Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 16:21:
- Uma: “Hail [lit., fruit rain] the size of rocks fell from the sky, striking mankind. Each one was about fifty kilograms in weight. That is why men cursed God, because no kidding the torture of the hail that struck them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Also ice like big stones fell from the sky on mankind. The weight of one ice (block) was fifty kilo. Therefore the people spoke-evil-of/insulted God because they were made to suffer exceedingly because of the disaster sent to them by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Large hail fell on people. The weight of each one of the hailstones was fifty kilos. And people spoke words of rejection against God because of the hail with which he punished them for they were exceedingly tormented by it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It also hailed large (hailstones) whose weight was about (lit. went to) fifty kilos, and people on the earth were struck. But the result of it was, they spoke-evil-of God because of the hail, because that-aforementioned hardship was exceedingly fearful.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then it rained really big-things, bits of ice being what was falling which weighed almost fifty kilu per bit. What else but the people kept being struck. Therefore they spoke-harshly-of God because of that, for it really was terrible suffering.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There fell on the people huge hailstones. They were very big, a hailstone weighing forty kilos. But the people upon suffering the calamity of the hail even more did they speak bad about God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 12:9:
- Uma: “Really love your companions not [doing it] just out of custom. Discard evil behavior, hold-on-to good behavior.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Your love for your companions must/ought-to be from inside the liver. Hate everything which is bad and keep in your liver everything which is good.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that our showing kindness to our companions is not false; it’s necessary that we are very disgusted with evil behavior. We must hold tight to good behavior.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Your (pl.) love should be sincere. Hate what is evil and at-the-same-time follow continually what is good.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You must truly from the heart love your fellowman, each one of you. Separate from evil. Do what is good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:12:
- Noongar: “When Jesus saw the woman, he said, ‘Woman, you are freed of your sickness!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “When Yesus saw that woman, he called her and said to her: ‘Mother, you are healed, you no longer have a disease that ties you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa saw her, he called her and he said, ‘Woman, you are free now from that sickness of yours.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus saw her, he called to her and he said, ‘Auntie, you can be cured of that disease of yours.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Jesus saw her, he called her and said, ‘Mother (term of address for an older woman), you (sing.) are cured from your (sing.) sickness!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus saw that woman, he called her and spoke saying, ‘Daughter, that illness of yours will now stop.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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)
