so that we might get the things that we need. And when people curse us we don’t answer back, but we pray for them that God will bless them. And when people treat us harmfully, we just endure it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “We (excl.) undergo-hardship to work so we will have a means-of-livelihood. When/If they speak-evil-about us (excl.), we (excl.) request God that he will bless them, and when/if they hardship-us (excl.), we (excl.) endure it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “We(excl.) are working hard (lit. causing our sweat to drip) just so that we will have something to put in our stomachs. We(excl.) are being-spoken-harshly-to but, those who speak-harshly-to us (excl.), we are praying that hopefully God will show them grace/mercy. When we (excl.) are being persecuted/hardshipped, we just let it pass.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “We work hard with our hands. People speak bad of us, but we ask God to bless those who speak bad of us. People persecute us but we are patient with what we pass through.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:33:
Noongar: “They will beat him and kill him. But after three days, he will rise to life.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “strike [me], and kill me. But on the third day, I will live again.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “They will beat me and then kill me. But when three days are gone by I will live again.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They will beat me and finally they will kill me. But within three days, God will raise me up from the dead,’ said Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then they will whip-me and after-that they will kill-me, but on the third day however, I will live again.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But I will come alive again indeed on the third day.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 6:10:
Uma: “thieves, greedy/gluttonous people, drunkards, those who curse others, deceivers–people like those will not be God’s people in his Kingdom.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Likewise the thieves or the ones craving/greedy ones or the drunkards or the ones speaking bad to/insult their companions or who do violence to their companions in order to get their belongings, they are not included in the ruling of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The thief, the selfish person, the drunkard, the one who tells lies about evil activities of his companions, those who cheat– any person who does things like this, God cannot rule over him in the future, but rather he will be punished.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Neither will the thief, the coveter, the drunkard, the testifier who lies and the robber be-included.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “It will be like that also for thieves, those who covet things that can be obtained here in the world, drunkards, users-of-harsh-language and those who make-a-habit-of-taking-what-they-want-by-force.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Nor will enter thieves. Nor will enter those who always desire for the increase of what they own. Nor will enter drunkards. Nor will enter slanderers. Nor will enter people who wait on the road to steal from their fellow man.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:22:
Noongar: “The king said, ‘You bad servant! You know that I am a hard man. I will use your own words to condemn you. I take what I do not own and I harvest what I do not plant.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “‘The king said saying to him: ‘You (sing.) are a bad/evil servant! If you (sing.) knew I was harsh, if you (sing.) knew that I harvest what are not my plants, and that I take what I did not work-hard-for,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The king said to him, ‘You are a bad/wicked and lazy servant. I will judge you with those your words. You know – surprise – that I have no pity/mercy. You know that I take what is not mine and reap what I have not worked for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that king asnwered, ‘So you are a wicked servant! There from your own words you have let it be known that you have sinned against me, because you knew that what I say, I make sure that it happens, and the money that I have people take care of, I expect some increase; and what I have planted, I expect its harvest — that’s very true.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘You (sing.) are a bad servant!’ said the king. ‘What you (sing.) have said is indeed also what I-will-use-to-condemn you (sing.). If you (sing.) already-knew that I was an easily-angered person who gets what I didn’t work for and harvests what I didn’t plant,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “He was answered by that master of his, saying, ‘What an evil slave you are! According to what you yourself said, I will judge you. For you know apparently that I am strict, that I collect-money/take-payment when it wasn’t I who deposited it and I harvest what I wasn’t the one who labored over.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 7:22:
Uma: “Whether we are a slave or have become free, it’s just the same in God’s sight. For a slave whom God has called to believe on the Lord Yesus, he has become free from sin because of his connection with the Lord. So also a noble whom God has called to believe in the Lord Yesus, he is also a slave of Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If there is a slave who follows Isa Almasi, even though he is a slave, the truth is he is a free person in the sight of Almasi. Likewise even if a person was not a slave when he first followed Almasi, Almasi considers him his slave.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If you were a slave when you were made a believer in the Lord, He looks at you as if you were not a slave. And likewise even if we (incl.) are not slaves, if we are believers in the Lord, we are Christ’s slaves just the same.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because if you (sing.) were a slave when you (sing.) were called to be joined to the Lord Jesus, remember that he set-you (sing.) -free from sin to serve him. And if you (sing.) are not a slave of people, remember that you (sing.) became Cristo’s slave when you (sing.) believed in him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For even if you(sing.) are a slave, provided you have truly believed/obeyed Cristo, you now belong to the Lord who has given you far-from-ordinary salvation. And the person who wasn’t a slave when God put it in his mind, it’s like he has become a slave, for he is now a servant of Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But the person who was a worker and now believes should know that before the face, the eye of God, he is now a companion with Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
