complete verse (John 15:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:15:

  • Uma: “I no longer call you my slaves, because a slave does not know what is in the heart of his master. Now, you are really my companions, because I tell you all that my Father tells me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Now I am no longer calling you my servants, for to servants it is not explained as to what their master is going to do. But you, I have already explained to you all that my Father has told me. Therefore I call you already my friends.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I will no longer name you my servants, because as for a servant, the master does not tell him what the master is going to do. I name you my friends because all that my Father God caused me to understand, I caused you also to understand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Servants is not my spoken-opinion of you now but rather friends. Because the servant, he doesn’t know the plans of his master, but as for you, I have already made-known to you all that I heard from my Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I will not/no-longer call you servants, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is thinking. Friends is what I will call you now, because all those things which I heard from my Father, I have now said to you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now I do not call you just workers. Because the one who is just a worker does not know what his boss does. Now I say that you are my friends because I have explained all that my Father has told me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 24:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:31:

  • Uma: “A big trumpet will be blown, and I will order my angels to go gather the people who are my portion from all over the earth, from one edge to the other.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then there will be a very loud sound like the sound of a tabuli’ (big sea shell used to give signals) and I will send my angels to gather the people I have chosen from the four corners of the world.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then I will command my messengers to go to the four directions here on the earth, and I will cause a trumpet to sound, and they will gather my chosen people from everywhere in the whole world.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then there will be a loud blast of a trumpet, and I will send my angels to the four sources of the wind to go gather my people whom I chose from all the places of the world.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the siren/horn has been sounded loudly, I will then send my angels who will go all over this world, for they will gather together those who have been chosen who are my people coming from every place.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When the trumpet will blow, he will send the angels which are with him to all over the earth; they will gather the people who are chosen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Colossians 1:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 1:5:

  • Uma: “You believe and love like that, because you trust/hope-in God, you wait for what he has stored for you in heaven, like you heard about in the Good News that was announced to you. The Good is indeed true,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Formerly/Earlier when you heard the message which is true, which is the good news about Isa Almasi, you really were already expecting/hoping that there is something stored-up/kept by God for you there in heaven. And that is the underlying-reason that you trust in Isa Almasi and love your fellow-men.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason your faith is strong and your kindness is great is because your expectancy of everything in Heaven that God has prepared for you, it cannot be removed. You heard about this at the time when the true teaching which is the Good News, was preached to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And that faith and love of yours, they stem from what you are expecting which is that you will receive in-the-future what God has reserved/stored-up in heaven for you. You came-to-know concerning this that you are expecting when you heard back then the true message (lit. words) which is the good news.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Your trust and holding dear are like this because you are being-sure-of the good (situation) being stored up for us in heaven, that good (situation) that you became-sure-of through the Good News which is truth which was taught to you in the past.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I also thank God for all that good he has already determined to give you in heaven. You already know that God will give you this good because this was the message accompanying the good news which was told to you. And this word which was told to you is true.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 16:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:20:

  • Uma: “These my words are very true: you will cry and wail, but people who do not believe in me will be glad anyway. Your hearts will be sad, but your sadness will change becoming joy.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Truly I tell you, you will weep and grieve, but the people who do not follow God will be glad. You will be troubled/sad but it will be substituted with joy.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is true what I say to you, that as for my enemies, they will be very glad at what will happen to me. But as for you, you will weep because you will be sad. But your sorrow will be replaced by great joy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This that I tell you is true. You will cry and mourn while-simultaneously those who don’t believe in me rejoice. You will indeed be sad (lit. your thoughts will hurt), but your sorrow, it will become happiness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “This which I will say to you is true, that you will cry and your mind/inner-being will feel really bad, but as for all my enemies, they will be very happy. Your grief will be really far-from-ordinary, but this sorrow of yours will become happiness.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is true what I tell you. You will cry and be sad. But the people will rejoice. It doesn’t matter. Your sadness will turn to joy.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:13:

  • Uma: “Yesus finished that parable of his like this: ‘That’s why you must be on-the-watch, for you don’t know when I will come.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore,’ said Isa, ‘watch out, for you do not know as to what day or what time I come back.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘And just like that, you must be ready, because you don’t know what day or hour I will return.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said concluding, ‘It is necessary then that you be always ready, because you don’t know the day and hour that I will come again.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That’s why you are to be always prepared,’ was what Jesus added on, ‘for you don’t know the day or hour of my returning.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Be like this also, be prepared for the day when the Man who comes from heaven arrives. For you do not know what day or hour he will come.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Colossians 2:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 2:8:

  • Uma: “Be careful, that there not be any people who deceive you and force you to follow religion teachings that are not true and that are of no value. For those teachings of theirs are teachings that only appear from the thinking of man[kind], they teach you to follow customs and laws that talk about this world only. Those teachings of theirs aren’t from Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Be careful lest you be fooled/deceived by people, because they want to influence you to follow them. When one hears their words they seem to be good, but they are useless. Because their teaching is only man-made, the teachings of the people of old about angels and demons. Their teaching is not from Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Be on your guard because there might be someone who will convert you by means of his teaching doctrine that seems to be correct teaching but it is a lie, and has no value because it was just left behind by people. That is not correct doctrine for it does not originate with Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Be careful so that you are not deceived to follow teaching which is not true which has no use, because teaching like that which deceives people, it is not based-on Cristo but rather the customs which people thought-of back then and the commands on this earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Be always on guard that none of you at all be dragged-away by teachers of lies which have no usefulness. These teachings, (they are) just stories by people, shallow perceptions of the world. They really are not in agreement with the truth concerning Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Be very careful. Do not let any person spoil your faith, teaching you the word which is just people’s own thoughts and is not the word which Christ taught. These people are deceivers, it is not true what they say. It is the knowledge of people here in the world which they speak. These words have been around since long ago.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 17:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:19:

  • Uma: “Father, I offer my life to you (sing.) becoming your (sing.) portion, so that my disciples receive goodness, and so that they become your (sing.) portion in their following the true teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And for their good I submit/surrender my life to you, so that they really will be people belonging to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of them I cause you to be in charge of my breath so that they also will thoroughly cause you to be in charge of their breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And I will offer myself/my body to die for them in order that they will be truly distanced from evil to serve you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And because of them, I will ensure/dedicate myself that I will really follow/obey all your will, so that they also may be ensured as being truly yours now, far now from sin.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I set my heart on them so that also they will set their hearts on living good lives by means of the true word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:45)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:45:

  • Uma: “‘And I the King, I will answer them: ‘So that you know: because you didn’t help these people here whose lives are small, it means that it was I that you didn’t help.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then I will answer, I say, ‘Truly I tell you if you did not help my disciples of low status, I was whom you did not help.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then I, the king, will answer, ‘I tell you that if you didn’t help even one of these whose rank is very low, I am the one you didn’t help.’ And these people,’ said Jesus, ‘will be taken away from here because they will be punished with a punishment forever. However, the righteous, by contrast, they will be given life forever.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘After that I will say to them, ‘This that I tell you is true that when you refused to help even one of the least-important (lit. lowest) of these who are my brothers, you also refused to help me.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I will answer them, ‘This which I will say to you is really true. When you witheld your help from the most insignificant one who is like my sibling, I am the one you witheld from.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The ruler will then say: ‘Truly I tell you, that when you haven’t helped the people here who are not respected by people, then also you did not help me,’ he will say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)