complete verse (Luke 9:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:10:

  • Noongar: “Jesus’ disciples came back and they told Jesus everything they had done. Jesus took them together with him. They left all the other people and they went to a village called Bethsaida.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Those twelve disciples/messengers of Yesus arrived back, and they told-story to Yesus all that they had done. After that, Yesus went with them going to an empty-place near the town of Betsaida.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, the people whom Isa had commissioned gathered again going to him. They told Isa all they had done. Then Isa took them towards the town of Betsaida, them only.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The twelve apostles came back to Jesus and they told him all that they had done. And then he took them with him along, going to the town of Bethsaida.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When the apostles returned, they told Jesus all that they had done. Then he accompanied them and they went alone to the town of Betsaida.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “After the return of those twelve disciples whom Jesus had caused to go, they related all which they had done. After that, they went to a place in the direction of the town of Betsaida. Jesus didn’t cause anyone else to go with him, only his disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Revelation 5:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 5:10:

  • Uma: “you (sing.) made them kings, you (sing.) made them priests who do the work of worship to our (excl.) Lord God, and they will rule like kings on the earth.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You made them a tribe of kings and priests so that they work for/serve God. And they will rule in the world in the future.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You made them the ones you rule over, and You made them also to be sacrificers whose sacrifice is the worship of our God, and You will have them rule on the earth.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You (sing.) have added them to your (sing.) ruling in order that they will rule-with you (sing.) on the earth and you (sing.) have also made-them -into priests who serve our God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “You have made them like priests so that they all can now serve our (incl.) God. You have also made them kings so that they can now exercise-control under the heavens.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “You have given them the work of being priests to worship God. And you have given them the work of ruling on the earth.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Romans 5:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:20:

  • Uma: “As for the Lord’s Law the Musa announced, God’s purpose in giving that Law to man was so that man’s guilt would be obvious/clear, because many their breakings of that Law. But no matter how big the sin of men, the grace [white insides] of God to men is just bigger-and-bigger!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Before God gave the law, people were already sinning. The law was given by God so that they would know that their sins were becoming more. But even-though the sins of people increased God loved and pitied/had-mercy-on even more the sinful people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason God gave the Law was so that people might realize increasingly how many are they transgressing against Him and at the time when the transgressions had increased very much, God caused to increase His kindness towards people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “God gave his law to Moses in order that people’s sins would become increasingly many. But even though sins increased-in-number, God’s grace was still more.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The law was written in order that even more we should know that we have sin. And now when we know that we have much sin, then all the more we come to know that concerning the grace of God which is given to us, it is overflowing very much.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:42)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:42:

  • Noongar: “As the child came, the evil spirit threw him down on the ground, fitting. Jesus commanded (lit.: “spoke loudly”) the evil spirit to leave. Jesus healed the child and gave him back to his father.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “While that child was walking going to Yesus, he fell down, carried by the demon that possessed him, and his body thrashed-around. Yesus caused-to-flee the-evil-one and healed that child. After that he said to his father: ‘Take your (sing.) child. He is well/healed.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “While the child was still going there, the demon threw him on the ground and convulsed him. But Isa scolded the demon and healed the child. And then he gave him to his father.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the child was near to Jesus, the demon who afflicted him came again, and knocked him down and shook him very greatly. And Jesus told that demon that he should leave that one he was afflicting, and immediately the child was healed. And Jesus said to the father of the child, ‘Come and get your child.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As that child was then approaching Jesus, the evil-spirit suddenly-threw-him-down while convulsing him. Then Jesus commanded the evil-spirit to leave and he left that child and he became well. Then Jesus said to his father, ‘Here is your (sing.) child.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But just as they were approaching Jesus, the (evil spirit) possessing caused that child to relapse again severely. He stiffened again and fell to the ground. But Jesus drove out that evil spirit. Well, the craziness of the child was healed now. And then Jesus gave (lit. thered) him to his father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Revelation 7:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 7:11:

  • Uma: “All the angels as well stood around the Seat of the King with the twenty-four elders and the four living things. They all prostrated themselves in front of the Seat and worshipped God,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “All the angels stood surrounding the throne and surrounding the elders and the four angels of-different-kind. Then they prostrated facing the throne and praised God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were also standing there all the angels of God. They were around the seat of ruling and round the elders and the four creatures. And these angels of God, they fell down on their faces before the seat of ruling, and they worshipped God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “All the angels were also there surrounding the throne and the leaders and the four living creatures. They knelt face-down before the throne, and they worshipped/praised God” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Then I saw all the angels standing, surrounding that king’s seat, those elders and those four created living beings. They went-down-on-their-faces in front of that seat for they worshipped God who was sitting there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “All of the angels who surround the twenty-four who surrounded the four who stood at the corners of the chair, all knelt down to worship God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Romans 7:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:8:

  • Uma: “But when I heard the Lord’s Law that says ‘Don’t desire,’ sin had opportunity to work in my heart with the result that I just desired more-and-more. If for instance there were no Lord’s Law to point out my sin, sin would have no power in my heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After I knew from the law that coveting is not good, then my inborn sinning/old nature moved/stirred that’s why my coveting/greedy desire increased. The meaning of what I am saying here is that if there were no law we (dual) would not know that we (dual) sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Sin was already with me, and when the Law taught me what coveteousness was, my coveteousness increased and my sinning also increased. For if there wasn’t a Law for us to break, we would not have known what sin is.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But since I am a sinner, I increasingly covet because of the law that prohibits coveting. Because if there is no law, neither does sin have any power.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “When we know what is said in the law, it seems that more powerfully we want something that is owned by another. During the time when it was not known what the law says, it did not appear what sin is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:12:

  • Noongar: “I tell you, when the Day of Judgement comes, God will give more mercy to Sodom than their town.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus also said to his followers: ‘I say to you, on Kiama Day, the punishment of God punishing those townspeople will be greater than his punishment of the townspeople of Sodom town long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘that when the day comes when God judges mankind the judgment for the people of that place will be really greater (lit. heavier) than the judgment at the place Sodom, the place that is well known because of the sin of it’s people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I say to you,’ said Jesus, ‘that when the day arrives in the future for punishment, God’s punishment to that village will be greater than His punishment long ago to those wicked people who lived in the town of Sodom.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Because I tell you that when the time-of-God’s -judging the many-people arrives, the punishment of the residents there will be heavier than the punishment of those-from-Sodoma.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For what I will say to you really is true that at the day of judging, much heavier will be the punishment of those people there in those towns, heavier that that which will be experienced by the taga Sodoma.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Revelation 9:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 9:13:

  • Uma: “After that, the sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard, there was someone speaking from the four corners of the golden incense-burning table in front of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the sixth angel blew (the thing) like a tabuli’ that had been given to him. When he blew it, I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden table for burning incense there before God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard the voice of one speaking from the four horns of the golden altar of sacrifice which is before God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then the sixth angel blew-his-horn, and I heard a voice that came-from the four corners of the gold-plated altar that was before God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then the sixth angel next blew his horn. I heard a voice which seemed-to-come-from the four corners/edges of that altar made of gold, which is in front of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The sixth angel blew the trumpet. I heard someone speak from the midst of where the four horns of the altar of gold extended, that which was before God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)