Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:5:
- Uma: “That’s why the Parisi people with the religion teachers denounced Yesus, they said: ‘Why are your (sing.) disciples not following the customs of our elders? They eat, [but] they haven’t washed-hands first.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore the Pariseo and the teachers of the religious law asked Isa, they said, ‘Why do your disciples not follow the teachings of our (incl.) forefathers? Why do they eat even though they have not washed their hands causing-them-to-be-clean?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of this those Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, they said, ‘Why have your disciples abandoned the doctrines handed down by our ancestors because why is it that they up and eat without washing?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore those Pharisees and teachers of the law, they inquired of Jesus, ‘Why don’t your (sing.) disciples follow the customs we inherited from our ancestors? There they are eating and they did not first follow the right way to wash-hands.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That’s why Jesus was questioned by the Pariseo and explainers of law. ‘Why,’ they said, ‘don’t those disciples of yours obey our (incl.) inherited customs? They ate without first washing their hands according to what we (incl.) have inherited.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philemon 1:11:
- Uma: “Long ago, he was useless to you, Filemon. But now he has become useful, not just to you, to me as well he is useful.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Formerly this Onesimus was of no use to you but now he is really of use to you and to me also.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Long ago you didn’t find much value in Onesimus, but now our (incl.) value in him has become very great.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Previously, I-must-admit it’s-as-if he was of no help (lit. he had no help) to you (sing.), but now, there is much with-which-he -can-help the two of us (du).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s true that, in the past, this Onesimo, he was of no use to you but now, he is of use now to the two of us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “In the days gone by, this Onesimus was your worker. But it didn’t turn out that he was useful to you. But now, for the both of us, we have need of Onesimus now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:9:
- Uma: “For the length of three days, he still could not see, and he also did not eat or drink.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For three days he could not see and he did not eat nor drink.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And for three days he could not see, and there was nothing that he ate or drank.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Three days he was not able-to-see while also he didn’t eat and drink.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For the space of three days, he couldn’t see. He also didn’t eat, and he didn’t even drink water.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:37:
- Uma: “No kidding the amazement of the crowd, they kept saying: ‘All that he does is good. Deaf people he heals, they hear! People who can’t talk, they become able to talk!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the people were really amazed. They said, ‘Uy, everything he has done is really good. Even the deaf person/s he caused to hear and the dumb person/s he caused to speak.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They were all amazed, and they said, ‘Everything he does is very good, for he makes those who cannot hear to hear, and those who cannot speak to speak!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They were extremely surprised and they said, ‘Everything he has been doing is good. Even the deaf, he removes their deafness, and the dumb, he removes also their dumbness.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All who heard were really amazed. They were saying, ‘All that he is doing is really good! He can-cause-the ears of the deaf -to-hear-sharply and can cause the dumb to be able to speak!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 2:4:
- Uma: “And God strengthened further the testimony of those people, for he gave them power to do many kinds of amazing signs and powerful things, and there were some of them to whom he distributed power from the Holy Spirit according to his will/desire, so that they had ability to do his work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And God also joined in with them confirming (saying it is true) their words when they were given power by him to do all kinds of astonishing doings and supernatural-powerful doings. And by God’s wish/will they were given by him different kinds of expertise from the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for God, He testified also to the truth of what they taught, because He gave them power so that they might show signs and different kinds of miracles. There were also some skills that He gave to believers according to whichever ones He wanted to give it to, by means of their being inspired by the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God also, he joined them in confirming that it was true by means of the amazing signs and various miracles which he caused-to-be-done. He also confirmed it by means of abilities that he caused-the Holy Spirit -to-distribute according to what he wanted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And God also, he also testified/confirmed-as-true their teaching through many-many signs which were amazing things which he caused them to do, and also by means of the abilities which are the gift of the Espiritu Santo to whomever God wished. Jesus became a man/human as the means of saving people” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this word they spoke, God caused people to understand that it was true in what they were told. Because God helped them to do this work in that they did miracles before the people. And he sent the Holy Spirit in order for them to do the work he wanted them to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:41:
- Uma: “Petrus held her hand and pulled her until she was standing. After that, he called back all the followers of Yesus and the widows that he had ordered out earlier, and he said to them: ‘Here is your friend, she lives again.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Petros stretched forth his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the disciples of Isa and the widows and he handed-over/presented Dorkas to them alive already.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter took hold of her hand, and he caused her to stand. And then Peter called her companion believers and the widow women and he caused them to see Tabitha.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Pedro took-her-by-the-hand to cause-her-to-stand. Then he called those-aforementioned widows and the other believers, and he showed her alive again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Pedro took hold of her hand and caused her to stand. And then he called the widows and those other believers to come in again, for he presented (her) to them really alive again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 8:32:
- Uma: “All that he said plainly to them. But Petrus took him off to the side and rebuked him [i.e., tried to talk him out of it].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa spoke this clearly, therefore Petros took him aside (lit. cause-far-far) and he scolded him as to why he spoke like that.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he thoroughly explained to them what would happen to him. Peter, when he heard that, took Jesus aside and said that that which would happen to Jesus could not be.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He made-it-absolutely -clear, but-then Pedro took-him -aside and he began to rebuke him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He spoke-very-plainly-about-it to them.When Pedro heard, he took-Jesus -by-the-arm and tried-to-dissuade-him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 3:18:
- Uma: “It was those Yahudi people that God referred with his swearing/oath that said: ‘They will really not be allowed to get the rest/stopping with me.’ He did not permit them to get his/the rest, for they did not submit to him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And about whom did God speak when he covenanted/promised, he said, ‘They really will not enter the land where I would have given them rest?’ They were the people who did not want to follow/obey him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There are still those people who, concerning them God said, He said, ‘They cannot enter into that land that I prepared that they might rest along with me.’ The reason He said this was they would not obey His word.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Who moreover are those to whom God said that he would never have-them -enter the resting-place that he had prepared? They indeed are those who refused to obey him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then, who also was he referring to (lit.causing-to-be-hit) by this that he vowed saying, ‘Truly they cannot rest under my care/jurisdiction in that place that I promised them’? Was he not referring to those who did not follow/obey his words?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And you know that these people rejected the word God spoke. Therefore God said to these people: ‘Now you will not enter into the land I had decided that you should have as a place to rest with me,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
