Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 26:4:
- Uma: “‘All the Yahudi people know the whole story of my life from the beginning. From my childhood I lived with my relatives in Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘All the Yahudi, they know my behavior since I was a child in my place and there also in Awrusalam.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for all the Jews, they know what my doings were from the time I was small, because I grew up among them in my village and also in Jerusalem.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘All our (du) fellow Jews know my way-of-life starting-from my youth (lit. smallness), because I have continually stayed-with them in our (excl.) town/country and in Jerusalem.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, all the Jews are aware of how my lifestyle has been from my childhood, there in the land where I grew up and also in Jerusalem where I was educated.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:40:
- Noongar: “After sunset, all the people brought their friends to Jesus, very sick people. He laid his hands on them and healed all of them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “At sunset, many people came to Yesus, bring all their relatives who were sick with many kinds of sicknesses. He touched each one of them and he healed them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the sun had set all the people who had sick friends even whatever their sickness was, brought them to Isa. Isa placed his hands on each one of them and made them well.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When evening came, all the people who had companions who were sick, they brought them to Jesus, and Jesus just placed his hand on each sick person there, and they were healed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the sun then was going-out-of-sight, the inhabitants took to him all who were sick with even any kind of sickness. Jesus one-at-a-time laid-his-hands-on them and they all became-well.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “At sunset, all who had sick-ones in their family whatever the illness, they brought them there to Jesus. Jesus touched/put-his-hand-on each one and healed their illnesses.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:4:
- Uma: “All people who do sins break God’s commands. For this is what is called sin, breaking God’s commands.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever sins, breaks God’s law, because if we (dual) sin we (dual) already break God’s law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If someone sins, he has transgressed the Law of God, for behaviour which is called sin is any kind of behavior which is a transgression of the Law of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whoever sins, he has broken God’s law, because sin is breaking the law just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for the one who does sin, he is fighting/breaking the laws of God. Because what is meant by sin is, fighting/breaking the laws of this God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “All who commit sin break God’s law. Because sin means that one breaks the law.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “Each one of us if we (are accustomed to) do evil we do not receive from (obey) the law because the evil we are doing goes contrary to the law.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “He who does sin, he just disobeys what God says. When we disobey the law of God, it is sin.”
- Tzotzil: “If we seek our sin, we break his commandments. When we break his commandments we sin.”
- Candoshi-Shapra: “The one habitually lives bad is oblivious to God’s orders. What is (characteristically) sin? When one throws away God’s orders that is sin.”
- Yanesha’: “All whoever sins, that one disobeys the words which are thus put (by God). If we disobey words which are thus put, that is sin.”
- Aguaruna: “He who works sin, God’s word which is to be obeyed, he doesn’t obey it. A sinner is one who disobeys God’s word.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
- Sayula Popoluca: “Whoever sins, he doesn’t obey God’s law. Because when we sin, we don’t obey God’s law.” (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 Acts 27:4:
- Uma: “From there we continued our journey. But the wind met our ship, that is why we went by the edge of the island of Siprus on the east side, so that we would not be hit too hard by the wind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (excl.) sailed from Sidon and followed-the-coastline of Kiprus island taking-shelter because the wind was contrary.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We left there and since it was not possible to go against the force of the wind, we passed on the side of the island of Cyprus which was sheltered from the wind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When we (excl.) again set-out, we (excl.) passed-by Cyprus on the sheltered (lit. hidden/blocked/covered) side, because the wind was being-met.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When we sailed again going from there, we couldn’t go-on-a-direct-course for the wind was contrary. Our sailing was toward the shore side of the island of Chipre.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:28:
- Noongar: “Levi stood up, left everything and followed Jesus.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “He got up, leaving all and he followed Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then he got up and left everything there and followed Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Levi abandoned everything there, and he followed Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Levi stood-right-up and left-behind everything to go-with Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Levi heard, he stood up at once. He left all that which was his making-a-living and followed-right-behind Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 4:12:
- Uma: “There has not yet been one person who has seen God. But even so, if we love one another, God remains in harmony with us, and it is truly evident/knowable in our behavior that we love God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There is no person who has seen God. But if we (incl.) love each other, God is here in our (incl.) livers. Our (incl.) love to God is also increasing and will finally be complete if we (incl.) steadfastly/continually love each other.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is no person who has even seen God, however, if we love each other, God lives here in us, and our love for God here in our breaths is drawn tight.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because even though no person has seen God, but if we love-one-another, God remains in us and the love of God that has no lack/fault can be seen in our lives.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “From long ago, no-one has seen God. But if we now really value one another, it’s clear that this God is now really indwelling us, and he has now completed this valuing by us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “No one has seen God. But when we love each other, then we walk with God. And it is true that we love God then.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “There is no one who has seen God. But if we are loving our fellows each of us the other, God is constantly with us and we are loving him as we ought.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “No person has seen God. But if we continually love one another, God resides in our hearts then, and we really love (look well) on God.”
- Tzotzil: “Even if no one has seen God, if we love one another, he is there in our hearts. Thus more we love God really and truly.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “No person has ever seen God. If we love each other then God’s love will be brought up to standard in us. He Himself abides (keeps living) in us.”
- Yanesha’: “Our Father, no one has ever seen him. If we love one another, all of us, we are at one with him. His love fills us completely.”
- Aguaruna: “None (no one) has seen God, but it we love others (one-another) God is (lives) in us. That being so like he loves we love.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:37:
- Uma: “All the people in the ship were two hundred seventy six.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (excl.) were two hundred seventy six men in the ship.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The number of us on the ship were two hundred and seventy and six.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The number of all of us (excl.) on the ship, it was two hundred and seventy six.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The number of all of us sailing was two hundred and seventy six persons.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:21:
- Noongar: “‘God will do good to you people hungry now. Your stomachs will be full! God will do good things to you people weeping now. You will laugh!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “You are fortunate who are hungry at this time, because you will be made-satisfied/full. You are fortunate who weep at this time, because you will be glad.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘How fortunate you are/good it is for you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied in the future. ‘How fortunate you are/good it is for you who are weeping now for you will laugh in the future.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Far better off are you who are hungry now, because God will satisfy your hunger in the future! Far better off are you who are sorrowful now, because you will rejoice in the future!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Fortunate are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. ‘Fortunate are you who are crying now, because you will smile/laugh.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You can be happy who really want to do the will of God always, because he really will give you the ability to do it. You can be happy who cry, who sorrow because of sin done, for happiness will follow-in-succession.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
