complete verse (Hebrews 2:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 2:16:

  • Uma: “So, we know: it is not angels that he helps, it is we the descendants of Abraham [emphatic] that he helps.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “It is clear that it is not angels who were helped by him. But as is written in the holy-book, ‘The ones he helps are the descendants of Ibrahim.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And it wasn’t the angels that He helped but rather, we (incl.) the descendants of Abraham are the ones that He helped.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It is clear that it is not angels he is helping but rather us people who are counted/considered as Abraham’s descendants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Of course it’s not the angels that he is helping in this but rather we who are believing/obeying him, we who are like the descendants of Abraham.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now, Jesus did not come to help the angels. Rather it is the people who follow the faith of Abraham that he came to help.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:10:

  • Uma: “When it was nearly midday, he became hungry wanting to eat. So, while he was waiting for the food to get cooked, suddenly he had a vision.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “It wasn’t long (and) he was hungry and he wanted to eat. But while the food was being prepared, something appeared to him from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And after a while he became very hungry and wanted to eat. And before their meal was cooked, there was that which God caused Peter to see.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He became-hungry and would have eaten, but while they were preparing the meal, God showed him something that was like a dream.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Before long, Pedro was hungry. He wished there were something to eat, but his companions were still cooking downstairs. Well, in his perception, the world disappeared. It was like he was dreaming.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 9:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 9:6:

  • Uma: “Actually, Petrus didn’t know what he was saying then, for at that time they were so very afraid.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The reason that Petros said that was, because he was at a loss/didn’t know as to what he was saying because they were very afraid.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They were very much afraid, therefore Peter could not remember what he was saying.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But that’s what he said, because he didn’t (sympathy particle) know what he was saying, because their fear was extreme.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Pedro hadn’t thought about what he said because he was extremely afraid, as were those companions of his.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Palantla Chinantec: “The disciples were afraid, and Peter it was as though he lost his thoughts, and that’s why he said like that.” (Source: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Hebrews 4:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 4:11:

  • Uma: “So then, relatives, let us exert effort to get that rest with God, lest there be any among us who retreat from our faith, like the Yahudi people long ago who did not submit to God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore we (incl.) should really persevere to enter into that resting-place so that none of us (incl.) happens to be like/equal-to the people of old who did not succeed-to-enter because their trust in God was lacking.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, as for us (incl.) also, we will do our utmost so that we (incl.) also might enter into that place of rest prepared by God. Let’s not be like those people long ago who would not listen to the word of God so that there isn’t even one of us (incl.) who are not made to enter into that place of rest.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So let’s put-forth our efforts (lit. ability) to enter that resting-place. Let’s be careful so that none of us follows-the-example of our ancestors who were not able-to-enter because of their not obeying what God said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore let us strive to be included in this rest, so that we will not be like those other Israelita who experienced wasted effort because they did not follow/obey what God said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “And now let all of us be strengthened to endeavor to enter into God’s resting place. Let it not be that we do like the people did who didn’t believe the word God spoke. For that reason God did not take them into his resting place.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 10:42)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 10:42:

  • Uma: “He ordered us (excl.) to carry the Good News to all people, and witness that he really is the one chosen by God to judge/decided of all mankind, both those still living and those already dead.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And he told us (excl.) to proclaim the good news to the people. He also told us (excl.) to testify that he was given authority by God to judge all people/humans, those living and those dead.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he commanded us that we should cause people to understand the word of God. Jesus commanded also that we cause to be understood that he is the one appointed by God to investigate in the future the things which people have done, those who are still alive and even those who are already dead.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And he commanded us (excl.) to go preach the good news concerning him and to go confirm that he was the one whom God had appointed to judge all people who are alive and likewise also the many-dead.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And he commanded us (excl.) to go teaching everyone concerning him, and also to testify that he is the one determined by God to be the Judge of all people, dead or alive.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Mark 9:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 9:38:

  • Uma: “Yohanes said to him: ‘Teacher, we (excl.) saw a person expelling demons with your name, but we (excl.) forbid him, for he wasn’t one of our (incl.) followers.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Yahiya said to him, ‘Sir, we (excl.) saw a person (and) he uttered your name when he cast out demons from people. We (excl.) forbade him/told him not to because he does not follow us (incl.).'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And John said to Jesus, he said, ‘There is a person whom we saw healing people who are afflicted with demons. He was using your name in his curing. We scolded him because he doesn’t go around with us (incl.)'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Juan said to Jesus, ‘Sir teacher, we (excl.) saw a person who was causing-evil-spirits -to-leave using your (sing.) name, and we (excl.) forbid him because he isn’t our companion.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “One of the disciples who was Juan spoke. He said, ‘Master, we (excl.) saw someone drive out an evil spirit, your name being what he mentioned. Well we told him to stop, for he wasn’t one of us (incl.).'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Hebrews 6:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 6:13:

  • Uma: “When God said his promise to Abraham, he strengthened his promise by swearing, he said: ‘Really-really I say that I will fulfill what I am promising to you: I bless you with a big blessing, and I make you have many descendants.’ There is nothing greater than God, so he swore naming himself.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Ibrahim of old, God had promised something to him and God swore that he would fulfill that promise. That is what he swore by his own name, because there is no other name that is greater than his name.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Consider Abraham: at the time when God made promise to him, as for God, there was no other name that He used to strengthen His promise but He only used His own name because there was no higher than His.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Let’s consider Abraham, because there is also that which God promised him, and he swore that he would fulfill what he promised. Since there was no one higher/greater than he, it was none-other-than his own self that he swore by.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Remember God’s promise to Abraham. In that promise he also vowed in his own name. For just who else would he mention who is important who could surpass him, if it isn’t that there’s none?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When people say that it is true what they are saying, they call upon God to be their witness. When a person has called on God to be his witness, then his friend with whom he is talking cannot say that it is not true in what he said. But God promised a word to Abraham and since no one is greater than God, therefore he used his own name, telling Abraham it is God’s own word that which was said. He said to him: ‘It is true what I say to you, overflowingly I will bless you. I will cause that very much will increase your children,’ he said. But Abraham did not get anxious concerning the word God spoke. Rather he waited, waited until there came the day when it happened according to the word God promised would happen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 11:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 11:26:

  • Uma: “When he had found him, he took him along to Antiokhia. Barnabas and Saulus stayed in Antiokhia for a year, always gathering with the believers in the Lord Yesus there, and they taught many people. It was at Antiokhia that the followers of Yesus were first named Kristen people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When he had found him, he brought him back to Antiyok. The two of them stayed one year there with the ones trusting in Isa in Antiyok and they preached to very many people. It was there in that Antiyok where the disciples of Isa were first called people of Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for one year the two of them were there together with the believers in Antioch, and they taught many people. And there in Antioch the followers were first titled Christians.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When he found him, they returned to Antiok. They spent-one-year there attending-the-congregation, and many also were the ones they were teaching. The disciples of Jesus in Antiok were the first who were called Cristiano.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Having found him, he caused him to accompany when he returned to Antioquia. And they reached one year there, fellowshipping with and teaching that crowd of believers. Many indeed were those they taught. As for the believers there in Antioquia, they were the first ones to be called Cristiano, which means, united/tied-together with Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Morelos Nahuatl: “Barnabas and Saul one-yeared there among the believers. They taught many. People called the believers Christians. So then they were called Christians first in the town of Antioch.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)