Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:46:
- Uma: “Who of you can point to there being my sin? When I say something that is true, why do you not believe me?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “None of you can say that I have sin, all that I have said is true. Why do you still not believe me?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Who of you can testify of any bad that I have done? None of you. If true is what I say, why don’t you believe me?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Is there perhaps anyone among you who will confirm/verify that there is that-in-which-I-have-sinned? Definitely none. If then what I say is true, why don’t you believe-it?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For who of you can prove that I have sinned? If what I am saying really is the truth, why aren’t you believing me?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There isn’t one among you who can say that I have committed sin. So if what I tell you is true, why don’t you believe me then?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 16:28:
- Uma: “Truly-truly I say to you: from the midst of you here, there are some who will not yet have died before he has seen me, the Child of Mankind, come as King.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said yet, ‘Truly I tell you, there are some of you here who will not die unless they have first seen me the Son of Man come and rule over the people.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Remember this. Some of our companions here will not die until they see me, the Older Sibling of Mankind, coming in order to rule.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This that I say is true that there are some of you here who will not have died yet and they will see me who am Child of a Person when I come to rule.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This which I will say to you really is true, that there are a few of you here now/today who won’t die before they have seen me who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human begin to reign.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Truly I tell you that there are some here now who will not die before they see the Man who came from heaven take up his power to rule.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 5:18:
- Uma: “So, if we are led by the Holy Spirit, we do not need to submit to the Lord’s Law delivered by Musa.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If that is what you follow the will of God’s Spirit, the law no longer has a-hold-on/authority-over you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, if we submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit we are not submitted to the Law which Moses left behind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But if God’s Spirit is the one who is directing you, you don’t need to follow the law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if we are now being guided/supervised by the Espiritu Santo, we are now outside/released from our striving for salvation through our obeying the laws of Moises.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If the Holy Spirit teaches us what to do, then we need not fear the punishment which the law gives.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 9:19:
- Uma: “and they asked them: ‘Is it really true that this man is your child, whom you said had been blind since birth? What happened with the result that he can see?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Those leaders said to them, ‘Is this person your child? Is it true that he was born blind? Why on earth can he see now?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and they asked them, they said, ‘Is this your child? Is it really true what is said that he is a blind person, that he was blind before he was born? Then how were his eyes cured?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and asked them, ‘Is this your child whom you say was-born-with his blindness? If so, how then is it that he is able-to-see now?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “On arrival, they questioned them saying, ‘What’s this, is this person your son and was he truly born blind? Well why today is he no longer blind?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They were asked, ‘Is this your son here, this one of whom it is said was blind from the time he was born? How is it that his eyes are opened now?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:5:
- Uma: “Whoever receives a little child like this child because of his following of Me, its meaning, it is I whom he receives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If there is a person and because of his trust in me he honors/treats-according-to-custom one little child like this, I am the one honored/treated-according-to-custom.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person, who because of his faith in me, accepts and treats well any child like this, he has accepted me also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And whoever receives a lowly person like this child because of his faith in me, I am the one he has received.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And also whoever receives a humble one like this child because of his belief in me, I am the one he is receiving.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And the person who has respect for a child like this one here and does so because he knows that I look well upon such action, then it is as though that person has respect for me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 1:6:
- Uma: “That is why it is fitting that we praise God, because no kidding the bigness of his love to us. From his grace [lit., white insides] he freely gave us his love from our connection with Yesus, his Child whom he loves.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Let us (incl.) praise God because of his love and mercy which are unspeakable, which is his love and his mercy that he gave to us (incl.) because of what Isa Almasi his beloved Son did.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Let us praise God because of the very powerful kindness which He blessed us with by means of our becoming one with His dear son Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So let us praise him because of the amazing mercy/grace which he has shown us who are joined-to/belong-to his Child whom he very-much-loves.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore there is now no end to our praising him because of this far-from-ordinary grace/mercy of his that he gave absolutely-freely, which can be ours because of what Jesu-Cristo did whom he holds very dear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “We praise God because of this great good he gives to all those who walk with the Son of God whom he loves.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:10:
- Uma: “The intention of a thief, [he] comes wanting to steal, kill and destroy. But I come so that men receive life that is no kidding its goodness.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The burglar has no other business in coming than to steal and to kill and to destroy. But I, my business/purpose in coming is to give mankind life, its goodness is exceeding.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason that the thief goes to the corral is so that he might steal and kill and destroy. As for me, by contrast, I came here to the world to give mankind life that has no lack forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘The purpose of the thief is to go steal or for-no-reason to kill or butcher-to-eat the sheep and that’s all. I however, I came so that people should be able-to-gain/enjoy the very-good life that has no lacks/imperfections.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The one I said was like a thief, he has no other purpose than that he wants to steal, to kill and to destroy. But as for me, I came here so that those who are my like sheep will be given life by me, and the life I will give is really far-from-ordinary.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The thief just steals. He kills off the sheep. But I came so there would be your new life, you will live joyfully.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:3:
- Uma: “Several Parisi people came to tempt Yesus. They asked him: ‘According to the laws of our (incl.) religion, may a man divorce his wife, even for an unimportant reason?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Some Pariseo came close to/approached him in order to trap him, they asked him, ‘In the law is it possible for a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were some Pharisees who went to him because they were looking for a way to accuse him. They asked him, ‘Does the law allow us (dual) to divorce our wives even though we don’t have any reason?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were also some Pharisees who went to Jesus so that they would try to deceive-him -with-a-verbal-argument. They said, ‘Does our law allow a man to divorce his wife on just-any grounds?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There were Pariseo who went there to Jesus, because the motive in their minds was to test him with this question of theirs, which said, ‘Is is in harmony with the law for a man to divorce his wife for whatever cause?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Some Pharisees approached Jesus hunting how to bring it about that Jesus would speak something wrong. They said to him: ‘Is there permission for a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he may have?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
