Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:1:
- Noongar: “One day in another place, Jesus was praying to God. When Jesus stopped, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Tell us how we should pray to God, the same way John told his disciples.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “One time Yesus prayed. When he finished praying, one of his disciples said to him: ‘Lord, please teach us to pray, like Yohanes the Baptizer taught his disciples.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “One day Isa was praying. When he had finished praying, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘please teach us as to how to pray as Yahiya taught his disciples.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “One day, Jesus was praying to God. And when he’d finished praying one of his disciples said, he said, ‘Chief, teach us praying, because as for John the Baptist, he taught his disciples praying.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he had finished-praying, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, please teach us (excl.) to pray like the way Juan taught his disciples.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, there was a day when Jesus and company were at a place and he was praying. When he had ended, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, if possible/acceptable teach us to pray, like Juan did with his disciples.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 11:12:
- Uma: “After that, they heard / there was heard a speaker in heaven that called loudly to those two men, saying to them: ‘Come up here!’ And they were indeed lifted going to heaven covered/wrapped by a cloud, and all their enemies saw their departure.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then the two prophets will hear a strong voice from heaven saying to them, ‘Come up here.’ Na, immediately they will be carried by a bright-cloud to heaven while their enemies are watching them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the two preachers heard someone speaking loud in heaven, and He said, ‘Come here to heaven.’ And then they were lifted up to heaven and they were wrapped in a cloud, and this was seen by their enemies there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that there was a loud (lit. strong) voice from heaven which the two of them heard which said, ‘Come here.’ And they ascended-with the clouds to go to heaven in the sight of their enemies.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then they heard loud speech coming from heaven, saying. ‘Come here you two. Come up here now.’ Therefore while they were being stared at by those enemies of theirs, those two were veiled in cloud, for they rose-up-in-the-air to heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These two persons who had spoken the word of God before, it was heard that they were called to from above. They were told: ‘Come up here now,’ they were told. They went up to heaven then, they went in a cloud. Their enemies looked on as they went up.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 9:7:
- Uma: “It is not all the descendants of Abraham that indeed become the children of Abraham. For God’s words to Abraham are like this: ‘Only the descendants of Ishak will be your (sing.) descendants according to my promise, not your (sing.) other descendants. ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And not all the descendants of Ibrahim can be called/named his real/true descendants. This is true because God said hep to Ibrahim, ‘Of your (sing.) children, only just the descendants of Isahak will I regard/consider your (sing.) descendants.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for all who are called the descendants of Abraham, not all of them are also thought of God as the true descendant of Abraham, which is to say, not all of them will receive the promises of God. For God said long ago to Abraham, He said, ‘By means only of Isaac are your true descendants.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Neither are all who are descended-from Abraham his true grandchildren/descendants (diff. word), because God said to Abraham, ‘It is only the descendants of Isaac who will be counted as your grandchildren/descendants.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because God told Abraham that not all of his descendants would become God’s people. God told him: ‘Concerning the children of Isaac, only those will become God’s children’ he told him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Genesis 21:12.
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:33:
- Noongar: “‘No person lights a fire stick and hides it or covers its light. He lifts up the flame so people can see the light when they come inside.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘No person lights a lamp and hides [it] or covers it with a pot. A lamp is definitely put on its putting-place so that its shine is seen by people who enter.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said yet, ‘There is nobody who lights a lamp and then hides it or covers it with a tall rice basket. But he places it on it’s lampstand so that those coming in will see the light.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus spoke again saying, ‘Nobody lights a lamp and hides it or puts in underneath an upsidedown basket, but rather, he places it on underneath an upside down basket, but rather, he places it on a holder and when a person comes in, he is illuminated.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus continued parabling, ‘No one lights a lamp to then put it in a blocked-off-place or cover it with a basin but rather he sets-it-on-top (of something) so that it will be bright/light if a person enters.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus said next, ‘No one lights a lamp and then hides it or covers it with a ganta-measure. On the contrary he will really put it on a stand/rest, so that the people who are entering will see its light.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 13:7:
- Uma: “He was also allowed to wage war against the followers of God and to defeat them. And he was allowed to have power/authority over people in the whole world, from every country, every tribe and every kind of language.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The creature was also allowed to fight/attack God’s people until they were defeated by him. And he was given authority to rule over all people from all tribes and places and from every kind of language and all kingdoms.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The beast was also permitted to fight against the people who belong to God and to defeat them. He was given authority over every tribe, every race, and people of every language, and over every kingdom.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It was also permitted him to go fight God’s people and defeat them, and he was given authority to rule-over all nations and groups whose languages and skin are mutually-different.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He was also permitted to make war against and as-it-were defeat the people of God. He was given authority to control all nations of people whatever their blood or language.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He was given permission to make war with the people who are in the hand of God and to win over them. And he was given permission to rule over all the people who live in all the nations, those who speak all the different languages.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:11:
- Noongar: “‘When they take you and test you in the Meeting Houses or in front of kings or other leaders, you must not be down-hearted when you stand before them and you do not know the words you will say,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘If they bring you to the house of prayer and accuse you to the religious judges or the government because of your following of Me, do not be afraid about what your answer should be or what you should say.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When in the future the people will seize you and bring you to their prayer-houses to be judged, or they bring you before their leaders and the ones who rule the country, don’t be troubled/worried as to how you shall defend yourselves or as to what you shall say.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when, because of your faith, people take you into their church in order to judge you, and when they investigate you in front of kings and judges, don’t be worried about what you will answer them, and what you will do at that time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘When they arrest you to go file-charges-against you in the church of the Jews and in front of governors and other rulers, don’t worry about what you will answer and what you will say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well supposing you are interrogated in the worship-places, or brought before the government-officials or whoever is in authority here in the land, don’t be distressed as to what you will answer or say.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 15:1:
- Uma: “After that I also saw in the sky there was a big and very surprising sign: seven angels with the final seven kinds of tortures. With this torture, the anger of God being angry at the people of the world is over.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this, I saw another/different sign in the sky that was very amazing and very frightening. There were seven angels carrying seven different kinds of disaster. Those disasters are the final ones because when they are finished God’s anger will be over/finished.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then I saw in heaven another great miracle which is a shadow of that which will happen. There were several angels, and each one of them was carrying that with which he will torment mankind. And when this has taken place then will be finished God’s punishment on earth for them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was finished, I saw another amazing sign in heaven. There were seven angels to whom were entrusted seven hardships. These are the last hardships, because they are the ending-place of the punishment that God will cause-to-arrive on the earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When I next looked into heaven, what I saw was another sign which was a real amazement. For there were seven angels, bringing seven kinds of epidemic. These are the final epidemics for this is the final-part of the anger of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I saw in heaven another sign which was very awesome. I saw seven angels, each one carried a calamity which he would cause. When these seven disasters will have occurred, then there will have occurred all the punishment God will give.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 11:17:
- Uma: “If the firstfruits [lit., first-born] of our crops we offer to God, it means that all our crops belong to God. If the roots are God’s, the branches are also God’s. The Jews can be compared to an olive [Indonesian: zaitun] tree that is tended. Its roots mean/stand-for the ancestors of the Jews that God had as his portion. Its branches mean/stand-for their descendants. Some of its branches were broken off by God. And in the breaking-off place he stuck on branches of an olive tree that was not tended, in order that those branches live and get richness from the root of the tended tree. Those branches that he stuck on are you, who are not Jews.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The nation of Isra’il is like a certain kind of tree planted and cared for in order to bear fruit. And you, the ones not Yahudi, you are also like a tree, but a tree that grows by itself in the forest. So-then some of the branches of the cared-for tree are cut-off by God, and you, the branches from the forest-tree are joined in the place were the-cut-off-ones had been. So-then now you share in the good (things) that belongs to the Yahudi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the descendants of Israel, they are like an olive tree that God takes care of. And there are some branches on this tree that God has broken off; and as for you who are not Jews, you are like the branches of an olive tree which was not planted, that God took instead and caused it to grow there where He had broken off branches. And in the same way now, God’s blessing of you is good just like His blessing of the Jews long ago was good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Let me continue this illustration. The Jews, they can-be-compared to an olive (loan olivo) tree that God planted and has-looked-after. But he chopped-off some of its branches. You now who are Gentiles, you can-be-compared to the branches of an olive that merely grew (i.e. not planted). What God did, he got you and grafted (Ilo. solbong) you into the tree which he had planted so that you would join the original branches that were left. So now, you share-in the growth-causing sap which comes from its root.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This is a tree which is a good tree. But some of the branches of the tree were broken off. These are the Jews who separated from God. You who are not Jews are like as though you were branches of a tree that is wild. There where the branches were broken off of the good tree, there you were grafted in. So now you walk with God’s people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
