Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 6:6:
- Uma: “Don’t do it just when your noble sees you in order that you just be praised by men. Work as slaves of Kristus who follow the will of God with whole hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Do what they command not just if they are there watching because you want that they will be pleased with you, but work because you in fact are Almasi’s slave/servants and do God’s wishes whole-heartedly.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that your behavior is always good, and not only at the time when you are being watched by your boss because it’s necessary that you not only man is able to praise your work, but also God because we are also servants of Christ and it’s necessary that we carry out what God wants us to do because it comes from the whiteness of our liver (from the goodness of our heart.) It’s necessary that we have a good breath as we work, just as if God was the One in charge of us and not only our boss here on the earth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s not only when your masters are watching you that you should do-your work -carefully/thoroughly so that that will make them happy with you, but rather consider-it that you are serving Cristo and be continually industrious to do what God wants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Don’t just apply-yourself-industriously-to your obedience as long as your master is watching you so that they will be happy with you. Hopefully whether there’s someone watching or not, what you’re really making-dominant in your mind/inner-being is, you’re no longer just serving your master but rather Cristo, and you are very happily doing the will of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Work hard when you are working. Do not want that only when your boss is watching that you work hard. Rather be as workers for Christ. With all your hearts do what God wants.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:42:
- Uma: “But even so, there were many Yahudi leaders who believed in Yesus. But they just believed secretly, because they were afraid lest the Parisi people expel them from the house of prayer.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But even though it was like that, many of the Yahudi leaders believed in Isa but they did not speak openly about this, because they were afraid that perhaps the Pariseo would know it and then they would no longer be allowed in the prayer-house.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In spite of that, many of the rulers of the Jews believed in Jesus, but they didn’t say that they believed in him because they were afraid of the Pharisees because their right to enter the churches might be taken away from them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Many nonetheless of the leaders of the Jews believed in Jesus. But they didn’t admit their belief on-account-of their fear that the Pharisees would punish them by their not being-counted among their fellow Jews.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “However even though it was like that now, even the leaders of the Judio, there were now many who believed-in/obeyed Jesus. But their belief was only in secret, they weren’t admitting it, for they were evading the Pariseo, because maybe they would be removed from the place-for-worship, no longer included as being a Judio.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “However, many Jews who had authority believed in Jesus. Yet they didn’t tell the people what they believed because they feared the Pharisees and wanted to keep from having their names taken out of the church.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 22:24:
- Uma: “Those Saduki people came saying to Yesus: ‘Teacher, the prophet Musa taught like this: If a man dies, yet he doesn’t have any children, his sibling must marry his widow so that the dead person will have some descendants.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They asked him, they said, ‘Sir, Musa wrote he said, ‘If a man dies and he has no children then his younger brother shall marry that widow in order that his older brother has descendants.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said, ‘Teacher, Moses taught long ago that, for example, if there is a man and he has a wife and that man dies, it is necessary for the brother of the man to marry his widow so that the dead person might have children through him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They said to him, ‘Sir teacher, our law that Moses wrote says, ‘If there is a married-couple who have no children and the man dies, his brother must marry the widow so that if they have a child, that will be like a child of the dead-one.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “On arriving, they said, ‘Teacher, Moises taught that if a man who is married dies, that married couple having no children yet, he is to be succeeded by his brother in marrying (that wife). For if they have a child, it is to be regarded as like it is indeed the child of that dead (person).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘Listen, teacher, in the law which Moses wrote, there is written this word which says that when a man dies and he didn’t have any children, then concerning the wife of the dead man who is left, the dead man’s brother will marry the widow so that there will be children as though they were the children of the dead man.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 1:14:
- Uma: “So also, the faith of many of our one-faith brothers here has been strengthened, because they see what has happened to me while I have been in prison, with the result that they are no longer afraid, they have become braver-and-braver to preach the Word of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Not only that. Because of my imprisonment most of our (incl.) brothers trusting in Isa, their trust in the Leader Isa Almasi has become strong and they are bolder/braver and they have no fear to proclaim the message of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that’s not all, for the majority of my fellow believers, their trust in God has been perfected by my being a prisoner. And because of this, their continuing to spread the word of God increases and they are no longer afraid.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Due also to my being imprisoned, the trust in the Lord of most of our siblings has grown-stronger, so they are not afraid but rather they are becoming increasingly brave to tell the word of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And the same goes for the majority of our siblings in believing who are here. Therefore, now, their believing/obeying and trust-in/relying-on the Lord/Chief has become far more sturdy. It hasn’t simply become sturdy, but rather their minds/inner-being have become bold to teach the word of God with no fear of anything.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When it was seen that I was in prison many of our brothers were strengthened, they did not fear to speak the good news of God. They knew that the Lord does not leave us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:24:
- Uma: “Simon Petrus eye-signaled that disciple, he said to him: ‘Ee, try asking the Teacher who he means.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Simon Petros made signs to him and said to him, ‘Ask Isa as to whom he is speaking of.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for this disciple, Simon the titled Peter motioned to him. Peter said, ‘Ask him who he is talking about.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Simon Pedro signaled to him to inquire of Jesus as to which of them he was talking-about.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He was beckoned to by Simon Pedro that he would ask which of them Jesus meant by that which he’d said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Peter made a signal to that one who was seated with Jesus to ask him whom he spoke of.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:10:
- Uma: “And also don’t you want to be called ‘Leader,’ for your Leader is just one, he is the Redeemer King.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And you may not be called ‘Leader’ for only one is your leader, Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And don’t you also allow yourselves to be called ‘Master,’ because I, the one whom God has chosen, I alone am your master.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And neither are you to allow your companions to call you Lord/Sir because I the Messiah am your only-one Lord.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And don’t have yourselves called master, because only one is your master, by which is meant Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not want to be the bosses of people. The only one who is to be the boss of the people is the Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “And then also you guys must not be called ‘Throated One Guru Path Pointer [Master Teacher]!,’ because you have one and only One Throated One Guru Path Pointer [Master Teacher], This One is the Ratu [King] of Life all mashed out infinitely [Christ].” (Source: Enggavoter 2004
Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 2:16:
- Uma: “for you announce to them the Good News that brings life. If your actions are like that, relatives, I will be proud [lit., my heart will be big] when Kristus comes again. Because your actions make clear that all my work was not in-vain, it really did have fruit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You should/ought to give light to them, that means tell them God’s message which can give them life without end. When/if you do this I will be really very glad when the day arrives when Isa Almasi comes back because I will know that my work among you has had a good result/outcome.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “which illuminates them, for you preach to them the word which can give them life forever. And if this is what you do, it will make me very happy in the future on the day when Christ returns, for I shall know then that there was great value in my laboring among you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “while-meanwhile you are making-known to them the word of God from-where-they -will-get life that has no end. Because if you do that, great will be my happiness because of you on the day that Cristo comes again, because it will be shown that the work that I put-everything-into is not wasted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “while you are relating to them the word of God which can give life which is without ending. And as long as you continue all of this, I will be really happy about it on the day of the return of Cristo, for this is what testifies that my perseverance there with you wasn’t just forfeited.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Tell the people how it is possible for them to encounter the new life. Then when Christ comes, I will have pleasure about you. Because then I will know that I did not work uselessly there where you live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 14:18:
- Uma: “‘I will not leave you orphaned. [lit., leave you become orphans.] I will come back to you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Even if I leave, I do not leave you alone/abandon you. I will come again to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I am not going away from you like you were orphans, because I am coming back for you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘I will not leave you like orphans, because I will indeed also return.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I won’t leave/desert you like orphans. I will indeed return here to you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am not going to leave you along. I will return to be in fellowship with you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
