Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:46:
- Noongar: “Why do you call me ‘Lord! Lord!’ but you don’t do what I tell you?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you do not follow my commands!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Why do you say that I am your Lord but you do not do what I command you?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus spoke again, saying, ‘Why do you say that I am your boss but you do not obey my advice to you?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus went-on to say, ‘Why is Lord what you use-to-call/address me while at-the-same-time you don’t obey what I say?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus questioned, saying, ‘Well, why do you (pl.) call me Lord/Chief since you aren’t doing what I say to you?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 3 John 1:13:
- Uma: “There is still much I want to say to you, but I don’t want to write it in this letter.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I would like to say much more to you but I won’t write (it) now.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There are many things I would like to say to you but I don’t want to write them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There is still much that I want to tell you (sing.), but I have not included it in this letter” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There’s much more which I would like to say to you which I would like to write, but I decided not to write it after all.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There are more words I want to tell you, but I do not want to write them all here on the paper.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “I thought I would write you many things, but I do not want to write more on paper.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “There is a lot that I want to tell you, but this is all (only this) I will put on this paper.”
- Isthmus Zapotec: “I still have much more to write to you, but I don’t want to write it.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 1:18:
- Uma: “From heaven God shows his anger at all men who don’t submit to him and who do behavior that is not straight. By that unstraight behavior of theirs, men reject the true teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God is there in heaven and he shows that he is very angry at the ones who do not fear him, and at the ones who do evil. Because of their doing evil, they hinder/block the other people so that they do not know the true teaching about God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God in Heaven, He has now shown that He is very angry because of the evil behavior of people and their not respecting Him. For because of their wickedness, they do not allow to come into their breaths the true doctrine.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God who is in heaven, he has made-known that he will punish all people who do not believe in him and who do evil. On account of their evilness they suppress (lit. put-the-lid-on) the truth concerning him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “We see that God who lives in heaven severely punishes people who are evil persons. Because concerning these people, by reason of the evil they do, they do not allow that the true word be known.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Chichewa: “The anger of God is appearing from Heaven. He is angry at people because of their complete unrighteousness and not showing him respect. That unrighteousness of theirs causes them to fail to know what is true.” (Interconfessional translation, publ. 1999) (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 69)
For the Old Testament quote, see Deuteronomy 29:4.
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:29:
- Noongar: “All the people heard John; tax collectors also heard God’s truth, and went to John so he could baptise them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “All the people, with [including] the tax collectors, heard the words of Yesus speaking-about Yohanes. Hearing that, they received the Word(s) of God, because they had already requested-to-be-baptized of Yohanes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All the people and especially the tax collectors really listened to Isa. These were the ones who had asked to be bathed by Yahiya because they believed that God is righteous/straight.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now when all the people there and all the transgressors and the tax collectors heard these teachings of Jesus, they said, ‘How very proper are the customs of God.’ And they had themselves baptized by John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “(When they heard that, all the people and even the tax collectors, they acknowledged that what God had done was correct, because Juan is the one who had baptized them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for that crowd of people who were listening to Jesus, even some official receivers of payment to the government, they had acknowledged as true what God had caused to be said by Juan, then at the time when he was still teaching, that’s why they had had themselves baptized by Juan.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 1:5:
- Uma: “and from Yesus Kristus. Yesus Kristus, he is the Witness who is faithful [lit., who stays], he is the first one to live again from death, he is the Leader who governs all the kings of the world. Yesus loves us, and with the blood of his death he has freed us from our sins,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “May you also be cared for by Isa Almasi and may he cause-peace in your livers. Isa Almasi, his words can really be trusted. He is the first one made-alive again from among the dead. And he also is the one who rules over all that have authority in this world. He really loves us (incl.). He died so that he could take-away our (incl.) sins.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I, John, am writing to the seven groups of believers in the province of Asia. I pray that grace be shown to you by God and the Holy Spirit and Jesus Chirst they also give you a peaceful situation. As for God, He existed before anything was created; He still exists today and He cannot go out of existence forever. As for the Holy Spirit who lives in front of the seat of God, He has seven powers. Jesus Christ is the one whose word can be trusted. Of all who die and are raised again, He is the highest in rank. He is the one who controls the kings here on the earth. His breath is big toward us. He freed us from the punishment of our sins by causing His blood to be shed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Here is my letter to you who meet-as-a-congregation in the seven congregations in the province Asia. May you have mercy/grace/kindness and peace that comes-from God and his Spirit (Ispirito) and Jesu Cristo. God, he exists now, he existed previously and he will-exist forever. His Spirit which is in front of his throne (loan trono), there are seven manifestations/showings of his power (i.e. ways his power is shown). Jesu Cristo, he is one who is faithful to confirm concerning God. He also is the first who came-to-life again who didn’t again die and the one who rules/will-rule all rulers in this world. He loves us, and he set-us -free from our sins through his blood which flowed-out at his death.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This one who is Jesu-Cristo, what he testifies is wholly the truth. That one, he was made alive again by God. He really is the highest/most-important over all who are to be made alive again also. And he is the one who is in control of all who rule such as kings here under the heavens. Hopefully we will praise Jesu-Cristo, who really values us. Because through his death, when he shed (lit. caused to drip) his blood, he has now released us from slavery to sin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Also may Jesus Christ bless you, this one who tells the people well about God. He is the one who was first to resurrect after dying and he has the power to rule all the rulers who live here on earth. And it is Christ who loves us and he died. Concerning the blood he spilled, it is what cleared our sins.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 2:18:
- Uma: “We Jews, we know the Lord’s desire, and we know to distinguish what is good and what is bad because we receive teaching from the Lord’s Law.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You know what God wants that you ought to/should do. And you know how to choose the right/proper doings because you learned that from God’s law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You know what God wants, and you know what is proper to do because the Law has been taught to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You know what he wants you to do and you are also skilled in choosing the most-correct-thing to be done on account of your having learned the law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Jew know very well about God’s will because the law they follow is what teaches what good they must do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:11:
- Noongar: “‘This is the truth inside the story. The seed is like God’s Word.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘This is the meaning of my parable earlier: the seed that is sown, that is the Word of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Na, this is the meaning of that parable,’ said Isa. ‘The seed is the word of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘I will cause you to understand the interpretation of this parable. That which is planted is the Word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘This then is the meaning of what I parabled. The seed, that is the word of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is the meaning of that illustration,’ he said. ‘The scattered seed is the word of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 2:17:
- Uma: “‘Whoever has-ears, listen well to what the Holy Spirit says to my followers in every village. ‘Whoever wins, I allow them to eat the manna that is hidden. I give them a white stone. On that white stone is written a new name, that other people do not know. The ones who know it are only the persons who receive that stone.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘All you who have ears, you should listen to what the Spirit of God says to the churches.’ He also said, ‘Whoever is not carried-along by temptation/the tempters I will give him food from heaven called manna. I will also give each one of them a white stone and their new name will be written there. Nobody will know that name except only the one it is given to.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Each one of you must listen/obey to what the Holy Spirit says to you believers. The one who can overcome Satan, I will give him the manna food which I still have hidden which comes from heaven. And I will also give him a white stone upon which is written a new name. The only one who will know what that name is the one to whom it will be given.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You who are listening, think-about what God’s Spirit is saying to the congregations. The people who defeat evil, I will give-them -some-of the hidden food designated as manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on-which-is-written a new name, and no one knows that name except (lit. if not) the person to-whom-it-has-been-given.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since what ears are for is for listening with, you must listen well to this which is being said which the Espiritu Santo is causing to be comprehended by the ones who believe and trust in me. For whoever is able to have victory over whatever leads to sinning and detruction of believing/obeying, it’s certain there is something I will give to him which is being reserved here in heaven which can’t yet be seen by man, that manna which can cause one to live without ending. I will also give him a white stone on which is written a new name which no-one at all will know, but only he to whom it was given.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the person who has an ear, let him listen to these words which the Holy Spirit says to the believers. He says: ‘Concerning the person who comes out victorious over the evil there is, I will cause that he will eat the food which is in heaven, that food which is not known here on earth. And I will give him the small white stone. This small stone which I will give has written on it a name which is a new one no one knows about. Only the one who receives the stone will know about it,’ he says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
