Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:42:
- Noongar: “The Lord replied, ‘Then, which servant is faithful and wise (lit.: “ear much”)? The servant whose master puts him higher than the other servants in the big house. At the right moment, he will share food and drink to the other servants.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘For example there was a slave who was wise and faithful working the work of his nobleman. The nobleman lifted/raised that slave to become a overseer/commander who commanded his other slaves and divided to them their food every day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa answered in a parable again, he said, ‘If there is a servant who can be trusted and what he does is good, he is the one that his master will make the leader of the other servants. When the appointed time comes to give, he is the one who gives the provision to the servants.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the Lord answered, ‘As for the wise and faithful servant, he is the one his master puts in charge of the other servants. He is the one who will feed his fellow servants at the time for eating.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus answered him parabling, ‘The trustworthy and wise servant, he is the one whom his master appoints to be in charge of the other servants and to give them their food daily.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The Lord Jesus replied, saying, ‘That slave who is trustworthy and good/nice, he will be given by his master oversight of the other slaves in his household. He will be the one (whose job it is) to give out food provisions.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 17:3:
- Uma: “[So] the Holy Spirit controlled me and the angel took me going to an empty field. There I saw a woman who was riding an animal. The animal that she rode was bright red, all over its body were written words disparaging to God; it had seven heads and ten horns.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this, I was entered by the Spirit of God and was taken by the angel to a lonely-place/desert. Then I saw there a woman riding on a red creature. That creature had seven heads and ten horns. His body was covered with writing of bad names as far as God is concerned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And by means of the power of the Holy Spirit, I was led by the angel to a place where no people live. There I saw the woman, She is riding upon a red beast, and written on the body of that beast are many titles which transgress God. The beast has seven heads and ten horns.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then God’s Spirit again caused-me-to-dream, and the angel took me to a place with no inhabitants. I saw there a woman riding on a terrible/fearsome red animal with seven heads and ten horns. Its body also, it was written-on with names of God which it had no authority to use.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then through the control of the Espiritu Santo who is indwelling me, I was taken by an angel to a wilderness place. There I saw a woman riding a red monster/man-eating-animal which had seven heads branching out and ten horns. The body of that animal was covered with writing. What were written were words which were far-from-ordinary insults to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Holy Spirit changed my seeing. Then the angel took me to a wild place. There I saw the woman seated on the terrible animal which was red and had come out of the sea. On the body of the terrible animal it was covered with names which displease God. This terrible animal had seven heads and ten horns.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 12:12:
- Uma: “Let’s make our hearts glad, because our hope in the Lord is strong. Endure/Last in difficulties. Keep/Remain praying.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You ought always to be joyful/glad because you have an expectation/hope from God. If you are in troubles endure. Don’t rest-from/stop praying to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We must always rejoice, because there is that which is very good that we’re going to receive in the future. We must endure hardships; we must always pray to God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Be happy because of what you hope, endure it if you have hardships, and persevere in praying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Always rejoice that you have understood about the good which is to come. When you suffer, endure it well. And pray to God every day, do not rest from it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:15:
- Noongar: “Jesus said to him, ‘You hypocrite! All of you untie your bullock or horse and take it out and give it water on the Sabbath Day.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The Lord Yesus said: ‘Hey, you who good only on the outside! On Sabat Day, who of us do not free our cows and horses, taking them outside the corral and watering them [lit, causing to drink]?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa answered him, he said, ‘You (pl.) there are just pretending. Is it that not every one of you loosens your cows or horses from where you tied him and take him to drink even on a day of-no-work?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered him, ‘Your custom is a lie! If there is a cow or a horse of any one of you, it’s not possible that you will not untie it on the day of rest and lead it to the water to drink.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus answered him and said, ‘You hypocrites, there is probably not even one of you who doesn’t untie his animal to go have-him-drink on the day that is for-resting.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The Lord Jesus replied, saying, ‘You (pl.) who pretend to believe-in/obey God! Isn’t it so that each one of you, you untie your cow or as no horse which is tethered in the little-house which is a shelter and cause it to go out to drink, even if it’s the Day of Rest?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 18:17:
- Uma: “But suddenly in just one hour, their great wealth has been lost all-at-once.’ All the people who make their livelihood [lit., search for their life] on the sea, whether those who are in charge of [lit., carry] boats, or those who work on boats and all people who ride on those boats, just stand far off” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And in just one hour all her riches have disappeared.’ Then all the leaders on the ships and the passengers, those working on the ships, and all who make their livelihood on the sea, stand from far off watching,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But within just one hour all of their wealth was completely destroyed,’ they said. The captains of ships, and passengers, and those who work on ships, and all who get wealth by means of the sea, they have to stay far away watching. And when they see the smoke of the burning city,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But within only-one hour, all these-things which are their wealth were ruined!’ All the ship captains also and those who work and ride-as-passengers there, and all moreover who get their living from the ocean, they will also stand afar-off” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really within just one hour, all those things have now disappeared.’ Well also there at a distance, just looking, will be the sailors and their bosses, and the ocean-travellers, as many as have their way-of-life and livelihood there on the ocean.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But now, in just a short time is ended all that it had gathered,’ they will say. All those who are in ships going on the sea, the bosses, the passengers, along with all who have a work, a long way off their boats will be, looking.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:9:
- Uma: “That [emphatic] is why Kristus died and came back to life, in order that he be-the-Lord of all people, both the ones who are alive and the ones who are dead.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For this is the reason that Almasi died and he is alive again, so that he is our (incl.) Leader whether we (incl.) are alive or dead.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For the reason that Christ let himself be killed and was raised again was so that He might rule over those that believe in him, who are still alive or who are already dead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because Cristo died and lived again so that he would be the Lord of the living and likewise also the dead.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Christ died and again lived in order that he be our Lord whether we live or whether we have died.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Isthmus Zapotec: “For just that is why Christ died and came to life and lives even now, so that he should be Lord of all; just as he is of those who have died, in the same way he is of those who are living.”
- Highland Totonac: “Because as for Christ, that is why he died, and also why he arose from the dead, and is alive again, in order that he might have the say over those who are dead and those who are alive.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “Christ, the reason he died and the reason he came up out of the grave again where he was buried is so that he could be the chief of all the dead who have put their confidence in Christ and all of those who are still alive who have put their confidence in him.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:12:
- Noongar: “Then Jesus said to the Pharisee, ‘When you invite people to feast with you, you must not invite good friends and brothers and rich people, because they will invite you to go back to their houses, and you will get back what you gave them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, Yesus also spoke to the houseowner. He said: ‘When we call people to attend our feasts, whether to each during the day or at night, let us not call/invite our friends, our relatives or the rich people in the town. Because they will definitely call/invite us later, with the result that our behavior is returned.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa said to the person who had invited him, ‘Na, you also, friend, if you make a feast, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbours/companions close to your house. For if you invite them, they will also invite you when they have a celebration. Then they repay/reward you for what you did for them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to the one who had given a feast, ‘And you also, friend, when you give a feast, don’t you just invite your acquaintances and your cousins and your neighbors who are rich, because as for them, they are wealthy and they will, in turn, invite you when they give a feast and they can pay back to you the good which you did for them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to the one who had invited him, ‘If you (sing.) invite people to eat-with you (sing.), don’t be inviting only your (sing.) friends, relatives and rich townmates, because they will also go and invite you (sing.) and thus you (sing.) will be repaid.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus spoke to the one who invited him. He said, ‘When you have a feast, don’t invite your friends, your siblings or other relatives, or rich neighbors. For of course, they will reciprocate by inviting you. Well, you will then have been rewarded.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 20:4:
- Uma: “After that I saw several chairs, and the people who sat in those chairs were given the power/authority to decide cases. I saw also the ghosts/spirits of people who were beheaded because they admitted/confessed that Yesus was their Lord, and they believed the Word of God. Those people, they did not worship the evil animal or his idol, they also did not receive the sign of the animal on their foreheads or their arms/hands. These ones came alive again and ruled at together with Kristus for one thousand years.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I saw thrones. Those who were sitting on the thrones were given authority to judge. Likewise I also saw the souls of the people who had been killed because of their proclaiming the true teaching that was made known by Isa Almasi and (because of their) proclaiming God’s message. They had not worshiped the creature or his statue. And they also had not been marked with the mark of the creature on their foreheads or on their hands. These people lived again and they reigned with Isa Almasi for one thousand years.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then I saw the seats of ruling. The ones sitting on them, they were given authority to pass judgment. I saw also the souls of the people who had been killed because they spread the word of God and the teaching of Jesus. They did not worship the beast nor the image of the beast, and they also did not have themselves marked with the mark of the beast on their foreheads or on their hands. They were raised from the dead and were caused to rule with Christ for a thousand years.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then I saw those seated on thrones to whom had been given authority to judge. I saw also the spirits of those who had been killed-at-various-times because of their having told the word of God and the teaching that Jesus made-known. They are the ones who had not worshipped the fearsome animal and the animal-image that was his likeness, and neither had they been marked with his mark on their foreheads or hands. They lived again and they will rule-with Cristo for one-thousand years.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What I saw next was there were seats of kingship. The ones sitting on them were given authority to judge. There also were the spirits of the ones who had been killed because of their testimony about Jesus and their teaching the word of God. They really didn’t worship that monster. Much more so his image, they really didn’t worship it. They also really didn’t cause themselves to be branded with the mark of that animal on their forehead or their hand/arm. Those people were made alive to be companions of Cristo in reigning for the space of those thousand years.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Having passed what I saw, I saw many chairs. There sat on them those who had taken up the position of governing to make judgments. These were the people who had been killed, having their heads cut off. They were hurt in this way because they had not rested from telling about the word of God, the word which Jesus taught. These were the people who did not let themselves worship the terrible animal, and they did not worship his idol. And they had not let themselves be marked on their foreheads or hands. I saw that these people again were living and together with Christ they ruled for one thousand years.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
