Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:12:
- Uma: “So, every one of us must answer God’s questions about our behavior.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then all of us (incl.) ought/must tell to God about what we (incl.) have done here in the world.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time, we (incl.) will have to be before God and He will check up on us and we will have to tell Him about everything that we did here on the earth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore God is the one each one of us will face so that we will tell him what we have done.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore at that time each one of us will give account to God concerning how we have lived.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “Each of us will really tell God what we have done here in this world.”
- Central Tarahumara: “Thus it is very sure that each one of us will confess to God how we ourselves have done.”
- Isthmus Zapotec: “That is the way it is: God is the one to show the deeds of each one.”
- Teutila Cuicatec: “Because of this we knew that God will have to judge each one of us.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:15:
- Noongar: “One man sitting among them, he heard this and he said, ‘They will be very happy! These people will sit feasting in the Kingdom of God!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “While they were eating, a guest heard the words of Yesus and he said to him: ‘Blessed/fortunate is the person who attends the feast in the Kingdom of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “One of those eating there, when he heard those words of Isa he said, ‘The people who eat at the feast in the ruling of God are really glad/happy.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then one of the men who was sitting near Jesus, when he heard that teaching of Jesus he said, ‘How happy those people will be if they are able to stand in the future, that feast where all the people eat whom God rules over!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When one of those eating-with heard that advice of Jesus, he said to him, ‘Yes really, I-agree, extremely fortunate is the one who will eat in the ruling-place of God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There was one of the companions of Jesus eating there at that eating-place who spoke, after hearing that which Jesus said. He said to Jesus, ‘The one who gets to join in the celebration there in the kingdom of God will really be able to be happy!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 20:7:
- Uma: “When the thousand years is finished, the King of Evil-ones is released from his imprisonment,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When one thousand years are over, the leader of demons will be let loose from the hole where he is imprisoned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When those thousand years are finished, Satan will be released temporarily from his prison.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the one-thousand years are finished, Satanas will be released from his place-of-imprisonment,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well at the end of those one thousand years, Satanas will again be released from that prison of his.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When the one thousand years had finished, the devil was let loose from where he was jailed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 15:21:
- Uma: “I want to fulfill the words of the Holy Book that say: ‘People who have not yet been announced-to, they will know who he is. People who have not yet heard his news, they will hear and understand the news.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is fulfilled already what has been written in the holy-book, saying, ‘The people who have not been told eventually will know about him. And the ones who have not been able to hear, they will understand about him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I have fulfilled the written word of God which says, ‘Those people who have not yet heard His name, they will know just the same who He is. And those who have not yet been told, there will be a time when they at last, will understand.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “What I have been doing is based on the written word of God which says, ‘Those who haven’t heard concerning him, they will see him and they will understand concerning him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am doing like the word in the Holy Book says: ‘Those people who have never heard God’s word will hear. Those people who have never been told about it will be told.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Isaiah 52:15
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:12:
- Noongar: “The young son said to him, ‘Father, give me now my share of the property!’ So his father shared his property among his two sons.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “One said to his father: ‘Dad, give me ahead-of-time my portion of your (sing.) goods.’ So, he really divided his goods to his two children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “One day the younger one said to his father, ‘Father, divide now your wealth and give me my share.’ So it was like that, the person divided his wealth between his two children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the younger said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of all of our (incl.) possessions.’ And that was that, and the father divided up his possessions among these two sons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The younger-one said, ‘Father, I will please get my inheritance.’ So then their father divided-up the inheritance of the brothers (lit. their inheritance who were brothers).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The younger one spoke, saying, ‘Father, please give me my share now of the inheritance.’ Well, without anything further, their father truly did divide his belongings/assets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:24:
- Uma: “All the people in the world walked in the its/his light, and the kings of the earth carried their wealth into that village.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The brightness in that city gives light to all people walking on earth and all the kings of the earth will bring their riches into that city.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “All the people on the face of the earth are illuminated by the light of that city, and the kings of the kingdoms on the earth bring their wealth into the city.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The people on the earth, they will be illuminated by its brightness, and all rulers, they will take their wealth to enter-with-it there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All the people here in the world will be illuminated by this light coming from the city. All the kings here under the heavens will bring what-brings- them -glory to this city, for it will then bring glory to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Among the nations, all the people who live in them are lightened by the light which comes from the city. Rulers all over the world, concerning all that they have, they go to the city to deliver it over to God. This is how they show that they revere God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 16:20:
- Uma: “I cry-out to God who gives us peace [goodness of life] that he quickly defeat and destroy the power of the King of Evil-ones in your lives. The grace [white insides] of our Lord the Lord Yesus Kristus arrive to you relatives. Amin!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God, the one who gives us (dual) peace, not long (and) he will help you so that you defeat the leader of demons. May Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader care for you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if this is what happens, as for God who is the source of peace, He will quickly see to it that Satan is thoroughly defeated by you. May our Lord Jesus Christ show His favor to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It will not be long before (lit. and) God who gives peace will thoroughly defeat Satanas so that we will step-on him. May Jesus our Lord show-kindness/grace to you all.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “God is able to cause that the persecution will pass by and there will not be opposition. Concerning the devil who wants to separate the people, God will cause that his word will be grounded. I want that our Lord Jesus Christ will bless you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 16:12:
- Noongar: “And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, then who will give you what you should have?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “If our taking care of the goods that are entrusted to us in this world is not good, who will give us goods to become our own in heaven?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And if you cannot be trusted to hold/rule wealth which is not your own, you will not be given which is your own.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if you cannot be trusted to take care of the possessions of someone else, you will not be given true possessions in Heaven.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If moreover you are not trustworthy to hold the possessions of others, is it indeed-the-case (RQ implying of course not) that you (sing.) will also be given possessions that you-will-own (sing.)?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, since God is the owner of all your means here, therefore if you can’t be trusted with what he as-it-were gives you reponsibility for here, how will wealth in heaven be caused to be your own?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
