Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 26:23:
- Uma: “who said: The Redeemer King must undergo suffering to the point that he is killed, and he is the one who will first return to life from death. So that He will take the light to all people, whether they are Yahudi people or not Yahudi people.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They said hep that Almasi should endure/suffer persecution and die. And Almasi would be the first one to be made alive from the dead and he would give light to the mind of the Yahudi and to the tribes that are not Yahudi. This means that he would proclaim/make-known to them that they can be saved.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “for fulfilled already is that which they prophesied that the one whom God chose to rule, it would be necessary that he be tormented and killed. And they prophesied also that he would be the first one to rise from the dead, and he would tell the Jews and those who are not Jews that it is possible for their minds to be illuminated by the true doctrine.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because they prophesied that the Messiah would have to endure suffering and die, so that later then, he would be the first (lit. going-ahead) one to come-to-life again to illumine the minds of the many-people, whether Jews or Gentiles, to make-known the way God will save them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For isn’t it of course contained in what they wrote that Cristo, the Savior King who was promised, must experience big hardship? It is also written that he would be the first one to be made alive again who would not die again. And through that coming alive again of his, he would be able to give all people enlightment, to Jews and not (Jews), concerning salvation.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:15:
- Noongar: “But news of Jesus went across all the country. Many people came to hear Jesus. Sick people came and Jesus healed them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But the news just spread everywhere, with the result that the people thronged to follow Yesus wanting to hear his words and asking-to-be-healed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the news about Isa became more and more well known, therefore very many people gathered to him listening to his teachings and asking for their sicknesses to be healed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, even in spite of that, the fame of Jesus spread to even far away, and because of this there were very many people who came to him, that they might hear his teaching and that they might be healed of their diseases.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But nevertheless it was increasingly newsed-from-one-to-another concerning Jesus, so extremely-many were going in order to listen to what he was saying and in order that he would remove their sicknesses.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But the news concerning Jesus spread all the more. That’s why many people now arrived, for they wanted to hear the teaching of Jesus and ask his help for their illnesses.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:23:
- Uma: “This is his command(s): we believe in Yesus Kristus his Child, and we love one another, according to what he has commanded us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This he commanded to us (incl.), that we (dual) should trust in his Son, Isa Almasi, and we (incl.) should also love each other as Almasi commanded us (incl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “What He commands us (incl.) is: it’s necessary that we believe in His Son Jesus Christ and that each one of us loves our companions just as Jesus also commanded long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And this is what he commanded us: we must believe in his Child who is Jesu Cristo and love-one-another, because this just the same is what Cristo commanded us.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is what he has commanded, that we will believe-in/obey and trust-in/rely-on his Son Jesu-Cristo, and that we value one another like this Jesu-Cristo commanded us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This word which God commands is that we believe Jesus Christ his Son and we do what he commands, in that each one of us loves all our fellow believers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “And this is what he commands us to do: We should trust in his son Jesus Christ and love our fellows each of us the other like he commands us to do.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “And here is his command that we believe God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and we love one another, as he told us.”
- Tzotzil: “Thus is God’s command that we believe the word of his Son, that is Jesus Christ. Thus is his command also that we love one anther.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “This is what God ordered us, that we should lean our hearts on His Son Jesus Christ, and also that we should love one another. That is what He ordered us.”
- Yanesha’: “These are the words which he told (commanded) us, that we believe on him his Son who is Jesus Christ. He also told us that we have the characteristic of loving one another, thus he told us.”
- Aguaruna: “That word to be obeyed it is this, ‘Believe in my Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another.’ That is what he wants.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:24:
- Uma: “The angel said to me: ‘Do not be afraid, Paulus. Because you (sing.) will certainly arrive in Roma to stand before the king there. And because of God’s love for you (sing.), nothing will happen to all the people who are on the ship with you (sing.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The angel said to me, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You have to face the Leader King. And because of God’s goodness to you, including your companions on this ship will live.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Hey Paul, don’t be afraid. It is necessary that you stand before the high king in Rome. And God, because of his kindness to you, he has permitted also that none of your companions will die.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “saying, ‘Pablo, don’t be afraid, because you (sing.) must be tried before the Emperor. On-account-of you (sing.) moreover, God will also have-mercy-on your (sing.) fellow-riders, and absolutely none of them will die,’ the angel said to me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Pablo, for it’s necessary that you indeed get to stand in the presence of the Impiradur in Roma, therefore you won’t be permanently-lost/killed. And also your prayer has been answered that, as for your sailing companions, not one of them will be lost/killed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:8:
- Noongar: “But Jesus knew their thinking and he said to the man, ‘Stand up and come in front of me.’ The man stood.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But Yesus knew what was in their hearts. That is why he said saying to the person whose one hand was dead: ‘Come stand in the middle here.’ He really went and stood there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But Isa knew what they were thinking and he said to the person with the withered hand, ‘Come and stand here.’ So he stood up and stood there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for Jesus, he knew what was inside their thinking, and he said to the man whose hand was destroyed, ‘Son, stand up and come here.’ And the man stood up and he went up to Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Jesus knew what was in their minds, and he said to that one with the atrophied arm/hand, ‘Stand-up so you (sing.) will come here in front of us (excl.).’ Then he stood-up and went.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But what they were thinking wasn’t hidden from Jesus. He said to that one with the limp/useless (hand), ‘Stand up. Come here to the front.’ Without anything further, that one with the limp (hand) approached and stood there in front of everyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 5:10:
- Uma: “People who believe in God’s Child, they know in their hearts that God’s testimony is true. Whoever doesn’t believe God, they are actually calling-a-liar God, for they haven’t believed God’s testimony that talks about his Child.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever trusts in the Son of God, he knows in his liver that Isa is really God’s Son. But the one who doesn’t believe God, it is as if he says that God is lying because he does not believe the witness of God about his Son.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Anyone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God, he has become convinced by the witness of God. Anyone who will not believe in the witness of God, he thinks of God as a liar, for he has not believed the witness of God about his Son Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whoever then believes in the Child of God, what God confirmed concerning him has been stored-away in his mind, but as for the one who doesn’t believe what God said, he turns-God -into a liar, because of course he doesn’t believe what he said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore whoever believes-in/obeys and trusts the Son of God, he is sure in his mind/inner-being that this testimony of God is really true. But as for the one who doesn’t believe this testimony of God, he is doing none other than saying God is lying, because he isn’t believing what he is testifying concerning his Son.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He who believes the Son of God already knows in his own heart that what he believes is true. He who does not believe what God says, this person calls God a liar because he does not believe the word God has said about who his Son is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we trust in God’s son, God speaks about his son in our head-hearts. If we do not believe God’s words, we treat God like a liar, because we do not believe his words which he speaks about his son.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “He who believes God’s Son, has been given understanding, and knows, himself, in his heart what is true. But he who doesn’t believe God, he looks on God as a liar, because he didn’t believe what God said about his Son.”
- Tzotzil: “If we believe the word of the Son of God, thus we know that it is true what God has told us about his Son. If we do not believe the word of God’s Son, we think wrongly that God lies because we do not believe what God has told us about his Son.”
- Candoshi-Shapra: “The one who rests-the-whole-weight of his heart on God’s Son has God’s telling in his own heart. The one who doesn’t say, ‘God is telling the truth’ makes God as-if-He-were-a-liar. For he doesn’t keep (believe) God’s telling, For he doesn’t say, ‘It’s true’ about what God says about His Son.”
- Yanesha’: “If any one believes in our Father’s Son, he has thus he knows by himself. The one who does not believe in our Father does toward him as if he were a deceiver, because he does not believe our Father, his causing-to-know with reference to his Son.”
- Aguaruna: “He who says ‘Jesus is truly God’s son,’ that one thinks the truth concerning what God tells, but he who does not believe this is like that one who says ‘God is a liar,’ because he does not believe what God told about his Son.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
- Sayula Popoluca: “He who believes God’s Son, he knows that it is true that which God says. And he who doesn’t believe God, he says that God lies, because he doesn’t believe what God says so we can know his Son.” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 28:12:
- Uma: “We stopped at the town of Sirakusa , we were there three days.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (excl.) docked there at the town Sirakus and we (excl.) were there three days (and nights).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We stopped by in the village of Syracuse, and we were there three days.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “We (excl.) went to Siracusa, and we (excl.) were three days there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When we sailed, we docked at Siracusa. We were there three days and then we sailed again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:40:
- Noongar: “A person who listens his boss’s good teaching, he doesn’t quickly become greater than his master. But all people who listen to their master and follow him, when they finish, then they will become like the master.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “And there is no student [lit, school child] who is more honored that his teacher. When his schooling is finished, only then is he the same with his teacher.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The knowledge of a student does not exceed that of his teacher. But if his learning is complete he is equal with his teacher.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He who has someone else teaching him, he must not think that he is greater in respect than the one who teaches him. And if there’s no longer anything that the one who teaches can teach him, then they are equal — the one who was taught and the one who taught.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Neither is there one who is learning who is higher than his teacher, but when he has properly finished what he is learning, after that he will be-like his teacher.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s true that as for a disciple, he can’t exceed his teacher. But as long as he is really well taught, of course he can become the same as his teacher.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
