Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:28:
- Uma: “Even though they did not find anything fitting in order to condemn him to death, they kept on asking Pilatus that he be killed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Even though they could not find any fault in Isa worthy for him to be killed, they really begged Governor Pilatus that he be killed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in spite of the fact that they could not find any sin which was worthy of his being killed, they begged Governor Pilate that he would have Jesus killed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Even though they knew of no sin-he-had-done, they asked Pilato nevertheless to have-him-killed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Yes indeed, even though they could find no sin which he had done, they persistently-requested Pilato that he be killed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 11:26:
- Uma: “[[But if you won’t forgive your companion, so also your Father in heaven won’t forgive your wrongs.]]'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For,’ Isa said, ‘if you do not forgive them, God, your Father in heaven, will also not forgive your sins.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For if you do not forgive your companions, your Father in heaven also will not forgive you for your transgressions.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But if you don’t forgive-him, neither will our Father in heaven forgive your sins.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if you won’t forgive, you won’t be forgiven either by your Father in heaven.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 10:13:
- Uma: “Now Kristus waits for the time God will make all his enemies submit to him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And there he is today, waiting until all his enemies have been defeated by God and figuratively been placed under Almasi’s feet.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And He is still there today, because He’s waiting for the time in the future when God will tie up all of His enemies so that He might rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “to wait for the defeat of his enemies whom God will cause-him -to-step-on.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There he is waiting for the time when, as for his enemies, (they) will be caused to surrender in-which (they) will just be the stepping-stool of his feet.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There where he now is, he waits until he will conquer all his enemies.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 14:8:
- Uma: “In the town of Listra, there was a man who had been lame from the first of his birth. He always just sat, for his feet/legs were not strong and he was really not able to walk.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There in Listara there was a man crippled from birth (lit. from inside the abdomen) and he had never been able to walk.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there in Lystra they saw a person who was sitting whose feet were crippled. Starting from his birth he was not able to walk.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There was at Listra a man whose feet/legs were crippled who absolutely couldn’t walk since he was born (lit. came-out).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “At Listra there was a lame person. What he would do was just be sitting, for he couldn’t walk. He had been lame since birth.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:25:
- Uma: “For when the people who have died live again, their life is like the life of angels in heaven, they no longer take-wives or take-husbands.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For when the dead will live again,’ said Isa, ‘they will be already like the angels in heaven. They no longer take a wife or a husband.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For when people are raised from the dead no man will take wives and no women will have husbands. For all people will be like angels of God in heaven and they will not get married.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because when the dead live again, they don’t get-married but rather they will be like the angels in heaven.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because when those who have died will be made alive again, as for people, they will no longer be being married. They will then be like the angels in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 11:6:
- Uma: “So we clearly know that he had faith, for there is no person whom God is happy about if they don’t believe/have-faith. For people who want to approach God must believe like this: God certainly is, and he certainly rewards the character of every person who really seeks for him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God really is not pleased with a person (lit. whoever) if he doesn’t trust in him. Instead a person who prays to God ought to believe that God truly exists and he ought to believe also that God will reward good to everyone who perseveres trying-to-reach him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who has no faith in God, it cannot be that God will be pleased with his behavior. For the person who calls for help to God, he must believe that God will bless with good anyone who works hard, looking for a way to become the friend of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And even any person, it is not possible for God to be pleased with him if he has no faith. Therefore the one who wants to draw-near to God, he must believe that he exists and he must also believe that he rewards the one who searches-for him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But it really is not possible that God will be pleased with the person who has no believing/obeying him. Because whoever wants-to-ask- God -for-grace/mercy, he must believe that there really is God. And he must also believe that God will reward all who persevere in looking for how they can really know him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the person who does not believe that it is true what God says is not able to say that God looks well upon how he walks. So then the person who wants to be a companion of God must believe that God truly lives and must believe that those people who hunt for God are those whom God will take along with him in companionship.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 15:12:
- Uma: “When Petrus finished speaking, all those gathered there quieted down, [and] pondered. After that, they listened further to the words of Barnabas and Paulus, telling of the surprising signs and powerful things that they had done with the power of God while they were taking the Good News to people who are not Yahudi.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they heard that which Petros said, they all said nothing. And they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting about the powerful and amazing works which they had done by the power of God there among the non-Yahudi tribes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then there was no longer anyone who answered him, and they listened to what Paul and Barnabas had to tell about all of the miracles that God did through them when they were among the Gentiles.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being finished, the many-people kept-quiet to listen to Barnabas and Pablo relate concerning the amazing signs and miracles that God had-been-doing by-means-of them in their going to preach to the Gentiles.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “At that which Pedro said it’s like that crowd was silenced. They then listened to all Bernabe and Pablo related concerning the signs which were amazing things done by God through their hands in the lands of people who weren’t Jews through which they had travelled.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:13:
- Uma: “‘The time will come that all people will hate you because of your following me. There will be some people who will give their own relatives or children to be killed because of their following me. There will also be some children who oppose their parents and kill them. But the people who keep believing in me until the end, they will get goodness [i.e., salvation] in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And you my disciples,’ said Isa, ‘you will be hated by all people because you follow me. But whoever endures until the end of this persecution, will have life in heaven without end.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Everybody will be against you because you are my disciples. But he who grasps tightly his faith in me until the end of those troubles, he will be given eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All people, they will hate you on-account-of your being-united-with me. But if you persevere in believing without giving-up until your time-of-hardship is finished, you will be saved.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You really will be hated by all people because of your belief in me. But whoever holds-fast in believing/obeying until the end is reached, it’s certain he will be saved/freed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
