Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 18:14:
- Uma: “That is why those merchants wept over the villagers of Babel, they said: ‘All the things that you desired no longer are. All the sweet-smelling things that you liked, all the things that you used to make your bodies beautiful, they are all lost, they are no longer found.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The traders said to the city, ‘All the wealth that you desired/craved is no more, all your riches and the things you boasted about have disappeared and you will not find them again.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The wealth seekers will say to the woman which is the city of Babylon, they will say, ‘All the things that you would like to own have been thoroughly destroyed. Your wealth has also been destroyed and that which brought you joy, and it will never again be seen,’ they said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All the businessmen, they will-say to her, ‘Absolutely no one will sell you (sing.) the expensive fruits that you (sing.) craved. You (sing.) no-longer-have the foods that are difficult to get and the expensive decorations of the rich, and you (sing.) will not be-able-to-get (them) again.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those merchants will say, ‘What a real pity, because all the good things which were valued by the people from there are no more. They will really never again find the wealth and splendor of that city.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The merchants will say to the city: ‘those things which overflowingly were wanted by your hearts to own, now are gone. Forever you have lost your money and all the things which seemed good to you,’ they will say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:6:
- Uma: “The person who makes-more-of one day, he does it in order to honor the Lord. The person who eats anything, he eats it in order to honor the Lord, because he says his thank you to God. So also the persons who eat only certain things. Those people follow their taboo to honor the Lord, and they also say thank you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A person who honors/makes great one day he does this in-order-to honor God. Likewise also a person who eats anything he eats in-order-to-honor God, because he thanks God for his food. A person who does not eat meat likewise honors God also, that’s why he does not eat meat and he also thanks God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For the person who considers that one day is precious, the reason he thinks this is so that he might please God. And the same way also, the person who eats everything, the reason he eats it is because he considers that this is what God wants, and he gives thanks for this to God. And the person who only eats vegetables for his viand, the reason that’s the only thing he uses for viand is because he considers that that’s what pleases God and he also thanks God for it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who counts one day as more-valuable does that in order to thereby honor the Lord Jesus. So also the one who eats meat. He wants to thereby honor the Lord Jesus, because he thanks God for what he eats (used only of viand). Even also the one who refuses to eat meat, he refuses because of his desire to honor the Lord Jesus, and he also gives-thanks for what he eats.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The believer who respects a certain day respects that day to honor God. The believer who does not respect the day which his fellow believer respects, does not respect the day because in what he does he intends to honor God. The believer who eats all the things which are edible, eats them because he thanks God for all that he eats. The believer who says that there are some things which God does not want to be eaten, does not eat because by this he honors God. And also he thanks God for what he does eat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:9:
- Noongar: “and your friend who invited you, he will come and say to you, ‘Give him your seat’. Then you will be shamed and you must go to the lowest seat.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The houseowner will come and say to you (sing.) like this: ‘Give that seat to him!’ You will be embarrassed/ashamed going to sit in a seat in a low place.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And then the host (lit. owner of the feast) will come and say to you, ‘Change your place. Let this person sit here.’ Then you will be ashamed and you will have to sit at the lower end of the table.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the one who is giving the feast will say to us, ‘Let’s transfer because that place is for someone who is higher in rank than we are.’ And we will be very much ashamed then, if we have to be seated in a seat which is not as good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because when the higher-up person arrives, then the house-resident (i.e. host) will come to you (sing.) and say, ‘Please move-over so this-one can sit there.’ Surely that would be embarrassing, because you (sing.) will have to move-over to go join-in-sitting at the edge.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well after you sit, the one who invited you will approach you, and he will say to you, ‘Go ahead, let this person sit down on this seat.’ Well, isn’t it so that you will be embarrassed being moved to where the insignificant are seated?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 20:1:
- Uma: “After that I saw an angel descend from heaven, carrying a big chain, and he also carried the key of the door of the sinkhole whose depth cannot be measured.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this, I saw another angel coming down from heaven carrying the key to the door of the bottomless hole and carrying a heavy chain.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven carrying a very big set of fetters and the key to the pit whose depth has no end.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then I saw an angel descending from heaven holding a large chain and the key that was used-in-opening the prison below.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I saw next an angel who was coming down coming from heaven. He was holding a big chain and the key of that very, very deep ravine.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Having passed what I saw, I saw another who came from heaven carrying a key to the hole which had no end to its depth. He carried in his hand a long chain.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 15:15:
- Uma: “But even so, in this letter of mine I have not been shy about advising you, speaking of several points on teaching. My purpose is to remind you, relatives, since that is the work that God has given me from his grace [white insides].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Here in this letter I did not hesitate to tell you about the teachings I want to remind you of. The reason I did not hesitate is because I was commissioned by God so that/and I became a servant of Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But in spite of that, here in my letter is seems as if I’m not reluctant to give you advice, because there are many things that have been taught to you that I don’t want you to forget. The reason I’m not reluctant is because God has given me authority” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But still it’s admittedly true that I have been very direct in some of what I have said in this letter so that you would not forget. And the reason I was direct-with these-things is my authority as an apostle that God gave me because of his mercy” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But I have straightly told you the words I have written here in this letter. I am just reminding you about the word so that you won’t forget. I am speaking strongly to you because this is the work God gave me to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:6:
- Mairasi: “then carrying him returns. Then he calls his own people [friends; relatives] and those who live near his house then says: ‘Come let our livers definitely turn good [we will rejoice] because I have already found my domba [sheep] which was gone!’ he will say.” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Noongar: “Then he calls his friends and other people of his town, and he says to them, ‘I am very happy because I have found my sheep, the lost one. We must be happy together. Let’s celebrate!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, and he calls his friends and neighbors, he says to them: ‘Come be glad with me. Because I have found again my lost sheep.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When you (pl.) come home you (pl.) call your (pl.) friends and your (pl.) neighbours and tell them to gather in your (pl.) house and say to them, ‘We (incl.) will be glad/let us be glad for I have found the sheep that went astray.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he reaches his house, he calls his companions and his neighbors and he says, ‘Let’s rejoice, because I have found this sheep of mine that was lost.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “to go-home-with-it. Then he will call his friends and neighbors and said, ‘Let’s be happy, because here-now I have found my sheep that was lost!’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he arrives at the house, he will invite his friends and neighbors. ‘Come on,’ he says, ‘join in my celebration, for I indeed found that lost sheep of mine.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:18:
- Uma: “The fort was made from expensive stones, called yaspis. The village was made from nothing but gold [lit., gold dry], sparkling like smooth/clean glass.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “That wall was made of the precious-stone jasper. That city was made of unmixed/pure gold, but it was clear like glass.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The wall was made of precious stone jasper, and the city was made of gold which was very pure for our eyes could see through it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The city was made from pure gold which dazzled like glass, and its stonewall, it was made of haspe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those expensive mined stones which were haspe were what was used for the wall, and that city was first-class gold, sparklingly-clear like mirror/glass.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the wall which went around the city, it was all of stones, very pretty ones, called jasper. The city itself was all of pure gold, it reflected the sunlight like glass does.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 16:14:
- Uma: “Announce my greetings to Asinkritus, Flegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and all the relatives with them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Tell also Asinkirit, Pelegon, Hermes, Patarobas, Hermas and all their companions who trust Isa Almasi that I remember them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Greet for me also Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas and Hermas, and all the other of our brothers who are their companions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So also Asincritus, Flegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the rest of our brothers who believe who are joined-with them (i.e. as in a congregation), I send-greetings-to all of them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Please greet for me these people I tell you now: Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, along with all the other brethren of ours who live where they live, greet them for me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
