Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:14:
- Uma: “But Yohanes was not brave / did not dare to baptize him, and he said to him: ‘Really, I am the one who needs to be baptized by you (sing.), yet here you (sing.) are coming to me!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But Yahiya did not want to, he said, ‘Why do you come here requesting me to bathe you? You should be the one to bathe me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now John, he didn’t want that and he said, ‘I am the one fitted to be baptized by you, not that you will be the one to cause me to baptize you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Juan refused saying, ‘I am the one who needs to get-baptized by you (sing.). Why do you (sing.) come to get-baptized by me?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He was told not to by Juan, who said, ‘Respect to you, why is it reversed, that I am the one who will baptize you, since I really am the one who needs to be baptized by you?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But John did not want to baptize Jesus. He said to him: ‘I want that you baptize me, and here you have come for me to baptize you,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:9:
- Uma: “So also with you, relatives: if you speak with languages that others don’t know, who will know what you say? You will be like a person who is speaking to the wind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Likewise also you when you speak but it isn’t clear/distinct the people will not know what you are saying. It is just like wind to their ears.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you also, brothers, you are like someone who plays the kutiyapi or blows the trumpet, because if you speak in a language and no one understand it, there won’t be any value to what you say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s the same with you. If you use words that cannot be understood, who perhaps will be able-to-understand what you are saying? Your words will be as if they are merely blown-by-the-wind.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, just like that, how will anyone know what you want to say if you are speaking different languages that they can’t understand? You would be like just talking to the air.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is like this for you. If the people do not hear (i.e., understand) the word you speak, then how can they understand what you say? Without effect you will be speaking, no one will hear what you say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:28:
- Noongar: “Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Women of Jerusalem! Don’t cry for me, but only for yourselves and your children.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yesus looked at them and he said to them: ‘Ee women of Yerusalem, do not cry for me. It is better that you cry for yourselves and your children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa turned around and said to them, ‘Oy, you women of Awrusalam, do not weep about me. Weep about yourself and your children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus turned to them, and he said, ‘As for you women of Jerusalem, don’t you cry over me, but rather the thing that you should cry about, is what’s going to happen to you and your children.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus turned-to-face them and said, ‘Women from-Jerusalem, it shouldn’t be me that you are crying-for but rather yourselves and your children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus turned to them and said to them, ‘You women of Jerusalem, don’t cry for me. Your own selves and your children are who you are to cry for.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:4:
- Uma: “Blessed are the people who are sad, for God himself will comfort them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Better off are the people who grieve, because they are comforted by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Much better off are those whose breaths are made painful by bad doing because God will comfort them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Fortunate are the people who sorrow/mourn because of sin, because God will comfort them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “(The people) can be happy who grieve because of sins committed, because God will comfort them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The good fortune will be met by the people who are sad. Because God will comfort the hearts of these people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:1:
- Uma: “Continuing on, relatives, I want to remind you of the contents of the Good News that I delivered to you. You have received that Good News and your faith is strong to the present time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, my brothers, I want to remind you again of the good news about Isa Almasi that I formerly proclaimed to you. You believed-obeyed this and your trust in Isa Almasi is steadfast because of this.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And now, my brothers in the faith, I will teach you again about the Good News which I taught to you long ago, and you believed, and you took it to heart.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Now my brothers, I will remind you what I preached to you previously which is the good news. That’s what you believed previously and that also is what your faith is-based-on now.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now I am testifying to you again, my siblings in believing, this Good News that I taught you in the past, that you acknowledged-as-true and firmly-fixed- your belief -to.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now my brothers, I want that you do not forget the good news I have told you. This word is what you looked well upon and it makes your faith firm.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:4:
- Noongar: “They stood there because this confused them. Suddenly two men stood there near them, their clothes shining.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “While they were standing carried by their confusion, suddenly two men dressed in shining white appeared, standing beside them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They were confused about that. Then suddenly there were standing beside them two men, their clothes were very bright/dazzling.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they were very troubled in their thinking, and suddenly two men appeared to them whose clothes were very shining white.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While they were standing there, extremely-amazed, there suddenly-appeared two men with shining clothes standing-with them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Their minds/thinking were agitated about that.Suddenly/unexpectedly there were two men there close to them whose clothing was dazzlingly-bright.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:36:
- Uma: “Also do not swear naming our (incl.) head, because we (incl.) are not able to make our (incl.) hair white or black, not even just one hair.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Do not swear like for example you say, ‘May my head split if it is not true!’ because it is not you who made your body. Even one single hair of yours you cannot make grow black or white.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even your head, if there is that which you will promise, don’t say may your hair turn white if you do not carry it out, for you have no power to make even one of your hairs turn white or turn black.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Even your heads, don’t swear-by them because you are not able to turn-white or turn-black even one hair.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Yes indeed, it really is no longer possible/acceptable for you to say, ‘I swear it even if my head will be cut off,’ because there isn’t even one strand of hair on your head that you can make white or make black to sprout.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not say that you will forfeit your head if it is not true what you say. Because concerning your head, not even one of your hairs can make white nor black.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:33:
- Uma: “Don’t you be deceived! If you follow them who reject [the idea] that the dead will live again, your good behavior will change and become evil too [the same as their, implied].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Don’t make a mistake in your thinking. If we (dual) are companions with bad people, we (dual) are also influenced to do bad.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But don’t you allow yourself to believe things like this, because they are false. It’s really true, the proverb which says, ‘If you go around with a person whose activities are bad, then you will come to imitate what he does and what he thinks.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Watch out so you are not deceived, because it’s true what people say, ‘If you (sing.) companion-with bad people, your (sing.) good behavior will be destroyed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Don’t lie to yourselves. If we fellowship/make-friends with people whose nature/ways are evil and whose thinking is wrong, it won’t be long before our nature/ways and thinking are destroyed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not let anyone deceive you. Because if you are companions with people who walk evilly, then they will spoil the good which you walk in.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
