Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 1:28:
- Uma: “Because they refused to admit/confess God in their thinking, that’s why God allowed their thinking to become ruined, with the result that they do what it is not fitting to do.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because they do not want to remember the true teaching about God so-then they are abandoned by him to think what is bad/evil. That’s why they do things which they should not do.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And since they say that it’s no longer worthwhile to believe in God, God turned His back on them and because of this, the thing which controls them is the wickedness which fills their thinking, and they do that which is not proper.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of their counting/considering that their acknowledging God has no use/purpose, he has let-them -alone so they will do the evil that results from their minds that have become filthy which are not able-to-distinguish good and evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The people, not wanting to know about God, therefore God separated from them. He gave them the road to do what evil settles in their hearts, that which is not proper that they do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:39:
- Noongar: “The Pharisee saw this thing, he said to himself, ‘If this man is a true prophet, he would know this woman and her bad behaviour.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The Parisi person saw the doings/deeds of that woman. He spoke silently in his heart, he said: ‘If that person were really a prophet, he would have known who the woman who touches him was, that her actions are immoral/not appropriate.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the Pariseo who had invited Isa saw this, he thought in his liver, ‘If this Isa is truly a prophet he would know who this woman is who touches his feet. He would know that this woman is a sinner.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this he thought, ‘if this Jesus was really a prophet of God, it could not be hidden from him the filthy custom of this woman, and he would not allow that this woman touch his body.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw (it), he said in his thoughts, ‘If-contrary-to-fact he were truly a prophet, he would know the kind-of-person this woman is who is rubbing him (i.e. with perfume; any word to touch carries sexual overtones in this context).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that Pariseo saw who had invited Jesus, he said in his mind/inner-being, ‘If this person really is a prophet, of course he would know what kind of woman this is who keeps touching him, for she is a sinful woman.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 1:15:
- Uma: “His feet sparkled/glistened, like brass that was just polished and that was glowing in a fire. His voice roared like the sound of big water.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His feet shone/were-brilliant like brass that has been put in the fire and polished. His voice was like the sound of a cataract of a great water/river.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for His feet, they were like brass which had been heated and filed. And as for His voice, it seemed to be like the sound of the flowing of very many waters.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “His feet/lower-legs, they were dazzling like pure copper that has been refined (lit. cooked) with fire and polished, and his voice, it was like the roar of a high waterfall.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His legs glowed like first-class bronze/copper which has been melted-and-moulded and polished. His voice was like the gushing of a great waterfall.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “His feet shone like metal which has come from an oven and has been shined very much. What was heard when he spoke was like the sound of fierce water.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 2:28:
- Uma: “Jews who are really God’s people, are not people who are Jews from their birth, nor those who have just had their physical bodies circumcised.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Who is really a real Yahudi? Not the person who has a sign on his body because he has been circumcised.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For the true Jew is not only the Jew whose body was marked by means of his being circumcised; for true circumcision is not that marking of the body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the true Jew, I mean to say, the true person of God, it is not the person who is like a Jew in appearance and in custom only but rather it is the person whose thoughts are right. The circumcision moreover that is valuable in God’s estimation, it is not the circumcision of part of the body but rather it is the removal of evil from a person’s mind which is the work of the Spirit of God, not the work of the written law. The person who is like this, even though his companions don’t praise him, God praises him nonetheless.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is said that the Jew is God’s people. But it is not true that one is God’s people just because he was born of Jews or has been marked in his body like the Jews have the mark of circumcision.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:21:
- Noongar: “Jesus told them, ‘My mother and brothers are people who hear the Word of God and do it.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But Yesus said to them: ‘As for what I-consider-mother and what I-consider-relatives, [they are] people who hear and follow the Word of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to the people who were there, ‘Whoever listens and obeys the word of God they are my mother and my siblings.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to the people there, ‘I have other mothers and younger siblings, for all who hear the Word of God and obey it, they are the ones who are my mother and my younger siblings.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘Yes admittedly of course, but there are yet others that I count as my mother and my siblings and they are those who are hearing and obeying the word of God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when Jesus heard, he said, ‘Yes, in a while.’ And then he said, ‘Those are as-it-were my mother and my siblings, the ones who listen to this word of God and who obey what is being said.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 2:27:
- Uma: “‘Whoever wins and does my will until the end, I will give them authority/power the same as that which I received from my Father. I give them authority/power to rule, ruling men all over the world with strength like the strength of a iron walking stick, and to wipe out their enemies like one who breaks a clay pot.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whoever is not carried-along by temptation/the tempters and perseveres following my commandments until their death, I will give them the same authority as my Father gave me. I will give them authority to rule over all the tribes. Their ruling will be strong as, figuratively, iron that does not break, and their enemies will break like a claypot. (or: will be like broken clay pots.) I will also give them the morning star.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your carrying them will be very strong. You will overcome the towns and no one will be able to resist you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “like the authority my Father gave me. So no one will be able-to-defeat them but rather they will thoroughly defeat those who don’t acknowledge their authority as if they are smashing a clay-jar with iron.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘He will exercize far-from-ordinary control like he has a rod (lit. thing to hit with) of iron. It’s like he will smash them like what is done by a worker of clay.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “My Father gave me my position, I now will give you your positions. But very strong is the power I will give you. If the people do not do what you tell them to do, you will do the people like as though you shatter a pot with an iron rod.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 3:31:
- Uma: “So, God makes us straight in his sight just because of our faith. But let’s not say/think like this: we discard the Lord’s Law. Don’t! Because of our faith, we make-big [i.e., honor, glorify] the Lord’s Law.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Perhaps you (pl.) say, ‘Na, if it is like that, it means that because we (incl.) trust in Isa Almasi, there is no longer any use for the law of God.’ It is not like that. Rather (lit. even-though that) we (dual) follow the law of God even more.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I’m telling you that the only reason why we are considered righteous is by our faith, but don’t you think that because of this, there is no value in the commands of God. For because of our faith in Jesus, we will then be able to obey correctly his commands.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This that I am saying concerning faith, does it mean to say that we should just (lit. even if we) throw away the law? No, because if we believe in Jesu Cristo, we will obey what the law correctly means to say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “So now that we have faith, can we say that now we will not do the good which the law says. Do not say that. Rather now all the more we can do what the law says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:53:
- Noongar: “All the people mocked Jesus because they knew that she was dead.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Hearing that, they just laughed at him, because they knew that she was really dead.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They laughed at him, for they knew that the child had really died.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they heard what Jesus said they just laughed at him, because they knew that that child had really died.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they laughed-and-laughed-at him, because they knew she was already dead.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus was laughed at by those people for they had observed that (she) was already dead.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
