Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:13:
Uma: “People who did not believe in Yesus did not dare gather with them. But even so, all the believers were respected by the crowds/masses.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “None of the other people dared to join them there even though they were greatly respected by the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And those who were not believers, they would not join in with them because they were afraid. However all of the people of Jerusalem, they respected the believers.” (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: “But the others who hadn’t yet believed didn’t dare join with them there. However they spoke highly of those believers.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Chuj: “And the nonbelievers they were afraid to enter among them where they gathered together. But they knew that the believers were very good.”
Lalana Chinantec: “There were many people who didn’t have the nerve to join, but the townspeople spoke well about the people of Jesus.” (Source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:17:
Uma: “From there, Petrus was confused thinking what was the meaning of the vision he had just seen. While he was still thinking, the messengers of Kornelius arrived in Yope. They asked the townspeople where the house of Simon was. The house that they were looking for was pointed-out to them, and they went and stood at the gate [door of the fence],” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “While Petros was still wondering what the meaning was of that which had been caused-to-appear to him, those sent by Korneliyus arrived at Simon’s house. They were now there at the gate.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while Peter was still thinking about what might be the meaning of this that he had seen, the messengers of Cornelius arrived in the village. They asked where the house of Simon was. And when they were already outside the house near the doorway,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “As Pedro was thinking-about what perhaps it meant to say, those whom Cornelius sent arrived and inquired-about the location of Simon’s house. When they arrived then at the entrance,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Pedro was still trying-to-understand the meaning of that thing when those sent by Cornelio arrived in Jope, and they had themselves shown where the house of Simon was. There they were now at the gate,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Lalana Chinantec: “Peter very much meditated. ‘What in the world?’ he thought. As he was meditating, Peter, the people whom Cornelius had sent arrived. They asked where Peter lived. They stopped outside the door.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 28:31:
Uma: “Without any fear/uneasiness, he announced to them that Yesus was Lord and the Redeemer King, and he taught them the way to become God’s people in his Kingdom. And there were none who bothered him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “He proclaimed about God’s ruling and he taught/preached about Isa Almasi, the Lord. He had no fear-whatever to teach/preach and nobody restrained/forbade him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He caused them to understand how the kinging of God would be and he taught them who our Lord Jesus Christ is. He did not hide his teaching and neither did anyone tell him to stop.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “He was bold to preach and teach concerning the ruling of God and the Lord Jesu Cristo, and no one forbid him. That’s that.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “He taught them well concerning the kingdom of God, and all the teaching concerning the Lord Jesu-Cristo. And there was no-one at all who forbade him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Lalana Chinantec: “Just exactly as he wanted, he preached how God is the boss of people’s hearts. He taught the word of our Lord Jesus Christ. There was no one who prevented Paul from preaching the Word.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Huautla Mazatec: “Thus he preached on behalf of the kingdom of God. he taught the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. (There was) no one whom Paul was afraid of. no one who cut him off.” (Source: Florence Cowan in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 135ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:5:
Uma: “But our connection/relationship with God is not that. For it is not because of our behavior that God receives us. If we believe in God, even though we are wrong/guilty, he says we are straight in his sight just because of our faith in him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If/when a person does good so that, he says/thinks, God will forgive his sin and God will consider him straight, he is really wrong/mistaken. For it is not because of our (dual) good deeds but because of our (dual) trusting God, the one who forgives sins, that we (incl.) are forgiven and considered straight by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And God’s considering us (incl.) righteous is not like that because it’s just His favor to us. The reason God considers us (incl.) to be righteous is not because we carried out what He told us to do, but rather only because we believed in Him who is able to make transgressors righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But if a person doesn’t work-for his salvation but rather believes in God that he is the one who counts a sinner as righteous, his faith is the reason God counts him as righteous.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But God does not tell us that we must do work in order to clear our sins. Because he gives us the favor of clearing our sins. It is just that we believe what God says will happen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Tzeltal: “But the one who believes in the one who sets free from their sins those who are sinners, it is now through his belief of heart that he will have his heart made straight, not through his good work which he has done.”
Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “But we receive freely as a favor that which God does for us, and God is able to say that our hearts are straight when we still lack of becoming entirely good in our hearts. Well then, we believe in God, and on account of our belief, God reckons up that our hearts are straight.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “But a person having believed, instead of depending on his/her works, God who views sinful people that they are not guilty, that person on believing [a syntactic, object front-shift], God views him/her that s/he is right[eous] in his eyes.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 112)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 11:9:
Uma: “Thus also the words of King Daud long ago that say: ‘O Lord, I request that all the blessings of those people, just cause them to end up falling, to the point that they get disaster and punishment, in order that their evil behavior is paid back.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Da’ud said, ‘May it be that because of their pleasures it is as if they were trapped (lit. trap hit-the-mark) and they can’t escape; it is as if they fell in a deep hole and they cannot get out. This is the repayment of their deeds.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of the unbelief of the Jews, there is also that which David said long ago, which said, ‘May it be that because of the good blessings which God has given them, they will mistakenly think that they have no sin. And may it be that by means of this they will be punished.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “David also, there is that which God caused-him -to-write saying, ‘May they suddenly be caught/arrested while they are participating-in-their-feasts like a bird who is caught in a snare or an animal who falls into a pit so that they will be properly punished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “David says the same word, because he said: ‘There where the people feast, they think that they are having pleasure, they think God looks well on what they do. But it is not true that God looks well on what they do. Rather he will punish them for what they do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Miahuatlán Zapotec: “David said: All of the feasts which the people of Israel do are in vain. Punishment will certainly overtake them and they will not escape.”
Teutila Cuicatec: “Also David wrote as follows: “My Lord, cause the different feast days that these people make to be the means of their being lost.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:14:
Uma: “From there, Petrus stood with his eleven companions and he spoke to the many people. He spoke loudly, he said: ‘Yahudi relatives, and you who live in Yerusalem! Listen well you, because what is happening here I will explain to you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But Petros stood up together with his eleven companions and he spoke loudly, he said, ‘My fellow Yahudi and all of you living in Awrusalam. Listen very well and I will explain to you as to what is happening here.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Peter stood up, and his companions the other eleven apostles stood up also, and he spoke aloud. He said, ‘You, my companion Jews, and all of you residents here in Jerusalem, listen so that you might understand what I have to say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When that was so, Pedro and his eleven companions stood-up, and he raised (lit. made-strong) his voice saying, ‘My fellow Jews and all you who are staying in Jerusalem, listen please so I will tell what this means to say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But Pedro and his companions, those eleven apostles, stood up in front of that crowd. And then Pedro spoke-loudly, saying, ‘My fellow Jews and all the others here in Jerusalem, please comply by listening well to this which I will say.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Lalana Chinantec: “Peter stood up with the sent people of Jesus. Peter made a speech and said: ‘I tell you people who live in the state of Judea and all of you who live now in the town of Jerusalem, I want you to find out. I want you to hear my word.'”
San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “So then Peter, standing before all the people together with the 11 apostles, spoke loud. He said, ‘Father-men Jews and those who are living in Jerusalem so now you listen to this word I will tell you.'” (Source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 3:21:
Uma: “At present Yesus lives in heaven, and he must stay there, until the time comes when God makes all things new, like what he said with the lips of the holy prophets long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But he must stay first there in heaven as long as the day has not yet arrived when all things will be made good again like they were in the beginning. This is the time about which God told his holy prophets long ago/in the ancient past.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus is still there in heaven until the time when God will make everything new according to the prophesy long ago by means of those whom he inspired.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Now however, it-is-necessary that Jesus stay in heaven until the time arrives when God will make-everything -new, because that is what God was-causing-the holy prophets long-ago -to-say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But now he’s there again in heaven, until everything has been fulfilled which was determined by God which he caused to be told by the prophets who were his servants in the past.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Teutila Cuicatec: “But now in these days he has to still stay in heaven until the day comes when God will completely reform everything as he promised and as his holy prophets wrote long ago.”
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 6:3:
Uma: “So, relatives, it is better that we choose from our companions seven people with good actions, who are controlled by the Holy Spirit, and who are wise [have clear hearts], so that to them we (excl.) give the work of supervising this matter of food.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So brothers,’ they said, ‘you must/should choose seven men from among you, men whom you really know are controlled/ruled-over by the Holy Spirit and who have deep knowledge. We (excl.) will give them this work.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, brethren,’ they said, ‘it would be good if you choose seven of our companions who are respected. It is necessary that the ones you choose must be men who are wise whom you know are thoroughly inspired by the Holy Spirit. And we will give to them the authority to divide up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Therefore you siblings, choose seven intelligent men who are full of the power of the Holy Spirit and whose behavior is well spoken-of. It is they to-whom-we (excl.) -will-entrust the distribution of money,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Therefore now, it would be good for you to choose seven men whom we (excl.) will set up in this job/responsibility of being distributors. It’s necessary that those you choose are people recognized by all of you as being very obedient to the Espiritu Santo who indwells them and their wisdom/understanding is mature/full-strength.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Isthmus Mixe: “Then the twelve sent ones of Jesus ordered that the brethren gather together. Then they said: ‘It is not proper that we (excl.) distribute food. We will thus not be able to teach God’s word well.'”
Teutila Cuicatec: “Then the twelve apostles gather all those who believed in our Lord Jesus and said: ‘It is not right that we should discontinue proclaiming God’s word in order to feed people.'” (Source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
