Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:23:
- Noongar: “Life is greater than eating and drinking and the body is greater than clothes.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because your lives are more than food and clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For the life is more valuable than food and the body is more valuable than clothes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because God has given you breath and your body, which is very precious and it cannot be that he will not give you also food and clothing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because your lives are far-away more-valuable than food, and your bodies are also emphatically more-valuable than clothes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For isn’t it so that life is greater/more-important than food and the body also is greater/more-important than clothing? Well since life and body are indeed the gift of God to you, of course he will also give these which you need which are food and clothing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 16:5:
- Uma: “After that, I heard the angel who controls water say: ‘O Lord God who is holy, who was beforehand from the beginning, and who definitely/still is now, That judgment of yours(s) is very straight/just.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I heard the angel who is in charge-of/rules the waters speak, he said, ‘O God, you are the holy one. You do not change since the beginning of time till now. Your judgment is only righteous/straight.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then I heard the angel speak, the one who was caused to watch over the waters. He said, ‘Oh holy God, You who were long ago and are now, this punishment of yours on mankind is right.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And then the angel who was in charge of the water said, ‘You (sing.) who are holy who existed previously and exist now, the punishment that you (sing.) have sentenced is correct.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I heard said by the angel who is the overseer of the rivers/water, ‘You are God who lives. You live now and in the distant past. You are really righteous/just, and wholly righteous/just is what you have done in this judging.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I heard an angel, the one who had spoiled the water, say: ‘You Lord, my God, you are he who lives now. And all the days gone by you have lived and all the good you live in. The punishment you give now is proper.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 11:29:
- Uma: “For if God chooses and blesses a person/people, he does not retract that blessing of his.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because as for God, if there is a person he has chosen and who is blessed by him, he really does not change (it).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because what God decides does not change back and forth, but rather the people whom He chooses, they are also the ones He blesses with good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because it’s not possible for God to change his mind concerning whom he has called and the blessings he has given.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God never changes his mind. All those whom he called, always will he love them and bless them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:55:
- Noongar: “And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘Today will be hot’, and the day becomes hot.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “If the wind blows from the south, you say there will be a drought, and it is definitely thus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And when the south wind blows, you say, the sun/day will be hot, and finally it will be hot.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the wind blows, coming from the south, then you say, ‘It’s really going to be hot today.’ And it really is hot.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you know also that the wind is coming from the south, you say, ‘It will probably get-extremely -hot,’ and it becomes-true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then if a wind blows from the south, you say it will get hot. Well, it truly will get hot.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 17:16:
- Uma: “The time will come when the animal with the ten kings that are with him will hate the sexually loose woman who is sitting on him. They will attack her, make her naked, they will eat part of her flesh, and the rest they will burn.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the ten horns that you saw, the meaning is the ten kings; they and the creature hate that bad woman. They will get/take all her wealth and strip her. They will eat including her flesh and burn her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And those ten horns which you saw, which is to say, ten kings, and that beast, they will turn against the prostitute. They will seize her possessions and strip her naked and eat her flesh and burn her up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There is a day that will arrive when the fearsome animal and the ten horns will hate that-aforementioned woman. They will take all her possessions and strip-her -naked. They will also eat her flesh/muscle, and afterwards they will burn what remains.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those ten horns which you also saw and that monster, they will hate that woman who uses her body to make money. They will snatch-for-themselves all her possessions. They will leave her naked. And then they will devour her, and what is left they will burn.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Those ten horns you saw on the terrible animal, they will hate the woman, the prostitute. They will make her suffer leaving her naked. They will eat her flesh. What is left from that they will burn.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 13:4:
- Uma: “For the government / governing-ones are the servants of God that work in order that our lives are good. But if we are disorderly, we will certainly be afraid of the government, because they do [emphatic] have power to punish. For those governing-ones are the servants of God that fulfill/cause-to-come-about the punishment of God on evil people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because these ones are the servants of God placed by him for your good. But if you do bad, it is fitting/right (matches) that you fear, because they have authority from God to punish you. They were commanded by God to punish everyone who does bad.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for that person who enforces the law, he is a servant of God so that our (incl.) situation might be good. And if our (incl.) behavior is evil, we really should be afraid, because it’s possible that his punishment will be heavy. He is a servant of God and he is carrying out what God wants when he punishes law-breakers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because they are God’s servants for your benefit. But if what you do is evil, you should be afraid, because they of course can use their authority to punish. Because they are God’s servants whom he uses-to-punish those who do evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because the authorities do the work of God in order to help you. But if you do evil, then fear the authority. Then he can punish you. Because he is doing the work of God to punish the people who do evil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:28:
- Noongar: “‘You will cry and bite your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets sitting there in the Kingdom of God but you are thrown out.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘At that time, you will cry and suffer, because you see Abraham, Ishak and Yakub with all the prophets, sitting happily in the Kingdom of God, whereas you are shut on the outside.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then you will wail there and you will gnash your teeth when you see there inside your forefathers Prophet Ibrahim and Isahak and Yakub and all the prophets but you are just outside.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then,’ said Jesus, ‘You will wail loudly and you will grind your teeth because you feel so badly, because you’ve not been included among those whom God will rule over. And inside you will see your ancestor long ago, Abraham, and his son Isaac, and his grandchild Jacob, and also all of the prophets of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets who have been included in the ruling of God, they will excessively cry-bitterly while-simultaneously they will gnash-their -teeth in their anger, because as for them, they will be thrown-away.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s certain that you will cry and your teeth will grind when you see that there in the kingdom of God are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, but as for you, you will be driven-out/away for you really won’t be allowed to enter.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 19:6:
- Uma: “After that, I also heard what was like the shouting of very many people. Their shouting was like the roar of big water, and like the sound of big thunder. I heard them say: ‘Haleluya! Because our Lord the Lord God rules. His power surpasses all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I heard like the voice of great crowds of people speaking and like the sound of the cataract of a great river and like the sound of very loud thunder. I heard them saying, ‘Let us (incl.) praise God. Let us (incl.) praise our (incl.) Lord the Most-Powerful God, because he is now the ruler.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then I heard the speaking of very many people. It was like the sound of a very great waterfall and also like the sound of rolling thunder, and they said, ‘Praise God, for our God the powerful Lord, He is the one who rules.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that I heard a very-loud voice like the voices of extremely many people. Its loudness, it was like the roar of a high waterfall or roaring (diff. word) thunder. They said singing, ‘Let us praise God who is our Lord who is all powerful, because he has begun to rule.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Next after that, I again heard many people who were voicing, like the gushing of a big waterfall and just like loud claps of thunder. What they were saying was, ‘Praise God! Because as for our God who has surpassing supernatural-power, he is the one who is in control of everything.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The sound I now heard was of very many people speaking, like the nose of strong waters, like when thunder is heard. They said: ‘God, our Lord, let us praise him. Because he has all power to rule everywhere.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
