Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Peter 2:20:
- Uma: “How pitiful it is for those people. They really know/knew our Lord Yesus Kristus, the King who lifts us from the punishment of our sins, to the point that they become released from the evil behavior that is in this world. Yet after that they become entangled/tripped-up again in evil behavior, to the point that that evil behavior controlled them. In the end their disaster is worse than [it was] at the first.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If there are people who leave/give up their doing bad in this world because they now trust in Isa Almasi our (incl.) Lord and the one who saves us (incl.) and then they return to do that again and are addicted to sinning, worse things will happen to them than in the beginning/before.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there are some people who have come to understand about our Lord Jesus Christ, they might be saved from evil behaviour here on the earth which can destroy them. However, if they are successfully tempted and they return again to their former enslavement by evil behaviour, the place where they wind up will be even more painful.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If a person has already escaped-from the filthy way-of-life of people in this world because of his coming-to-know Jesu Cristo our Lord who saves us, but he returns to be-enslaved again and be-defeated by his former sins, his last status is worse than the former.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Consider this, that the people who dropped/gave-up the evil which is done by people here in the world for they truly acknowledged Jesu-Cristo, that he is our Lord and Savior, if they return to this evil, being enslaved again, it’s certain that their situation will be more evil than before.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the person who has departed from the evil that is here in this world because he has known the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior, and then again turns his heart to live evilly, then greater is the sin he committed than the sin he had before.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 24:27:
- Uma: “Feliks wanted to please [lit., take the hearts of] the Yahudi people, that is why he left Paulus jailed for two years. After those two years, Feliks was replaced, and Perkius Festus became/was the new governor.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After two years, Porkiyus Pestus took the place of Pilik as governor. Pilik wanted to please the Yahudi, that’s why he detained Paul yet in prison.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And after two years had passed, Porcius Festus replaced Felix as governor. And as for Felix, since it was his desire that the Jews would have no breath towards him, he did not free Paul.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When two years were then finished, Porcius Festus replaced Felix to-be-governor. But upon Felix’s leaving, he left Pablo in prison in order that the Jews would like him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When two years had now passed, he was replaced. Porcio Festo replaced him as governor. And well, since Felix wanted to do something to please the Jews, he just left Pablo still imprisoned.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:9:
- Noongar: “Then the Devil took Jesus to Jerusalem and stood Jesus up, very high on the Temple, and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, then jump down,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, the King of Evil-ones led him going to Yerusalem, he stood him on the apex of the roof of the House of God, and he said to him: ‘If you (sing.) are really the Child of God, throw- yourself(s)-down from here.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that he was taken by the leader of demons to Awrusalam and he was caused to stand on the roof-top of the temple and he said to him, ‘If it is really true that you are God’s Son, jump down from here,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Satan took Jesus to the town of Jerusalem; he took him to the very high peak of the house called the house of God. And he said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God jump off.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that the Diablo led him to Jerusalem and had-him -stand on the highest part of the Temple. Then he said, ‘If it’s true that you (sing.) are the Child of God, please jump-down,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Another thing Satanas did to Jesus was, he took him to the city of Jerusalem. He caused him to stand at the highest part of the Templo, and then said to him, ‘If it is really true that you are the Son of God, dive off.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Bariai: “It came about that he took him so that they went to Ierusalem, and then he caused him to stand high up on the top of God’s big house and he said to him, ‘If you are God’s Son, then jump and go down.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Kupsabiny: “Then, the Enemy took Jesus to Jerusalem and made him stand on the corner of the wall of the Home of God. Then he said to Jesus, ‘If you are really the Son of God, then jump from here down because” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “Then also The malevolent spirit took Yesus [and] went to Yerusalem, then set Him on the point of the roof of Great Above One’s House, then said to Him: “If You are definitely Great Above One’s Child then jump down from here going down over there onto the ground!” (Source Enggavoter 2004)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:2:
- Uma: “And he is the one who died to become our redeemer / body substitute so that God [could] forgive our sins. And not only our sins alone did he redeem, but the sins of all mankind also.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And Isa Almasi was made a sacrifice hep to make our (dual) sins be passed. And not just our (incl.) sins but up to/including the sin of all mankind was taken away/made past by Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He is the one who was sacrificed because of us (incl.) so that our sins might be removed. And it’s not just our sins which can be removed, but rather the sins also of the whole of mankind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And it is Cristo just the same who underwent/bore the punishment of our sins so that they can be forgiven, and not our sins only but rather the sins of all people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because as for this Jesus, he was made a sacrifice, so that he could-take-the-punishment for our sins. As for these sins for which he took the punishment, it wasn’t only ours, but rather for the sin of all people here under-the-heavens.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This Jesus Christ died in order to take care of our sins, and not just ours, rather he died in order to take care of the sins of all the people living on earth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “He died to pay for our guilt in order that we may be at peace with God. Not by reason of our guilt only did he die, but rather by reason of the guilt of all mankind.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “Because he delivered himself to pay for our sins. And not only our sins, but also all the sins here in the world, he paid for.”
- Tzotzil: “He paid for our sins when he died on the cross. Not our sins alone he paid. He paid for the sins of all people also.”
- Sayula Popoluca: “And he died for our sins so that God might pity us…” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “He himself pacified His Father in regard to our sins so he would not hold them against us. However, He did that not only for our sins. For all the people who live in the world He did that.”
- Yanesha’: “He is given, thus he pays on us our sins. This is not for us alone, it is for all of us who are on the earth.”
- Aguaruna: “He, just he, dying he paid (for our benefit), in order to eradicate for us our sin, but more, he paid for us, not just our sin, all people their sin he paid for for them.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 26:5:
- Uma: “They have long known my actions/behavior. If they wanted, they themselves could recount the main-points of my life from the beginning, that I followed the teachings of the Parisi, who are very strict in their following of all the customs of the Yahudi religion.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For a long time they have known my behavior, and if they really want to, they can testify/witness that since the beginning my behavior has been the behavior of a Pariseo. No one can equal the Pariseo in their obeying/following the Yahudi religious law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They know and they can testify to this if their breath accepts it that from the time that I was a young man I have been a Pharisee. And as for the Pharisees, very tight is their obeying the doctrines of us Jews.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore they have known for a long-time that from the first I have-belonged to the party/group of Pharisees which is the strictest/stubbornest of our religion, and I have been-thorough in following all their beliefs. They can confirm that these-things are true if they want-to.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “From back then in the past, they have observed all my life. Therefore if only they wanted to, they could testify that I was one of the strictest in following/obeying the religion of us Jews for I am a Pariseo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:41:
- Noongar: “Evil spirits also left many people, shouting, ‘You are the Son of God!’ Jesus spoke sternly to the evil spirits, telling them not to speak because the evil spirits knew Jesus was the Messiah.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “And he caused-to-come-out many demons from the people that they possessed. Those demons that he caused-to-come-out shouted, they said: ‘You (sing.) are the Child of God!’ But he really forbade them that they should not speak, because they knew that He was the Redeemer King.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And many people also had demons driven out of them and the demons cried out they said, ‘You are the Son of God.’ But they were scolded by Isa and commanded not to speak because they knew that he was the Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even the demons, he caused them to go out of people they were afflicting. They shouted out, saying, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But Jesus caused them to stop talking because he did not permit that they speak, because they knew that he was the king that God had chosen.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He also caused-evil-spirits -to-leave from many whom they had possessed, and as they left, they were shouting, ‘You (sing.) are the Child (henceforth Son) of God!’ While-meanwhile Jesus rebuked them to make-them -be-quiet, because they of course knew that he was the Messiah.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There were also many people who had evil spirits driven out of them. As they came out, they called out saying, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But Jesus rebuked them. He did not allow those evil spirits to speak because they were aware that he was the promised Cristo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:5:
- Uma: “And you know, relatives, Yesus’ purpose in appearing in the world was to remove mankind’s sin. Yet he himself, he has no sin [emphatic].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You know that Almasi came to the world to take away the sin of all mankind and he really did/does not have any sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You already know that the reason Christ became a human is so that He might remove our sins. And you know also that there was not even one sin which He did or is able to do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You know that Cristo came to this earth to remove people’s sins, and as for him, he has absolutely no sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You know of course that Jesu-Cristo was sent down here to the world in order that he might take the punishment for our sins. And as for him, he really has no sin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You know that Jesus Christ came here to earth to take care of our sins. And that one has not committed any sin.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “And we know that Jesus Christ came to take away the things we are guilty of, whereas he has no guilt.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “We know why Christ appeared and became a person. In order to take our sins and remove them. And there is no sin in regards to Christ.”
- Tzotzil: “You know that Christ came to carry our sins. There isn’t any sin in his heart.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “Jesus appeared to completely wipe out sins. Jesus’ sins are none (emphasis).”
- Yanesha’: “You know that Christ, this is why he appeared thus he takes away sin. You know that not there is his sin.”
- Aguaruna: “You all know, ‘Jesus showed himself that sin be thrown out (in reference to us),’ that. He is not a sinner.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 27:5:
- Uma: “From there we cut across the sea that faces the lands of Kilikia and Pamfilia, until we arrived in the town of Mira in the land of Likia.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After-that we (excl.) passed-by close to the land Kilikiya and Pampiliya, so-then we arrived at Mira, a town there in the land of Likiyas and we (excl.) disembarked (lit. went-down) there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And after we had crossed the sea which is near the provinces of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed in the town of Myra in the province of Lycia.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then we (excl.) crossed the ocean across-from the provinces Cilicia and Pamfilia, and we (excl.) landed/docked at Mira in the province Licia.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When we had now crossed over the bay of Cilicia and Panfilia, we came to Mira, a town of Licia.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
