Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 14:61:
Uma: “But Yesus didn’t reply, he didn’t answer even a word. Once more the Big Priest asked him: ‘Are you (sing.) indeed the Redeemer King, the Child of the Holy God?’ [could also means: the Holy Child of God?]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But Isa did not answer. Then the leading priest asked him again, he said, ‘Are you Almasi, the Son of God?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus did not answer. And then the high priest spoke again, he said, ‘Are you the one chosen by God to rule?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But he kept-silent answering nothing. So the highest priest said further, ‘Are you (sing.) the Messiah the Child of the honored/praised God?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But there was no verbal response from Jesus. Therefore he was again questioned by the Most-important Priest. ‘Are you really the one,’ he said, ‘who is that promised Cristo who is the Son of God the Most-important/Greatest?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 2:2:
Uma: “For example, there arrives at our gathering a person who has gold rings on and is dressed in beautiful clothes, and there also arrives a poor person who is dressed in cast-offs.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “For example, two people enter there in your gathering/gathering-place, one is rich, he wears golden rings and good clothes, and one is poor and his clothes are old.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For example, there is a person who comes into your worship place who is rich, who has on a gold ring, and his clothing is very expensive. And there is also a person who attends who is poor, and his clothing is rags.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “For-example, if a rich-person wearing-a-ring made-of-gold and wearing-nice -clothes goes to your church and you say to him, ‘Come here so you (sing.) can sit in this nice chair.’ And if a poor-person also arrives wearing-extensively-patched -clothes, but in-contrast you say to him, ‘How-about-if (lit. Even-if) you (sing.) stand there or sit there on the floor,'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For example, when you gather together, supposing a person enters who has a ring/rings of gold and is dressed really nicely. And there is someone who enters whose clothing is patched up patches.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Suppose there enters into where you are gathered a rich man who wears a golden ring and is clothed in good clothes. Also there enters a poor man with poor clothing.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:14:
Uma: “Paulus had not-yet had an opportunity to speak, Governor Galio said: ‘Ee, you Yahudi people! If what you accuse him of were mentioning some transgression of the town laws or some behavior that is really evil, I would be patient to listen to your accusations.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Paul was about to speak but Governor Galliyo spoke to the Yahudi. He said, ‘If this matter was about evil doings or doings that are not straight, it would be right for me to hear/listen-to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Paul wanted to speak, but Gallio spoke to the Jews and said, ‘As for you Jews, if it is a great trouble like a true sin or a bad doing of this person, I would put up with judging over you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Pablo was-about-to speak, but just-then Gallio said to the Jews, ‘If that-one had a crime (but he doesn’t) or something-bad he has done, I would certainly (concession particle) put-up-with listening to you Jews.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Pablo was just about to reply to that which they were saying when Galion said to those who had arrested Pablo, ‘If what you have found fault with against him was a heavy crime or evil, of course I wouldn’t be able to ignore it, but on the contrary, I would attend to judging it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 15:21:
Uma: “On the way, they met a person who had just arrived at the village, they right away forced him to carry [on the shoulder] Yesus’ cross. His name [was] Simon the Kirene person, the father of Aleksander and Rufus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then a man passed-by, his name was Simon, a person from the place Kirene. He came from up-inland returning to the town. This Simon is/was the father of Iskandal and Rupus. The soldiers forced him commanding him to carry-on-shoulder the post that Isa would soon be nailed onto.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “On the way they met a person from Cyrene called Simon, father of Alexander and Rufus. This Simon was coming from the fields into the city. They forced him to carry the cross that Jesus was carrying.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “While they were still on the way (lit. path), they met a man who was going to the city from the barrios, and they forced him to carry-on-the-shoulder Jesus’ cross. This man, it was Simon from-Cirene who was the father of Alexander and Rufus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “As the soldiers to-whom-Jesus -had-been-committed were going out of that city, they came across a man going to the city who was called Simon who was a taga Cirene, the father of Alejandro and Rufo. They forced him to shoulder the cross on which they would nail Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Kâte: “While they were going, they met a man on the street, by the name of Simon, from the settlement of Cyrene, the father of both Alexander and Rufus. It was he, coming from the field, whom they met, and they forced him, so he carried the cross of Jesus, and they led him on.” (Source: Renck, p. 96)
Yagaria (Move dialect; oral translation): “While they went on the street, a man by the name of Simon, a man from the settlement of Cyrene, the father of both Alexander and Rufus, as he came from the field, they met him and urged him, and (as) he carried the cross of Jesus, they went on.”
Yagaria (Move dialect): “While they went on the street, a man by the name of Simon, a man from the settlement of Cyrene, the father of both Alexander and Rufus, as he came from the field, they met him and urged him, and (as) he carried the cross of Jesus, they went on.”
Yagaria (Kami-Kuluka dialect): “While they go, leading Jesus in order that they kill him, a man is coming, and they meet him. The man they meet, a man from the place of Cyrene, the father of both Alexander and Rufus, by the name of Simon, he comes. As he comes, the men which lead Jesus and come, the soldiers, tell him strongly: you turn back, and take the timber on which we will kill Jesus, carry it and go! After they say that, he carries it and goes.” (Source for this and above: Lourens de Vries in The Bible Translator 2000, p. 101ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of James 3:8:
Uma: “But there is no person who can tame mankind’s tongue! Mankind’s tongue is very evil, and it cannot be controlled. The words that we utter with our tongue are like poison that kills!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But as for the tongue, nobody can rule over it. The tongue is evil and does not stay/rest, it is like full of poison that kills.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But there has never been a person who could control his tongue. Our tongues are very wicked and they cannot be controlled. It is like poison for it destroys.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But there has definitely not yet been a person who is able-to-control/restrain his tongue, because the tongue, it’s as if it is full of poison. It is continually prepared to speak evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But as for our tongue, there hasn’t yet been a person who can control his tongue. As for this tongue, its evil goes on and on. We might say it is deadly for it is venomous.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But concerning the person’s tongue, no one comes forth who can control it. Because it is an evil thing that cannot be controlled. The snake bites a person, and the person dies. Like this are our tongues, they speak words which contain poison.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:18:
Uma: “From there also, many believers in Yesus confessed in the eyes of the masses their deeds that were not appropriate.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Many also of those who trusted in Isa went, confessing openly the evil doings of theirs.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were many new believers there who told in front of all about the bad things which they had given up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “And many were the believers who confessed to their companions what they had been doing as spirit-mediums,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “From that time, many were the believers who were like awakened. Therefore they exposed and repented of their sins in the presence of everyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 16:6:
Uma: “The young man said: ‘Don’t be amazed! You are searching for Yesus the Nazaret person, who died crucified. He has come back alive! He isn’t here any more. See the place he was put the other day [lit., yesterday].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “He said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. I know you look for Isa, the man from Nasaret who was nailed to the post. He is no longer here. He is alive again. Look where he was laid.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person spoke, he said, ‘Don’t be afraid. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was nailed to the cross, but he is no longer here for he is risen. Come see where he was laid.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then he said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. I know that you are looking-for Jesus from-Nazaret who was nailed to the cross. But he isn’t here, because he came-to-life again. Look! This is where-he-was-placed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “‘Don’t be afraid,’ said that man. ‘Probably you are looking for Jesus the Nazaretanen who was nailed to a cross. He is no longer here, for he was made alive again. Look at where he was laid out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of James 5:5:
Uma: “You are like livestock that is fattened and slaughtered, for in this world you live like noblemen, seeking your happiness, but in the end you will be punished.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “You the rich ones that is what you only think about to have a good living/easy living and to have fun. You are like a cow that is being fattened/(lit. fattens itself) and doesn’t know that soon it is going to be slaughtered.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Here on the earth your situation is very good, and you are always happy. However, today you are just like a young animal which has been fattened for butchering, for you suppose that the day of punishment will never come upon you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Your life on this earth has been really easy and pleasurable, all right, and you can be compared to a cow that just grazes in order to get fat, but he doesn’t know that he will soon be butchered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “You really have caused yourselves to have real abundance and to have all you want here in the world. But the truth is, you have made yourselves like an animal which has been fattened which has no idea that what it is being kept for is to be butchered.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Here on earth you really have lived a pleasant life. It’s as though you have fattened yourselves like a pig is fattened so that it can be killed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
