complete verse (Philippians 1:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 1:29:

  • Uma: “Don’t be afraid, because God chose you not only to believe in Kristus, he also chose you to receive suffering so that the name of Kristus be made big.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Because of Isa Almasi you have been given good/blessing. That good/blessing is not just that you trust in Isa Almasi but that you also endure difficulties because of your trust in him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For that which God wants you to do is not only that you believe in Christ, but rather also that you endure hard things because of your faith in Him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because God has given you the privilege to serve Cristo, but the way you are to serve him, it’s not only your faith in him but rather your being hardshipped as well.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For God hasn’t only graced/given to you to trust-in/rely-on and believe-in/obey Cristo, but rather he has also graced/given to you to experience hardship because of this believing of yours.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It is God who gave you his favor, not merely that you believed in Christ, but also that you must suffer because you believe in him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 14:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 14:1:

  • Uma: “Yesus also said to his disciples: ‘Do not be sad! Believe in God, and believe also in me. [This may also be taken as a declarative sentence: You believe in God and you also believe in me.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said to his disciples, ‘Do not be troubled in your livers because of what I have said. Trust in God and trust also in me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your breaths must not be painful,’ said Jesus, ‘rather trust in God and trust also in me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Don’t be worried, but rather continue to believe in God and believe also in me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus next taught his disciples saying, ‘Don’t be sad/disheartened. Strengthen your believing-in/obeying God. Strengthen also your believing-in/obeying me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Do not be sad. Trust God and also me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 23:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:25:

  • Uma: “‘Disaster on you, you religious teachers and Parisi people! You are just good on the outside! You are like people who clean cups and plates only on the outside, but on the inside they are still dirty. Religious customs that are only visible on the outside you really follow. But in your hears you are greedy/gluttonous and desire other peoples’ things.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘You are to be pitied teachers of the religious law and Pariseo because God will punish you. You only pretend to follow God. You wash the cups and the plates but what is in it/them is unclean (ritually) because you got that food because of your deceiving and your greed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you, teachers of the law and you Pharisees, because your faith in God is a lie. You carefully observe your own customs, but in your minds and in your breath there is greediness and wickedness. You are like a cup or a dish which is cleaned on the outside but is filthy on the inside.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like a person who washes only the outside (lit. trunk/body) of a cup and the back of a plate, because you are showing good behavior/character to the people, but your mind/thoughts, it is full of greed and plans to cheat your fellows.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Really extremely hard is being reserved for you, you explainers of law and Pariseo who pretend to believe/obey God. You clean your cups and plates according to the law, but what you put into them is disgusting. For what you use to get that food of yours is wholly gotten-by-overcharging and keeping-more-than-one’s share.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen, you teachers of the law and Pharisees, how great is the suffering you will have, for it is not true that you are good people. Because just on the outside it appears that you are good people, yet in your hearts you are thieves and just what other people have is what you set your hearts on getting.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Philippians 3:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 3:1:

  • Uma: “So then, relatives, you must be happy [command] because you are connected with the Lord. I do not consider-it-difficult to repeat here what I already wrote before. Because I want to warn you so no-one deceives you with wrong teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “My brothers who trust in Isa Almasi, up to here (go) my instructions for you. You should/ought-to be always glad because you belong to Almasi. It doesn’t matter to me even if I happen-to-repeat what I have written to you and it is good for you so that you really stay-clear.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So, brothers, this is my last advice to you: rejoice because of your relationship to the Lord. Never mind if I repeat to you former advice, because this is easy and it might be that means of this, your minds might be strengthened.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Another-thing yet that I will tell you my siblings, you should be happy because of your being joined to the Lord. As for me, I don’t become-tired-of repeating-and-repeating what I have been telling you, and it is for your good/betterment so that your faith doesn’t go-astray.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well now, my siblings in believing, be very happy in the strength of your being united/tied-together with the Lord. I really don’t get tired of writing to you concerning these things, for as for these, they really are for your benefit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen brothers, rejoice because you believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. As for me, not a thing is wasted in that the second time I tell you the word which I wrote. And this word is what will be good for you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 15:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:2:

  • Uma: “All the branches that stick to me that do not bear-fruit, he takes off. And all the branches that stick to me and that bear-fruit, he trims and cleans [verb specifically used of plants, as in cutting out dead growth etc.], so that its fruit will be more and more.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All my branches which don’t bear fruit he cuts off and all my branches that bear fruit he cleanses so that they will have more fruit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a branch of mine that does not fruit, he removes it. And all of my branches that fruit, he cleans them so that they might continue fruiting.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He cuts-off all the branches that don’t bear-fruit while-simultaneously he cleans those that have fruit in order that their fruit will increase.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He breaks off every branch of mine which doesn’t bear fruit, and he also cleans-up every branch which bears fruit so that the fruit of believing/obeying will become very much more in his life.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Those branches which do not bear fruit he takes off. But those branches which do bear fruit he cares for and takes off the dry bits so that it will bear more fruit.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 24:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:18:

  • Uma: “The person who is in the field/garden, don’t have him return to the village to get his clothes. Flee immediately!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And the person who is on his field shall/must not go back to his house to fetch his clothes, but he shall/must flee.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That person who happens to be in the field, he must not return home to get his blanket.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one also who is in the rice-field, he should not go-home to go get his outer garment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And the one in the field, he isn’t to go home to get his cloak.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The person who will be out working must not go to his house to even get his coat, rather he must at once flee.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Philippians 4:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 4:15:

  • Uma: “Filipi relatives! When I first spread the Good News in your village, and I left from the province of Makedonia, there were no Kristen people in other villages who sent me money. No one else but you, relatives, supported me [lit., held-me-up-with-the-hands] at that time, as you know relatives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You the ones in Pilipi, you know that I first proclaimed the good news there at your’s (your place), then when I left from the place Makedoniya it was only you one group of trusters in Isa there who helped my need.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you from Philippi, you know that when I left you there in the province of Macedonia when I first preached there the Good News, you were the only believers who helped me. There was no other group of believers who became my partners, for you were the only ones who gave me money.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You from-Filipos, you decidedly know that the first-time I preached the good news to you that time-when-I-left Macedonia, there was no other congregation of believers who helped me if not you alone.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Probably you haven’t yet forgotten that in the past when you had newly believed the Good News, only you Philippians were giving (financial) help, after I had left from Macedonia there. There was no other group of believers which helped me, but only you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “You, the inhabitants of the city of Philippi, when I first spoke the word there in Macedonia your country, and then I departed from there going to another country, it was only you who helped me in what I needed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (John 16:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:7:

  • Uma: “But really, it is your blessing if I go! Because if I do not go, the Helper will not come. But if/when I go, I will order him to come to you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But I am telling you the truth, it is for your good if I leave. For if for example I would not leave, the helper would not come to you. But when I leave I will send him to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But in spite of that, it is true what I am telling you, that my leaving you is for your betterment because if I don’t leave you, the helper will not come to you. But if I leave, I will send him here for you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But it’s nonetheless true that it will be-to-your -betterment if I leave. Because if I don’t leave, neither will the Holy Spirit come to you. But if I leave, I will send him to go help you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But what I am telling you is true indeed, that this leaving of mine is indeed for your benefit, because the Helper won’t come here to you if I don’t leave. But if/when I leave, I will send him to come here to you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But it is true what I tell you, it is for your good that I go. Because if I didn’t go, then how could the Holy Spirit who will help and comfort you come? But if I go, I will send him then.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)