Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:29:
- Noongar: “And now, my Father gives me power to be King, so I give you the same power.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “So, like my Father gave me power/authority to rule, so also I give you power/authority to rule.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I have been given authority by my Father God to rule in the future. In the same way I also give you authority to rule.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My Father God gave me the right to rule in the future, and in the same way also, I give you also the right to rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “therefore I will do to you what my Father has done to me. Because he gave me my authority to rule and that indeed also is what I will do to you” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, in the same way that I have kingship kept in store for me by my Father in heaven, like that indeed you have kingship kept in store by me,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 1:24:
- Uma: “When Yusuf woke up, he did follow what that angel of the Lord had said to him. He went ahead and married Maria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Yusup woke up he did what the angel had commanded him. He married Mariyam.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Joseph woke up. He did what the messenger told him to do, and he married Mary.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Jose got-up/woke-up, he obeyed what the angel had said, and took- Mary -home-as-his-wife,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jose woke up, he did indeed obey that which the angel of God had said. He went ahead with marrying Maria.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Upon waking up Joseph did according to what the angel had said, that one who was a messenger of God. He took Mary to live with him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:15:
- Uma: “If we think of our bodies, we have feet, we have hands, and many other parts. It’s not all one part. For instance the foot says: ‘I, I am not a hand, so I’m not part of the body.’ Even so, the feet are still part of the body.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For example, the foot says, ‘I don’t belong to this body because I am not the hand,’ even if it speaks like that, it still belongs to that body.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For example, if the foot could speak he would say, ‘I’m not a part of the body because I’m not a hand.’ Now in spite of the fact that this is what he says, it’s not possible that the foot is not part of the body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If for-example, a leg/foot says, ‘I’m not (empathy particle) an arm/hand, so I’m not part of the body,’ yet it is nonetheless part-of/joined-to the body, even though it says that.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But even though it’s like that, all of these are a single-body-entity. For if supposing the foot/leg says, ‘I am not a hand therefore I am not a part of the body,’ isn’t it so that that’s not true? It is indeed a part of the body, even though it is not a hand.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If the foot of the person should say ‘How come I am not the hand? Then I am not a part of the person’s body’ it says, but it also is a part of the person’s body.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:61:
- Noongar: “Jesus turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: ‘This night, before the bird crows, you will tell three lies, saying you do not know me.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “and the Lord turned to look at him. From there, he remembered the words of the Lord that said to him: ‘Before the night chicken crows, you (sing.) will already have denied three times that you (sing.) know me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa turned around and he looked at Petros, and Petros remembered that Isa had said to him, ‘when the cock hasn’t crowed yet this night you will have three times asserted that you do not know me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus turned toward Peter and looked closely at him. And then at last, Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him, ‘Before the chicken crows a little later, you will say three times that you do not know me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Right then the Lord Jesus turned and looked-closely at Pedro, and then he remembered what the Lord had said that before the rooster crowed that night he would three-times say-in-denial that he didn’t know him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, there inside the house, Jesus turned toward Pedro and looked-intensely at him. When Pedro saw, he remembered what Jesus had said to him, which was ‘Before the rooster crows later at pre-dawn, you will deny me three times.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:8:
- Uma: “If you have really repented from your sins, do good behavior.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Do good deeds so that it can be seen that you forsake/turn-your-back-on your sins.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If it is true that you have had done with your bad way of doing, show it by good works.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It certainly cannot be, because it is necessary that you do what shows that it is true that you have repented of your sins.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You must testify by your life-style that you repent truly.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You must do what is good in order that it appears that you have separated from evil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:3:
- Uma: “But the person who speaks God’s words, he speaks to mankind. His words strengthen others’ hearts, fire-up others’ hearts, comfort others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the person who speaks God’s word, he speaks to his companions, therefore their trust is caused to become strong and their livers are encouraged and they are comforted.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if there is a person who interprets what God has caused him to understand, it’s his companions that he is speaking to and this is really helpful because their faith is strengthened, and they are given advice, and their ability to endure hardship is increased.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the one through-whom-God -speaks, it is his fellow people with whom he is conversing, so he can strengthen their faith and advise/admonish them and help them to brave hardship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But that ability of having-put-into-one’s-mind what God is making known, of course it’s people he is speaking to, as to strengthen their believing/obeying, and make their mind/inner-being happy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But concerning the person God puts into his mind the word to speak to the people, that one speaks to the people in order to strengthen their faith. The people are encouraged by the word they hear and their hearts are comforted.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:22:
- Noongar: “Then Pilate spoke a third time, asking, ‘But what bad thing has he done? I cannot find one thing he has done for which he should die. So I will tell them to beat him and then release him.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Pilatus said to them a third time: ‘But what is his wrong? I did not find even one-kind of his wrong for which it is appropriate to condemn him to death. I will just whip him and release him.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For the third time Pilatus said to them, ‘Why, what bad has he done? I cannot find sin fitting that he should be killed. Therefore I will just command that he will be beaten and then I will let him free.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Pilate said the third time, he said, ‘Why — what sin has he done? I haven’t found any sin that was worthy of his being killed. I will have him beaten and turned loose.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A third time Pilato spoke-with them and said, ‘How come? What perhaps is his crime? I know of nothing he has done that would be a reason for his being-killed. I’ll just (lit. Even-if I) have him whipped and that’s all so that I will then release him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Pilato repeated a third time saying to them, ‘Why? What has he done which is evil? Since I indeed can’t observe any reason why he should be killed, like I said I will just have him whipped and then release him.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 4:23:
- Uma: “Yesus went/traveled all over the land of Galilea and taught in the prayer houses. He announced the Good News, he said: ‘The time has almost arrived for God to become King on earth.’ He also healed all the sick and handicapped people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa went (about) in the whole country/place of Jalil, preaching/teaching in the prayer-houses and preaching/proclaiming the good news about God’s ruling/kingdom of God. The sick were healed by him. Even whatever their sickness, they were healed by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus went through the province of Galilee teaching in their worshipping places. He caused people to understand the Good News about the way God rules, and he healed those afflicted with various kinds of sickness.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus was going-around the entire province Galilea. He was teaching in the synagogues preaching the good news concerning God’s ruling, and healing also ones-who-were-sick with all kinds of sickness and hardship/suffering of their bodies.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, since Jesus was now teaching, he went all over the district of Galilea. He was teaching in the worship-places, teaching the Good News concerning the kingdom of God. He was also healing the people of whatever was their illness.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus went all over the land of Galilee. When he arrived at the churches where the Jews met in, he taught the people the word of God. He told the people the good news about how people enter the hand of God. And he cured people who were sick. Whatever sickness the people had, he cured them all.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
