Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 20:37:
- Uma: “They all wept and hugged Paulus and said to him: ‘Have a good trip. / Be careful walking.’ [traditional leave-taking formula]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they took-leave, they wept embracing Paul and kissing him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the believers’ tears flowed and they hugged Paul and they kissed him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After that they then cried-quietly in hugging and kissing him,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They really couldn’t endure it, they all wept. They embraced Pablo and kissed him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:46:
- Noongar: “Mary said: ‘My heart praises God.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Maria said: ‘I praise the Lord with my whole heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Mariyam said, ‘I really honor (cause-to-be-great) God from inside my liver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Mary said, she said, ‘I greatly praise the Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Maria said, ‘I praise the Lord God with all my mind,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Maria spoke saying, ‘My praising God really is genuine.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 2:20:
- Uma: “Will God praise you if you are patient to endure the sufferings you get because you are wrong? Of course not. But if you suffer because of your good behavior and you are patient carrying-on-your-back that suffering, God will bless you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God is not pleased with you even if you endure a lot if you are punished because of your bad deeds. But if you endure pain even though your deeds/works are right/hit-the-mark God is pleased with you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However we are not worthy of blessing if the reason we have to endure punishment is because our activities are bad. However if we have to endure that which is painful when we have done nothing bad, God will bless us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because if someone strikes you (sing.) because of your (sing.) having-done evil and-then you (sing.) endure that (aforementioned) punishment of yours (sing.), you (sing.) are obviously not worthy to be praised/honored. But if someone hardships you (sing.) because of your (sing.) having-done what is good and-then you (sing.) endure-it, that is what pleases God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For is it to your praise to endure punishment if it’s because of evildoing? Of course not. But if you endure it with a good mind when you are caused to suffer even though your doings are good, God will really be pleased with you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But if you commit sin and are beaten, even though you take patiently what is done to you, what good is that? But if you do good and you are made to suffer and you take it patiently, then this is what God approves of.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:31:
- Uma: “While they were all set to kill Paulus, there were also people who went to announce to the head of the Roman soldiers, saying that there was a big noisiness in the city.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “While they were about to kill Paul, the news reached/arrived to the colonel (kelnel) of the Roman soldiers that the whole Awrusalam was in an uproar.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They wanted to kill him, however someone told the captain of the Roman soldiers that all the people in Jerusalem were rioting.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “While they were trying to kill him, someone reported-it to the commander of the soldiers who were Romano that all the inhabitants were rioting.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They really wanted to kill Pablo. But when the highest-ranking-officer of the Romano soldiers there in Jerusalem knew that the whole city was troubled,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:78:
- Noongar: “78Our God gives mercy and he is gentle. He will save our lives, like the sun rising,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because God our Lord really loves. That is why he landed here to help us. He came here from heaven like the break of day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For God is really merciful and good. He sends to us (incl.) light from heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For God is very merciful toward us. His setting us free from punishment is like the rising of the sun at dawn.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For our God, he is very-merciful and patient. Therefore he is sending someone from heaven to save us who can be compared to the coming-forth of the sun when it is morning.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because our God is really very gracious to us. The proof of this is that, through his determining, it’s like this salvation/freedom of his is dawning on us like it’s now daytime.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Peter 4:5:
- Uma: “But the time will arrive when those people must answer the questions of God about those evil deeds. For God is ready to judge [lit., sit] the cases of all people, whether those who are still living or those who are already dead.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But one day they will certainly stand in front/in the presence of God to be judged, and God will ask each one of them about their doings here on earth. God will judge the living and the dead.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In the future when they are brought before God, He will ask them why they did evil. He is ready to investigate the activities of those who have died and those who are still alive.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But they will have to face Cristo in order to tell him what they have done, because he is ready to judge all people who are alive and so also the dead.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But the truth is, they will answer to God for this. For he is really ready to subject all people to judgment, whether still alive or already dead.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These will be judged by God. Because God has determined to judge those who are alive and also those who have died.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 22:23:
- Uma: “As they shouted like that, they tossed their shirts and scattered dust in the air, because they were carried away by the irritation of their anger.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They kept shouting and they were waving their clothes and they threw dust upward because of their anger.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They were shouting and waving their shirts and throwing dirt overhead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They continued shouting while-simultaneously they were-waving their clothes, and they were-tossing dust up-in-the-air to show their anger.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They kept on calling out like that. What they did too was, they took off a layer of their clothes and threw them up in the air, and kept on picking up handfuls of dust and throwing it in the air, due to the big-size of their anger.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:30:
- Noongar: “My eyes have seen you, coming and saving us.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “With my own eyes I have seen the Redeemer that is from You, Lord,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “These my eyes have seen the savior” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I have seen Your messenger who is the one to free us human beings from punishment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I have now actually (agreement particle) seen the one whom you (sing.) prepared in the sight of all people, the one whom you (sing.) sent to save them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For my two eyes have seen the Savior whom you have sent(on your behalf),” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “With my own eyes I have indeed seen that salvation,” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 157)
