Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:36:
- Uma: “He took the seven breads and the several small fish, and he said thank you to God. After that, he broke/chunked it and gave it to his disciples so that they could divide it to the many people there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He took the seven breads and the fishes and he gave thanks to God. Then he divided them and gave them to his disciples and they also gave them to the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he got the seven pieces of bread and the fish, and he gave thanks to God, and he broke it, and he gave it to his disciples, and they gave some to each of the people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he took the seven breads and the dried-fish and gave-thanks to God. After that he broke-them-small and he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the many-people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then he asked for those seven units of bread and those little-fish, and then he gave-thanks to God. After he’d finished, he broke them up and then gave them to his disciples to hand out to the people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He held the seven breads and the fish. He thanked God that there was food for the people to eat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 4:18:
- Uma: “It’s good if there are some who want to win you over. Not only while I am with you, also in my absence it is always good if there are those who want to win you over, as long as their purpose is good. [alternate we used but later decided was too far from the literal (sigh!): It does not hurt my heart [i.e., I am not upset] if there is someone who becomes your friend in my absence. It’s fine with me if there is someone who is trying to win you over–as long as their purpose is good.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is really good if people are concerned about their companions as long as their purpose is only good as to why they are concerned. And you should be concerned whether I am there with you or whether I am not there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Their being friends with you is very good if their purpose is not bad. It’s my desire that I’m not the only one who makes friends with you. When I’m not there it’s good if there is someone else to be friends with you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The concern of a person for his fellow-man is admittedly proper provided his motives are good, like the way you were with me, but you should always have-concern, not only when I am with you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Now admittedly it’s not bad that you are being valued, as long as there is no evil ulterior-motive. And your valuing me in the past, hopefully you will still continue it even though I am not there with you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Well it is good if someone wants to help you, but they must live to do what is good when they do it. I also want to help you, but not only when I am there with you, do I want to help you, but also always I want to help you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:47:
- Uma: “People who are the children of God want to hear the Word of God. But you, you do not want to hear my words, because you are not children of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person belongs to God, he listens to the teaching of God. But you, you do not belong to God, that’s why you do not want to listen/obey.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If a person is a child of God, he will obey the words of God. The reason you do not obey is because you are not his children.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The children of God, they carefully listen-to and believe/obey what he tells them. But you are not his children, therefore that is the reason you don’t listen and believe/obey.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those people who belong to God, they really listen to his word. But you don’t belong to God. That’s why you aren’t listening to this word of his.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He who is a child of God likes to hear what God says. But you are not children of God, therefore you do not want to hear what God says.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 17:1:
- Uma: “Six nights after that, Yesus invited three of his disciples to go with him to a high mountain. Those three disciples: [were] Petrus, Yakobus and Yohanes the relative of Yakobus. It was only Yesus with those three disciples who were there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then six days after that, Isa took Petros, Yakub and Yahiya onto a high mountain, them only.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Six days from then, Peter, James, and John, the younger brother of James, were taken by Jesus, they alone, and they went up on a high mountain.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After six days had passed, Jesus called Pedro and the brothers Santiago and Juan, and they walked-uphill to a high mountain by themselves.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Six days passed, then Jesus took with him Pedro and the two brothers Santiago and Juan. They climbed a high mountain.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “After six days had passed Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John. They went to a high mountain to be by themselves.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 5:19:
- Uma: “The deeds that we do if we follow the evil desires of our hearts are quite evident/recognizable. For instance: we commit adultery or behave wrongly with a woman or man, or we do other unseemly actions like that,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If their greedy-desire is what people follow, it is easily known because this is their doings: they commit adultery/fornication, they are immoral and they are not ashamed to do folly (sexual things implied).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We can identify the evil behavior which is made possible by the evil desires of the body because it’s fooling around with someone who is not our spouse, filthy and ugly behavior,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is easy to distinguish what people do that comes-from their human minds. It is these: they sleep-with those who are not their spouses and they do what is filthy and indecent;” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For those things which are the outcome of our congenital evil desires are clear to us all. Because it’s these things, all kinds of immoral behaviour with one who is not your spouse, disgusting habits/ways or thoughts and the indulging of disgusting desires with no self control at all.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It isn’t hard for us to know what is the evil done by people. It is adultery, a heart full of evil, one doesn’t want to control himself concerning walking in evil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 9:20:
- Uma: “His mother and father answered: ‘What we know is that he is definitely our (excl.) child, and that he really was blind since birth.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His parents answered, they said, ‘Yes this is our (excl.) son. It is true that he was born blind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the parents of the cured person answered, they said, ‘We know that this is our child, and we know also that he was blind before he was born.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The parents then answering, said, ‘Yes indeed, that is our (excl.) child and he truly was blind at his birth (lit. coming-out).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “His parents replied, saying, ‘He really is truly our (excl.) son, and he really was already blind when he was born.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then his father and mother said, ‘We know that this one is our son. And he was blind when he was born.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:6:
- Uma: “‘But whoever causes-to-fall a little child with the result that he/she no longer believes in Me, great indeed the punishment of God to that person. It [would be] better for a big sharpening stone to be tied around his neck and he be tossed into the sea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘If a person causes one little child like this who trusts in me to sin, it would be better for him that a big stone would be hung around his neck and he be thrown into the sea in order that he would not influence to sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Any person who, through him, a child is successfully tempted, it would be better for that person if a great millstone was tied to his neck and he were thrown into the middle of the sea, rather than the punishment on him if, by means of him, a child is successfully tempted.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘But whoever tempts even one of these lowest people who has believed in me to sin, it would be better if his neck were hung with a heavy rock and then he were thrown into the sea than that he continue-with his temptation.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well, whoever will cause to fall (into sin, fig.) one of these humble ones who believe in me, it would be better really if he were just weighted with a big milling stone and thrown into the middle of the ocean. (That would be) better than that he would go through with such big evil.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning children who believe in me like this child here, the person who causes one of them to separate from me will be in line for a terrible punishment. Before a person should so sin, it would be better that the person jump into the sea with a grinding stone tied around his neck to drown him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Ephesians 1:7:
- Uma: “From the blood of the death of Yesus and from our connection with him, God redeemed us, he forgave our sins from his grace that is very big.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because of the death of Almasi we (incl.) are set free, that means God has forgiven our (incl.) sins. Really very great is God’s love and mercy towards us (incl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For because of the fact that His kindness to us is very great, He set us free from punishment by means of the shedding of blood when Christ allowed Himself to be killed. And He forgave our (incl.) sins.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because through the blood of that Child of his, we are set-free, it wants to say (henceforth meaning to say), our sins are forgiven. We enjoy/gain all these-things because of God’s exceeding mercy/grace” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For because of the blood which this Jesus shed (lit.caused-to-drip), we are free now from the punishment by God because of our sins. They have now all been forgiven to us. There is really no comparison to this grace/mercy of his” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because of the grace of God, the Son of God died in order to save us and he forgave our sins.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Bariai: “In our (incl.) joining together with him, he unbound us in order that we leave our bad life. And this action comes to us by his blood which spilled in the day that he died. And so he wiped away our bad deeds. And this action follows [from] his action of kindness which is extremely full (lit. greatly full and very greatly) and existing.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Kupsabiny: “The Saviour redeemed/freed us with his blood which he poured and then/there/at that time he forgave us from our sins. How great his love is towards us!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “His good intestine [goodness/mercy/grace/generosity] is so great that He even gave us His riches/inheritance. That inheritance is like this: The first person was Great Above One’s very own possession. But he did wrong until finally we people became slaves of the malevolent Spirit [Satan]. Then Great Above One Himself bought us back [redeemed us], He bought us back, taking us into the palm of Yesus’ hands [in Yesus] with His blood, paying our price to become His children. That’s not all. He truly already completely wiped out/dismantled our wrongs [He forgave our wrongs].” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
- German Gute Nachricht 2018: “Through his blood we are redeemed: all our sins are forgiven. This is how God showed us the riches of his grace.”
