Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:40:
- Uma: “At that time, two people will be working together in the fields, one will be taken the other left-behind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “On the day of my return there will be two men working in a field, one will be taken and one will be left behind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At that time there will be two men working in the field. My angels will take one of them and leave the other.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If there are two men working in the fields, one will be taken and the other left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “At that time, people will-be-sorted-into-sets. Maybe two people will be working in the field, but if they are not the same being my people, one will be left, only one taken.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “On that day two men will be together working. One person will be taken away, the other will be left.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 1:14:
- Uma: “His Son is the one who became our redeemer [lit., body substitute], so that our sins are forgiven.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because we (incl.) now trust Isa Almasi, we (incl.) are redeemed by him from the hold/rule of the leader of demons and we (incl.) are now free, that means, all our (incl.) sins are now forgiven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And by means of this son of His, we have been redeemed from Satan’s enslavement of us and we have been forgiven for our evil behavior.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “who has redeemed us so that we will be set-free, meaning to say (lit. it wants to say), our sins will be forgiven because of our being joined to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because of the death of this Son of his, we are now free/saved from God’s punishment because of our sin. We have been forgiven of them all.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And it is the Son of God who paid for our sins. Therefore our sins are forgiven.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:29:
- Uma: “His disciples said: ‘At this time, your (sing.) words are plain, Lord, you (sing.) are no longer speaking-in-parables.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His disciples said to him, ‘Now you are speaking straight. This is no longer a parable/figure.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then his disciples said, ‘Now, what you say is very clear because it is not hard to understand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Upon their hearing that, his disciples said, ‘Ah, now what you (sing.) are saying is clear, because you are being-direct without speaking illustrations/comparisons/parables.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His disciples spoke, saying, ‘Now this conversation of yours with us (excl.) is really plain, no longer illustrations.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “His learners said, ‘Now you are speaking straight to us. You aren’t making any comparisons now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:22:
- Uma: “‘The ordered-one who had gotten two thousand gold coins also arrived, he said: ‘Noble, you (sing.) turned over to me the other day two thousand. Look, here is its increase [child], two thousand more.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the servant who had been given two thousand pesos also went to him. He said ‘Sir, you gave me two thousand pesos. I was able to gain also two thousand.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the one to whom he gave two thousand pesos went to him also, and he said, ‘Chief, you gave me two thousand pesos. See, here also is the gain of two thousand pesos!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Then the one who was entrusted with two talents went also and he said, ‘Sir, two talents are what you (sing.) entrusted to me. Here also are the two that it earned (lit. gave-birth-to).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That one also handed-over who had been left in charge of two thousand. He said, ‘Master, here is your two thousand which you left. I was able to increase it by another two thousand which I got in profit.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then arrived the worker to whom he had given two thousand monies. This one said to the boss: ‘Listen, boss, two thousand monies you gave me, but here are two more thousand monies I have gained, now there are four thousand,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:17:
- Uma: “because all those customs and laws are just like figures-of-speech. God gave those laws long ago to be figures-of-speech for the goodness [salvation] that would come later. Kristus, He is the fulfillment of those figures-of-speech.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All the Yahudi laws about these were for reminding them as to what they were waiting for that should come in the future. But/and-what’s-more this that they were waiting for, has indeed already come – and this is Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For things like that were made long ago to be only shadows of which had not yet happened; however, the true thing that was pictured by them was Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because all these-things that were taught back then, they are like a mere shadow that goes-ahead-of the shadow-owner. It means to say, that’s how-people back then -knew that in-the-future there would be someone/something to take-the-place of those rules. But here now Cristo has most-certainly arrived who is their proper replacement, therefore he is the one we ought to follow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For all these things that the Jews were practising in the past, they are only like a picture for what was being-referred-to (lit: caused-to-be-hit) was, the coming work of Cristo. Well now he has arrived, therefore why should we still do these things when their fulfillment has now arrived?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These things are things which had validity before Christ came. But now in that Christ has come, now they don’t.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 18:2:
- Uma: “Yudas, who sold Yesus, knew where that garden was, because Yesus and his disciples often gathered there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Judas knew that place, for Isa and his disciples often gathered there hep. This Judas hep was the one who betrayed Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Judas, the one who will betray him in order that he might be killed, he knew that place where they stopped because, as for Jesus and his disciples, they were always gathering there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Now Judas who would betray Jesus, he knew where they were, because Jesus and his disciples had gone there many times.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for that place, it was known by that Judas who had traded him, because Jesus was always/often there, together with them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Judas who betrayed Jesus also knew the place because Jesus had many times gathered his learners there.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:8:
- Uma: “When his disciples say what the woman had done, they became angry, they said: ‘Why was expensive oil wasted like that?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the disciples of Isa saw that, they were angry, and they spoke-among-each-other, they said, ‘Why is that fragrant oil wasted/destroyed in that way?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when his disciples saw this, they got angry. They said, ‘Why did she waste this?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When his disciples saw it, they became-angry and they said, ‘Oh-what-a-waste!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The disciples got angry when they saw that. They murmured among themselves saying, ‘Why was this perfume wasted?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When the learners saw what the woman did, they got angry and said: ‘How come the oil got wasted?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 4:1:
- Uma: “You who are noblemen, give your slaves what is good and fitting, for you know yourselves that you have a Nobleman in heaven.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You masters, your caring for your servants/slaves ought to be good. Give them what is right for them/what they deserve. Remember that you also have a master there in heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for you also who have slaves, you must do a good job of taking care of your slaves and you must give them what is proper to give them, and don’t you forget that you also have a slave-owner in Heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You also moreover who are masters of slaves, the way you are to them must be good and correct/right, because you know that you also of course have a Lord (same word as master) in heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You masters, it’s necessary that all your treatment of your slaves be correct/straight, in that you are not excessively strict/harsh. Consider that, even though you are now masters, you too have a like-a-master in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen you bosses. Whatever is proper that you do to your workers, do it, don’t require too much. You must know that also there is your boss in heaven and he sees what you do to your workers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
