Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 24:23:
Uma: “After that, he ordered his officers to guard Paulus. But even though he was guarded, he was not like a person that was really jailed. Because he was indeed given the opportunity to walk around, and his friends were permitted to give him whatever he needed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then he ordered the lieutenant, telling him to guard Paul but not very much. And commanded not to stop/forbid his friends from going there to bring him the things he needed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he told the sergeant that he should not stop guarding Paul, however he should take care of him and it would be possible that Paul could be visited by his friends in order that they might help him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then he commanded the captain to have-Pablo -guarded, but that they consider him as a non prisoner and also permit the going of his friends to take what he needed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And then he handed Pablo over to a captain of soldiers. But he said that he wasn’t to be treated really strictly and also his friends weren’t to be prevented who would come to visit him bringing him what he was in need of.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:5:
Noongar: “Then the Devil took him up. In one moment, he saw everything, all the countries of all the kings of the World.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “After that, the King of Evil-ones carried him going to a high place. In just the blinking of an eye he showed him all the kingdoms in the world,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then Isa was taken by the leader of demons up to a very high place and he showed him all the places/countries in the world in one-shutting of the eye.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Satan took Jesus to a very high mountain and in a wink of an eye he showed him all of the kingdoms here on the earth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When that was finished, then the Diablo led him to a high place and in-a-moment showed him all the nations in the world.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Another thing Satanas did was he caused Jesus to accompany him to a high mountain. And then he caused him to view in one glance all the kingdoms here under the heavens.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Bariai: “And when it was done then he took him so that they ascended and went to an area very high up, and then quickly he showed him the big areas of all the great chiefs on earth.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
Kupsabiny: “The Enemy (then) took Jesus along to the top of a certain hill/cliff and showed him in a vision/revelation all the countries.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Mairasi: “Then the malevolent spirit took Yesus to a very high place on top of a tall mountain. Then he quickly showed Him every village where kings ruled in the world.” (Source Enggavoter 2004)
Amele: “And then Seten took Jisas and they (dual) went up the mountain and very quickly he showed Jisas all the ground kingdoms.” (Source: John Roberts in this article )
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 1:8:
Uma: “If we say that we have no sin(s), we are deceiving ourselves, and we do not take-to-heart the true teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If we (dual) say that we have no sin whatsoever/there is no sin of ours (dual), we (dual) deceive ourselves and there is no truth in our (dual) livers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If we say that we don’t have any sin, we are trying to get our breath to believe a lie, and we are not obeying the true doctrine.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves (lit. our own bodies; so also any reflexive expressions from now on) and we don’t agree-to (lit. say-yes-to) the truth of the matter (lit. of it).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, if we are saying also that as for us, we have no sin, we are only lying to ourselves, and the truth is far from us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “If we say that we do not have our sins, we are deceiving ourselves then, it is not true what we say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we say we have no evil in our head-hearts, we deceive ourselves and we do not speak true words.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “If we try to say that there is none in us sin, but then we are deceiving ourselves, and we don’t know what truth is.”
Tzotzil: “If we say, ‘There is not my sin,’ we deceive ourselves for sure. It is in vain that thus we say.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Candoshi-Shapra: “If we say, ‘Surely we have no sin,’ we deceive ourselves saying that. We are not at all doing straight.”
Yanesha’: “If when we say, I, there is not my, sin, we deceive ourselves; those which are the true words have not arrived on us in our hearts.”
Aguaruna: “‘I’m one who does not sin,’ if we say, we deceive ourselves, not speaking the truth;” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 26:1:
Uma: “After that, Agripa said to Paulus: ‘You (sing.) are given an opportunity speak, to say your (sing.) defense.’ Paulus raised his hand(s) and said his defense. His words were like this:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Agarippa said to Paul, ‘You can now talk on your behalf/for yourself.’ Then Paul made a sign/motioned because he was about to speak. And he spoke defending himself.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Agrippa said to Paul, ‘It is possible now that you present to us your reasons.’ And Paul raised his hand as a sign that he would talk, and he said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then King Agrippa said to Pablo, ‘You (sing.) may speak.’ Pablo stretched-out his hand, then he said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When that which Festo said was ended, Agripa said to Pablo, ‘You are now permitted to speak concerning yourself.’ Therefore Pablo raised his arm/hand as a sign that he would speak/tell-the-story. And then he spoke making his defence of himself.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:37:
Noongar: “And news of Jesus went across all of the country.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “From there, the news spread everywhere in the land of Galilea, that said what Yesus did.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “And the news about Isa spread to the surrounding places.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then, by means of this, the fame of Jesus spread throughout all of the villages which were nearby there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “That being so, it was newsed-from-one-to-another concerning Jesus to all the places there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The news concerning Jesus spread through that place.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:1:
Uma: “No kidding the bigness of God the Father’s love to us, to the point that he calls us his children. And thus indeed it is. We are indeed God’s children. People who don’t believe in Yesus don’t know that we are God’s children, for they do not know God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Listen! Really great is God’s love towards us (incl.). Because of his great love we (incl.) are called his children by him. And we really are God’s children hep. Because most people in this world don’t know God, therefore they don’t know us (incl.).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We are very dear in the breath of our Father God, for just look, He has called us His sons, and we really are His sons now. The people here on the earth who are enemies of God, they don’t recognize us as sons of God for they also do not recognize who He is.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Let us think about God’s extreme love for us, because on account of that amazing love of his, he counts us as his children, and so indeed we are. But those who don’t believe, they don’t acknowledge that we are his children, because neither have they acknowledged God who is our Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Just think-about (lit. walk on with your mind) how much is the big-size of the valuing of us by God the Father. This valuing by him is really very big, because he now regards us as his children. Well now, it truly is like that, that we are now children of God. But well, as for the majority of people here in this world/land, they don’t know/acknowledge God, that’s why of course, they don’t acknowledge us either whom he has adopted.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Let us know that God our Father truly loves us, because now we are the children of God. And it is true that we are the children of God. But other people do not know that we are the children of God because they do not know God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “Think how very much our father God loves us. He loves us very much in that he has done so that he is able to say we are his children. People whose heads are sitting (who are concerned about) just what is happening on this earth do not understand that we are God’s children because they do not understand who God is.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “We believers, let us think. Very much love our Father has done to us, in that he said to (about) us that we are God’s children. And we really are God’s children. So those who follow the world can’t know (understand) that we are God’s children, because they don’t know our Father, God.”
Tzotzil: “Hear how it is our Father God loves us that he says to us ‘You are my children.’ Therefore people don’t know us because they don’t know our Father God.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Candoshi-Shapra: “How greatly the Father loves us! Doesn’t He say of us, ‘My children?’ We are God’s children, that’s what we are. The dwellers in the world don’t recognize God. That’s why they don’t recognize us either.”
Yanesha’: “This, you take note of, how he causes us to know, Father how exceedingly he loves us. He wants us to say (know) we are God’s children. We are his children, of a truth. People on this earth, no one knows Christ how he is, that’s why, we, too, no one knows how we are, too.”
Aguaruna: “Listen (notice this), our Father, greatly loving us, ‘My child you be,’ saying, he chose us, he having done so we are his children; however people don’t know we are God’s children because they don’t know Him, ‘He is like that.’ saying.”
Murui Huitoto: “In what way does God love us? We are named God’s children.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:1:
Uma: “After that, Feliks [sic. Should be Festus!] decided that Paulus be put on a ship going to the town of Roma in the land of Italia. So, Paulus and several other people who were jailed were handed-over to Yulius, a warchief in the Roma army called Kaisar’s Pasukan [Troops].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “When they had agreed that we (excl.) would sail to the land of Italiya, they handed over/delivered Paul and the other prisoners into the hands of Juliyus, one of the captains of the company of Roman soldiers called ‘Company of the Leader King.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they decided that they would put us on a ship because they would send us to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners they turned over to Julius. Now as for Julius, he was a sergeant of the company of soldiers, the company which was named the Company of the High King.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “When the day arrived when-we (excl.) and Pablo -were-to-set-out to go to Italia, they turned-over Pablo and the other prisoners to Julius who was a captain of the soldiers called Company of the Emperor.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “When the day came when we would sail, that the governor would now cause Pablo to be delivered to Roma in the district of Italia, he handed over Pablo and some other prisoners to a captain of soldiers named Julio. He was a member of a big group of soldiers called Group of the Impiradur.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:25:
Noongar: “Now the man stood up in front of all the people, picked up his bed and went home, praising God.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “That lame person really got up, witnessed by the many people, he lifted his bed, and he returned going to him house. And along the way/road he continually praised God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Immediately the sick person got up in their presence and he took his for-lying-down and he went home praising God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And immediately that person got up before all of them, and he picked up that which he’d been caused to lie on, and he went home, praising God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then that-one got-right-up with them all seeing, he picked up the stretcher that he had been lying on and after that he went-home praising God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, that person then stood up, the crowd watching. He picked up what he was lying on and went home, praising God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
