complete verse (Matthew 15:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:30:

  • Uma: “The people thronged towards him, bringing the lame, the disabled, the blind, those who could not speak and also the other sick people. They put them in front of Yesus and he healed them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Very many people/crowds of people went to him, and they brought the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many people with other sicknesses. They put these sick people at Isa’s feet and he healed them all.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Very many people went up to him. They brought with them crippled people, maimed people, blind people, dumb people. And they brought with them also many who were sick. And they placed them in front of Jesus, and he cured all of these who came to be treated by him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There were extremely many who went to him taking-along sick-ones. There were lame-ones, blind, cripples, dumb and many others. They took them in front of Jesus, and he healed them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Very many people kept arriving, bringing with them the lame, blind, ones with defective parts, dumb and other kinds of illness. They took them into Jesus’ presence and he healed them all.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Very many people arrived there where he was. There were brought to him sick people who were lame, blind, dumb, crippled in hand and in foot, and many other sick people were brought for Jesus to heal.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Galatians 4:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 4:12:

  • Uma: “Galatian relatives! I request that you do follow my behavior. For although I am a Yahudi person, I have let-go-of following the Yahudi customs so I could become like you who are not Yahudi people. Your treatment of me the other day [lit., yesterday] was very good.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “My brothers who trust in Isa Almasi, I ask/petition you, you should be like I am, because since I trusted Isa, I no longer trust in the law of the Yahudi religion. But I am like you the not Yahudi. And you have no sin towards me but/instead you treated me well/cared well for me before.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Brethren, I beg you that you behave as I behave; because as for me, a Jew, I abandoned my observing the Law of the Jews. I became like you were long who are not Jews. It’s really true that you have not sinned against me but rather, you took good care of me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Please-be-so-kind (strong request) brothers as to follow-my -example, because I have become like you Gentiles who are free from the law of Moses. How you acted toward me back then was certainly not bad.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I implore you, my brethren, be like me, in that I am now outside/released from the jurisdiction of the laws of my former religion. Was it not so that in the past I became like you non Jews who were not under the jurisdiction of the laws of us (excl.) Jews? Not that I bear any grudge (lit.have rust in my mind/inner-being) against you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen my dear brethren, you must do like I do in that I don’t now follow the customs of the Jews. I do like you did at first. I don’t tell you that you have despised me for what I have done.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 8:41)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:41:

  • Uma: “That your behavior definitely follows the behavior of your fathers!’ The Yahudi people answered: ‘But as for us (excl.), we (excl.) are not illegitimate children! Our(excl.) Father is just one, that is, God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Your doings are like the doings of your father.’ Immediately those people answered, they said, ‘Oy, we (excl.) have only one father, God. And we (excl.) are truly his children.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The thing that you do is what your father did long ago.’ And they shouted out, ‘We are not illegitimate children. As for us Jews, we know that we have one father, and he is God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one you are following then, it is your true father.’ ‘And God indeed is the one who is our (excl.) true/proper Father, no other, because he only is the one we (excl.) follow,’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Those things you do, they are indeed like the actions of your father.’ ‘It’s indeed not we (excl.) who are illegitimate,’ said their answer. ‘God indeed is our (excl.) Father.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “You do just like your father does.’ The people said, ‘We are not illegitimate children. We have one father, he is God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 16:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 16:23:

  • Uma: “Yesus turning suddenly said to Petrus: ‘Go away, tempter! Do you (sing.) want to block me, so that I do not follow the will of my Father? Those thoughts of yours(s) are the thoughts of man, not the thoughts of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa faced him and said to Petros, ‘Leave from me, Demon. You are tempting me (to do) the bad, for your thoughts are thoughts from mankind/human only not from God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus faced Peter and said, ‘Get away from here, you who are like Satan. You hinder me because what God wants is not in your mind, rather, what’s in your mind is what a person wants!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus turned-to-face him and said, ‘You (sing.) leave here, Satanas! You (sing.) are distracting-me! Because what you (sing.) are thinking, it is not what God wants/likes but rather what people want.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But Jesus faced him and said, ‘Go far from me. As long as you speak like Satanas, you are just in my way. What is in your mind/thinking is not the will of God, but on the contrary only that of man.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But Jesus turned and said to Peter: ‘Depart from me, you are a worker for the devil. Because you try to hinder me. It is not the plan of God which is in your heart to happen. Rather it is only the word of people which comes to your heart to happen.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Galatians 5:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 5:13:

  • Uma: “The reason God called us was so that we are / could be free. But let’s not say like this: "If we are indeed free from the Law of Musa, we can just do whatever we want." Don’t, relatives! We must love each other and help each other.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then, you, my brothers, you were chosen by God so that he could free you, therefore you no longer must/ought-to follow the law. But this does not mean that because you are free, it is now possible for you to give-in/indulge in the cravings/greedy-desires of your bodies. No. But you ought to help each other because you love each other.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So, brothers, it’s really true that we (incl.) have been chosen by God so that He might free us and it’s no longer necessary that we observe the Law. But in spite of that, we have not been freed so that the thing which is to control us is the evil desire in our body. It’s necessary that because our kindness for our companions is great, each one of us should be helpful to his fellow belivers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As for you, brothers, God has called you so you will be set-free. But you ought not to use your freedom as your excuse to fulfill your evil desires, but rather serve-one-another because of your loving-one-another.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “My brethren, because of God’s determined-plan, you are now outside/released from the enslavement of those laws that were entrusted to Moises. But even though it’s now like that, don’t think that it’s now possible/acceptable to indulge whatever disgusting desire of the body, but rather, through the big-size of your valuing of your companion, be serving one another.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen, my dear brethren, God called you in order that no more you should fear the punishment which the law says. But do not say that you can now do the evil that lights on your hearts. No, not at all. Because you love your brethren, each of you, now help each other.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 9:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 9:14:

  • Uma: “Yesus mixed his spit with dirt and healed that blind man on the Sabat Day, the worship day of the Yahudi people. So, that blind man who could see was carried to the Parisi people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The day when Isa made the mud to heal the blind person was a Saturday, a day of-no-work.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It was the Day of Rest when Jesus made the mud and medicined the eyes of the blind person.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because it was a day for-resting on-which-Jesus -had-made mud to remove his blindness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The Day of Rest was when Jesus did like that, which is that he made mud and made well that blind person.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But the day on which Jesus made the mud to put on the blind man’s eyes was the day of rest.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 17:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 17:27:

  • Uma: “But even so, it is better that we (incl.) pay it anyway, so that they are not irritated [lit., their hearts are not little] at us (incl.). So, go to the lake and fish. Take the first fish that you catch. You (sing.) will find money in its mouth enough for the paying of the tax for the two of us (incl.). Take that money, and use-it-to-pay the tax of the House of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But it is not good when their livers are bad/they are angry at us (dual). Go to the lake and fish (with hook). Open the mouth of the first fish you catch and you will find money there enough to pay our (dual) tax in the temple. Take that money and go to the temple to pay our (dual) tax.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However it is not good that these collectors of the payment for the House of God got angry with us. Go to the lake and fish. And there in the mouth of the fish which you first catch, you will find some money. Take it and pay it for that which they are collecting from us (dual) for the House of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But we shouldn’t offend these people, so go fish (with hook and line) in the lake. The first that you (sing.) catch-with-hook, open its mouth and you (sing.) will see a coin that will suffice for what we (du) two will pay. Get it and go give it to them so that our (du) tax will be paid.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “However even though it’s like that,’ said Jesus, ‘so that there won’t be anything for them to say about us (incl.), go to the lake and fish-with-a-rod. Take hold of the first fish which bites. Open its mouth and there will be money there in its mouth. Take it for it will be just right to pay the payment for us two.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But now, so that the people will not get mad, go to the lake. Take a metal hook and fish. The first fish you catch, there in its mouth you will find the money inside. It will be enough for you to pay what they ask for me at the church and also what they ask from you.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Ephesians 1:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 1:1:

  • Uma: “This letter is from me, Paulus, a messenger of Kristus Yesus according to the will of God, I send it going to you Kristen people who are in Efesus, who remain believing [i.e., who faithfully believe] in Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “This letter is from me, Paul, sent to you, God’s people there in the place of Epesus, the ones remaining-steadfast with Isa Almasi. It is from God’s will that I am commissioned by Isa Almasi to proclaim the good news from him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am Paul, the one writing this. I became an apostle of Jesus Christ, which is to say, He sent me because it is what God wants. I’m sending this letter to you in the town of Ephesus to you believers who are faithful to the commands of Jesus Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I am Pablo who am an apostle of Cristo Jesus according to what God wants. Here is my letter to you who are God’s people at Efeso who persevere in believing in Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Our (excl.) siblings in believing there in Efeso, there-(with-you) is my letter, I who am Pablo, one of the apostles of Cristo Jesus according to the determined-plan of God. I am writing to you who are now united/tied-together with Cristo, you whom God separated-out as his people now, who are truly trusting and believing/obeying this Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I am Paul whom God appointed to be a representative of Jesus Christ. I now greet the people who are in the hand of God, those people who believe in Jesus Christ there in the city of Ephesus.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)