complete verse (1 Corinthians 9:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 9:25:

  • Uma: “People who compete, they have many kinds of taboos [i.e., things they won’t do/eat] and they endure all kinds of things, because they really want to get the prize. That prize, it’s a flower [i.e., any decorative plant] that will just wilt in a while. But we, we endure all kinds of things because we desire to get a prize that will last forever.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The people who want to join in the race, train/practice first and do no longer indulge their desires. They do this in order to win and to be honored. For honoring them they are given a wreath made of leaves and it does not last long. But we (incl.) the ones trusting in Isa Almasi, we (incl.) will be honored, and the good/blessing given to us (incl.) will last forever. That’s why we (incl.) don’t indulge our (incl.) desires.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for the one who’s going to race, he works hard so that his body might be trained. The reason he does this is so that he might receive a reward whose value is soon gone. But as for us believers, we work hard also in following our Lord so that we might receive the reward whose value can never be removed forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “All who join-in-competing, they thoroughly control and toughen (lit. make-firm) their bodies. And as for them, they do that so they will be able-to-gain a reward that doesn’t last, but we by-contrast, we do it in order to gain a reward that has no end.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Like that too, as for the contestants, their discipline of themselves in everything is very strict so that they will win. But as for the prize that they receive, it’s just foliage made into a circle that soon withers. But as for the prize that we are assured of, it has no ending. Therefore let us not play-at our serving of the Lord, but rather strive-hard-at-it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “All those who seek to win in a sport do not want to miss any hardening in order to win. They earnestly endeavor to win a crown, one made from only leaves. It doesn’t last many days. But as for us, we endeavor to do what God orders us in order that we be given his blessing, that which will never pass away.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 21:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:15:

  • Noongar: “because I will give you good words and wisdom, so that not one of these bad people will be able to answer you and say that you are not telling the truth.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “I myself will give you clear answers, with the result that not one of your enemies will be able to refute or reject what you say.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For I will give you wisdom/knowledge so that you can answer them. And there will be none of your enemies/opponents able to oppose your words or to refute you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because I am the one who knows how for you to answer their questions, and I will give you wisdom to think so that you might be able to answer. And then, as for your enemies, they will not be able to answer your reasoning and they will not also be able to say that what you are saying is a lie.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “because I will be the very one to give you intelligence/skill to speak and wisdom to answer so that your enemies will thus have no way to defeat you and to contradict what you are saying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because I am the one who will give you what you are to say which has far from ordinary understanding/wisdom, which none of your opponents will be able to answer or defeat.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 10:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:30:

  • Uma: “If I eat that meat and say thank you to God, why does another person disparage me!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “If I give thanks to God for my food, why should people criticise me and-what’s-more I have given thanks for it.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For example, he says, ‘if I give thanks to God for what I eat, why do some of my fellow believers say that it is sinful for me to eat that which I have given thanks for?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “What moreover will it benefit-you (sing.) if you (sing.) persist in eating what you (sing.) have given-thanks-to God -for, the result being that your (sing.) companion will speak-evil of you (sing.)? Nothing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But maybe someone says, ‘If I am really thanking God for what I am eating, why should I still be rebuked because of that for which I am thanking God?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “If I thank God for what I eat, why should some other person criticize what I eat?’ they will tell me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 22:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:9:

  • Noongar: “‘Where do you want us to prepare the food?’ they asked.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “They asked him: ‘Where, Lord, do you want us to prepare it?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They said to him, ‘Sir, where do you want us to prepare it?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they asked Jesus, ‘Which house will we cook in, for the Feast of Passover?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Where do you (sing.) want us (excl.) to go prepare it?’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘So where, Master, do you want us to prepare it?’ they said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 1:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 1:4:

  • Uma: “Ram was the progenitor of Aminadab, Aminadab was the progenitor of Nahason, Nahason was the progenitor of Salmon,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Ram was the father of Aminadab; Aminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon;” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Ram in-turn was the father of Amminadab who was the father of Nason who was the father of Salmon.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Aram was the father of Aminadab. Aminadab was the father of Naason, who was the father of Salmon.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 11:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:29:

  • Uma: “For people who eat the bread and drink the wine with behavior that is not fitting will be punished by God, for they are not paying-attention-to/valuing the Lord’s body which that custom stands-for/is-the-meaning-of.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Because if a person eats the bread and drinks the drink and does not think of/regard Almasi’s body, as to what it means, he causes judgment to come on himself because of his eating and drinking.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because if he does not consider that that drink and that food is a symbol of the body and blood of Jesus, then God will punish him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because if he eats-together and drinks-together (with others) while at-the-same-time he doesn’t understand the meaning and value of Cristo’s body, he will be punished because of his doing so.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Because whoever eats and drinks not paying attention to his companions as being all-one-body-entity, judgment which is punishment by God is what he is asking for by it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because should a person eat the Holy Supper and yet has not before considered the meaning of why the Lord died, then the person is bringing upon himself the punishment he will receive.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 22:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:41:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus went away from them, not far, like the throwing of a stone. Jesus knelt and prayed,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, and he went a ways [lit, somewhat far] from them, and he knelt down to pray.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then he went a little way away from them, the distance was about 75 meters and there he stood on his knees praying to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus went ahead just a little ways, and he knelt down and he prayed to God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he distanced himself from them a little, like the distance a stone can be thrown, and he knelt down to pray.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus went-a-short-distance of about one throw from them. He kneeled down and prayed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 2:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:11:

  • Uma: “When they arrived, they entered into the house, they saw that Child with Maria his mother. They bowed down to worship him. After that, they opened up the storing places of their stuff, and they brought out their worship-gifts to that Child. Their worship gifts: gold, and expensive fragrant things that are called incense and mur.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then they entered that house and they saw the child and his mother Mariyam. They prostrated and praised the child. They opened their containers and gave him gold, incense and fragrant oil called mira.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When they entered into the house, they saw the child and Mary his mother. They knelt down because they will worship the child. Then they brought out the chests where they carried their wealth, and they gave him gold and some expensive sweet-smelling things called incense and myrrh.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they arrived at the place of that house, they entered and they saw the baby and Maria his mother. They knelt face-down to worship the baby, and then they opened the containers of the expensive things-they -would-give-as-gifts, and they gave him gold, fragrant incense insinso called frankincense (Eng. loan), and mirra (Ilocano loan).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When they had entered that house, they saw the child being-held-on-the-lap of his mother Maria. They worshipped him with their faces down low to the floor. Then they unpacked the valuable things they’d brought to give to the child, which were gold, first-class incense and expensive perfume which was mira.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Arriving at the house they entered. They saw the baby there with Mary his mother. All the men knelt down to worship him. They opened their loads to take out the gold that was in them along with the good incense which smelled beautiful and another good incense called myrrh. All this they gave to him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)