complete verse (Acts 25:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 25:24:

  • Uma: “From there, Festus began to talk, saying: ‘King Agripa and all the fathers gathered here! This man is accused by all the Yahudi people, both in Yerusalem and here. They repeatedly ask me that he be one-timed [i.e., be killed once and for all].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When Paul was already inside, Pestus said, ‘King Agarippa, and all of you who are here with us (excl.), you now can see the man accused by all the Yahudi, the Yahudi here in this place and the Yahudi in Awrusalam. They really requested that this man be killed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Festus said, ‘King Agrippa, and all of you who are gathered here, see this man. All the Jews here in Caesarea and the Jews in Jerusalem begged me shouting that I should put him to death.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then he said, ‘Honored King Agrippa and all of you who are here! This person whom you are looking at, this is the one whom the Jews in Jerusalem and here in Cesarea are-complaining-about to me shouting that he ought not to have-a-right to live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Pablo arrived, Festo then spoke. He said, ‘Respected King, and all the people who are our companions here, here now is the person whose death is being demanded by all the Jews. They really persisted in asking for it in Jerusalem, and then even here in Cesarea, they again persisted in asking for it. They were shouting out that he no longer be allowed to live.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 4:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:33:

  • Noongar: “A man was sitting in the synagogue. An evil spirit lived inside him. He shouted very strongly:” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There was also there a person who was possessed by a very evil demon. He shouted/howled he said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “In that prayer-house there was a demon possessed person. He cried out loud,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then, while Jesus was still teaching, there was a man in the church who was afflicted with a demon. And when he saw Jesus, he shouted out saying,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There was there a man who was possessed (lit. fastened-to) by an evil spirit. He screamed shouting,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “There was there in that worship-place a man who was possessed by an evil-spirit. He shouted out loudly saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 John 2:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:26:

  • Uma: “I write this letter to you, speaking of them who want to deceive you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I write you this about the people who test/try to fool you in order to take you astray/separate you from the true teaching.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am writing to you so that you might be on your guard, for there are people who want you to believe what is false.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I have written you this about those who are trying to distract/turn-you -aside from the true teaching.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I have written these things concerning those people who keep on doing what can lead to your believing/obeying going astray.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I write these words in order that you know that there are those going about who want to deceive you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “I have written this letter to you and have spoken these words about how people are doing who want to deceive you.”
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “That is why I wrote this to you, because there are some who intend to deceive us.”
  • Tzotzil: “ITherefore I have told you about those who want to deceive you.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
  • Candoshi-Shapra: “There are those who want to mislead you. That’s why I’m writing to you.”
  • Yanesha’: “These things, this is why I write you because they want to deceive you.”
  • Aguaruna: “I advised you (plural), ‘The ones angry at Christ will deceive you,’ that:” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)

complete verse (Acts 26:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 26:29:

  • Uma: “Paulus said: ‘[Whether] in a moment or in a long time, I cry-out to God that the King with all who heard my words today will become like me here. Only these bindings-things, may they not find you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Hurriedly or taking-a-long-time,’ Paul said, ‘the thing I am asking from God is that not only you, Sir, but all those who are listening to me this day might become like me following Almasi, except not to be bound (like me).'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Paul said, ‘Whether slow or whether fast, you and all who listen to me today here, I pray to god that you might be like me, however not that you should be in prison!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Pablo said, ‘Whether easy or hard, Sir King and all of you who are listening to me today, what I am praying to God is, may you all believe in the Lord Jesus like I (do), with-the-exception of these chains of mine.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Pablo at once replied, saying, ‘I pray that not only you, but including all the people here who heard me today, won’t just believe a little bit but on the contrary whole-heartedly (lit. with concentrated mind/inner-being). Hopefully concerning believing, you (pl.) would now become like me, except only for these with which I am chained.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 5:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:21:

  • Noongar: “The Law Men and the Pharisees began speaking together, ‘Who is this man? He mocks God! God only can forgive sins!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Those religion teachers and Parisi people spoke in their hearts, they said: ‘Who does that person think he is [lit, who very-(enclitic) is that person], that is dared to say his life is the same with God? there is no-one who can forgive sins, just only God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the teachers of the religious law and the Pariseo heard what Isa said there, they immediately asked among themselves, they said, ‘What sort of person is this? He speaks as if he is God. Who can forgive sin other than God.’ (lit. if not the one-only God.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then those Pharisee people and the teachers of the Law, they thought in their breath, ‘Who is this person who transgresses God? He’s pretending to be God, because the only one who can forgive sins is God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon those Pharisees and teachers of the law, they said in their thoughts, ‘Why did he say that? He is making-himself -equal to God. Because who do-you-suppose (rhet. question) has authority to forgive sins if not God only?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When those explainers of law and those Pariseo heard, in their minds was, ‘Just who is this fellow who, in speaking, makes-himself-out-to-be-God? Isn’t it so that only God can forgive sin?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 John 4:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 4:5:

  • Uma: “Those lying prophets, they are from this world. That’s why their teaching appears from this evil world, and people who don’t believe in the Lord hear and receive their teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “These people who pretend to be prophets just/simply belong to the world hep, therefore their teaching is about all-sorts-of-things in this world. And they are heard/listened-to by the people that belong to this world, the ones who do not follow/obey God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for those people who are inspired by lying spirits, they are enemies of God, and what they teach transgresses God. And because of that, people here on the earth who are also enemies of God will listen to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As for those who teach lies, they are following the customs/behavior that is opposed to what God likes, and what they are teaching, it harmonizes with that behavior of theirs, so those who don’t believe like to listen to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for these who are-falsely-claiming-to-be-prophets, they are companions of those who aren’t believers in Jesu-Cristo, therefore as for their words, they are indeed harmonious with the ways of those who aren’t believers. Well, those who are like them who aren’t believers, those are the ones who listen to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The lying prophets walk with the people who live here on earth, therefore they speak of things here on earth. And the people who live here on earth approve of what these liars say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “Those people who lie saying they speak God’s word, their heads are sitting (are concerned) only about what is happening on this earth. And therefore they speak words about what is happening on this earth, and other people who also are concerned only about what is happening on this earth heed them.”
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “And the deceiver prophets are servants of the world. And here in the world their word became visible (originated). So the world hears well what they say.”
  • Tzotzil: “Those who think they are saying God’s words, they are only of the world. Because they are only of the world therefore thus they talk. Their word is honored/respected by the people (unbelievers).” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
  • Candoshi-Shapra: “They proceed from the world. That’s why they talk about nothing but the world. The world enjoys listening to them.”
  • Yanesha’: “They are people of the earth. That’s why when they speak, this they will speak of, earth-origin things. Those who are the people of the earth listen to them.”
  • Aguaruna: “Those opposed to Christ, they belong to this world here. They tell concerning this world here, being so the people listen to them.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)

complete verse (Acts 27:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:30:

  • Uma: “From there, those workers of the ship wanted to quietly flee from the ship. That is why they lowered the small boat to the sea, pretending that they wanted to tie heavy iron to the front of the ship.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The men working on the ship were about to escape/flee from the ship. They pretended to go to the prow of the ship to drop anchors and they unfastened the rope on which the lifeboat hung and they let it down to the sea.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The workers there on the ship, they wanted to leave us and get away from the ship. They put down the boat, and they lied to us saying that they were going to put anchors on the front end.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon those-aforementioned workers on the ship, they wanted to escape. So they lowered the small-boat into the ocean with the pretend reason that they needed to put-on-board some of the irons in order to go lower-them from the front of the ship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then when it was now like that, those sailors decided that they would now leave the ship. Therefore they began to lower to the sea the boat which was on board, making pretense of throwing an anchor out in front.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 6:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:14:

  • Noongar: “Simon (Jesus called him Peter) and his brother Andrew, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew;” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Their names: Simon (Yesus named him Petrus); and Andreas the relative of Simon; Yakobus; Yohanes; Filipus; Bartolomeus; Matius; Tomas; Yakobus child of Alfeus; Simon who was called the Zelot; Yudas child of Yakobus; and Yudas Iskariot, who would sell Yesus to his enemies.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The people he chose are these: Simon, also called Petros by Isa, and Andariyas the sibling of Simon, Yakub and Yahiya, Pilip and Bartolome,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the ones that he chose were Simon, the one titled Peter, and the younger sibling of Simon, Andrew. James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “These are the names of those he chose: Simon (whom he nicknamed Pedro) and his brother Andrew, Santiago and Juan, Felipe and Bartolome,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They were Simon whom he called Pedro and Andres who was the brother of Simon, Santiago and Juan, Felipe, Bartolome,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)