Following are a number of back-translations of Titus 3:4:
- Uma: “But even though our character was evil like that, God loved us and he showed us the goodness of his heart in/by lifting us from the punishment of our sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But God who rescues/saves us (incl.) showed that he loves and pities mankind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God our Saviour, when the time came for him to show us (incl.) his kindness and his generosity,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But God who saves us, he showed his grace/mercy and love” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well, the time came when God our Savior caused to be comprehended his grace/mercy and his valuing of us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But there came the day when concerning God our Savior, it became known about the grace he gave us in that he loved all people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:27:
- Uma: “Filipus did go. At that time, there was also an Ethiopia person traveling on that road returning going to his town. That Etiopia person was a man of big rank, who controlled all the contents of the house of the queen of the land of Etiopia who was named Kandake. Having finished worshipping God in Yerusalem, he was returning to his town riding a cart pulled by horses. While he sat in his cart, he read the letter of the prophet Yesaya.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore Pilip got ready and went there. When he was already on that road, he saw a man of the tribe/nation of Etiyopiya who had been to Awrusalam to-call-on God. This man was an important/prominent official and he was the one in charge of the property/wealth of the queen of the country Etiyopiya. This man was castrated.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Philip left. And there was a person there, an Ethiopian, who had gone to Jerusalem because he will worship God. He was an official trusted by the Candace, which is to say, queen, there in Ethiopia. The queen entrusted to him all of her wealth. And when the official was going home riding on a cart, he was reading the book which Isaiah wrote a long time ago, Isaiah the inspired one of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Felipe got-right-up and left. While he was still on the way, he saw-in-the-distance an official from-Etiopia who had come-from Jerusalem, because he had gone there to go worship God. That-aforementioned official, he had a high position, because he was in-charge-of all the money/wealth of the queen (loan reyna) or Candace of Etiopia.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore, without anything further, Felipe set out. Suddenly/unexpectedly he saw on that road a taga Etiope whose position was high for he was an official of the Candace who was the female king of Etiope. He was the overseer of all the possessions/property of that king. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:15:
- Uma: “Whatever we may eat, it isn’t that which makes us bad in God’s sight. The character that appears from in our hearts, it’s that which makes us bad in God’s sight.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is not the food that goes into the body of a person that causes him to be defiled. But that is what causes him to be defiled, what comes out of his liver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “that which can cause God to be displeased with a person is not the food which enters into his mouth even though he has not washed, but rather, it is the words which come out of his mouth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is not what a person causes-to-go-into his mouth that makes-him -dirty, but rather what he causes-to-go-out of his mouth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s not what goes into the mouth of a person which causes him to be disgusting in the sight of God, but on the contrary the evil words which come out of his mouth.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philemon 1:21:
- Uma: “[As] I write this letter, I trust/hope that you will do what I request. And I believe that you will do more than I request.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I write this because I am sure that you pay attention/listen to me. I know that your help will exceed what I ask.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As I write to you I have great confidence, for I know that you will listen to me. I know that what you will do is bigger than what I ask for.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I have written these-things to you (sing.) because I thoroughly expect that you (sing.) will fulfill my request and even more.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am writing to you because I am really sure that you won’t refuse this which I’m initiating-an-agreement-about with you. My hope is that you will do even more than this.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I send this word to you because I know very well that you will do what I say. And I know that you will do much more than I say to you now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:19:
- Uma: “After that he ate and got strong again. After that, Saulus dwelled with the followers of Yesus in Damsyik for several nights.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then he ate and his strength returned. For some days Saul stayed with the disciples of Isa in Damaskus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he ate and his strength returned to him. And during how many days when Saul went around with the followers of Jesus there in Damascus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was finished, then he ate and his body became-stronger. Few were the days that Saulo stayed-with them who believed in Damascus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After being baptized, he then ate, and then his strength returned-to-normal again. After that he then went-to-companion the believers there at Damasco for a few days.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:10:
- Uma: “and he with his disciples got on a boat and went to the village of Dalmanuta.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the people were sent home by Isa and immediately he and his disciples rode in a boat going to the place Dalmanuta.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus sent them home. Then Jesus and his disciples got into a boat and went to the land of Dalmanutha.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus sent-the many-people -home and he rode-with his disciples in the boat to go to the region of Dalmanuta.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus and his disciples then sailed, going to a place in the district of Dalmanuta.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 2:14:
- Uma: “The people that he calls children are mankind with physical bodies that must die. So, that’s why Yesus also became a man(kind) and lived just the same as man(kind), so that from/by his death he destroyed the power of the King of Evil-ones, who brings/brought death to man(kind).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The ones Isa calls children, they are humans who have flesh/muscle and bone. Therefore Isa also became human like they so that he could experience death. And because of his death he defeated the leader of demons the one who brought death to mankind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for us (incl.) who are children of God, we are just human beings who are subject to death. And because of this, Jesus become human also so that He might be like us. The reason He did this was so that it might be possible for Him to die. And by means of His death He might defeat Satan, who is the origin of death,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Since the children of God that it is talking about here are people who have bodies that die, Jesus also became a person with a body like theirs so that he would have a way to die. He did that so that because of his death he would totally defeat the Devil (RL Diablo) who is the source of people’s dying and being-separated from God” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well because those children being referred to are people/humans, who have flesh, blood, and a limit to life, therefore Jesus, he became a man/human too so that it would be possible for him to die also. Because, in his death he defeated Satanas, in-that he destroyed his control over people, that being what leads them to death which is unending punishment.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These of whom he says are children are people. Therefore Jesus became a person in order to become like they are. He wanted this so that he could be able to die, in order that he would spoil the power of the devil, the one whose fault it is that there is death for people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:8:
- Uma: “Kornelius told them what he had just seen in his vision, and he ordered them to go to Yope to search for Petrus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Korneliyus told them about the appearing of the angel and he told them to go to Joppa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Cornelius told them what had happened to him, and he sent them to the town of Joppa.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He related to them all that had happened, and then he sent (them) to Joppa.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He related to them all of it, and then he caused them to set out to go to Jope.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
