Following are a number of back-translations of John 9:25:
- Uma: “He said to them: ‘As for me, I do not know whether he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I was blind yesterday [recent past time], now I can see.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The person answered, ‘I do not know if that person has sin or not. I only know, that first I was blind but now I see already.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the person answered, ‘I do not know whether he is a transgressor or not. The only thing I know is that from the beginning I was totally blind. But now I am able to see.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The man then said, ‘I have no idea whether he is sinful. All I know is that I was blind before and here-now I can-see today.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He next answered, saying, ‘Well I’m sure I don’t know whether or not he’s a sinner. The only thing I do know is that I really was blind but today I can see now. I’m no longer blind.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then he replied, ‘I don’t know if he has committed sin or no. I only know that I was blind and now my eyes are open.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:11:
- Mairasi: “(Also do not look down on them because I Myself People/person Child [Son of Man], My coming was so that I would look for the people whose faces were dry [lost])” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Uma: “[[Because my intention/plan, I the Child of Mankind, coming to earth, is to search for people who are far from God and to lift them from the punishment of their sins.]]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “(I, the Son of Man, my purpose for coming here to the world is to save the people who are far from God.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, the reason I came here to the earth is so that I might free mankind so that they might not be punished because of their sins.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because I who am Child of a Person, I came here to go look-for and save the lost people.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And as for me who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, the reason I came here was in order to free/save the ones being lost.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Man who came from heaven came to save the people who are lost.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 1:12:
- Uma: “That is why it is very fitting that God be praised and made big because of the bigness of his love to us (excl.) the Yahudi people , because we are the ones who first hoped in Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “We (excl.) were the first to expect/hope for/in Christ. That is the reason why we (excl.) were chosen, so that we (excl.) should praise the love and mercy of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Everything that God is doing, it is the fulfillment of His purpose and His desire. And because it was His purpose, He chose us (excl.) the Jewish believers, so that we might become His subjects who would become one with Christ. This was His purpose that He decided on long ago before anything was created. And as for us, the Jews who were the first to believe in Christ, the reason He chose us is because it was His desire that by means of us, He who is very powerful, would be praised.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “in order that his godhood would be praised because of us (excl.) who preceded to trust in Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And this is his determined-plan, that we live so as to bring praise to his praiseworthiness/glory, we (excl.) who were first to concentrate our hope in Cristo that we would be given this good in the future,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because of that, may God be praised by all those who now see the good he did for us, we who first believed that Christ would save us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:16:
- Uma: “‘I also have other sheep, that are not in this corral. I must bring them also here. They will recognize my voice, so that all my sheep become just one group, and I the only one who shepherds them all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There are still others who belong to me besides these who belong to me, but they are not here in this area-for-taking-care/fold. I have to bring them also. They will hear/listen to my words. When I have made them one then there will be only one their shepherd.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there are still some of my sheep, which is to say, people who belong to me, who are not here inside the kingdom of the Jews. I will bring them also, and they will listen to me. And then there will be one corral and only one who cares for them because it will be me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There are also sheep-of-mine that haven’t belonged to this corral. I must also call them so that they will come and listen to my voice. Then they will become one accompanying-group and only-one will take-care of them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There are still other sheep of mine apart from these ones belonging to this enclosure. It’s necessary that I cause them to be included also among the ones I tend. They will also listen to my voice, so that they and the original sheep will be one group, and also only-one will be their shepherd.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Also there are other sheep of mine who are not among those there. Also it is necessary that I go and bring them. They will hear my voice and then there will be just one group, and only one shepherd with them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:9:
- Uma: “So that you know, whoever divorces / separates-from his wife and marries another woman, he is committing adultery [emphatic]. Only if his wife is committing adultery is he allowed to divorce her.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I tell you, whoever divorces his wife and his wife did not do bad/commit adultery, and he marries another one, he commits adultery.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s why I say to you that if there is a man who divorces his wife, and he, the man, has not committed adultery against by his wife, and then he gets married again, this man sins against his first wife because of that getting married again.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I thus say to you that the man who divorces his wife except if she committed-adultery (lit. manned-with), he commits-adultery (lit. womans-with) if/when he marries another.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s why this is what I am saying to you today, whichever man will divorce his wife for whatever cause, except she has been compromised by another man, and then he marries another, he has really acted immorally. And like that indeed, whoever marries the woman who has been divorced, he also has acted immorally.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that the man who divorces his wife and it wasn’t because of fornication, then when the man again marries another woman, that man sins. If the woman who was thrown aside marries, then she commits sin with the man she marries.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 2:21:
- Uma: “We who are connected to Yesus are like lumber and other stuff that is arranged on top of a strong foundation stone, in order to build a holy house that is worthy to be dwelt-in by the Lord God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Figuratively, the materials/parts of the house are joined together by Almasi and the house becomes bigger until finally it becomes a prayer-house worthy for God to live in.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “By means of Christ, the building of this house is made strong, and this is becoming a house of the Lord where He is worshipped.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He is of course the one who supports/holds all the parts of the temple so that its construction is firm/stable. And due to your being joined to him, you are counted-in with all believers whom God is using-to-construct a holy temple in which he stays by-means-of his Spirit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Cristo is the one to whom all these building-materials are attached. They are really fixed-on well and, because of their being united/tied-together with the Lord, this building continues to grow, now becoming an elaborate worshipping-place.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: (verses 20 and 21) “There where a house is being built to be a church, there the stone work is begun, there accompany many stones to make up the stone wall for the church of God. You are the stones which make up the wall of the church. Concerning Christ, he is the stone which began the wall. The ones who are his representatives and those who are spokesmen for God are the stones which first went to build the house. And now, because of Christ, the people who are not Jews now accompany all those who believe in Christ. Because with all of us the Holy Spirit now walks.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Tsamakko: (verses 20 and 21) “As a house is built on a strong mososso (‘center pole’), you are built on the poles of the ones-who-work-for-Christ and the prophets, and Christ is the mososso. The whole house is connected with Christ, and is built to be the holy house of the Lord” (source: Chris Pluger)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 11:6:
- Uma: “But when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he did not go right away, he just stayed in his staying-place for two more days.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But when Isa knew that Lasarus was sick, he waited there still for two days at the village where he was.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he did not yet make any move for two days there in the place where he was living.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But even though that was so, upon his hearing that Lazarus was sick, he didn’t go, he stayed two days more where he was.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But even though Jesus now knew that Lazaro was sick, he didn’t go at once, but on the contrary it was two more days,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Even though he heard that he was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:11:
- Uma: “‘When they saw their wages, they grumbled about the owner of the field, they said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they received their wages they grumbled against the owner of the land,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they were receiving it, they were disgruntled, and they said to the man who had caused them to work.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore they grumbled to the one-who-had-them -work, saying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Having received it, it wasn’t acceptable to them. They said to that owner,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They took their wages and were angry toward the field-owner.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “After receiving that money, then they themselves got angry at the farm owner therefore they themselves said:” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
