Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:6:
Uma: “Blessed are the people who want very much to be straight in God’s sight, for God himself will give them what they seek.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘Better off are the people who want to follow God’s wishes, because God will satisfy them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Far better off are they who the thing that is big in their breath is their carrying out the desire of God, because God will help them to do this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘Fortunate are the people who greatly desire to do what God wants, because they will be satisfied.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “(The people) can be happy who really are always wanting to do the will of God, because he really will give to them that they can do it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The good fortune will be met by the people who earnestly endeavor to do what is good, like if they hungered and earnestly sought for something to eat. Because God will help them to be able to do so.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:3:
Uma: “The Good News that I delivered to you, relatives, is what I also received. What is really important: Kristus died to pay for our sins, as is written in the Holy Book.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I proclaimed to you the message that was told to me. Among all that I proclaimed to you this message is really the most important, that Isa Almasi died in order that he caused our (incl.) sins to go away/wipe out our sins as was written in the holy-book,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And most important of all that I taught you was that which was taught to me, and it’s this: as for Jesus Christ, He allowed Himself to be killed so that we (incl.) might be freed from punishment because of our sins, according to what was explained long ago in the written word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “And these are the most-important that were made-known to me which I also likewise taught to you. Cristo died in order that our sins might-be-forgiven according to what God caused-to-be-written.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Because I taught you what is truly the most important thing-to-teach, which was also taught to me. This that I’m teaching, it’s that as for Cristo, he died for he took-the-punishment-upon-himself for our sins in fulfillment of the written word of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “This word which was told me was most important and the first to be told to you. This word is that Christ died in order to clear our sins. Thus happened the word which is written in the Holy Book.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:6:
Noongar: “He isn’t here! He has been raised! Remember what he said to you in Galilee:” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “He is no longer here. He is alive again! Remember what he said to you yesterday [recent past time] in Galilea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Isa is no longer here. He is already alive again. Remember what he told you when he was there yet in Jalil.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because as for Jesus, he’s no longer here because he’s risen from the dead. You remember what he said to you when you were still in Galilee.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Jesus is not here, because he came-to-life again. Have you forgotten what he told you when you were in Galilea” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “He is no longer here, because he has been made alive again. Remember what he said to you when there in Galilea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:38:
Uma: “‘You know the command long ago that says: ‘If there are people fighting, and one pries/gouges out the eye of the other or pulls out the teeth of the other, pry/gouge his eye out too, and pull out his teeth too.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘You have heard this teaching, it says, ‘If a person destroys the eye of his companion, his eye shall also be destroyed, and if a person knocks out a tooth of his companion, his tooth shall also be knocked out.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You know also that which was taught long ago that if there is a person who inadvertently destroyed the eye of his companion, it can be that his eye also is destroyed. And if there is a person who inadvertently destroyed the tooth of his companion, it can be that his tooth will also be destroyed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘You have also heard what was commanded back-then saying, ‘An eye is the payment of an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “‘You (pl.) have also heard this which was said in the law, ‘It is necessary to pass sentence which makes the same. If you (sing.) damaged your companion’s eye, that indeed is to be done to you. If you broke/knocked-out the tooth of someone else, your tooth is to be broken/knocked-out.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “You have heard the word taught to the people in past days, that they were told: ‘Concerning the person who puts out the eye of his fellowman, he also must have his eye put out. Concerning the person who knocks out the teeth of his fellowman, he also must have his teeth knocked out.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “‘It has been said: Restrict revenge, for example, for a gouged-out eye (take) only one eye of the perpetrator, for a knocked-out tooth (take) only one tooth of the perpetrator.'”
Apal: “One man hits-splits the eye of another man. You (pl.) should also hit-split his eye in exchange. He knocks loose a tooth and you also should knock loose his tooth in exchange.” (Source: Martha Wade in The Bible Translator 2021, p. 5ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:35:
Uma: “Certainly there are some who will ask: ‘How can the dead be caused to live again? What kind of body will be given to them?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Perhaps there are some of you who ask, ‘How will the dead people be made alive again? What will the shape of their bodies be when they are alive again?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if, for example, someone asks how God is going to raise up the dead, or what their body will be like,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “There may be someone who asks-a-question saying, ‘How perhaps do the dead live again? What is the nature of their bodies?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, maybe there are some who are contradicting who say, ‘How will the bodies of the dead be made to live again? What will their appearance be like since their bodies have already rotted?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “I suppose that there are some who want to ask me a question and say: ‘How can the dead people resurrect? What kind of body will they have when they resurrect?’ they will say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 24:38:
Noongar: “But he said to them, ‘Why are you frightened? Why don’t you believe in your hearts?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “Yesus said to them: ‘Why are you afraid and uncertain?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But he said to them, ‘Why are you startled and why are you still doubting?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you afraid of me? Why do you doubt me?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “So then he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid and doubting about me?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “That’s why Jesus said to them, ‘What are your minds/thinking agitated about? Why do you continue to be of two minds?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:22:
Uma: “‘Our (incl.) eye can be compared to a torch. If our (incl.) eye is good, our (incl.) sight/vision is clear.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Our (dual) eyes are figuratively the lamp of our (dual) body. If our (dual) seeing is clear, that means, if our (dual) works are straight/righteous, our (dual) whole body is like light.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our (dual) eye, it’s like a lamp here in our body, because if our seeing is bright, which is to say, if our activity is righteous, it is as if our whole body is illuminated.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘The eye is like the light of people. Therefore if your (sing.) sight/viewpoint is good, it is as if your (sing.) mind is thoroughly lighted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I’ll also add something else, that what is like a lamp for the body is the eye. If it has no defect, of course your (sing.) whole sight is clear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When you open your eyes good, then you see the light. In like manner, if you open your understanding well, then you will know what is the good by which you must live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Amele: “Jisas told them another talk, ‘The light of your body (is) your eye. If your eye lies good then all your body lies with light.'” (Source: John Roberts in this article )
Martu Wangka: “If you think to sit true to the Father, as a result of that, you will sit happy.” (Source: Carl Gross)
German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) verses 22 and 23: “The eye is light for the whole body. When the eye is clear, the whole body is brightly illuminated; when it is dim, the body is dark. If your own light does not dispel the darkness within you, how great is the darkness outside!”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 16:9:
Uma: “For here, there is much useful work, although there are also many who oppose [me].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because there are still many people here who want to hear the message of God and I should proclaim to them even though many oppose me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because there are still many people here who want to hear the word of God, and my staying here has great value. However there are also many enemies of God here.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “because even though many are-opposing-me, I also have many opportunities to do work the outcome of which will be valuable.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For many here want to listen to my teaching, and it is really having good effects. But many also are the opponents.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because here in Ephesus I am able to speak much even though there are many who are against me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
