Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:47:
- Uma: “A person said to Yesus: ‘Teacher, there [out of sight] are your mother and siblings outside, wanting to meet you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then someone informed him, he said, ‘Sir, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the people there said to Jesus, ‘Look at your mother and your younger siblings there, because they have something to say to you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore someone said to him, ‘Your (sing.) mother and your (sing.) siblings, they are outside reportedly wanting to say something to you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Someone told Jesus, saying, ‘Excuse me, your mother is outside with your younger-siblings. They want to talk with you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There was no lack for someone to tell him, saying: ‘Your mother and your brothers are standing outside. They are calling for you to talk with them,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:27:
- Uma: “In my work that I do for the Lord, I exert-all-effort and work with all my ability. Many times I don’t-have-a-chance-to-sleep, I don’t-have-a-chance-to-drink, I don’t-have-a-chance-to-eat. Many times I am hungry, cold and don’t have enough clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My work is difficult and I always work hard. Often I cannot sleep at night. I endure hunger and thirst. Often I have little to eat. I endure cold because my clothes are few.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I have labored hard; I am always going without sleep; I’m always hungry; I’m always thirsty; I’m always needing food and I’m always needing a place to stay and also clothing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I have worked until I was exhausted. Often I didn’t sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. I have also been cold because my-clothes were insufficient. Often I have not eaten because of my work.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I have really also experienced excessive hardship and exhaustion, being-always -kept-from-sleep, extremely hungry and thirsty, and excessively cold and not having any thing-to-wrap-around worth-speaking-of.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I suffered much from the hard work I did. Many times I didn’t have enough time to sleep. I suffered from hunger. I suffered from thirst. Many times when I didn’t have enough food, I didn’t eat. Many times I suffered from cold in the country. Many times I suffered from not having enough clothing to wear.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:38:
- Uma: “Because I came from heaven not to do my own will. I came to do the will of God who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “because I came here not to do my own will but to do the will of God, the one who sent me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I tell you this is because I came here from heaven so that I might obey the will of my Father who sent me. I am not fulfilling just my own desire.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because I didn’t come-down from heaven in order to do what I want but rather to do what the one who sent me wants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because I descended coming from heaven, not for the purpose of doing my own will, but on the contrary that will of the one who sent me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because I haven’t been sent from heaven to do what is just my own will, rather I came to do the will of him who sent me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:29:
- Uma: “‘The owner of the garden said: ‘Don’t, because if you pull up the grass, you will end up pulling out the rice as well.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Don’t,’ he said, ‘because if you pull out the weeds perhaps you will also pull out the plants.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Don’t you yet, because the good plants might be included.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “”No,’ he said, ‘because the rice will be uprooted-with.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Don’t do it yet,’ he answered, ‘for maybe even the wheat will get included in what you weed out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the boss said: ‘No. Don’t pull up the weeds which are with the wheat, because when you pull them, you will also pull out the wheat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 13:5:
- Uma: “Relatives, you examine your own hearts [to see] whether your faith in Kristus is true/genuine. Look at your own hearts. Isn’t it clear to you, relatives, that Kristus Yesus dwells in your hearts? I hope your faith doesn’t turn out to be just a lie. [lit., Don’t-don’t your faith later just a lie.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Really think and see if you truly trust in Isa Almasi or not. Don’t you know that Isa Almasi dwells there in your liver? If he is not there, that means it is not true that you trust in him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Check up on your breaths so that you might know whether your faith in Christ is true or not. Don’t you know that Christ lives in you? And if not, then your faith is false and Christ has not accepted you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It shouldn’t be us (excl.) that you are investigating but rather yourselves so that you will confirm whether your faith is true. Because it ought to be easy for you to distinguish that Cristo Jesus is in you unless it is confirmed that contrary-to-expectation you have no faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What’s good (to do) is that you question-yourselves-thoroughly, as to whether your believing/obeying Cristo is genuine. Verify it in your own selves. Are you not aware that Cristo Jesus has-settled-down-living-in/with you, unless you have not truly believed/obeyed?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning how you walk now, judge for yourselves whether your faith is good or not. Know very well whether you walk with Jesus Christ or not. If you do not walk with Jesus Christ, then you are not truly a real believer then.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:70:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘I myself am the one who chose you twelve. But even so, one of you will become a devil.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to them, ‘You are already my twelve disciples which I have chosen. But one of you has a demon/is demon possessed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘As for me, I chose you, the twelve, however one of you is a servant of Satan.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘I am the one who chose you twelve, isn’t that so? But there is emphatically one of you who is demon-possessed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Isn’t it so,’ said Jesus, ‘you twelve people are the ones chosen by me? However it’s true, there is indeed one of you who still has an evil mind/inner-being.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said, ‘I have chosen you twelve people. And there is one among you who does the will of the devil.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:10:
- Uma: “The relatives of Yesus did go to Yerusalem to attend the Feast of Huts there. In fact, Yesus also followed silently [i.e., without telling], but by himself so that the people did not know.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When his brothers had left for that festival, not long after that, Isa also followed them going there. But he did not go with the crowds that’s why nobody knew about his going there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “After his siblings had left going up to the feast, Jesus followed although he did not join himself to many people because he did not wish that it be known.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When his siblings/cousins had left to go attend-the-fiesta, Jesus then followed by-himself so that it would not become-known.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After his siblings had left, before long Jesus then set out to go to the fiesta. But it’s like what he was doing was keeping-out-of-sight/avoiding-confrontation.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “After his brothers had gone to the celebration, also Jesus went to celebrate. He acted so that the people wouldn’t know he was there, going about unnoticed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 14:14:
- Uma: “When Yesus got down from the boat, he saw that many people were waiting for him. His love welled-up seeing them, and he healed them who were sick.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa got ashore, he saw the great crowd of people and he had pity/mercy on them and he healed the sick.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus and those with him came to shore, he saw the many people. He felt sorry for them, and he treated and healed those who were sick there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When plural Jesus arrived-at-land, and he saw the many people who had followed, he pitied them and healed those who had a sickness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore when Jesus again descended from the place he had gone to, what met his eyes was many people already. He pitied them. He healed those who had an illness who had been brought by those people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The boat in which Jesus was arrived and Jesus got out. But now there were crowds of people there. Jesus pitied the people and he healed the sick persons who were brought by the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
