Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:12:
Uma: “Forgive our wrongs, like we also forgive the wrongs of our companions,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Forgive our sins as we also forgive those who sin against us.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Forgive us our sins like our forgiving the one who sins against us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Forgive our (excl.) sins, because we (excl.) also have forgiven those who sinned against us (excl.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Forgive, too, our sins, the same as we do as we forgive those who sin against us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “And forgive our sins, like we also forgive those who do bad to us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “Forgive us our sins, even as we ourselves forgive those who wrong us.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 157)
Martu Wangka: “When another person does wrong to me, I should not in return do wrong to them — I should go and talk about being reconciled together. When I talk like that, to that person, then following that, I am asking you, you throw out my badness.” (Source: Carl Gross)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:57:
Uma: “But thank you we say to God, for he has freed us from all that just-mentioned, and he has given us victory, because of the mediation of Yesus Kristus our Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But great is our (incl.) thanks to God. For because of what Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader did, we (dual) don’t have to be afraid to die because our (incl.) sins were taken away by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But in spite of that, it’s posisble for us to praise God. For because of what He has done, it is not possible that we are no longer afraid of death, because we have been set free by our Lord Jesus Christ!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But we thank God, because he gives us our power to defeat sin and death because of what Jesu Cristo our Lord has done.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Therefore, now, let us thank God for he is always giving us our victory over this sin and death, because of what our Lord Jesu-Cristo did.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But we thank God that he caused that we overcome the power of death when we believe in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:8:
Uma: “Yohanes, it was not he who was that light. The reason he came was to spread that light to all people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Yahiya was not this light. But his mission/purpose for coming here was to tell about the light.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for this John, he is not the one who is that light, but rather he is the one who explains who the light is.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Juan was not the light itself, but rather the one who came to confirm/verify concerning the light.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “It isn’t that he was the one who was the light. He was caused-to-be-a-person because he would be testifying about this light.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “John is not that one who opens the hearts of the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Ojitlán Chinantec: “John was not the one who illuminates people. He came to point out that one.”
Yatzachi Zapotec: “It wasn’t John who brought light, but rather he came speaking about the person who brings light for mankind.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
Hiligaynon: “Juan was not the light, but-rather he came/arrived to tell who is the light.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Mairasi: “He himself was not that Light. But for the purpose of testifying about that Light he came.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
Bariai: “He wasn’t that light, but he came to expound talk about that light.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
Kupsabiny: “John came and told the people concerning/about that light, but that light was not him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:11:
Uma: “Even though your wickedness is so great, you still know to give what is good to your children. How much more your Father who is in heaven! He knows very much how to give what is good to people who ask of Him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “You, even though you are sinful, you know to give your children the best/good things. Even more so God, your Father in heaven will give to you good things when you ask him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for you humans who are not righteous, if good is what you give to your children, of course good also is what our Father God in heaven will give to any of you who asks from him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “You therefore who are bad, if you know to give your child good(-things), surely even-more-so will our Father in heaven give good(-things) to those who ask.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, if you who are sinners know how to give good things to your children, isn’t it much more so of your Father who is in heaven? He really will give good things to those who request from him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “So now, you are those who have sin, yet you know that you give good things to your children. Well even more will your Father in heaven give good to you when you ask.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 1:7:
Uma: “That’s why our (excl.) hearts are not uncertain about you, we (excl.) know that you will indeed endure in sufferings. For we (excl.) know that you get sufferings the same as we (excl.) do, and God will definitely strengthen your hearts the same as [he strengthens] us (excl.).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So then we (excl.) don’t have two-thoughts/doubts about you. We (excl.) know that because you are like us (excl.) suffering trouble, you will also be helped by God as he helped us (excl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, our trust in you is strengthened because we know that when you are enduring difficulty, just like we endured it, in the same way also you are helped by God, just like He helped us also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Therefore big is our (excl.) hope in you, for we (excl.) know that if you join-in-experiencing our (excl.) hardships, you will also join-in-experiencing God’s helping us (excl.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “That is why our (excl.) hope concerning you is firm, because we (excl.) know that even if you experience also the hardhips that we are enduring, God will also comfort you, just like (he does) us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “And now I am assured that your faith will come out well. Because I know that when you have suffered like I have, God also will comfort your hearts like he comforts my heart.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Highland Totonac: “Also our hope is in you that it will be so. We know very well that as you share with us in our suffering, in the same way you will share with us in our comfort the same as we do.” (Source: Herman Aschmann in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 171ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of John 1:41:
Uma: “Andreas immediately went to look for Simon, he said to him: ‘We(excl.) have found the Mesias!’ (meaning: the Redeemer King)” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then Andariyas immediately looked for his brother. When he had found him, he said to him, ‘We (excl.) have now found the Almasi.’ (Almasi is the one chosen by God to be king here in the world.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Andrew, he immediately went to find his brother Simon. ‘We have seen the Messiah,’ he said, (The meaning of the name Messiah is Christ, which is to say, Chosen by God to rule.)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “He immediately-went-and -searched for Simon and said to him, ‘We (excl.) have found the Messiah’ (meaning to say, the Cristo).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Andres went on to that brother of his, Simon. On arriving, he said, ‘We (excl.) have met/seen that King who was promised by God’ (which means, Cristo).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Andrew first went to hunt for his brother Peter. He said to him, ‘We found the Messiah.’ Messiah means the Christ whom God appointed to rule.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 8:14:
Uma: “One time, Yesus went to the house of Petrus. There he saw the mother-in-law of Petrus in her sleeping-place/bed because she had a fever.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then Isa went into the house of Petros. He saw the mother-in-law of Petros lying there sick with a fever.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus went to the house of Peter, and there he saw Peter’s mother-in-law who had a fever and could not get up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, Jesus went to plural Pedro’s house, and he saw that Pedro’s female parent-in-law was lying-on-her-back, because she had-a-fever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Then Jesus went to Pedro’s house. On his arrival there, Pedro’s mother-in-law was lying down because she was fevering.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Jesus went to the house of Peter. Peter’s mother-in-law was in bed because of having a fever.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 2:15:
Uma: “In God’s sight, we (excl.) are like incense that is burned, that is smelled by all people. For we (excl.) are the ones he has sent to proclaim the News of Kristus to all people. To people who believe the Good News we (excl.) are like something fragrant, for we tell them the news that gives them good life forever. But to people who reject the Good News we (excl.) are like something stinking, for we tell them that God will punish them in hell. Who is able to do this work? With our own ability, no-one of course. [implied here and stated by Paul in 3:5]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “We (excl.) are like incense burned by Almasi for God. The news preached by us (excl.) is like a fragrance spreading to all people, the people who are saved and the people who are not saved.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And since we have been made the messengers of Christ so that we might spread this news, God likes this very much, and this news comes to people who are being freed from punishment, and also those who are not being freed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because our (excl.) preaching concerning Cristo, it is like fragrant incense with-which-God -is-satisfied which all who hear are smelling, believers and non believers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For because of our (excl.) teaching the Good News concerning Cristo, we (excl.) are like the most-fragrant-thing which pleases God, which can be smelled by the people who now have salvation/freedom, and those who will arrive at death which is punishment which is without ending.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “God looks well on my spreading the word about Christ. When the incense burns, its smell is smelled by all the people. Like this is the word I speak now, all the people hear the word, alike for those whose souls are saved and alike for those who will go to punishment, all hear the word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Warlpiri: (verses 15 and 16) “We Apostles did Christ Jesus give to God like special meat which they burned and gave to God long ago in order to placate him. Many people whom God is keeping safe, and many others who are still going away from him, the whole lot of them we tell the Good News. People who are going the wrong way from God, they hear the Good News. After that, they say that it is bad like meat that has gone off and smells bad, like that. Other people whom God is keeping, they also hear that Good News. After that, they say this, ‘The Good News, it makes us alive. It is really good just like the way grass smells after the rain.’ That is true.” (Source: Carl Gross)
