complete verse (John 17:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 17:19:

  • Uma: “Father, I offer my life to you (sing.) becoming your (sing.) portion, so that my disciples receive goodness, and so that they become your (sing.) portion in their following the true teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And for their good I submit/surrender my life to you, so that they really will be people belonging to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of them I cause you to be in charge of my breath so that they also will thoroughly cause you to be in charge of their breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And I will offer myself/my body to die for them in order that they will be truly distanced from evil to serve you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And because of them, I will ensure/dedicate myself that I will really follow/obey all your will, so that they also may be ensured as being truly yours now, far now from sin.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “I set my heart on them so that also they will set their hearts on living good lives by means of the true word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 25:45)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 25:45:

  • Uma: “‘And I the King, I will answer them: ‘So that you know: because you didn’t help these people here whose lives are small, it means that it was I that you didn’t help.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then I will answer, I say, ‘Truly I tell you if you did not help my disciples of low status, I was whom you did not help.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then I, the king, will answer, ‘I tell you that if you didn’t help even one of these whose rank is very low, I am the one you didn’t help.’ And these people,’ said Jesus, ‘will be taken away from here because they will be punished with a punishment forever. However, the righteous, by contrast, they will be given life forever.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘After that I will say to them, ‘This that I tell you is true that when you refused to help even one of the least-important (lit. lowest) of these who are my brothers, you also refused to help me.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “I will answer them, ‘This which I will say to you is really true. When you witheld your help from the most insignificant one who is like my sibling, I am the one you witheld from.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The ruler will then say: ‘Truly I tell you, that when you haven’t helped the people here who are not respected by people, then also you did not help me,’ he will say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Colossians 3:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of Colossians 3:17:

  • Uma: “Whatever we do or say, do it and say it in the name of the Lord Yesus. And say thank you to God the Father in the name of the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Whatever you do or say you ought to remember that Isa Almasi is your Leader/Lord. And your thanks to God our (incl.) Father ought to be great because of Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whatever you say or do, these things must be worthy of the servants of our Lord Jesus. And it’s necessary also that by means of your being made one with Jesus, your thanks to our Father God is big.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whatever you do and say, remember that you are the representatives (lit. bodyhood) of the Lord Jesus while-meanwhile you also thank God the Father because of him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well now, the bottom line (lit. what-(it)-all-comes-back-to) of all this is, be careful that in all you are doing or saying, our Lord Jesus will be pleased and praised, deeds and words which are fitting for people who are united/tied-together with him. And be always thanking God the Father for the big-size of the good (situation) that is now yours because of what this Jesus has done.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When you do something or when you speak, do it so that our Lord Jesus Christ will be praised. Because you believe in Christ, God our Father will listen when you pray to him. Therefore now thank God for all that he does for us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 18:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 18:25:

  • Uma: “Simon Petrus was still standing and warming himself standing up with the guards. There was a person who said to him: ‘Are you (sing.) not also one of his disciples?’ Petrus denied it, he said: ‘Not I!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Petros was still standing there warming himself. The others standing there (lit. his companions in standing) asked him, they said, ‘Are you not also a disciple of that man?’ He denied, he said, ‘No.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter was still there warming himself. And there were some people there who asked him saying, ‘Aren’t you also a disciple of Jesus?’ But Peter denied it. He said, ‘I am really not.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Pedro, he was still there joining-in-warming-himself, and they said to him, ‘You (sing.) now, you (sing.) are probably a disciple of his, is it not so?’ ‘Indeed not,’ he said in denial.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for Simon Pedro, he was still there warming himself. They asked him again saying, ‘Isn’t it so that you also are his disciple?’ ‘Expl., I’m not at all his disciple!’ said the reply of Pedro.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Peter continued standing at the fire to warm himself. He was asked, ‘Aren’t you a learner of this man?’ Peter denied it and said, ‘No, I am not.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:31:

  • Uma: “Yesus said to them: ‘Tonight all of you, your faith in me will be shaken, for it is written in the Word of God like this: ‘I will kill the shepherd, and the sheep of his care will scatter.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then Isa said to them, ‘This night all of you will leave me, for this is written in the holy-book, ‘I commanded/told the one who looks after the sheep to be killed, so-then his sheep scattered.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘All of you, your faith in me will become weak tonight because of what happens to me. Because there is a written saying of God which says, ‘I will kill the one caring for the sheep, and they will be scattered.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they were on the path, Jesus said to them, ‘During this night, in-the-future indeed (prophetic formula) you will all leave-me and run-away, because there is something God caused-to-be-written that says, ‘Later I will kill the one-who-takes-care of the sheep and they will be separated.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Included in what Jesus said that night was his warning, saying, ‘This night, as for all of you, your belief-in/obeying-of me will be lacking. You will leave/desert me. For like what was written which is the word of God, which says, ‘I will kill the shepherd. Therefore what will happen to the sheep is that they will be scattered.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to his learners: ‘All of you will desert me this night. Because it will happen like it says in the Holy Book which says: ‘I will cause that the shepherd will die. The sheep then will scatter,’ it says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

See also complete verse (Mark 14:27).

For the Old Testament quote, see Zechariah 13:7.

complete verse (1 Thessalonians 1:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Thessalonians 1:6:

  • Uma: “And you relatives, when you heard that Good News, you followed our behavior and the behavior of the Lord Yesus also. Because even though you were greatly persecuted, your hearts were always glad to receive that Good News. It was the Holy Spirit [emp.] who gave you that joy, relatives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You copied/joined in our (excl.) conduct and the conduct of our (incl.) Leader. Even though you were persecuted because you followed God’s message, you were still very joyful, because you were made joyful by God’s Spirit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for you also, you imitated our behavior and the behavior long ago of our Lord Jesus for you accepted the Word of God even though you went through hard times because of your accepting. And even though you were undergoing hardship, you were joyful just the same because of the fact that the Holy Spirit inspired you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “One other means-of-our (excl.) -knowing that God chose you, it’s that you followed-the-example of us (excl.) and the Lord Jesus, because even though you were being exceedingly hardshipped on-account-of your faith, extreme nonetheless was your happiness to be receiving the word of God, because the Holy Spirit was the one who gave you that happiness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, you copied this habit/nature of ours(excl.), for you now also cause yourselves to be like the Lord. Even though you were really caused hardship, you happily received the word of God which we (excl.) taught to you. Yes indeed, you received it with true happiness which is the gift of the Espiritu Santo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “And you, just like you saw us do, that you also did. And you do like Christ did. You looked well upon the word, even though people were angry at you. But the Holy Spirit causes you to rejoice.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 19:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 19:17:

  • Uma: “Yesus carried [on his shoulder] his cross outside the village, and he was taken to a place called Skull Mountain. (In the Yahudi language it is called Golgota.)” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then they took Isa and brought him outside the town. They caused Isa to carry-on-his-shoulder the post which he would soon be nailed onto, towards the place called ‘Place of the Skull,’ in the Yahudi language, ‘Golgota.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and they went out of the village, and they caused Jesus to carry that cross where they would nail him. They went to the place called Headbone (in the language of the Hebrews it was called ‘Golgotha.’)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The soldiers then, they had-Jesus -carry-on-the-shoulder his cross and they took him to the place they called Place of the Bone of a Head. Its name in the language of the Jews is Golgota.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus went out of the city, shouldering his cross. He was to be taken to the place called Place of a Skull. (Golgota in the Hebreo-language.)” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Jesus went carrying his cross. He went to a place called the Skull. The word in Hebrew is Golgotha.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 26:63)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:63:

  • Uma: “But Yesus didn’t reply. The Big Priest said again: ‘By the name of God who Lives, tell us what is true! Is it really true that you (sing.) are the Redeemer King, the Child of God?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa did not answer. Then the leader priest spoke again, he said, ‘Swear, God is here listening and tell us if you are the Almasi, the Son of God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus didn’t answer. And the high priest said again, ‘Confess, because you are in front of God who has no death. If you are the Son of God, the one he has chosen to rule, say so.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But he remained-quiet. So the highest priest said further, ‘Swear-by the name of the living God that you (sing.) will say whether you (sing.) are the Messiah the Child of God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But there was no verbal response from Jesus.The Most-important Priest said to him, ‘Now I cause you to swear in the hearing of God who lives without ending, for you will tell us if you really are the promised Cristo who is the Son of God!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But Jesus made no reply. The high priest again spoke to him: ‘Concerning God who lives, call upon him for witness, tell us straightly whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)