Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:36:
- Uma: “This is the news that God announced to us (excl.) Yahudi people news that makes clear the way so that the connection of God with mankind can become good again by the redemption/redeeming-work of Yesus Kristus. That Yesus is the Lord of all mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Perhaps you have already heard about the good news which God sent to the Yahudi nation/tribe, that there is now peace because of what Isa Almasi did; he hep rules over everything. You know as to what happened throughout the land of Yahudiya beginning there in Jalil after Yahiya preached concerning the baptism (bathing) of repentance.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You already know about the good news which God has caused us (excl.), the descendants of Israel, to understand, because by means of Jesus Christ who is the Lord of all people, he caused to understand that God’s anger toward us (incl.) could be removed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You know the good news that God made-known to us (excl.) who are descendants of Israel that people may have good companionship-with him by-means-of what Jesu Cristo did who is the lord of all people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “God made known to us (excl.) who are descendants of Israel the Good News that man and God can again be reconciled, because of what was done by Jesu-Cristo through his death. Well, as for this Jesu-Cristo, he is the Lord of all people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 9:32:
- Uma: “But his disciples did not know Yesus purpose/intention. Nor did they dare to ask him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But they did not understand what he said there and they did not dare to ask him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now that which Jesus said was not understood by his disciples, and they were also afraid to ask him what he meant by it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But they did not know what he meant to say, and they were afraid to inquire of him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The disciples didn’t understand the meaning of that which Jesus had said, but they didn’t ask for they felt-uneasy-to-do-so.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 6:7:
- Uma: “Land that is frequently rained-on and that has plants growing-on-it that are useful to the farmers, that land is blessed by God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (incl.) humans are figuratively like a field. If a field is always rained on the plants grow and that is valuable to the owner of the field. This field is really blessed by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For as for us (incl.) human beings, we are like land. And the land is always rained on, the plants are healthy there and this is of great value to the owner of the land. Now a person like that land, he is blessed by God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They can be compared to bad soil. Because planted (with plants) soil that is rained-and-rained-on, if that is where-plants -grow that are useful to the land owner, God will bless that soil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “An example of this is earth/ground. If it’s always being fallen on by rain and all the things being planted there grow well, the owner will be happy with it because it has a lot of usefulness. Well whoever is like this earth/ground, God will be happy with and will show-mercy/grace-to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning people, they do like the fields when it rains, the ground absorbing the rain. The field which well absorbs the rain and produces a good crop does good for those who worked it. It is blessed by God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 11:20:
- Uma: “So, from there, there were also those who believed in Yesus who were from the lands of Siprus and Kirene. From them, there were also those who went to the town of Antiokhia carrying the Good News to people who were not Yahudi people, telling them that Yesus was Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Other disciples of Isa, people from Kiprus and Kirene, they went to Antiyok and they also proclaimed to the people not Yahudi the good news about Isa, the Lord.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And some of those who ran away were from Cyprus and from Cyrene, and when they arrived there in Antioch, they told the news also to some who weren’t Jews. They caused them to understand about our Lord Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But there were also some from-Cipre and from-Cirene who went to Antiok, and they were also telling the good news concerning the Lord Jesus to Gentiles.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “However, included among those teaching were some who, although they were Jews, where they grew up was Chipre and Cirene. Well, when they arrived there in Antioquia, they also taught the Griego concerning the Lord Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 10:15:
- Uma: “Indeed I tell you: If you don’t submit to God like a child, you will not become his people/crowd in his Kingdom.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Truly I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘if the trusting of a person in God is not like the trusting of children, na, that person is really not included in the ruling of God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This that I say to you is true, that if there is a person whose faith in God is not like the faith of one of these little children, then God can’t rule over him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This that I say to you is true that if you do not receive God’s ruling of you like the way a child receives-it, you absolutely will not be included there.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This which I will say to you is true, that whoever won’t cause himself to be like a little child in his submission to the rule/control of God really won’t be able to enter this kingdom of his.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 7:19:
- Uma: “The Law of Musa no longer has any use, for that Law we cannot use-as-a-way to approach God–its meaning, we do not become straight in God’s sight in our following the Law of Musa. That’s why that previous law was abandoned/released and replaced with a better way: Yesus gives us hope that is better, for because-of his mediating we can approach God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For through the law of Musa God’s will for mankind will not come to fruition. But now God has done something much better than the law of Musa and because of that his doing we (incl.) can really come close to him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because it’s not possible that we can be considered righteous by means of obeying it. Because of this, God has given already to us a better, more trustworthy way, and by means of this it’s possible that by means of our worship, we can already come before God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “for making-people properly -righteous. And now we have a better hope, because on-account-of Jesus who is the source (lit. base) of our hope, we are able-to-come-close to God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because nobody became righteous in God’s sight by that way/trail. But, because of this new way/trail which he made, what we are hoping for/expecting is now far-from ordinary for we can now approach God with no sin in his sight.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the law which Moses wrote, not any person was able to be cleared. But now there is another word and it much more has power than the other. Because this brings together God and the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:22:
- Uma: “The crowd cheered/shouted praising Herodes, they said: ‘These are no-longer the words of mankind. It is like the words of a powerful person from the sky!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The people were shouting, they said, ‘That one speaking is no longer a human-being but a god already.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The people were very happy. They shouted, saying, ‘It’s not just a person who is talking, but rather he is already a god.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When his speech/address was done, they said shouting, ‘Those were the words of a god, not just the words of a person.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he finished speaking, the crowd of people were excited-and-noisy. They said, ‘This is evidently a god who is speaking, not a man/human!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 10:47:
- Uma: “When Bartimeus heard that Yesus the Nazaret person was going by, he called out, he said: ‘Yesus descendant of King Daud! Show-pity/love-to me!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When he heard that Isa, the man of Nasaret was the one passing by – surprise -, he called out loud, he said, ‘O Isa, descendant of King Da’ud, have pity on me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth and company passing by, he called out loudly, and he said, ‘Hey, Jesus, descendant of long ago King David, pity me!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When he heard that Jesus from-Nazaret was there, he shouted-right-out saying, ‘Hey Jesus! Descendant of David! Please have-mercy!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he knew that Jesus the taga Nazaret was there, he called out saying, ‘Jesus, descendant of king David, do pity me!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
