Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 7:4:
- Uma: “And there was someone who told me how many were sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand. Those who were sealed were from the twelve tribes [lit., mother-groups] of Israel.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I was told how many would be marked on their foreheads. It was said the number was one hundred and forty four thousand from all the tribes of the descendants of Isra’il.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then I heard the number of the people who are to be marked. They are one hundred and forty-four thousand, and they come from the twelve tribes of the descendants of Israel.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When they had finished marking (them), it was told to me the number of people who were marked: they were one hundred and forty four thousand in-all descended from the twelve children of Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I heard the total of those marked, one hundred and forty four thousand. These were the descendants of those twelve children of their forefather Israel.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I heard how many people who had the seal of God put on their foreheads. One hundred and forty-four thousand it added up to of the relatives of all twelve sons of Israel.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:1:
- Uma: “Relatives, you do know the laws of governing-ones/government. So certainly you know what I say here: we men [mankind] live under the power of laws of governing-ones while we still live. But if we die, the laws have no more power over us.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My brothers who believe in Isa Almasi, it is certain you (pl.) understand what I am going to say because you know the law. The law has authority/right hep over a person as long as that person is alive.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Brothers, we (incl.) now understand what the government law is and we know that we (incl.) are under the commands of that law until we die. But when we die it is no longer possible to have us carry out the commands of the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You who are my brothers, I know you will understand this that I will say, because you all understand about law. You know then that the law has authority over a person only while he is living.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen my brothers, you know that concerning the law there is, it has authority to rule the person while he lives. But when the person dies, then the law no longer rules him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:5:
- Noongar: “When you go into a house, first say, ‘Let peace rest on this home’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘When you enter into a house, immediately you say: ‘Goodness from the Lord arrives to you houseowners!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And when you go up into a house, say first, ‘May God give peace to all in this house.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whichever house you go up into, you greet the people there. You say, ‘You who live here, may God bless you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you enter a house, say first, ‘May it be that God will bless you in this household.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Whichever house you go into, first say, ‘Hopefully peace/protection of mind/inner-being which God gives will be yours (pl.).'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 9:6:
- Uma: “For those five months, people searched so that they might just die, but they did not die. They wanted to die, but they didn’t die [lit., there was not their death]. [That’s natural Uma, with an abstract noun!]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “In those five months the people bitten that is what they will desire/request, to die, but they will not die. They will really want to die but they are not allowed to (lit. they are i.e. their wish is not satisfied).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time people will want to die but it will not be possible. They will greatly desire to die but they will not die.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore within those-aforementioned five months, those people will strongly-desire to die koma and they will try to commit-suicide, but they will not be able.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For the space of these five months, these people will really be searching for death, but it’s like they aren’t able to find it. Because no matter how much they want to die then, death is far from them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the people they sting, they will want to die because of the pain of the sting, but they cannot die. Even though the people will want to die, yet they will not be able to meet up with death.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:8:
- Uma: “People who follow the evil desires of their hearts are unable to please God’s heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The ones who follow the wishes of their greedy-desire, they cannot really please God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who is controlled by the evil desires of his body, there is no activity of his which pleases God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Thus the person who obeys his human mind, it is not possible that God will be pleased with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore those people who only like to do what is evil are those whose lives are not looked well up[on by God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:37:
- Noongar: “The Law man said, ‘The man who helped him.’ Jesus said, ‘Then you go and do like him.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “That religion teacher asked: ‘The person who helped him.’ Yesus said: ‘Go, you (sing.) also do like that.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He answered he said, ‘The one who had pity on him and helped him.’ Then Isa said to him, ‘Go and do as that person did.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the teacher answered, ‘The one who became the true companion of that person who was robbed by the bandits was that one who pitied him and who helped him.’ And Jesus said, ‘That’s right. You do like that.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Well indeed the one who showed-mercy to him,’ answered that teacher of the law. Then Jesus said, ‘Go then in order to follow-his-example.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘In my opinion,’ said that explainer of law, ‘that one, the Samaritano, for he helped him.’ ‘Well, if it’s like that,’ said Jesus, ‘like that also is what you are to to do.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 11:6:
- Uma: “They have power/authority to close/cover the sky so that rain will not fall while they are carrying the Word of the Lord. They also have power over every river so that the water turns into blood. There is also their power to hurt the world with all kinds of plagues/tormentings, whenever they want to do it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They have authority to shut the sky so that it will not rain as long as they make-known God’s message. They also have authority to turn the springs of water into blood and they have authority to bring any kind of disaster here to the world whenever they want to.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They will be given power that they might be able to hinder the clouds so that it will not rain during the time they are preaching the Word of God. And they will also have power so that they might turn to blood the water in the springs. And they will also have power so that they might punish people by means of any kind of plague at any time they want.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They were also given ability to cause-it-to-be-dry-season so it would absolutely not rain during the time when they were telling what God had made-known to them. They also had ability to cause-springs -to-turn-into blood and they were also able to hardship people on the earth with whatever-kind of hardship however-many-times, if that’s what they wanted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They will be given authority and ability to as-it-were close the sky, so that it won’t rain during the time when they are teaching the word of God. They will also be given authority to cause water to become blood, and to set in motion whatever kind of epidemic here in the world if they want to.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These have power to be able to cause that it doesn’t rain during the days they speak the word of God. And also they have power to be able to cause water to turn into blood. And they have power to cause here on earth bad sickness at whatever time they want it to happen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 9:1:
- Uma: “What I am saying here I say with my whole heart. I am not lying, for I am Kristus’ portion. And the Holy Spirit bears-witness that these words of mine are true. No kidding the sadness of my heart! I feel so sad and my heart continually hurts, because my fellow Jews, they refuse to believe in Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There is something else I want to say to you (pl.) and this is really true. I do not lie because I belong to Isa Almasi. I really know in my thinking/mind that this which I am about/going to say is true and this is known also by the Holy Spirit, the one who rules inside my thinking/mind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There’s something I want to say to you and this is not a lie, because I’m a disciple of Christ. And I know also that this is not a lie because the one who guides my thinking is the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This that I tell you is true, it’s not a lie, because I have become-one-with Cristo. Even my conscience which is directed by the Holy Spirit, it confirms that I am not lying (lit. it is not my lie).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I believe in Christ, therefore this word I want to tell you is not a lie. The Holy Spirit himself tells me in my mind that this word I tell you is true.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
