Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:9:
- Noongar: “You must not fear when you hear of fighting and wars. These things must happen first; but these things do not show the last days are coming.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Also do not be afraid hearing news that says many people are fighting and opposing the government. Because all that must happen first. But the time has not yet really come for the end of the world.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And if you hear about fighting and trouble do not be afraid. All this has to happen first, but this is not yet the world’s end.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when you hear nearby you the commotion because of war, and you hear also the news about wars in a far country, don’t be afraid because it’s necessary that things like this come to pass, but this is not the sign of the end of this time.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If moreover you hear that there are wars and riots, don’t be afraid. These things must happen, but the end of the world is not yet.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And if/when you hear news of troubles and wars, don’t panic. Because these really will come, but it’s not yet the end of the world.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:24:
- Uma: “Let’s not just do what helps ourselves. Let’s also do what helps others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Let us (dual) not think about our (dual) good but we (dual) should think about what is good for our (dual) companion.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And we must not only think about what is good for our own situation, but rather, we must also think about how we can take good care of our companions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Each one ought to think of the betterment of his fellows, not just his own betterment only.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “We should not look for what is for our own benefit, but rather what is for the benefit of our companion.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is necessary that we look for the good of other people, not just that we look for our own good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:3:
- Noongar: “Then Satan entered Judas. People also called him Iscariot, one of Jesus’ twelve disciples.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From there, the King of Evil-ones entered into the heart of Yudas, who is also called Iskariot, one of Yesus’ twelve disciples.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the leader of demons entered the liver of Judas. This was Judas Iskariyot one of the twelve disciples of Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time, Judas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, Satan began to control him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Satanas possessed Judas Iscariot who was one of those who were the twelve disciples of Jesus,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, Satanas then put-in-the-mind of Judas Iscariote, one of those twelve disciples, that he trade Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:23:
- Uma: “For I taught you the other day [lit., yesterday] the meaning of eating and drinking all-together to remember the Lord’s death. And what I taught you I received from the Lord himself [emphatic]. On the night the Lord Yesus was sold, he took bread,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I taught already to you what Isa Almasi taught me. Isa Almasi in the night when he was betrayed he took bread while they were eating,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because this is not what the Lord taught me. What he taught me I have taught also to you, and it is: on the night when Judas betrayed our Lord Jesus, when they were eating, Jesus took some bread,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because what I taught you that came-from the Lord Jesus is this. When they were eating on the night that he was betrayed, he took bread” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I will repeat again the teaching which came from the Lord, which was taught to me and which I taught to you in the past concerning the doing of the remembrance of his death. On that night on which the Lord Jesus was traded to those wanting to kill him, when they were eating, he picked up some bread.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because concerning the Holy Supper I told you about, it was Jesus Christ himself who taught me about it. On the night in which Jesus was betrayed, he took up the bread.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:35:
- Noongar: “Then Jesus asked his disciples, ‘That day when I sent you out to go out, without a purse, without a bag and without shoes, did you need anything?’ ‘Not one thing,’ they said.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that Yesus spoke to them, he said: ‘When I ordered you yesterday [implies recent past time] to go carrying the Good News, I did not permit you to carry a money bag or food-bundle or shoes. Did you lack anything?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said yet to them, ‘Formerly I told you who were going on a journey not to take a purse or a bag or shoes, did you have anything lacking?’ ‘Nothing,’ they said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus spoke to them, ‘When I sent you out long ago, telling you that you should not take any money, or change of clothing, or change of shoes — what did you lack there on your journey?’ And they answered, ‘We had no lack.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘When I sent you with you taking-along no money, backpack and change of sandals, did you lack anything?’ ‘No indeed,’ they answered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus questioned his disciples, saying, ‘Well, that time when I sent you traveling, when I said, don’t take provisions of money, something-to-put-into for what is given to you, or a change of footwear, well, did you have a hard time?’ ‘Well, no,’ was their reply.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:5:
- Uma: “They answered him like this: ‘In the village of Betlehem in the land of Yudea. We know this because there is a Word of the Lord that was written by a prophet long ago. The Lord says:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They said, ‘The town of Betlehem there in Yahudiya, for Nabi Mika has written in the holy-book like this,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they answered, ‘He will be born in the town of Bethlehem in the province of Judea. We know this because there is a written saying of God by means of an inspired one long ago who said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘In Betlehem in this province of Judea,’ they said answering. ‘Because this is what God caused-the prophet long-ago -to-write saying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They answered, saying, ‘Respects to you, it’s said to be there in Betlehem in the district of Judea. Because that is what is there in what was written by a prophet, which is what was said by God,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The ones who were questioned said to Herod: ‘There in the city of Bethlehem of the land of Judah is where he is to be born. Because this is the word written by the spokesman for God who said:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:21:
- Uma: “The eye cannot say to the hand: ‘I don’t need you (sing.)!’ Or the head say to the feet: ‘I don’t need you (sing.)!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore it is not possible for the eye to say to the hand, ‘I don’t have any use for you.’ Likewise it is not possible for the head to say to the feet, ‘I don’t have any use for you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this the eye cannot say to the hand, ‘As for you, hand, I don’t need you!’ And in the same way also, because the head cannot say to the foot, ‘As for you, foot, I don’t need you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So the eye cannot say to the arm/hand or the head to the leg/foot, ‘I don’t need you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, since it’s like that, the eye cannot say to the arm/hand, ‘I sure don’t need you!’ Like that too, the head can’t say to the leg/foot, ‘Expl, I don’t need you!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The eyes of a person cannot say to the hands: ‘I don’t need you’ they say. The person’s head cannot say to the feet: ‘I don’t need you’ it says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:67:
- Noongar: “‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘You are the One Whom God Will Send, are you?’ Jesus replied, ‘If I tell you, you won’t believe.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Those judges said to Yesus: ‘Tell us (excl.) here, are You really the Redeemer King?’ Yesus said: ‘Even if I told you, you still would not believe.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They said to Isa, ‘Tell us if you are really the Almasi.’ Isa said to them, ‘Even if I tell you, you do not believe me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they asked Jesus, they said, ‘What do you say? Are you the one chosen by God to rule?’ And Jesus answered, ‘Even if I say that I am, you will not believe what I say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They said to him, ‘Please tell (us), are you (sing.) the Messiah?’ Jesus answered saying, ‘Even if I say, you won’t believe anyway,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then they said to Jesus, ‘Tell us if you really are the one who is the promised Cristo!’ Replying, Jesus said, ‘Even if I will tell you, you won’t acknowledge that it is true.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
