complete verse (Hebrews 3:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 3:12:

  • Uma: “Relatives, you take care, lest any of you have an evil heart like that, with the result that you turn your back on the Living God!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “My fellow trusters in Almasi, you should really be careful lest there is someone there who has an evil liver and does not believe and turns away from/rejects the living God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, brethren, check up your breaths. It’s necessary that there isn’t even one of you who thinks about evil, and he has no faith. For by means of this, he can come to abandon the God who has no death.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore my brothers, be-careful so that none of you has an evil mind that doesn’t believe in God so that none of you turns-his-back-on the living God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore, brethren, always be careful so that hopefully there is none at all among you who has a disgusting nature/ways, in-which his mind/inner-being is not focused on his believing/obeying. Because that’s what will lead him to drop/give-up God who is alive without end.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen, my brothers, be careful now, let it not be that any of your hearts say that he will separate from God, that he will not believe in God. Because God truly lives.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:24:

  • Uma: “They were one night on the road, and only then arrived in Kaisarea. Upon arrival there, Kornelius with his family had already gathered, waiting for Petrus. There were also his neighbors and friends that he had called to gather in his house.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The following day, they arrived at the place Kesarea. Korneliyus was already there waiting in his house. He had also gathered his relatives and his close friends there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the following day they arrived at Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them, and he gathered together all of his relatives and his friends.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they then arrived at Cesarea on the second day, plural Cornelius were there waiting, along-with his close-relatives and friends whom he had invited.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “On the second day, they arrived in Ceserea. Cornelio-and-co were eagerly-awaiting them. There were many at his house for he had gathered together his relatives and his good friends.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Lalana Chinantec: “It was yesterday that they left the town of Joppa that they arrived in the town of Caesarea. Cornelius was at home waiting for Peter. At Cornelius’s house were gathered the people of his family and the people who are his friends, for Cornelius had called those people.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

complete verse (Mark 9:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 9:20:

  • Uma: “They did bring the child to Yesus. As soon as the evil-spirit saw Yesus, he made the child’s body hard to the point that he fell down and writhed on the ground, his mouth foaming.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They brought him now to him. When the demon saw Isa, the child immediately was convulsed by him. The child crashed to the ground rolling over-and-over and his mouth was foaming.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then they brought the child to Jesus. The demon, when he saw Jesus, made the child convulse, and the child was dashed to the ground, and he rolled around, and his mouth foamed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And they brought him. When the evil-spirit saw Jesus, right then it made-the child -convulse, and he fell-over and rolled/writhed-from-side-to-side while-simultaneously his mouth foamed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That child was taken to Jesus. When the evil spirit saw Jesus, he caused (the madness) to flare up severely. The child convulsed again and fell to the ground, and rolled-over-and-over, his mouth frothing again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Hebrews 5:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 5:9:

  • Uma: “And from that submitting of his, Yesus became a Redeemer who has no lack, and the source of good life forever to all people who submit to him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And when he had completed all of God’s commandments to him, he became the savior of the people who believe-obey him. And he gives them everlasting life.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when He had finished everything that God had caused Him to do, He became the Savior of all who obey Him, so that they might be given life forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And since he obeyed God completely, he became the source of salvation that is forever of all who believe in him,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well because he had followed/obeyed everything with nothing lacking, he became the origin of salvation which is life without end, which he will give to all who truly follow/obey him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “And now that there was nothing lacking, all that which God had determined for him to go through, he did, therefore he is able to save forever the people who do what he tells them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 11:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 11:8:

  • Uma: “I answered: ‘No indeed, Lord! I have never-yet eaten an animal that is taboo/forbidden or dirty according to the custom of our (excl.) religion.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But I said, ‘I won’t, Sir. As long as I have lived, I have never yet eaten anything defiled or forbidden.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I answered, ‘Not me, Lord, because I have not yet eaten anything unclean like that which is forbidden by the law.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon I said, ‘I emphatically don’t-want-to, Lord, because I have eaten-for-viand absolutely nothing that we (excl.) Jews consider-taboo.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “However, I replied saying, ‘Oh, I can’t do like that, Lord, for as long as I’ve been in the world, I haven’t trespassed by eating any food which is forbidden by our (excl.) handed-down law.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 10:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 10:2:

  • Uma: “There were some Parisi people who arrived wanting to pick a fight. They asked him: ‘According to the law of our religion, can a man divorce his wife?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Some Pariseo went close to him in order to trap him, they asked him, they said, ‘According to the law, is it possible if a person divorces his wife?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then there were some Pharisee people who came to Jesus, for they were looking for a way to accuse him. They said, ‘Does the law allow us to divorce our wives?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There were also Pharisees that went to Jesus to try to trick-him -with-words. They said, ‘Does our law permit a man to divorce his wife?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There were some Pariseo who went to Jesus there, for the motive in their mind was to test him through this question of theirs which said, ‘Is it in harmony with the law of Moises for a man to divorce his wife?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Hebrews 7:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 7:7:

  • Uma: “And we clearly know that the person who is blessed is downhill in life [i.e., status] from the blesser. So, Melkisedek is greater than Abraham.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “We (dual) know that the person who asks blessing from God for his companion is greater than the person he asks the blessing for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And everybody knows that the person who pronounces a blessing on another person is greater than that person whom he blesses.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And we all know that the one who has authority to bless is greater than the one he blesses.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “We all really know that the one who causes to pierce words which cause grace/mercy, he is more important than the person he is causing to be-pierced.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is well known that it is the person who is most respected who asks God to bless the person who is less respected than he.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 12:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:10:

  • Uma: “So, they walked going past the soldier who was guarding the first door and the soldier guarding the second door, and they arrived at the iron door, the road/way going into the town. That iron door opened by itself. They continued on through that door and went into the town. Before they had walked very long, the angel all of a sudden vanished, leaving Petrus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After they had passed the first guard and then the second, finally they arrived at the iron gate that led out to that city. The gate opened by itself and they went out. They walked following one street then suddenly the angel disappeared.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now they passed the first guard on their way and then the second, and when they arrived at the iron door of the gate, which faces the city, surprisingly it just opened without anyone opening it, and they went inside. The two of them continued on, and after they had walked for a little while the angel disappeared, and Peter was left there by himself.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They passed-by the first and second guards, then they arrived at the metal door to go-out to the outside. For-no-reason it opened and they went-out. When they had walked the interval of one street, then the angel disappeared.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They passed the first and then the second guard. And then they reached the gate which went to the city. Although the gate was iron, when they arrived, it opened by itself. Therefore they went straight out. After going out, they continued walking. But they hadn’t walked far when the angel disappeared.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)