Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 5:3:
- Uma: “No-one was found / They did not find anyone who could open that letter and read its contents. Whether in heaven or on earth or in the ground, there was no-one who could.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But nobody was found in the sky or in the world or in the afterworld who had authority to open that roll of paper and read what had been written inside it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “No one was found in heaven, on earth, or underneath the earth who was worthy to open the scroll and read it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But even in heaven or on the earth or below in the place of the dead, there was absolutely no one who had authority to unroll it in order to read it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But no-one could be found there in heaven, here under the heavens or at the place where the dead go, who was acceptable to open and look at what was contained there which was written.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But no one came forth who could open the,, not any one in heaven nor here on earth nor there where the dead are. No one came forth who could break the seals of the paper in order to see what was written.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:13:
- Uma: “Long ago, before there was the Lord’s Law that was delivered by Musa, all men were indeed sinful/sinning. But if there is no law given to mankind, they cannot be called into account over their sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The law had not yet been given to Musa, beforehand already the people were sinning. But if there is no law, nobody can be accused of having broken the law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Long time ago before God gave the Law, the behavior of people was already evil. But, since there was not yet any Law, God did not consider that he would punish them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Even before God gave his law to Moses, people were sinning, but their sins were not counted as their breaking the law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the people who lived before the law which Moses wrote was known, all committed sin. The people cannot say they didn’t know what good it was necessary for them to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:35:
- Noongar: “A voice spoke from the cloud, ‘This is my son, the one I send. Hear him!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “They heard a speaker from inside the cloud that said: ‘This He is my Child whom I chose. Listen to his words!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And there was a voice from inside the cloud saying, ‘This is my child whom I have chosen. Listen to him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they heard someone suddenly talking, coming from the cloud, ‘This is the one I have chosen to rule — my son; you listen to his words.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then there was a voice from the clouds which said, ‘This is my child whom I have chosen. Listen to what he says.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then there was a voice which seemed to come from the cloud, which said, ‘This is my Son whom I chose to send/entrust. Listen to him well.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 7:4:
- Uma: “And there was someone who told me how many were sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand. Those who were sealed were from the twelve tribes [lit., mother-groups] of Israel.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I was told how many would be marked on their foreheads. It was said the number was one hundred and forty four thousand from all the tribes of the descendants of Isra’il.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then I heard the number of the people who are to be marked. They are one hundred and forty-four thousand, and they come from the twelve tribes of the descendants of Israel.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they had finished marking (them), it was told to me the number of people who were marked: they were one hundred and forty four thousand in-all descended from the twelve children of Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I heard the total of those marked, one hundred and forty four thousand. These were the descendants of those twelve children of their forefather Israel.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I heard how many people who had the seal of God put on their foreheads. One hundred and forty-four thousand it added up to of the relatives of all twelve sons of Israel.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:1:
- Uma: “Relatives, you do know the laws of governing-ones/government. So certainly you know what I say here: we men [mankind] live under the power of laws of governing-ones while we still live. But if we die, the laws have no more power over us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My brothers who believe in Isa Almasi, it is certain you (pl.) understand what I am going to say because you know the law. The law has authority/right hep over a person as long as that person is alive.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Brothers, we (incl.) now understand what the government law is and we know that we (incl.) are under the commands of that law until we die. But when we die it is no longer possible to have us carry out the commands of the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You who are my brothers, I know you will understand this that I will say, because you all understand about law. You know then that the law has authority over a person only while he is living.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen my brothers, you know that concerning the law there is, it has authority to rule the person while he lives. But when the person dies, then the law no longer rules him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:5:
- Noongar: “When you go into a house, first say, ‘Let peace rest on this home’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘When you enter into a house, immediately you say: ‘Goodness from the Lord arrives to you houseowners!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And when you go up into a house, say first, ‘May God give peace to all in this house.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whichever house you go up into, you greet the people there. You say, ‘You who live here, may God bless you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you enter a house, say first, ‘May it be that God will bless you in this household.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Whichever house you go into, first say, ‘Hopefully peace/protection of mind/inner-being which God gives will be yours (pl.).'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 9:6:
- Uma: “For those five months, people searched so that they might just die, but they did not die. They wanted to die, but they didn’t die [lit., there was not their death]. [That’s natural Uma, with an abstract noun!]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “In those five months the people bitten that is what they will desire/request, to die, but they will not die. They will really want to die but they are not allowed to (lit. they are i.e. their wish is not satisfied).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time people will want to die but it will not be possible. They will greatly desire to die but they will not die.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore within those-aforementioned five months, those people will strongly-desire to die koma and they will try to commit-suicide, but they will not be able.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For the space of these five months, these people will really be searching for death, but it’s like they aren’t able to find it. Because no matter how much they want to die then, death is far from them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the people they sting, they will want to die because of the pain of the sting, but they cannot die. Even though the people will want to die, yet they will not be able to meet up with death.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:8:
- Uma: “People who follow the evil desires of their hearts are unable to please God’s heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The ones who follow the wishes of their greedy-desire, they cannot really please God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who is controlled by the evil desires of his body, there is no activity of his which pleases God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Thus the person who obeys his human mind, it is not possible that God will be pleased with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore those people who only like to do what is evil are those whose lives are not looked well up[on by God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
