Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:3:
- Uma: “So, after they fasted and prayed, they laid-hands-on Barnabas and Saulus, praying for them. After that they sent them off carrying the Good News.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They fasted again and prayed to God and then they laid their hands on the two and told them then to go.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they refrained again from eating, and they prayed to God, and they laid their hands on Barnabas and Saul and had them leave.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They prayed again while-simultaneously they still did not eat, then they laid-hands-on Barnabas and Saulo and saw-them -off.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, without anything further, they continued that fasting of theirs and then prayed for Bernabe and Saulo placing hands on them. And then they caused them to go.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 11:1:
- Uma: “When they were close to the village of Yerusalem, they arrived at the village of Betfage and Betania on Zaitun Mountain. There Yesus ordered two of his disciples to go on ahead,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then they were close to Awrusalam already because they were soon arriving at the villages of Betpage and Betani there at/on the hill Jaitun. Isa told two of his disciples to go ahead (of him).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They were now near to the city of Jerusalem for they were about to arrive in the town of Bethphage and the town of Bethany on the hill called Olive Place. Then Jesus sent two of his disciples,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As [plural] Jesus were approaching Jerusalem, they arrived across-from Betfage and Betania below the hill Olivo. He had-two of his disciples-go-ahead” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they were close now to Jerusalem, being now there on the Hill of Olibo, that the barios of Betfage and Betania could now be seen, there was an errand Jesus caused two of his disciples to go on.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 9:16:
- Uma: “If for instance there is an old-person/parent who wants to divide his stuff to his children, he makes ahead-of-time a last-request letter which makes-clear how his stuff is to be divided [lit., makes-clear the dividing of his stuff]. But that last-request letter is not yet used if he is still alive. If/When the last-requester dies, only then can the last-request letter be used. So, there must be a death in order that the last-request letter can be used.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For example a person requests (someone) to make a writing where he promises/covenants that he gives his wealth as an inheritance to a certain person, but he has to die before the inheritance can go to the person.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now, for example, there is a person who makes a document and he says on that document that if he dies there are some possessions that he will leave behind to his companions. And when he dies it’s necessary that someone testifies that he is really dead. And then those people spoken of in the document can receive his possessions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “We know that if there are final instructions that a person writes concerning the distribution of his estate (lit. what-he -will-bequeath) when he dies, it is necessary to confirm that he has truly died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, prior-to-death-instructions concerning inheritance is one place-where- we -can-get-an-illustration of this (fact that) the good which God promised could not be obtained if Cristo had not shed his blood. For if there is a prior-to-death-instruction concerning the inheritance, it is necessary to be-sure-of the truth that this one who gave-the-death-instruction is now dead.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You see that when a paper is made which tells about what will be done afterwards, then when the one dies who made the paper, the paper then becomes effective. Then the word left by the dead one has power.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:35:
- Uma: “‘That is also the meaning of the words of Daud while he was praying, he said like this: ‘My body you (sing.) will not abandon in the grave until rotten, because I an your (sing.) servant that you (sing.) have chosen.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “In another verse in the holy-book Jabur it is also said, ‘You will not abandon your holy servant to decay.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was another prophecy of David which were the words of Jesus. He wrote this in the book of the Psalms, and he said, ‘As for me, your faithful servant, you will not permit that my body rots in the grave.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus is the fulfillment of that promise of his, because there is also something-written that David said to God, ‘I am the one who is faithful to serve you (sing.). You (sing.) will not allow my body to rot.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And there is something else written in The Songs which says, ‘You will not leave my body to rot in the grave, I who always obey your will.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quotes, see Psalm 16:10 (from the Greek Septuagint).
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 11:33:
- Uma: “So, they answered him: ‘We(excl.) don’t know.’ That’s why Yesus said to them: ‘In that case, neither will I tell you where my authority to do these things is from.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore they answered, they said, ‘Inday, we (excl.) do not know as to where Yahiya’s authority was from.’ So-then Isa said to them, ‘Na, I also will not tell you as to where my authority is from to do those things.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore they answered Jesus, ‘We don’t know.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘I also will not tell you about my right to do all these things.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then they said to Jesus, ‘We (excl.) don’t know.’ Jesus said in-return, ‘If that is so, neither will I tell you who gave me my authority to be doing these things.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore what they replied was, ‘We don’t know.”Well if it’s like that,’ said Jesus, ‘I also won’t tell you my authority to do these things I am doing.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 10:20:
- Uma: “We can come before him, for we go-on a new way. That way is the way that Yesus has slashed/blazed for us, [a way] that brings us to good life, In the Worship House of the Yahudi people long ago, a cloth middle-wall blocked the way of the people from entering into the More Holy Room. But [as for] us, there is no longer anything blocking our way to approach God, for Yesus opened for us a way to approach God, for he gave himself to be killed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When he surrendered his body to be killed, he opened a new way in order for us (incl.) to have life without end. His body is figuratively like the cloth in the temple that shielded/hid the room where God was but now (the thing that) hid that room is figuratively already torn because he surrendered his body.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because as for Jesus, He made a way for us by means of the sacrifice of His body, and this way, it can give life without end.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because by his death which is compared to the tearing of the curtain which blocked the entrance, Jesus made a new pathway for us which is as if living, because this path, it is he the same-aforementioned who is living.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because, in his sacrificing of his body, he made-for us a new way/trail which goes-directly to the other side of the curtain, so that we really can arrive in God’s presence. That hiding-from-view curtain has now been removed, which is a picture of his body which was killed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Upon the dying of Jesus Christ, the closure was opened which closed there where God is. He opened up the road so that we can pass there where God is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 14:15:
- Uma: “‘What-in-the-world is this you are doing? We(excl.) here are ordinary men also, like you. Our(excl.) coming here is to bring the Good News to you, so that you stop worshipping those lords that have no use, and so you worship the God who Lives, the God who made the sky, world, sea, with all its contents.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “they said, ‘Why do you do this to us (excl.)? We (excl.) are just humans like you. And the reason we (excl.) came here is to tell you the good news in order that you will turn-your-backs-on/reject those your gods, those useless ones. We (excl.) came in order that you will change to follow the living God, the God who created the sky and the earth, the sea and everything in it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Why are you worshipping us, brethren? We are just people. We are human beings just like you. We came here to your village so that we might cause you to understand about the good news so that you might have done with these customs which have no purpose and so that you might also believe in the God which has no death. He is the one who created heaven and earth and the sea and all of the contents of these.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Stop, companions! Why are you doing that? We (excl.) are only people just like you. We (excl.) have come here to tell you the good news concerning the Lord Jesus, in order that you will turn-your -backs-on those false/imitation gods that have no purpose in order to believe/obey the living God who made the sky and the earth and the ocean and everything that is there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘All of you, please don’t do this. For as for us (excl.), we are indeed people/human like you. We(excl.) are making known to you that you must now let go of those which you worship which has truth/reality to it, for nothing can be gained by it. You must now submit to God who is really alive, he who created heaven/sky and the world/land and the sea, including all their contents.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Exodus 20:11.
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:32:
- Uma: “The religion teacher said to Yesus: ‘True indeed, Teacher! What you (sing.) say is very true. The Lord God is just one, there is no other.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The teacher of the law said to Isa, ‘That is correct, Sir. What you said is true that God is one and there is no other than he.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then that teacher said to Jesus, he said, ‘True, I agree with what you say that God is only one and there is no other God,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Correct, sir teacher,’ said the teacher of the law. ‘What you (sing.) said is true that there is only-one God, there is no other.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘That’s true, Teacher,’ replied that explainer of law. ‘What you said really is true that there is only one God, there really being no other apart from him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
