Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 16:3:
- Uma: “The second angel spilled the contents of his bowl into the sea. The water of the sea became like the blood of dead people, with the result that all the living things in the sea died.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the next angel poured out the disaster in his bowl onto the sea. Immediately the sea became like the blood of a dead person and everything living in the sea died.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and the sea turned to blood like the blood of a dead person. And then everything which had breath in the sea died.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then the second angel left and he went and poured-out what was in his bowl on the ocean. And the water turned-into blood like the blood of the dead, and all that were there died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then the second angel poured out on the ocean the contents of his bowl. Well, the ocean became blood like the clotted blood of a dead person. That’s why all that was alive there died.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The second angel poured out the bowl he was holding upon the sea. The water became all blood like where a corpse has been wounded. The things living in the sea then all died.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 11:27:
- Uma: “This is my promise to them: At that time, I will forgive their sins.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When that day arrives, I will remove all their sins as I have promised before.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when I take away their evil behavior, at last will be fulfilled my long ago promise to them,’ He said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And that will be the fulfillment of what I promised them that I would remove their sins.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God said: Thus will be the agreement I make with them, that now I will clear their sins.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “And when I forgive their sins then I will fulfill the word that I agreed with my ancient men.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:53:
- Noongar: “Fathers will fight their sons and sons will fight their father; mothers will fight their daughters and daughters will fight their mothers; mothers-in-law will fight their daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law will fight their mothers-in-law.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “The father opposes his son, the son opposes his father. The mother opposes her daughter, and the daughter opposes her mother. The parent-in-law opposes his child-in-law, and the child-in-law opposes his parent-in-law.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They oppose each other, the father is against his son, and the son is against his father, the mother is against her daughter and the daughter against her mother; the mother-in-law is against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A man will be against his male child and the child will be against his father. And a woman will be against her female child and her child will be against her mother. And if there is a woman, she’ll be against her daughter-in-law, and that daughter-in-law will also be against her.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Fathers-and-children and mothers-and-children will quarrel/fight and likewise also in-laws. They will all oppose-each-other.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For the ones who have believed and those who haven’t are now being-opponents, son and his father, daughter and her mother, child-in-law and parent-in-law.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 17:14:
- Uma: “They waged-war against the Lamb. But the Lamb defeated them, because he is the Lord of all lords and King of all kings. And with the Lamb were also his followers whom he called and whom he chose, who remain following [i.e., faithfully follow] him.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They will attack/fight the one called the Sheep but they will be defeated by the Sheep and his followers, the people chosen by him and called and who remained/were-steadfastly with him. The reason why the Sheep wins is because he is the Lord of all lords and he is the King of all kings.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They will fight against the young sheep. The young sheep will defeat them because he is the boss of every boss and the king of every king. The people who are with this young sheep, they are titled the chosen ones/the ones caused to believe and the ones who are faithful to God.’ (The word God here is the agent of chosen, caused to believe, and the object of the word faithful.)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they will fight the Sheep, but the Sheep and the faithful-ones who follow him whom he chose and called, they will defeat them, because he is the highest Lord among all lords and the highest King among all kings.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For they will make war on that one referred to as Young Sheep, but he will indeed defeat them including that animal. Because this one referred to as Young Sheep, he is the one who is Lord/Chief of all masters and King of all kings. The ones whom he has chosen whom he separated out to be his people who are obedient to him will be able to take part in this victory of his.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These will make war with the Lamb. But the Lamb will defeat them. For he is the Lord of lords. He is the ruler of rulers. Concerning the people who have never left the Lamb, these are his fellow-walkers because God chose them and thus called them to believe in the Lamb.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 13:2:
- Uma: “So, people who oppose the government are rejecting what God made-certain. And people whose behavior is like that will certainly be punished.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Everyone who opposes a person who rules in the land/place, they also oppose God, because God is the one who placed/put them in that their work. And the ones who oppose them will be punished.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for the people who resist the government, what they are resisting is that which God has set up, and because of this, God will punish them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore the one who opposes those who rule opposes those whom God has appointed. The one who does that will of course be punished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the person who rejects what an authority says, then it is God himself who appointed the authority who is being rejected. Then it is the person’s own fault when he is punished by the authority.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:26:
- Noongar: “Then you will reply, ‘We ate and drank with you; you taught in our town!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘You will say to him: ‘Ei’! We have eaten and drunk with you (sing.), Lord! You (sing.) have taught in our (excl.) town!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then you will say, ‘Do you not remember? Before we ate together and you preached there in our (excl.) town.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then you will answer, ‘Long ago we ate and we drank with you, and you taught in our town!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they will say, ‘And there indeed it was we (excl.) who ate-with and drank-with you (sing.). You (sing.) moreover taught in our (excl.) town!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You will reply saying, ‘Well, we were indeed your companions eating and drinking and you-remember you even taught in our town.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 19:4:
- Uma: “From there, the twenty-four elders and the four living things, they all fell prostrate in front of the Seat of God and they worshipped him, they said: ‘Amin! Haleluya!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the twenty four elders and the four angels of-different-kind prostrated and praised God, the one sitting on the throne. And they said, ‘Amin. Let us (incl.) praise God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the twenty-four elders and the four breathing creatures fell on their faces and worshipped God who sits on His seat of ruling. They said, ‘That’s right! Praise God!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then the twenty four leaders and the four living creatures, they knelt face-down to praise/worship God who is seated on the throne. They said, ‘That’s it (expression of approval)! Let us praise God!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, those twenty four elders and those four created living beings, they bowed down and worshipped God who is sitting on his seat of kingship. What they said was, ‘This is the truth. Praise God!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The twenty-four surrounding the sitting place of God, and also the four who stood at the corners of the chair, all prostrated themselves to the ground to worship God where he sat. They said, ‘All is good what was said. Now we must praise God,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:20:
- Uma: “Let’s not destroy the work of God because of our eating what others say shouldn’t be eaten. Actually, there is no food that is taboo/forbidden. But if we eat what a companion says is taboo/forbidden, to the point that that companion is lead to fall into sin, it isn’t [emphatic] good.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Even though you (incl.) can eat anything, don’t eat (it) if/when because-of your eating, your companion’s trusting in God becomes/grows weak. It is true that there is no unclean/forbidden food, but it is not good if you eat but/and-what’s-more it is bad to your companion and because of that eating of yours your companion is caused to sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Dont’ you damage that which God is doing by means of your eating food that some people consider to be forbidden to us. It’s allowable that we (incl.) eat any kind of food; however, if our eating causes someone else to sin that’s not good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “We ought not to ruin what God has made/done because of food. It is admittedly true that no food is unclean in God’s estimation, but we are nonetheless guilty (lit. it is our sin) if our eating anything is the cause-of-our companion’s -sinning.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not spoil the work of God because of what you eat. True it is that all what is edible is all good for eating. But when, if there is one among us, a believer who thinks that it is a sin he would commit if he ate what we eat, it is better that we do not eat what would make him sin if he ate the same.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
