complete verse (John 17:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:22:

  • Uma: “‘I have given them the power that you (sing.) gave me, Father, so that they become of one heart, like we also are of one heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I have honored them/made them great as you have honored me/made me great so that they are of one liver as we (dual) are of one liver,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My being high which you gave me, I give also to them so that they may be one in their thinking just like our oneness.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I have give to them the same importance (lit. highness) that you (sing.) gave me so that their minds will be consistently-one just like us (du).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The glory which you gave me, I have given to them also, so that they will be very like-minded/harmonious like the harmony we ourselves have with each other,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I have done to our people like you did to me first, so that they are of one accord. It is like we are of one accord.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:2:

  • Uma: “‘You know, don’t you, that in two days is big day Paskah? And I the Child of Mankind will be given into the hands of my enemies to be crucified.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘You know that the-day-after-tomorrow is the day of the Celebration of Remembrance. On that day I, the Son of Man, will be handed over in order to be nailed to the post.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘You know that two days from now is the feast called the feast of passing by. And then I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, I will be turned over to people so that they might nail me to a cross,’ said Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘You know that the day-after-tomorrow the fiesta that is called Passed-By will arrive, and I who am Child of a Person, I will be turned-over to be nailed to the cross.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘You know that in just two days it will be the Fiesta of Passed-by. I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, I will be traded so that I can be nailed to a cross.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “‘You know that in two days there will be the feast of Passover. And also during this feast the Man who came from heaven will be betrayed and will be put on the cross.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Colossians 3:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 3:20:

  • Uma: “Children, follow all the commands of your parents, because that is fitting for children who follow the Lord, and that is what the Lord likes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And you also, children, because you now trust our (incl.) Leader, you ought always to follow/obey your parents’ instruction because God is pleased with you if you do this.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you children who are believers in the Lord, you must always obey the commands of your parents because this is what God likes.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You children, obey your father and mother always, because that is what makes-God -happy and that also is the correct-thing that believers ought to do.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “You children also, obey your parents in everything they are teaching, for this is what the Lord wants to be made a habit of by those who are united/tied-together with him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen you children, when your father or mother calls you, obey them. Because this is what the Lord Jesus likes, that you listen to their word when you are called.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 18:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 18:28:

  • Uma: “Early in the morning, Yesus was carried from the house of Kayafas going to the house of the governor. The Yahudi rulers themselves did not enter into the house of the governor, because that governor was not a Yahudi person, and if they entered into a house that was not the house of a Yahudi person, they became dirty according to the laws of their religion, and they were not able to eat the Paskah food.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “It was still early morning (before sunrise) when Isa was brought from the house of Kayapas to the palace of the governor of the Roman tribe, but the leaders of the Yahudi did not go inside the palace for if they went inside a house that was not Yahudi they became defiled and they could not take part in the feast of the Festival For-Remembering.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they took Jesus again from the house of Caiphas, and they went to the palace of the Roman governor. It was still early in the morning at that time. The Jews stayed on the outside so that they might not break their custom of being purified. Because if they entered there they would not be permitted to take part in the eating of the Supper of Passing By.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When Jesus’ being-investigated at Caifas’ house was finished then, it was already getting-light, and the leaders of the Jews took him to the house of Governor Pilato. But they refused to enter, lest they be counted as having-been-made-dirty and be prohibited from joining-in-eating at the fiesta called Passed-By.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Coming from the house of Caifas, the Judio next took Jesus to the house of the Romano governor. It was dawn at that hour. The Judio didn’t enter the house of the governor, so that they wouldn’t be regarded as not possible/acceptable to eat the evening-meal of Passed-by.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus was then taken from the house of Caiaphas to the palace where the governor was. It was early. The Jews did not enter the palace. It was their custom that said they could not mingle with non-Jews when they were going to celebrate. If they should go in, they said that then they couldn’t eat at the Passover celebration.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:34)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:34:

  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Indeed I say to you (sing.): before a chicken crows tonight, you (sing.) will already have denied three times that you (sing.) know me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said to him, ‘Truly I tell you, this night, when the cock (lit. chicken) has not yet crowed, you will have three times asserted/argued that you do not know me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus said to Peter, ‘What I tell you is true, that before the chicken crows a little later, you will deny three times that you know me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘In-the-future indeed (prophetic formula), before the rooster has crowed this night, you (sing.) will three-times say that you (sing.) don’t know me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘This is the truth which I will say to you, Pedro, that this night, before the rooster crows, three times you will deny (being associated with) me.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to Peter: ‘Truly I tell you that this night, before the rooster has crowed, you will have denied me three times, saying that you do not know me.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Thessalonians 1:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 1:9:

  • Uma: “Because beginning from you, the Word of the Lord was announced all over Makedonia and Akhaya. More than that, your faith in God is spoken about everywhere. Wherever we journey, the townspeople already knew the story, how you believed the Good News that we brought to you. It is not necessary for us to say anything because they were already talking about how you gave up worshipping idols [see Glossary] and you turned around to worship the God that is true and lives on-and-on.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They already are the ones telling. They tell as to how you received/accepted us (excl.) when we (excl.) came to you. They also tell us (excl.) that you gave up your gods and that the one you are following now is God the living-one and the true-one.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They have heard about it and they are the ones who tell about how you welcomed us. They tell that you have abandoned the worship of things not truly to be worshipped. You have abandoned them, they say, so that you might worship the true God who has no death.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “because they (surprised realization particle) are the ones who are giving-news to us (excl.) about how you received us (excl.) and about your turning-your-backs-on idols (lit. false/imitation gods) to turn-to-face and serve the true God who is living.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “because they now themselves tell how our (excl.) lives and teaching were there with you. They also tell how you dropped/gave-up the make-believe gods you were worshipping, because you comprehended that the one you really ought to serve is, this true God who is really alive.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Rather the people themselves tell what happened there where you live when we went there. The people tell how it was that you separated from idols and believed that he who truly is God is living.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 19:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 19:20:

  • Uma: “That writing was written in three languages: Yahudi language, Latin language, and Yunani language. Many Yahudi people read that writing, because the crucifying-place of Yesus was close to the town.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Many people were able to read this writing because the place where Isa was nailed was close to Awrusalam and this was written in the Yahudi language, in the language of the people of Roma and in the Girik language.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were many Jews who read this because that place where they nailed Jesus was near the town of Jerusalem. It was written in three languages: Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Many Jews read that, because it was written in Hebreo, Latin, and Griego, and the place-where-Jesus -was-nailed was also close to the city.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The words/language used in that writing were Hebreo, Latin and Griego. Many were the Judio who were able to read that, because where Jesus had been nailed was near the city.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Many Jews saw this sign because where he was put on the cross was close to the city. The sign was written in the Hebrew language and the Greek language, and the Latin language.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:66)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:66:

  • Uma: “How do you judge?’ [lit., How is your examining?] The judges answered: ‘He must be condemned to death!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “What is your judgment?’ They said, ‘Our judgment is that he is worthy to be killed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “What is your judgment?’ And his companions answered, ‘His sin is big. He must be killed.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “What is your thinking about this?’ ‘He has definitely sinned! He ought to die!’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well now, what will your sentence/decision be?’All the members of the Sanedrin said, ‘What is really fitting for him is to be killed!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “What do you say now about the word he has spoken,’ he told the people. The people said: ‘This one, it is proper that he be killed.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)