Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 10:23:
- Uma: “Yesus looked at his disciples who were standing around him, and he said to them: ‘It is so hard for people with much stuff to submit to God so that he becomes their King.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then Isa looked around at his disciples and he said to them, ‘It is truly very difficult for the rich to be willing to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus looked around at his disciples, and he said to them, ‘It is very difficult for a rich person to subject himself to God to be ruled over.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus looked-closely-at his disciples and he said, ‘It is hard for a rich-person to be included in God’s ruling.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus looked-searchingly at his disciples and then said to them, ‘It is really hard for a rich person to be included in the kingdom of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 7:27:
- Uma: “He is not like other big priests. Those priests, every day they offer worship-gifts, first worship-gifts that pay-for their own sins first, and then they offer worship-gifts that pay-for the sins of the crowds/people. Yesus, just once he offered a worship-gift to God, when he offered himself to be killed. That worship-gift of his does not need to be repeated again ever.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He is not like the other high priests. They have to sacrifice to God every day to take away their own sins first and then the sins of the people. But Isa sacrificed only once to take away the sins of all mankind and that is what he sacrificed – himself.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He’s not like those former high priests, because it’s not necessary that He offer sacrifice every day like they did. For every day they offer sacrifice; they first sacrifice because of their own sins and then they sacrifice because of the sins of the people. But as for Jesus, by contrast, His sacrifice was done only once and He never repeated it. He did this when He allowed Himself to be killed on the cross.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus is not like the other highest priests who daily need to have that which they offer to God for their sins and then they also sacrifice-an-offering for the sins of the collective-people. Because Jesus, he offered himself once only to God for the sins of the collective-people. That death of his, it suffices forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He is really not like those others who were also called Most-important Priest in the past. For as for them, every day they would make sacrifices with which to ask-for forgiveness for sin, first their own sin and then the sin also of other people. But, as for this Jesus, once only he made himself like a sacrifice as-a-means of asking for forgiveness for the sin of people. It is not necessary to repeat or yet add to it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now concerning the high priests of the Jews, day after day they offer sacrifices to God for their own sins. After that they offer sacrifices to clear the sins of the rest of the people. But this Jesus gave himself up to be killed. He became a sacrifice for the people forever. Yet just one time he died.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:5:
- Uma: “When they arrived there at the town of Salamis, they announced the Word of God in the Yahudi house(s) of prayer. Yohanes Markus assisted them in their work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they arrived at that island, there in the village called Salamis, they proclaimed the word/message of God in the Yahudi prayer-houses. Yahiya Markus was there helping them in their work.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they landed there in the town of Salamis, they caused people to understand the word of God in the churches of the Jews. John, the one called Mark, helped them also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, the Holy Spirit sent them and they went to Seleucia to ride in a ship to go to Cyprus. They took-along Juan Marcos to help them. When they came-to-land in Salamis which was a town in Cyprus, they went to preach the word of God in the various-synagogues of the Jews.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Where they came-to-shore was Salamina. When they arrived there, they taught the word of God in the worship-places of the Jews. As for Juan-Marcos who accompanied them, he was their helper in their work.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 11:3:
- Uma: “If anyone asks you what you are untying it, say to them like this: ‘Because the Lord needs it, he’ll borrow it a while and then return it.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If somebody asks as to why you take it, say, ‘The Lord/Leader has use for it; he will immediately send it back here.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if somone asks you why you are getting that asnu, you say, ‘Our (incl.) boss Jesus needs this, and he will return it today in a little while.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If someone asks you, ‘Why are you untying that?’ say, ‘Our (excl.) Lord needs-it,’ and he will permit it immediately.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “If anyone comments to you as to why you are untying it, say, ‘The Lord needs it. He will indeed return it here soon.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 9:18:
- Uma: “Thus also the previous Promise that was delivered by the prophet Musa: There was something/someone that died to strengthen that Promise. What died was livestock that was slaughtered. Like this the story:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore even (with) the first covenant given by God, there flowed blood first – that means a sacrifice – before that covenant was firm/confirmed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And just like that also was the first way which God established, because it was necessary that there be blood as a sign that an animal had been killed and then that way would be carried out.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore even the first agreement-that-God -presented, it wouldn’t have gone-into-effect (lit. been-continued) if there had been no blood to indicate that someone/something had died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now just like that, when that first initiated-agreement was set up, it had no strength if there was no blood of animals which had been killed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is like that for the old agreement which was before. When an animal died to make a sacrifice, then the law had power.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:37:
- Uma: “But Yesus, whom God made live again, did not [emphatic] become rotten in the grave.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the person whom God made alive from death, that Isa, never experienced decay.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, as for Jesus whom God raised from the dead, his body did not rot.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Jesus, his body did not rot, because God made-him-live again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for this Jesus who was set up by God as our Savior, his body truly didn’t rot.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 12:2:
- Uma: “The time came to pick the anggur fruit, he sent a slave to go request his portion from those who were taking care of the field.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the time came for the grapes to bear fruit, the owner of the garden sent one of his servants to the caretakers, to ask for/request his share of the grape fruit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when harvest time came, he sent one of his servants to get his share of the harvest.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the picking-season for grapes arrived, the farm owner sent one of his slaves to go get his share.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the time came for ubas-fruit to fall, he sent a slave to get his share from those farmers he’d left in charge.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 10:22:
- Uma: “Our hearts he made-holy with his blood so that we know that we no longer have any guilt/wrong. Our bodies he bathed with water as a sign that he has cleaned us. That’s why I fire-up your hearts, relatives, let us approach God with our whole heart [lit., our real heart] and with faith that is no longer uncertain/wavering.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore we (incl.) should come-close-to/approach God whole-heartedly (lit. with a single liver) and with strong trust in him and our (dual) minds should not be troubled anymore because our (dual) livers have been cleansed and we (dual) have been bathed as a sign that we (incl.) have been cleansed already.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this we come in the presence of God and our worship of Him is not false. Let us draw tight our faith and let us not doubt. For we know that we have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus. And we know also that this has removed our sins. We (incl.) have been baptized as a sign of our being cleansed by God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “we ought to draw-near to God with our minds sincere (lit. from-the-heart) and our faith persistent. Our minds must also have been cleansed as if we have been sprinkled with the blood of Cristo and as if our bodies have also been washed with clean water.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore let us not now be hesitant, but rather let us now approach into the presence of God not just jokingly, but rather in truth, and our trust and believing/obeying him being sturdy. Because what is now dominant in our mind/inner-being is, we are now clean from all sin, for it’s like Jesus sprinkled us with his blood, and it’s like he washed us with far-from-ordinary water.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore let us approach where God is. We will worship with all our hearts, never will we doubt concerning our faith. The evil thoughts we had have been washed. The same for our bodies, it is as though they were washed so that we can pass to where God is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
