Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 23:18:
- Uma: “He indeed took him to the head and said: ‘That Paulus who is jailed over there [out of sight], asked me to bring this child to Head. He has something to tell you (sing.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The lieutenant then took the man to the colonel and he said, ‘I was called by Paul, the prisoner, and he told me to bring this young man to you because he wants ko’ to tell you something.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the soldier, he took the young man to the captain and he said, ‘The prisoner Paul called me and he said to me that I should bring this young man here to you because he has something to say to you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So he took him there and said, ‘The prisoner Pablo, he called me, and he told me to lead this young-man to you (sing.), because there is reportedly something he will tell.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That captain took the nephew of Pablo to their highest-ranking-officer. When he arrived, he said, ‘I was called by that prisoner Pablo and he said to me that if possible/acceptable I would bring here to you this child for there is something he said, that he wants to tell you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:3:
- Noongar: “So John went to every part of the country of the River Jordan, preaching: ‘Turn away from your sin and wash in water, and God will forgive your sin.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “So, Yohanes walked upstream-downstream the Jordan river announcing the Word of God to the crowds/people, he said: ‘Repent from your sins and you must come here for me to baptize, so that God forgives your sins.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Yahiya went, covering all the places surrounding the river Jordan preaching to the people that whoever regretted and left/gave-up his bad doings, that person should be bathed and God would forgive him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for this John, he went to all of the villages there near the River Jordan and he taught the people. He said, ‘Have done with your wrong-doings and let yourself be baptized and God will forgive your sins.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Juan went to preach in the towns on either-side of the river Jordan. He was saying, ‘Repent of your sins and get-baptized so that God will forgive your sins.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore what he did was he went to all the people on both sides of the river Jordan, for he was now teaching. He was teaching, saying, ‘Repent/be-sorry-for and drop/give-up your (pl.) sins and be baptized as a testimony that you will now drop them, so that you will be forgiven by God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Peter 2:8:
- Uma: “In the midst of that kind of people, his heart continually hurt [i.e., was aggravated or sad], for he was an upright person, but every day he saw and heard their evil actions.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Every day he was grieved/sad in his liver when he heard and saw the bad that they were doing.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God also punished long ago the people in the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah. The only inhabitants there whom He saved were Lot and company, for Lot, by contrast, was righteous. Lot was tormented as he thought about the filthy behaviour of his law-breaking companions. Day after day it was evil behaviour which he could hear about and coud see, and because of that his breath became very painful. And because of those very wicked people, God burned their towns so that everyone might understand what His punishment is going to be in the future on those peopple who will not obey His commands.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But he saved Lot who resided-with them, because the mind of that righteous person was daily burdened and saddened because of the filthy and evil-things that his wicked/cruel townsmates did which he saw and heard.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Since Lot was a righteous person, he really couldn’t accept that evil which he was observing every day from when he moved-there-to-live.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This good man lived among the evil people, day by day his heart suffered because of what he heard and what he himself saw of all the evil the people did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 24:15:
- Uma: “My hope in God is just the same as the hope of those my enemies: I hope that God will cause-to-live again all the dead ones in the future, both those whose deeds were upright and those who behaved evilly.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “What I hope/expect from God is just the same as what they hope/expect, that all mankind, good and bad, will be caused to live again.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The belief that these people have is my belief also because I believe that God in the future will raise all people, the ones whose actions are good and the ones whose actions are bad.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I also expect that God will make-alive again all who have died, both (lit. even) the righteous and the evil, and this is exactly what these also expect.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And like what these people are sure about I also am sure that God will make all people alive again, those righteous in his sight and those not.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:35:
- Uma: “Nahor the child of Serug, Serug the child of Rehu, Rehu the child of Peleg, Peleg the child of Eber, Eber the child of Salmon,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Nahor was a son of Serug, Serug was a son of Raga, Raga was a son of Peleg, Peleg was a son of Eber, Eber was a son of Sela.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and Nahor was the son of Serug, and Serug was the son of Reu, and Reu was the son of Peleg, and Peleg was the son of Eber, and Eber was the son of Shelah,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Nahor was the child of Serug who was the child of Reu who was the child of Peleg who was the child of Eber who was the child of Sela.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Nacor was the son of Serug who was the son of Ragau, he being the son of Peleg. As for Peleg, he was the son of Heber, the son of Sala.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Peter 3:18:
- Uma: “Just add-to your following of our Lord Yesus Kristus, the King who lifts us from the punishment of our sins, in order that you really feel/experience his grace [lit., white insides]. And also add-to your knowledge knowing him. Praise him now and forever. Amin.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But you should increase your trust in the love and mercy of Isa Almasi and increase your knowing him. He is our (incl.) Lord and our (incl.) savior. He ought to be praised now and forever. Amin. Wassalam” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that by means of the kindness shown you by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, your understanding of what He taught will increase. May He be the one praised now and forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “but rather you will-be-adding-to the good behavior that is the evidence of the mercy/grace of Jesu Cristo who is our Lord and the one-who-saves us. Be-adding-also -to your knowing him. May he be praised/honored now and forever. Amen.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Rather, you must continue to be strengthening your believing/obeying of our Lord and Savior Jesu-Cristo, through the grace/mercy he gives. And strive to know him, so that your understanding of his will and nature/ways will increase. He must be praised now and for ever. This is the truth.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Rather you must receive more of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Endeavor to know him better. It is he who is praised from now forever. Amen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 25:20:
- Uma: “So, I was confused about how to decide that case. That is why I asked Paulus, I said to him: ‘Do you (sing.) want to go to Yerusalem so that there your (sing.) case can be decided?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And because I was at a loss as to how I could investigate those things,’ Pestus said, ‘therefore I asked Paul if he was willing to go to Awrusalam to be judged there about those cases/problems of his.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And since I knew of no way to settle this, I asked Paul if he would like to go to Jerusalem so that I could investigate him there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Since my experience is lacking in rendering-verdicts in complaints like that, I asked Pablo if he wanted his case to be tried in Jerusalem.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, since I know nothing concerning those things, I asked him whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem for there is where this legal-hearing of theirs would be finished up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:29:
- Uma: “They stood up, took him going out of the town, and they carried him going to the steep-place, because their town was on top of a hill. Their intention [particle of non-fulfilled intent] was to push him from the steep place so that he would die.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They got up and pushed Isa and they brought him outside of the town onto a mountain on which their place was built in order to throw him down over a cliff.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They stood up, and they grabbed Jesus, and they carried Him out to the cliff there on the brow of the hill that their village was placed on, because they wanted to throw Jesus off of the cliff.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Right after that they stood-up-as-a-group and dragged Jesus to remove him from their town. They pulled him taking him to the top (lit. head) of the mountain where their town was located in order to throw-him -down koma from the cliff.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The crowd all stood up and they turned Jesus out, driving him out of the town. They took him to the edge of that hill on which that town was built, for hopefully they would cause-him -to-fall from the steep-edge.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
