Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 2:10:
Uma: “All his evil schemes he will use to deceive people who it is already certain will receive disaster. They will receive disaster because they refuse to receive the true message and they won’t submit to God so that he lift them from the punishment of their sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “He will be able to deceive the people who belong to/whose portion is hell, because they did/do not want to follow the true teaching about Isa Almasi so that they would be saved.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He will tell lies by all kinds of evil ways to those people who cannot avoid punishment. The reason they will not be able to avoid punishment is because they have not accepted the true doctrine which can give them life forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “and everything moreover which is evil which deceives those who will be separated from God to be punished. The reason they will be punished is, they were refusing to value and believe the truth regarding the Lord Jesus so that they would be saved koma.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Really all kinds of evil are what he will come out with in his deception of people who are heading for death which is unending punishment. They will fall into this punishment because they didn’t receive and want/like this truth which is what could have saved them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “It is evil in all that he will do. He will do various things searching how he will deceive the people who must be lost. They will be lost because they have not wanted to know the word which is true. This word which they did not look favorably on is the word which could have saved the lives of the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:24:
Uma: “After that, they prayed, they said: ‘Lord, you (sing.) know all the hearts of people. Yudas, he fell from his work as your (sing.) messenger, and he was judged according to his actions. That is why we (excl.) request, Lord, point out to us (excl.) from these two which one you (sing.) have chosen to replace Yudas.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then Peter and company asked God, they said, ‘O God, you are the one who knows the heart of man/humans. Teach us which of these two you have chosen,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Peter and the rest prayed for them, they said, ‘Lord, you know what’s in the breath of everybody, and now show us which of these two you have chosen” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “And they prayed saying, ‘Lord, since you (sing.) are the one-who-knows the mind/thoughts of all people, please make-known to us (excl.) whom you (sing.) have chosen between these two” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Then they prayed, saying, ‘Lord, you are well aware of what is in the mind/inner-being of all people. Therefore cause us (excl.) to recognize which of these two you have chosen,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:7:
Uma: “He spread this news: ‘After me will come one whose power is greater than me/mine. Even to kneel to undo his shoe I am not worthy.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “And he proclaimed like this: ‘There is (someone),’ he said, ‘coming after me, (who is) more powerful than I. I am not even worthy to bend down to loosen the string of his shoes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then John preached to the people saying, ‘There is a person coming who will take my place. That person is very much greater than I, because even to take off his shoes, I am not yet worthy to be his servant.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “He was telling the many-people, ‘There is someone greater (lit. higher) than I who is following-me. And because of this greatness of his, I am not worthy to even untie the laces of his shoes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “He was always saying when he was teaching, ‘The one following me will come who is far superior to me. Even to undo the tie of his footwear to remove them is not possible/acceptable for me to do, for his greatness/importance it really very much.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Shipibo-Conibo: “Then he told them a word: Back of me comes one surpassing me in strength. I am not equal, though I bend down, to untie his shoe string.” (Source: James Lauriault in The Bible Translator 1951, p. 32ff. )
Balinese: “Then he preached to the people as follows: ‘After me there comes one mightier than. Even to stoop down to loose the strings of His sandal I feel not fit at all.” (Source: J.L. Swellengrebel in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 75ff. )
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “And he cried out, ‘Right behind me comes someone greater than I! I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen the tie on his sandals.”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 1:7:
Uma: “They want to become teachers of the Law of Musa, yet they don’t even know [what] its benefit [is]. They say/think [emphatic] they are clever at explaining the meaning of the Law of Musa, yet actually they don’t know its purpose.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “They say that they are the religious-teachers (guru) of God’s law and-what’s-more certainly they do not understand their words/what-they-are speaking-about and what they preach/teach strongly to people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For even though they would like to be teachers of the law left behind by Moses, they have no idea about what they are saying, and they do not understand the doctrine which they force on other people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “They want to teach God’s law, but the truth of it is, they don’t understand what they insist is true and even the words they are saying, they don’t know what they mean (lit. want to say).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “They want hopefully to be teachers of what was commanded by God. But well, they haven’t understood these words of his. They haven’t comprehended the meaning of that which they teach, even though they testify boldly about it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “They want it to be said that they know well how to teach God’s law. They speak authoritatively when they teach. But it is not true that they understand about the word they want to teach.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:30:
Uma: “Daud was a prophet, and he knew from-the-start what God would do in the future. God made a promise to Daud with vowing, he said: one from the descendants of Daud later would be raised by God and be made king, like Daud himself. So, that is why Daud foretold ahead-of-time that the Redeemer King would live again, he said: he was not abandoned in the dwelling-place of the dead, and his body is not abandoned in the grave until rotten.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because he was a prophet, he knew that God had made a promise to him and had yet sworn that at a future time one of his descendants would rule-as-king like he did.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for David, since he was inspired by God, he understood what God promised him because what God had promised him was that in the future there would be a descendant of David who would be a king like David.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But since he was a prophet, he knew what God promised to him that he would have a descendant that God would cause-to-be-king to succeed him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But David spoke like that because he was being caused to be a prophet. He knew what God had promised him with an oath. That promise was, there would be someone God would set in the kingship of David who would be one of his descendants.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:39:
Uma: “From there, Yesus and his disciples went carrying the Word of God to all the towns in Galilea-land. He taught in the prayer houses and he expelled demons that had entered/possessed people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “So-then Isa went to all the places in Jalil. He proclaimed in their prayer-houses and he cast-out demons from the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus went to all the villages in the province of Galilee and preached in the churches of the Jews there, and he caused to go away the demons who were afflicting people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then they went-around to all-the-towns in Galilea preaching in their many-synagogues.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, he went all over the whole of Galilea, teaching in the worship-places and driving out evil spirits.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Shipibo-Conibo: “Thus, everywhere in Galilee, he spoke-along the word in their small houses to praise God in, expelling demons all along.” (Source: James Lauriault in The Bible Translator 1951, p. 32ff. )
Balinese: “Then He went preaching in their places of worship. in all the territory of Galilea, and expelling demons.” (Source: J.L. Swellengrebel in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 75ff. )
English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): “So he went throughout the whole of Galilee, preaching in the synagogues there, and expelling devils.”
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Timothy 3:4:
Uma: “He must know how to manage well the people who stay in his house, and his children must submit to their elders and respect them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “He ought to know how to-take-care-of his children and wife. He ought to be a person honored/treated-according-to-custom/respected by his children and his commands (ought to) be followed by them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “His leadership over his wife and his children must be good. His children must also be submissive and respectful to him always.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Concerning also his family, he must properly manage/organize and instruct/command them so that his children will be obedient and will properly respect him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And it’s necessary that he does indeed know how to supervise his household well, for he ensures that he is honored/respected and obeyed always by his children.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “He must know how to rule well in his house. He must make his children obey and be respectful.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 3:15:
Uma: “You did indeed kill Yesus. But God made him live again, since after all Yesus is the one that gives good life. We (excl.) here are witnesses, because we (excl.) have seen with our eyes [emphatic] that he lives again.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “You killed the one who gives life, but God caused him to be alive again and we (excl.) can testify to this.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the source of life forever you killed, however, God raised him from the dead. We can testify that Jesus was raised from the dead because we saw him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “You had-the one who gives life -killed, but God, he made-him-alive again. And we (excl.) confirm that he truly came-alive because we (excl.) saw (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Really back to front is what you did for, as for that Jesus, he is the source of our life, but death is what you rewarded him with. However he was made alive again by God, and we (excl.) testify to this, for after he came alive again, we (excl.) indeed saw/met him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Desano: “You asked that death be given to the one who gives life. Him God the Chief resurrected after he was dead. This we saw that it happened to him.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
