Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:14:
- Uma: “As-time-passed, more-and-more people believed in the Lord Yesus, both men and women.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But nevertheless the people who trusted in Isa, the Lord, were added, men and women.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the adding to the believers was always increasing. And because of that, the men and women were many who believed in the Lord Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Where-the believers -were-meeting-together was what they called Solomon’s Roofed-Shelter which was in the Temple area. As for those who did not believe, they were afraid to join (them), but the many-people nevertheless acknowledged-with-respect the believers and many men and women were joining/being-added who believed. There were many amazing-things that the apostles were doing that the many-people were seeing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And every day the number of believers grew and grew, women and men. There really were very many.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “Even though there were people who didn’t have the nerve, there were many people who believed on the Lord, many men and women.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 4:25:
- Uma: “People who receive God’s Word, their hearts will be made clear, so they will know even more. But people who don’t want to receive God’s Word, even what little they know, it will be taken from them.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This means, a person if he listens well, his understanding will increase. But if a person doesn’t listen well, even if he has some/little knowledge/wisdom, it will eventually leave him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For the person who accepts what God causes him to understand, God will add to his understanding. But the person who does not accept what God causes him to understand, the little which he understands will be taken away from him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the person who heeds what he is hearing, his understanding will be added-to, but the one who doesn’t heed, even the little that he understood will cease-to-exist.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because as for the person who tries to understand what he has heard from me, his understanding/wisdom will be increased by God until what he knows is a lot/enough. But as for that one who doesn’t try to understand this which he has heard, even what he has understood will be removed by God so that it won’t come to anything.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “Because if anyone really gives understanding to my words, well, he will be given to understand more. But if there is one who really doesn’t want to hear any more, even if he has already found a little bit, he will forget it.'” (Source: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Timothy 2:2:
- Uma: “You yourself heard all my teaching before [lit., yesterday], and there were many other people also who witnessed and heard my teaching. So, that teaching you must deliver also to people who can be trusted and who know [how] to teach other people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You have heard my teaching to the many people. So-then, all my teaching/preaching you have heard you ought to teach to people who are trustworthy, to people who know-how-to/can teach their companions.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You heard my teaching the true doctrine to many believers, and it is necessary that you also teach this true doctrine to people whom you can trust so that they also may be able to teach others.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Pass-on also to trustworthy people what I have been teaching that you (sing.) have heard and that many other people have also heard in order that they will have a way to teach others.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s good that, what you heard from me in the presence of everyone who was listening, you teach it to people who are trustworthy, so that they now have the ability/means to teach others also.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Many people heard the word I taught you. These words which I told to you, you must tell to people who know how to teach so that they will teach the very same thing to other people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 6:4:
- Uma: “Because our (excl.) [emphatic] main work, is praying and carrying the Word of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then we (excl.)’ they said, ‘will wholly/exclusively pray to God and proclaim God’s word/message.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for us, on the other hand, the apostles, it will be possible that we will do a good job of our work praying and of causing the word of God to be understood.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “so that as for us (excl.), we (excl.) will be able to be-singleminded/persistent in praying and preaching the word of God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For as for us (excl.), what we (excl.) will give big attention to is praying and teaching this word of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:16:
- Uma: “The people who saw that happening recounted what had happened to the person who was possessed, and what had happened to their pigs.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then they were told by the people who had seen it, about what happened to the demon-possessed person/man and about the pigs.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the people who were there before, they told the people what had happened to the man afflicted with demons and what had happened to the pigs.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then those who saw what happened to that man and the many-pigs related it again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those who had seen told the story of what had happened to that person who was possessed by an evil spirit, and also what had happened to the pigs.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Timothy 3:8:
- Uma: “Those lying teachers, their thinking is crooked and their faith is a lie, with the result that God shoves-away/rejects them. They oppose the true teaching, like Yanes and Yambres opposed the prophet Musa long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Those deceiving people, they are-against/oppose the true teaching. What they think no longer hits the mark and they no longer follow the true teaching. They have joined/copied the doings of Jannes and Jambes, the people who opposed Musa long ago.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for those men also, they speak in rejection of the true doctrine. Their minds are astray and their belief in the Lord is a sham. They are like Jannes and Jambres who spoke in rejection against Moses long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The people who deceive/trick these women, their minds are totally filthy, and their pretend faith is of no account in God’s sight. They oppose the true teaching like Jannais and Jambres opposed Moses previously.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And these who teach them, what they do is, they oppose this truth, for their minds/thinking have been really made evil. They have no knowledge at all of believing/obeying which is acceptable to God. They’re just like Janes and Jambres, who opposed Moises in the past.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The lying teachers do as did Jannes and Jambres who opposed the word spoken by Moses. Also like them are the ones I am telling you about. The true word is opposed by them. They are men with evil thoughts. It is not true that they follow the faith which we have.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 7:21:
- Uma: “In his being thrown out, the young-woman daughter of Firaun picked him up, and cared for him like her own child.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After three months he was put out of the house. But he was found by the daughter of the king and she made him her son.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they placed him far away, the daughter of the king found him. She adopted Moses, and he grew up with her as if he were her own son.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they were forced to abandon him outside, a woman who was the child of Faraon came-upon him, and she cared-for him like he was her child.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when they could no longer hide him inside the house, they took him a distance and then left him. But there was someone who found him and he was adopted by the daughter of that king. Her treatment of that child was really just like she was-his-natural-mother.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 6:5:
- Uma: “So, Yesus expressed-surprised / was-critical-of them for they did not believe. That’s why he couldn’t do many surprising things there. The only thing he did was to lay-hands on several sick people to heal them. Yesus wandered around paying-visits-to villages and teaching people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And Isa could not do powerful deeds there, except that he placed his hands on a number of sick people and healed them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s why there was no miracle that Jesus could do in that village. He laid his hands on just a few sick people, and they got well.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were a few sick that Jesus put-his-hands-on to heal, but he had no way to do many miracles there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since it was like that, Jesus didn’t do any amazing things there, except that a few sick people he touched/put-his-hand-on and healed them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
