Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:57:
- Uma: “There were several who stood and who gave lying witness, they said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then there were others who got up to witness against Isa which also wasn’t true.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were lying people there who came forward and gave their accusation against Jesus,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, there were those who stood-up to testify. They said lying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After a long time, some others stood up giving-evidence which was lies against him. They said,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 1:25:
- Uma: “That’s why we must put-in-our-hearts well the Lord’s commands and we [must] keep following them. For the Lord’s commands are very holy, and they have-power to free us from sin. So, let’s not just hear [them] dry and right away forget [them]. We must follow his commands. For a person who is like that is the one that the Lord will bless in all that he does.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if a person really listens very well to the law of God which has no fault/blemish and which can set people free, and if he does not get tired of listening and if he really does not forget what he has heard but/instead he does what that law says, he will be given good/blessing by God whatever he does.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But if there is a person who thoroughly studies the law which has no lack which is what can free us (incl.), and he does not forget it, rather he obeys it, God will bless whatever he does.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the one who carries-through in thinking-about/remembering and at-the-same-time obeying the good law of God which sets-people -free, that is the one God blesses in all that he does, because of course he hasn’t merely listened and afterwards forgotten.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But the person really will be shown-grace/mercy who really finds-out-for-sure all which has been commanded which is the will of God, this word of his which has no lack and can give salvation. He will be shown-grace/mercy provided he isn’t just simply listening, only to forget it as soon as it stops, but rather he continues to follow/obey it. For if it’s like that, he will be helped by God in everything he does.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now concerning the person who thinks deeply about the word God commands, and does not forget it, and does what it says to do, this person is the one God will bless in what he does. Because the word God commands is supremely good, the people who obey this word are those who from the heart want to do what God commands.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:10:
- Uma: “Because many are the people in this town who will become my people. I myself will be-with you (sing.). No-one will lay hands on you (sing.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For I am there accompanying you,’ he said. ‘Nothing can harm you because I have many people in this place.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because I am with you. There is no one who will be able to harm you. There are many people yet who will believe in me in this town.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “On one night, Pablo dreamed that the Lord Jesus said to him, ‘Don’t be afraid, no one will injure you (sing.), because I will companion you (sing.). Persevere therefore in preaching without being silent, because there are yet many inhabitants here who will become my people.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “for I won’t leave you alone. I am always taking care of you, so that no one at all can do you wrong by physical-harm or persecution, for there are many more people here in the city whom I will cause to believe.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:17:
- Uma: “They put on him a shirt that was reddish that was like a king’s shirt. They made a hat of thorny vines like a king’s hat and put it on him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then they dressed Isa in purple clothes like the appearance of a king’s clothes. Then they also twisted thorny vines, making (something) like the crown of a king, and they put it on his head.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They dressed him a red shirt because they were making fun of him pretending he was a king. And they braided a wreath of thorny vine and placed it on his head.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they clothed Jesus in a red robe like what kings wore. They also wove thorns which they put-on-him -as-a-crown.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What they did was, they cloaked Jesus with red like the clothing of a king. And then they made a circle of a thorny plant for they made a crown of it and crowned Jesus with it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 3:4:
- Uma: “So also a ship on the sea: no matter how big it is and blown by a big wind, the ship is made-to-walk wherever the will of its leader with just a small [piece of] wood that is named a rudder. [a rare Uma word, probably borrowed from some coastal language; that’s why it is described first].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A figure (for it) also is the rudder of a ship. Even though the body of the ship is big and even though the wind which blows it is strong, it is only a small rudder which directs the ship to wherever the one who holds the steering wheel wants it to go.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even a very big ship which is carried by strong winds, we can control the way it goes by means of a very small instrument.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s also like a ship, because even though it is large and it is propelled-forward by the swift wind, that which directs it toward where the driver wants to go, it is the small metal-piece at its rear.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Like that too is a sailing ship. Even though it is a really big ship and the wind is really strong which can make it go, it can-be-turned-this-way-and-that by the helmsman wherever he wants to cause it to head toward because of its rudder, even though it’s such a little thing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now boats are big. When they meet up with a wind, they are pushed, but they don’t turn aside. Because he who steers only has to move the wheel to steer it, and the boat goes wherever he wants it to go.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:14:
- Uma: “At that time there were also in Efesus several Yahudi people who were traveling around expelling demons that had entered people. Among them were seven men, all children of a leading priest named Skewa. One time, those seven tried to expel a demon from a person by naming the name of the Lord Yesus. They said: ‘With the name of Yesus whom Paulus carries, you (sing.) leave!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then, there were seven brothers who ‘medicined’ like that. Their father was Eskeba, the leading priest of the Yahudi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The ones who did this were the seven sons of a Jewish high priest whose name was Sceva.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were seven children of Sceva a leader of the priests of the Jews who did that.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for those expellers, there were seven of them, all brothers. Their father was a chief of the priests, whose name was Esceva.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 16:2:
- Uma: “So, very early Sunday morning, at the first sign of light, they went to the grave.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then early-in-the morning of Sunday, they went to the grave.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in the morning when the sun had just come up on the first day of the week, they went to where Jesus was buried.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When it was then dawning on Sunday, they went to his burial-place. It was already day when they arrived.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Next day, they set out very early. The proof of that was, when they arrived at the grave, only then was sunrise, it being Sunday.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 5:1:
- Uma: “This my advice to rich people. Weep and wail, for you will be hit by suffering.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, now, you the rich ones, listen to me. You should weep and wail for soon troubles/sorrows will come to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you rich people, you listen also. You weep; you wail, for very painful is what is going to happen to you in the future for God will punish you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You also who are rich, listen to this that I say. You should weep-loudly on account of the fearful difficulty that in-the-future will-come-upon you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well this also is what I will say concerning you who are rich who are money-grabbing/swindlers. Hopefully you will think well about this. Cry and wail loudly because of the hardships which will come to you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen, you rich people. Pay attention to this word here. Cry loudly because of the suffering you must pass through.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
