Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 3:4:
- Uma: “One says: ‘I, I am on-the-side of Paulus.’ Another says: ‘I am on-the-side of Apolos.’ Isn’t this the behavior of people who don’t-yet know the Lord?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When some of you say, ‘It is Paul whom I follow,’ others say, ‘As for me, it is Apollos whom I follow,’ you are still opposing each other like the people who do not follow God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When there are some of you who say that you are my disciples, and if there’s another one who says that he, by contrast, is a disciple of Apollos, it’s very clear that you are still like people who have not believed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because if one says, ‘Pablo is the one I follow’ while another says, ‘Apollos for-my-part is the one I follow,’ surely your behavior is the same as that of people who don’t believe, is it not so?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For look at this, one person says, ‘As for me, Pablo’s teaching is what I like.’ Another person says, ‘Not me. Apolos (is my choice).’ Is it not so that, deeds like this, they are just like those of people who haven’t yet believed/obeyed?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because some of you say, ‘I follow the word Paul says.’ Others say, ‘I follow the word Apollos says.’ Therefore it is apparent that you do like the people do who live here on earth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:2:
- Uma: “He said: ‘In a town, there was a judge who did not submit to God and he also did not pay attention/heed to anyone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He said, ‘In a certain place there was a judge who did not fear/was not afraid of God and who did not treat his fellow men according-to-custom/honor them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said, ‘There was a judge in a certain city, and as for that judge, he was not afraid of God and he was not also afraid of anybody.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He said, ‘There was a judge in a certain town who absolutely wasn’t afraid of God and also looked-down-on his fellow humans.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He said, ‘In a certain city, there was a judge who had no fear of God and who also didn’t respect his fellowman.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 4:13:
- Uma: “If some yell-angrily at us (excl.) we (excl.) answer them gently. We(excl.) are treated like trash in this world, we (excl.) are looked upon like excrement until this present time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If they talk bad about us (excl.), we (excl.) answer them good (things). Until now they just consider us (excl.) like garbage under their feet.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when we are treated shamefully, we don’t answer back with evil. Even right now we are like just trash, because people pay no attention to us. We are as people who are of the lowest rank.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When/If evil is what they say to us (excl.), gently/softly is the way we (excl.) answer. But until now, people still consider us (excl.) to be like mere garbage that is thrown-out or soot that is scraped-off-a-pot.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Soft words are what we (excl.) respond with to those who are defaming us. Really right up to the present, our (excl.) situation, (it’s) like (we are) garbage which is being-thrown-away which is repulsive to people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “We are spoken of hurtfully by the people. But we reply beautifully. We are looked down upon by people, they think of us as though we were something thrown away because of no value. This is what people do to us until this time.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Deuteronomy 17:7.
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:34:
- Noongar: “But the disciples did not understand these things; the truth of his words was hidden to them, and they did not know what Jesus was saying.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “But all that he said, his disciples definitely did not understand. Because its meaning was hidden to them, they did not know the landing/fulfillment of his words.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But his disciples did not understand what he said there. It was not clear to them and they did not know as to what the meaning was of what he said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, those disciples of his, they did not understand that which he was saying. The meaning of that was hidden from them at that time, and they did not understand what Jesus was trying to tell them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But his disciples absolutely didn’t understand what he meant to say, because its meaning was as if hidden from them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But as for those things which Jesus said, they weren’t understood by his disciples for it’s like the meaning was still hidden from them. They really didn’t get the point of that which he was saying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 6:11:
- Uma: “Some of you, relatives, had character like that before. But God cleaned you, he made you his portion, he made you straight in his sight. He did this because of your connection with the Lord Yesus Kristus and with the power of the Spirit from our Lord, the Lord God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Formerly some of you did like that. But now you have been made clean, your sins have been removed. You have been made God’s people. God considers you as straight because of what our (incl.) Leader Isa Almasi has done and because of the power of the Spirit of our (incl.) God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The activity of some of you long ago was like this. But now, you’ve been cleaned from your evil activity, and you have been made people who belong to God. And by means of the power of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by means of your being guided by the Holy Spirit, which comes from our (incl.) God, God now thinks of you as righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Previously, some of you were-doing-things like those, but now, because of your being joined to the Lord Jesu Cristo and through God’s Spirit, you have been cleansed from your sins, you have become God’s holy people, and you have been counted as righteous in his sight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “In the past there were some like that among you. But now, you have been cleansed from your sins, and dedicated/secured to God as being his people now. He now regards you as having no sin in his sight. All of this, (it has been accomplished) by the strength of what the Lord Jesu-Cristo did and (by) the supernatural-power of God’s Espiritu Santo whom he caused-to-indwell us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this word I tell you, some of you were like this. But now you have been cleared. Now you are God’s people because you believed in the Lord Jesus. And now you walk with the Holy Spirit whom God sent to you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:23:
- Noongar: “So then, why didn’t you put my gold coin into the bank? Then I would get more money when I came back home.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “why did you not put my money in the bank, so that when I came, I could take it with its children.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, why did you not put my money into a bank so that it would earn interest (lit. give birth)? Then when I returned I would get it including the interest.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So why didn’t you lend out my money so that there might be an increase in what I was able to get when I returned.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “why then didn’t you (sing.) bank my money so that then when I came-home there would have been even a little interest (its child) that I would have been able to get?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, why didn’t you deposit it with the money-lenders? If you had deposited it, isn’t it so that today there would be interest on it which I would have got?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 7:23:
- Uma: “God bought you, he already paid [for you]. Don’t any longer follow the desires of mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You were redeemed by God from your master sin and he redeemed you for a high price. Therefore don’t become slaves to people but become slaves to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “What God gave to set us free from slavery is very precious; therefore, it’s necessary that we don’t just become disciples of a mere man, but rather we must be disciples of the Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There is that which God paid in order that you would become his people, so don’t be permitting mere people to distract/turn-you -aside from your serving him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really with a far-from-ordinary amount God like bought you so that you are now his people. Therefore what’s necessary is that you don’t enslave yourselves to your fellowman but rather just to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now we are in the hand of Christ, he who paid for our sins. Now our boss is not a mere person.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:7:
- Noongar: “So they said, ‘We do not know who gave John his power.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “That is why they answered: ‘We do not know where he authority was from.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore they answered, ‘We (excl.) do not know as to where Yahiya’s authority was from.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So then the only thing they answered Jesus was, ‘We do not know.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So they only said, ‘We (excl.) don’t know who gave-it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore what they replied to Jesus was, ‘We don’t know.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
