Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 20:29:
- Uma: “I know, relatives, that when I go away from here, certainly evil people will come to bother those people that you tend, like a serigala [jackal] bothers sheep.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I know that when I have left,’ Paul said, ‘there will be religious-teachers who are liars coming to mingle with you and they will teach what is not true. They are like bold dogs, and they will not pity you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I know that when I leave you there will appear among you teachers whose teaching can destroy unity, and they will destroy the unity of the believers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because I know that when I leave, there will be those who go and teach you what is wrong/different. They are like fierce animals that kill domesticated-animals, because they will disrupt the faith of the people you are caring-for, and they will not take-pity-on them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For I know that after I have left, people will come to Efeso who will teach what is really wrong. An illustration of them is, they are like fierce wild-dogs who tear-and-eat sheep, for they want to destroy the believing of the believers there with you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:38:
- Noongar: “‘I am God’s servant,’ Mary said. ‘May this happen to me, everything you say.’ The angel left her.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Maria said: ‘I am the slave of the Lord, I submit to his command, so that he makes happen his intention to me, like you (sing.) say to me.’ After that, the angel went out, leaving Maria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Mariyam said, ‘I am the servant of God. I submit to what you said.’ Then the angel left her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Mary answered, ‘May it be that it happens to me according to what you say because I submit myself to the Lord.’ And then the angel left Mary.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Maria then said, ‘Here I am (agreement particle) to serve God. May it be fulfilled to me what you (sing.) said.’ And then the angel left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Maria spoke again, ‘I really am the servant of God. I am subjecting myself to his will, that he will fulfill here with me all you have said.’ And then the angel disappeared.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 2:12:
- Uma: “Sometimes there are people who do not know the Lord who falsely-accuse you, they say your actions are evil. That is why you must be careful with your behavior, so that they see the goodness of your behavior. In the end they will admit that your behavior is good and end up praising God on the day he comes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Cause your conduct to be good among those who don’t trust in Isa Almasi so that if they accuse you of doing bad, they can see your good deeds and when Isa Almasi returns they will praise God because of you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your behaviour must be very righteous so that people who are not believers can see it. For even though they say that your behaviour is wicked, they will know just the same that what you do is good and they will praise God in the future on the day when He comes down to mankind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You should constantly be following a good way-of-life in the sight of your townmates who don’t believe. Because if you do that, even though they now accuse you saying that you are doing evil, they will nevertheless see the good that you are doing, and they will praise God on the day when-he-comes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s essential that you be careful of your nature/ways, for you know that you are still in the midst of your fellow-countrymen who don’t acknowledge/know God. For even if they say you are doing evil, they will comprehend that your nature/ways are good after all. Therefore, the outcome is, they will praise God on that day when he graces them that their mind/inner-being and mind/thinking will be made new.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Live a good life among those who do not believe in Christ. They are speaking evil of you now, saying that you are sinners. But there will come the day that they will know that you truly do good. Therefore they will praise God at that day he comes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:23:
- Uma: “It is better that you (sing.) follow this advice of ours(excl.), so that it will be clear that those critical words are not true: There are here four of our (excl.) companions who made a promise to God with vowing.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore it is good if you follow what we (excl.) are saying to you,’ the elders said. ‘There are four men here who have made a vow to God and soon their vow is finished/fulfilled.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It would be good if you would do what we advise you. There are here four men who have made a promise to God according to our custom.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That which is in our (excl.) mind/thoughts, it would be good if this is what you (sing.) will do. There are among us (excl.) four men whose ritual-abstinence that they have promised God is almost finished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It would be good if you follow/obey this which we (excl.) will say to you. There are four men here who have made a promise to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:70:
- Noongar: “Long ago, he promised his Prophets.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From long ago with the lips of the holy prophets, the Lord promised” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God promised in old times and this was spread/made known by his holy prophets.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God, by means of his prophets long ago,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That indeed also is what he caused-to-be-prophesied by the holy prophets long ago” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is what he promised which he caused to be spoken by the prophets of the past,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “These are the very things that He had prophesied about long ago through his holy-hearted prophets [lit.: spokesmen].” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 154)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 3:19:
- Uma: “By that power of the Holy Spirit he went to spread the news of his victory to the ghosts who are in prison.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then his soul/spirit went and preached/proclaimed the good news to the spirits/souls that are imprisoned by God in the afterworld.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and His soul went to the imprisoned souls who had died long ago, and He preached to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “His spirit went to the place of the imprisoned spirits of the dead and there is that which he said to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Through this Espiritu Santo, he went to the people of long ago, in the time of Noe. They really were taught/shown the will of God, but well, they didn’t obey it. That’s why now, their spirits are imprisoned. Because all the time Noe-and-co were still making the boat which was like a big chest, God just did-nothing-about those rebellious ones. He was waiting for them to repent/be-sorry for their sin. But since they didn’t repent, he caused it to flood, that being his punishment for them. Very few people were like rescued by him from that water, only eight, only Noe’s family who were in the boat.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Before his body was resurrected, Christ went to speak a message to the dead people in prison.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 22:15:
- Uma: “You (sing.) will become his witness who will news to all people what you (sing.) have seen and heard.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because he is making you a witness, to tell all the people about what you have seen and heard.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because he will cause you to spread the news about him, and you will preach to all people what he causes you to hear, and what he causes you to see.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because it is you (sing.) who will confirm to all people what you (sing.) have seen and heard.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For he is now setting you up as his testifier to all people. You will testify about that which you have seen and heard.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:22:
- Noongar: “The day came for Joseph and Mary for doing the baby’s Cleansing Day as the Law of Moses said. So they took the baby to Jerusalem to give him to God,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, the time came that Yusuf and Maria must make the custom/ceremony after childbirth, according to the Law of the Lord that Musa wrote. At that time, they carried their baby going to Yerusalem to offer him to the Lord,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When forty days were over after Mariyam had given birth, Yusup and Mariyam followed the custom for purification as it was commanded in the law of Musa. They brought the child to Awrusalam so that they would hand him over/dedicate him there to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And a week later was the time for Joseph and Mary to fulfill the custom of cleansing according to that which Moses left behind long ago concerning a woman who had just given birth. They took the child to the town of Jerusalem and they entered into the church which was called the House of God, because they would bring that child of theirs before God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the day arrived for Jose and Maria to fulfil what the law of Moses commanded concerning one who has just-given-birth, they went to Jerusalem to go offer to God what that law said which was two doves or two young pigeons. They also took-along the baby in order to offer him to the Lord God. For what was written in that law of the Lord God, ‘It is necessary to offer to God all firstborn males.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when the day had now also been reached which was the-time-for-cleansing them in the sight of God, according to what Moises commanded concerning childbirth, Jose and Maria went to Jerusalem. They took the child to the Templo, for at that time they would present the child before God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
