Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 10:2:
- Uma: “I really request, relatives, that there not be anybody who still rejects my authority, so that when I arrive there, my words won’t have to be harsh any longer! For there are those there who say that our (excl.) behavior is like the behavior of people who don’t know God. Well then, just wait! When I arrive, they will themselves hear my harsh words!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I beseech you, cause your conduct to be good so that I don’t have to scold you when I am there in your presence. Because I am really not afraid to scold the people who slander us (excl.), they say, that is what we (excl.) follow our own greedy-desires like people who don’t follow God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I beg you that you correct your behavior so it will not be necessary for my words to be sharp to you when I am there with you. There are some of you who say that I am just like an ordinary person in whose breath what God wants is not big. Well you just wait until I get there, and if they have not corrected their activities, they will see how sharp my words will be.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Please-take-pity (strong request) so I won’t need to show my boldness when I go there. Because I will emphatically indeed have boldness to scold those aforementioned-ones who say that our (excl.) behavior and motives are worldly.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore, I implore you, don’t force me to speak-against you strongly when I go there. For as for some there, (they) are saying that we (excl.) live according to the evil natural-ways here in this world.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen my brothers, separate from everything which is not right so that when I come to see you then I will speak well with you. Do not want that I must reprimand you for how you walk. But if there still are those who tell you that I am just looking for how to elevate myself, these people are the ones I must speak strongly to.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:42:
- Uma: “Because I know you, that you do not have love for God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But I know as to what is in your liver. I know that you don’t have any love for God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I know you, God is not precious in your breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “because I of-course know your mind/thoughts that you have no love for God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But I do know you, what your natures/ways are. I’m well aware that you have no holding dear for God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I know that you do not love God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:36:
- Uma: “So, so that you know: on the Kiama Day. every person must be responsible for every one of his words. Even if it is a word that has no purpose, he must be responsible.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I tell you, when the day arrives when God judges mankind the people will have to tell about all they have said which has no use/all useless words.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I tell you that in the future on the day of punishment, God will ask everyone why they said words with no value.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Consider what I say to you. On the day that God judges the people, it will be up-to-them to answer for all they have said that had no purpose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But this is really true which I will say to you, that at the day of judging, people will have to answer for every worthless word of theirs.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that on the day God judges people, then all the evil words which have come from their mouths will all be punished.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:16:
- Uma: “So, like I said earlier, even though it is like I am acting stupid now, please give-me-opportunity to praise myself a while. Don’t think/say that I am really stupid, but if some do say that I am stupid, let me praise myself just a little while.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Let me repeat what I said in the beginning, don’t think that I am stupid/bad/foolish because of my words. But if that is what you think, na, never mind if only you just listen a little to my boasting.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I will say again that it’s necessary that no one think that I am stupid because of my words to you. However, even if you think I’m stupid, endure listening so that I might boast for a short while.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I say again that you shouldn’t think I am foolish because it’s myself I am talking-about. But even though such is your opinion of me, listen anyway to this little that I boast-about, for you have certainly listened to what others have been boasting.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I will repeat what I said, you should not think that I am stupid because of my boasting about myself. But even supposing that is what you suspect, accept and think about this that I am saying, like you do for those others you listen to.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And now again I want to tell you that you must not think I have lost my mind because I tell you about myself. But if that is what you do think, that I have lost my mind, then give me permission to speak, telling a little bit about myself. Because those teachers who are against me brag about themselves.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:27:
- Uma: “Don’t work looking for food that is quickly gone and spoils. Work looking for food that does not spoil and that gives good life forever. I the Child of Mankind give you that food, because God the Father has pointed out me as the one he has chosen and likes.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Let not that be what you strive for, food that gets destroyed/spoils. But that is what you should be striving for, food that is not destroyed/does not spoil, food that causes life forever. I, the Son of Mankind am the one giving you this food, for I have been given authority by my Father God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you look for the bread that immediately passes away, but rather work hard so that you might get the food which gives life forever. As for me, the older brother of mankind, this is the bread which I can give you because my Father God has given me power so that I might give this.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It shouldn’t be that (with reference to addressee) food that spoils that you should concentrate your thoughts on but rather the food that lasts, that which gives life that is forever. The one who gives this food to you, it is I who am Child of a Person, because my Father God has shown that he has approved-of me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that you persevere, not for food which deteriorates, but on the contrary what to persevere for is, food which does not deteriorate and which can give life which has no ending. This will be given to you by him who is the One From Heaven Born of Man, because he is the one who has been given authority by God the Father.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “No more should you earnestly try to find the bread which passes away. Rather earnestly try to find the bread which is forever and which will give you the new life. This is the bread the Man who came from heaven will give you. Because God the Father gives this one the power to do this.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:18:
- Uma: “‘Listen, I’ll tell you the meaning of the parable of the sower earlier.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Now really listen so that you understand as to what the meaning is of the parable about the person who broadcasts seed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus said again, ‘Think about the meaning of this parable about the person who planted.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Listen then so that I will tell the meaning of the parable concerning the one who went to broadcast seed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Now/today, listen to the meaning of this illustration about the planter-by-scattering.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the words I compared about the sower, listen well about this word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 12:15:
- Uma: “So, I am happy to use all I have to help you. I am ready to give myself to help you. If my love for you is that big, relatives, why is your love for me so small?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Really I am happy to give to you all that I have and I submit/surrender including my body if only/just so I am able to help you. My love to you is increasing but your love to me is like becoming less.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It would cause me great joy if I could give my possessions and my strength in order to help you. But even though you are precious here in my breath, it seems as if I am not precious in your breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore great is my happiness to be out-of (lit. used-up-of) money and strength and whatever for you. Is your love for me being-lessened by-chance because of this extreme love of mine for you?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For as for me, what makes me happiest of all is to use my absolutely-everything and give even my body as a means-of-firmly-establishing your believing/obeying. Well what’s this, do you reward that big-size of my holding you dear with just a little bit of holding me dear?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is like that for me now, I set my heat on working for you. I want to do you good in what I do and I am glad to give all that I own in order to help you. But it seems that as I more and more love you, then more and more your hearts turn back from loving me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:59:
- Uma: “Yesus said all that when he was teaching in the prayer house in Kapernaum.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said this while he was teaching in the prayer-house there in Kapernaum.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This is what Jesus taught in the church of the Jews in the village of Capernaum.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus taught all these-things in the synagogue (loan sinagoga) in Capernaum.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus said these things when he was teaching in the worship-place at Capernaum.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus taught the word there in the church where the people gathered in Capernaum.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
