Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 16:26:
- Noongar: “But not only that, a deep hole sits between us, so people wanting to leave this place to go to you, they can’t go; and no person can leave that place to come here to us.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But there, between us there is a very big cliff/gorge. People from here cannot go there, and people from there cannot come here.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And not only that, but between us (incl.) there is placed a wide ditch (with steep cliffs on either side understood), so that the ones here who would want to go cannot go there, and likewise the ones from there cannot come here.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And not only that, there is a great, vast open space between us and nobody can come from there over to here, and the same way also, nobody from us can cross over going there.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Not only that, because there is a very-wide ravine/canyon separating us so that those who want to go there from here, they are not able-to-go, and neither also are those from where you (sing.) are able-to-come here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Added to that, there has been put-in-a-long-line between us (incl.) a deep ravine, so that those here can’t go there, and those there can’t come here.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 2:8:
- Uma: “None of the leaders of this world knew of this purpose of God’s. For if they had known, they wouldn’t have crucified our Lord, whose life is truly [lit., no kidding] big.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the ones ruling here in this world did not understand God’s thoughts, because if they had understood this, they would not have commanded to nail to the post Isa Almasi the most powerful ruler.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for those rulers here on earth, they did not like to understand what God was doing because if they had understood, they would not have nailed to the cross the powerful Lord of everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The leaders on this earth, they absolutely didn’t understand this plan, because had they understood it, they wouldn’t have nailed the highest Lord to the cross.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “These things, (they) really were not understood by any of the officials of this world. Because if they had understood, of course they would not have nailed the praiseworthy Lord to the cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the rulers here on earth, not one of them came to know about this word. Because if they had understood about this word, then our Lord Jesus Christ, who is supreme, would not have been put on the cross.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:27:
- Noongar: “People always ate and drank, and men and women always married, until the day when Noah got into the boat and much rain came and drowned all of them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “At the time of the prophet Nuh, people continually ate, drank, getting married and marrying, any old way, until the prophet Nuh entered into a big boat and a flood killed them all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “At that time they ate and drank, got wives and husbands until the day was reached when Nu went into the ship. Then God flooded (lasey an especially big flood) the world and they all perished/were destroyed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because a long time ago, at the time of Noah, the only thing people were thinking about was happy times, and they ate and they drank and they got married, until Noah entered into the large boat called the ark, and when the water got deep, people were all drowned.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because at that time they were continuing to eat and drink and get-married until the day that plural Noe entered the ark. Right afterwards the earth was flooded and they all drowned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For at that time, the people were keeping on eating and drinking and marrying until Noe boarded that boat he had made. When the flood came which dissolved/destroyed the world, the people had no awareness of danger. Well what else but what happened was, they were all wiped out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 4:1:
- Uma: “As for us (excl.) your leaders, you should say that we are just servants/ordered-ones, for we are ordered-ones of Kristus, whom he trusts to carry God’s news that has not-yet been heard by the contents of the world.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You should consider us (excl.), me and Apollos as servants of Isa Almasi. It has been given to us (excl.) by God to explain his teachings that he did not reveal/make-known formerly.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for us who teach, you must think about us as just servants of Christ. God has entrusted to us (excl.) the explaining of all the doctrines that He did long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore you should consider us (excl.) as messengers of Cristo to whom God has entrusted the work of teaching the truth that was not made-known previously.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, just like I said, you should regard us (excl.) as servants of Cristo, to whom God has entrusted his like hidden teachings that he is making known now to people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now, reckon that we (excl.) are Christ’s workers. We were appointed so that concerning God’s word which is not known about, we will teach the people about this word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:22:
- Noongar: “When he heard this, Jesus said to him, ‘One other thing you must do. Sell all your property and give away everything to the poor people. And you will have much property in Heaven; then come and follow me.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “When he heard that, Yesus said: ‘There is one more thing you (sing.) must do. Sell all your (sing.) goods and distribute the buying money to the poor. If you (sing.) do like that, great will be the blessing that you receive/get in heaven. After that, come follow me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa heard this, he said to him, ‘There is still one thing that you haven’t done. Go, sell all your wealth and give the proceeds to the poor. Then you will have wealth there in heaven. After that come here and follow me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus heard this he said, ‘You still have some lack, and that is, go home, sell all your possessions; and the money, distribute it to the poor and you will be rich in heaven. And when you’ve finished that, come on back here so that you may be my disciple.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Jesus heard that, he said to him, ‘There is yet one area-where-you (sing.)-are-lacking. Go sell all your (sing.) possessions to give their (lit. its) sale-money to the poor, and you (sing.) will have riches that God has-stored in heaven. Then come so-that you (sing.) will become my disciple.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus heard that, he said next, ‘There is one more thing which you lack. Sell all your possessions and then divide the payment among the poor. For if you indeed do like this, it’s certain you will have wealth in heaven. After you have done all this, return here again and go around with me now as my disciple.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 5:12:
- Uma: “As for people who are not Kristen, I have no right [lit., seat] to punish them. God will punish them. You yourselves must punish your one-faith relative who is wrong. So, like what is written in the Holy Book: ‘Make the person whose behavior is bad leave/depart your midst,’ don’t permit him to attend-services with you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “As for the people who do not trust in Isa Almasi, it isn’t for me to observe/check-up-on them. God will judge them. But your fellow trusters in Isa Almasi who-gather-with-you, it is for you to observe/check-up-on them. Because it is written in the holy-book, it says, ‘Cause to leave from you the people who do bad.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, as for those people who do not believe in Jesus, we have no responsibility to check up on their activities. The one who will check up on them is God. However, it’s necessary that we check up on the activities of our companion believers, because there is a written word of God which says, ‘As for that companion of yours whose doings are evil, don’t you allow him any more to go around with you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because we have no business to judge those who aren’t our fellow believers, because God will be responsible for that. But you do indeed have a responsibility to judge those who belong-to/are-joined-to your congregation, because there is that which God caused-to-be-written which says, ‘It is necessary that you remove the one who is joined-to/belongs-to you who has done evil.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because I don’t have authority to pass judgment on people who are not trusting and believing/obeying Cristo. It’s up to God to judge them. Just our fellow believers are whom we judge. Therefore remove now from your group the one doing that disgusting behavior, in accordance with what it says in the writings.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “-” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:11:
- Noongar: “People heard Jesus, so Jesus spoke again, telling them another story. Now Jesus was coming close to Jerusalem, people said perhaps the Kingdom of God soon might come.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yesus had almost arrived in Yerusalem, that is why many people said that the time had really almost come for God to become King in the world. So, while the people were listening to his words, he also added onto his words with a parable.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “While the people were listening to what Isa was saying, he also told them a parable for they were already close to Awrusalam and they mistakenly-thought that when they arrived there, God would begin his rule over the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for those people who heard these words of Jesus, he told them a parable. They were near to the city of Jerusalem, and because of this, the people thought that Jesus would now begin to rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus related this parable to those who were listening to him, because they were close to Jerusalem and they thought-mistakenly that the beginning of the ruling of God was near.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, those people there in the house of Zaqueo who heard that talk of Jesus, he caused them to hear an illustration which he added on. He did like that because he was now close to Jerusalem, and people mistakenly-thought that he would at that time set up the kingdom of God and would now rule their land.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Gurung: ” . . . people were thinking, ‘When Jesus reaches the capital city the time of God’s ruling will probably come.’ But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, told this story in order to let them understand well about the time of God’s ruling.” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 7:11:
- Uma: “But if she is already separated from him, she is not to get married again. If not that [i.e., if she doesn’t like that], she should return to her husband. And a husband also is not to separate from his wife.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if there is a woman who has left her husband she should not marry a different man or she should go back to her husband and be reconciled with him. A man also should not divorce his wife.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now as for you married couples, I also have a word for you. This is not just my advice to you, but rather it is a command of our Lord. It is: as for woman, she must not divorce her husband; and a man, he must not divorce his spouse. However, if there is a woman who has already divorced her husband, it is not possible that she get married again. It is possible for them to come back together.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But if she leaves-him, she must continue to be-alone/single or return to her husband. As for the man also, he must not divorce his wife.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if she does separate-from/divorce, it’s necessary to continue in her unmarried state. If she doesn’t want to stay single, she must return to her husband. And it’s also a command to the men, you are not to separate-from/divorce your wife.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But if a woman has already separated from her husband, it is necessary that she not marry again. Or better, she should live with her husband again. In like manner the man too should not separate from his wife.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
