complete verse (1 Thessalonians 5:4)

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

  • Uma: “But you, relatives, you are not in darkness. You will not be surprised at the day of the Lord Yesus’s coming, like at the coming of a thief.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But you, my brothers, you are not in darkness, that is, you are not ignorant of this. Therefore you ought not to be startled when suddenly that day comes like a thief arrives.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But as for you, Brothers, you, by contrast, are not in the dark. You will not be surprised by the day of the Lord’s punishment like people are surprised by a thief. You really are not like that” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But as for you brothers, (reassurance particle) you will not be surprised when that day arrives like your being-surprised if a thief suddenly/unexpectedly arrives, because the darkness is not where you are.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But as for you, siblings in believing, this coming of the Lord is no longer dark/unclear to you. That’s why even if he will come on a day we aren’t sure about, like a thief does, panic will be far from you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But now brothers, you are not living in darkness. Therefore the day when the Lord comes will not suddenly surprise you. Therefore the day when the Lord comes will not suddenly surprise you. It will not come to you like it happens when a thief suddenly comes to where he comes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 21:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 21:3:

  • Uma: “Simon Petrus said to his companions: ‘I am going fishing.’ His companions said: ‘We(excl.) will go too.’ They really went riding the boat and they went fishing-with-nets in the lake. But all that night, they did not catch a single fish.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Simon Petros said, ‘I am going fishing.’ ‘We (excl.) will come along,’ said the others. So-then they went and rode in the boat. But that night they did not catch any fish.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter said, ‘I am going to net fish.’ And his companions said, ‘We’ll go with you. And they went out in a boat and they netted there the whole night but they couldn’t catch anything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Simon Pedro said to his companions, ‘I’m going net-fishing.’ ‘Let’s go then,’ they said. And they went and got-in a boat. But even though they worked-through the night net-fishing, they caught absolutely nothing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Simon Pedro said to them, ‘I’m going to go fishing.”If it’s like that,’ they said, ‘we’ll(excl.) go along with you.’ So they set out. When they arrived, they sailed. But well, till dawn they hadn’t caught any, not even one.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Peter said to his companions, ‘I am going to fish now.’ Those he spoke to said, ‘We also will go with you then.’ They got into a boat and went. But that night they didn’t find any fish.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 27:47)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 27:47:

  • Uma: “Several people who were standing near his cross heard his cry, they said: ‘Listen, he’s calling the prophet Elia!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the people who stood there heard this, some of them said, ‘He is calling Nabi Eliyas.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the other people there, when they heard this they said, ‘Maybe he is calling Elijah, the inspired one of God long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When the others standing there heard that, they said, ‘He is calling Elias!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When those who were still standing there heard, some said, ‘He is asking for help from Elias who was that prophet in the past.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Some people standing there heard what Jesus said. The people said among themselves: ‘This man is calling to Elijah.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Thessalonians 1:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 1:8:

  • Uma: “He will descend here with flaming fire to punish those who do not want to know God and who do not want to follow the News of Yesus our (incl.) Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He will come surrounded by flames of fire and he will punish the ones who turn their back on/reject God, the ones that don’t follow/obey the good news about our (incl.) Leader Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At that time He will punish those who have ignored God and who have not obeyed the Good News about our Lord Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There will also be flaming fire surrounding him. He will come to go punish (= come to punish) those who don’t-want/refuse-to know God and who don’t believe/obey the good news concerning Jesus our Lord.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Included indeed in his coming is a fiercely-burning fire, and he will truly punish as many as don’t acknowledge/know God and don’t believe/obey the Good News concerning this Lord of ours who is Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “He will come in order to send to punishment all the people who have not known God and have not believed the good news they were told about who our Lord Jesus Christ is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 1:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 1:10:

  • Uma: “While they were still gazing up into the sky watching his departure, suddenly there were two men dressed in white standing beside them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “While they were still looking at him as he ascended up to heaven, suddenly there were two men standing by their side clothed in white.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus had spoken this he was lifted up going to heaven, and while they were still looking up because they were watching his being lifted up, a cloud blocked Jesus, and he was removed from their seeing. And while they were still looking up into heaven, nearby them there appeared to them two males whose clothing glowed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “While they were still staring at where-Jesus -had-gone-out-of-sight above, there-suddenly-were two angels who were dressed in white standing-with (them) where they were.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When they continued looking up into the sky, looking up toward Jesus who was rising-up-in-the-air, suddenly/unexpectedly there were two men standing close to them who were dressed in white.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • San Mateo Del Mar Huave: “So they looking up to where he was going, Father Jesus, then they saw two men standing where they were. The clothes of them were very bright.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

complete verse (Matthew 28:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 28:13:

  • Uma: “The leading priests said to the soldiers: ‘Say like this: ‘In the middle of the night last night, Yesus’ followers came and stole his body while we were asleep.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “and they said, ‘Tell the people that while you were sleeping at night, the disciples of Isa went and stole his body.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They said, ‘You tell the people that when it was night you went to sleep, and the disciples of Jesus came and stole his body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “and they instructed them, ‘What you are to tell the people is, you were asleep and Jesus’ disciples came in the middle of the night and they stole his corpse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And they said to them that such-and-such was what they were to tell everyone. They were to say, ‘Last night when we (excl.) were asleep, his disciples came and they stole his body.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “They said to the soldiers: ‘Now you tell the people: ‘Last night he fell asleep. While we were sleeping the learners of Jesus came and took him away,’ you tell the people now.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (2 Thessalonians 3:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Thessalonians 3:11:

  • Uma: “The reason we are talking like this, let’s(incl.) come to the point [an idiomatic phrase], is because we heard that there are some there who are acting-lazy. They are just busy mixing with the affairs of others, they do not do/work their own work well.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “That’s why we (excl.) talk-about/mention it here, because we (excl.) hear that there are very lazy people there with you who really don’t work, but that’s what they do, meddle in their companions work.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We have been told that there are some of you there who are lazy. It is said that they will not work, rather, they disturb the work of their fellows.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “We (excl.) write you this because there reportedly are some loafers/goof-offs among you who are not industrious to work but rather they are only industrious in meddling in what their companions are doing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “We(excl.) have mentioned this here in this letter of ours(excl.) for we (excl.) have received news that there are some there with you who have dropped/given-up their own means-of-getting-what-they-can-live-on. Not only that but on the contrary they are being a bother to the lives of others.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “We hear a word here that some of your friends do not want to work. What they do do is just that they pry into what people are doing, so that they gossip.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Acts 2:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 2:16:

  • Uma: “What has happened here, is the fulfillment of what the Lord God foretold ahead-of-time long ago, with the lips of Nabi Yoel, like this its sound:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But this that you see now,’ he said, ‘has been foretold by Nabi Joel and now it is fulfilled. He said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This is what was prophesied long ago by the one inspired by God, Joel, because he said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “What was-done to us (excl.) a short-while-ago, that was what Joel prophesied long ago saying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “On the contrary, this which has happened today is the fulfilling of the written word of the prophet Joel, saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Teutila Cuicatec: “What you are seeing is what the prophet Joel wrote about in former times.”
  • Morelos Nahuatl: “This is happening as the prophet Joel who talked about God’s Word said in time past.”
  • Tepeuxila Cuicatec: “This is what spoke the prophet Joel who spoke of that which is to come.” (Source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)