Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:15:
- Uma: “After that Lidia and her household, they were all baptized as/becoming followers of the Lord Yesus. After they were baptized, she encouraged us (excl.) to go dwell in her house, she said to us (excl.): ‘If you see that my belief in the Lord Yesus is true, let’s go to my house.’ And she forced us (excl.) to follow her request.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Lidiya and her companions in the house were baptized/bathed as a sign that they now belonged to Isa. After that, Lidiya begged us (excl.), she said, ‘If you think that I truly trust in Isa, the Lord, now do come along and stay at my house.’ And she really insisted.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “She caused herself to be baptized and all of those who were with her in her house, and she said to us, ‘If you consider that my faith in the Lord is true, come up there into my house (come and live at my house).’ And she would not allow that we would not go with her.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And all of those in the household got-baptized. Then she invited us (excl.) to stay-with them. ‘If you think that it’s true that I believe in the Lord Jesus, let’s go to my-house so that you will stay-there,’ she said. And she insisted that we (excl.) go.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When she had believed, she then had herself baptized, including those of her household. And then she asked us. She said, ‘If you regard me as having truly believed in the Lord, stay at our (excl.) house now.’ She kept on asking us (excl.), therefore we (excl.) then moved to their place.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:20:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘The one who will sell me, is one of you twelve here, who eats-from-one-dish-with me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘The one betraying me is one of you and we (excl.) eat sharing one bowl.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, It is one of you twelve who is eating with me from this dish.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘It is emphatically one of you twelve who is joining-with-me -in-dipping bread in this bowl,’ said Jesus in reply.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus answered them, saying, ‘One indeed of you twelve, one indeed who dips together with me here in the bowl, he indeed is the one who will lead (them).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 13:13:
- Uma: “Because of that, relatives, like Yesus went outside the village to be disparaged, thus also we must let-go-of any other followings, and follow Yesus alone, no matter who disparages us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore we (incl.) should go with him/follow him outside the Yahudi camp and we (incl.) should join him in his shame.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, brethren, let us also go outside the town and let’s go to Him, which is to say, let us no longer trust obeying the doctrines of the Jews, but rather the only thing we will trust is Jesus. We will follow Him and we will not be afraid to endure scorn because of our faith in Him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Let us then go and join him outside the town, which means to say, let us leave-behind the customs of the Jews to share-in his being-shamed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore let us approach him as-it-were outside the collection-of-houses of the Jews, for we will include-ourselves in those hardships and shame that he endured.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is said that it is shameful for Jesus to have died outside the city. But let us follow Christ even though it is said that it is shameful for us to believe in Jesus.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 17:7:
- Uma: “And this Yason, he received [emphatic] them in his home! They are the ones who oppose the command of Kaisar, our king in Roma, they say that there is another king named Yesus.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And this Jason, he keeps them in his house. All these are transgressing the law of the Leader King (emperor). They say that there is reportedly another king, his name is Isa.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for this Jason,’ they said, ‘he has brought them up into his house. All of them have disobeyed the law of our king in Rome because they say that the king is a man who is named Jesus.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and this Jason, he has shown-them -hospitality. All who follow them, they break the law of the Emperor by saying that there is a different king who is named Jesus.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for this Jason, he took them into his house. It’s true, as for all of these ones, they oppose the laws of the Impiradur, for they are giving out that the true king is Jesus.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:52:
- Uma: “so he took of his sarong and fled naked.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But he left his wrap-around behind and ran-away naked.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “however he struggled and got away naked, for he left his blanket behind, held onto by the people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But he abruptly-flung-it-off and abruptly-ran-away naked.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But that with which he had cloaked himself got removed. Naked was how he ran away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 1:20:
- Uma: “For people who are angry, they do not follow God’s desire/will.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For if a person is angry he is not able to do the straight/righteous things that God wants.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For when we are angry, we cannot by that means obey what God wants.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “because anger, it does not of course lead to the righteous manner-of-life that God likes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because as for the anger of man, it achieves nothing which is righteous/straight in the sight of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because the person who is angry does not do the good God wants him to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Huixtán Tzotzil: “Don’t let us mistakenly think that we have done what God wants when we became angry.” (Huixtán Tzotzil frequently uses the verb -cuy to express “to mistakenly think something” from the point of view of the speaker — source: Marion M. Cowan in Notes on Translation 20/1966, pp. 6ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:5:
- Uma: “So, when Silas and Timotius arrived from the province of Makedonia , Paulus no longer worked making tents. He used all his time to take the Good News to the Yahudi people, he told them that Yesus was the Redeemer King promised by God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Silas and Timoteo arrived from Makedoniya, the only thing Paul did was proclaiming the word/message of God to the Yahudi. He made it clear to them that Isa was really the Almasi, chosen by God to rule.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, the only thing Paul did was to preach the word of God because he wanted to show the Jews that it was really true that Jesus was the one chosen by God to rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Silas and Timoteo arrived from Macedonia, Pablo spent-his-days preaching and confirming to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then when Silas and Timoteo arrived, to whom he had sent word, whom he had left there in Macedonia, he gave full attention to teaching the word of God. He testified to the Jews there that Jesus really is the Cristo, that Savior King who was promised by God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:12:
- Uma: “From there, Pilatus said again to the crowd: ‘If I should release Barabas for you, what should I do with the person you say is your Yahudi person king?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Pilatus said again to them, ‘What/how shall I do to this man you call the King of the Yahudi?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Pilate said to them again, ‘If I do that, what shall I do with the person titled King of the Jews?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘If that is so, what then will I do to Jesus whom you say is King of the Jews?’ Pilato said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Well, if it’s like that,’ said Pilato, ‘what am I to do with this one whom you call King of the Judio?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
