Following are a number of back-translations of John 4:52:
- Uma: “He asked them: ‘What time did he get well?’ They said: ‘Yesterday, at about one o’clock, he no longer had a fever.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He asked them as to what time he got well and they said, ‘Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon he had no more fever.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He asked them when the child got better. And they said, ‘Yesterday as the sun passed the zenith, the fever left him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘When then did-he-become-well?’ inquired the official. ‘His fever (lit. heat of his body) left yesterday at one o’clock,’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He asked when was the stopping of the illness. Their reply, ‘Last night in the early evening” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The man asked what time he became well. He was told, ‘About seven o’clock yesterday afternoon the fever had left him.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:22:
- Uma: “So, so that you know: on the Kiama Day God’s punishment on you will be greater than his punishment on the Tirus and Sidon people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I tell you, when the day is reached when God judges mankind, the judgment for you will be much heavier than the judgment for the people of Tiros and Sidon.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you forget that in the future on the day when God sees to mankind, his punishment on you will be greater than on the people there in Tyre and Sidon.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore I say to you that the punishment of those-from-Tiro and from-Sidon will be less-severe than yours on the day that God judges people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This which I will say to you really is true, that at the day of judging, really much heavier will be the judgment you are sentenced to, more so than that of the taga Tiro and taga Sidon.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that on the day when people are judged, these people who have rejected the word will suffer greater punishment than will be suffered by the people who lived in the town of Tyre and in the town of Sidon.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 9:5:
- Uma: “That’s why I think I should send on ahead Titus and company going [to you], so that they can organize ahead of time the money gift that you promised. So, when I come, all will be ready. Then it will be clear that you are giving from the whiteness of your heart [i.e., graciously], not just because you were coerced.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore I told/requested those our (incl.) three brothers to go there ahead of me to help you so that when I arrive there the love-gift that you promised will be ready beforehand. Then it will be seen that you give from your love and not because you were entreated by me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of this, I decided that it would be necessary to ask these three of our (incl.) brothers if it would be possible for them to go ahead of me, there to you, so that they might help you to prepare ahead of time that help which you promised. And then it will be possible that that will be prepared already when I come, and everybody will know that the reason that you give is not because you were forced to but rather, because it comes from the whiteness of your liver.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So I decided that it would be good if I sent-ahead these brothers of ours in order that they will help you in the collecting of what you promised so that it will be properly prepared when I arrive there. Because if we do that, it will be seen that what you give stems from your love, without your being forced.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That is why I have arranged with these siblings of ours to go ahead to you there, so that you will prepare right away that help that you promised. Well is it not so that, if it’s like that, the outcome will be that you will be happy in giving, not just being forced into it because of being selfish?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore I looked well upon our brothers first going ahead to greet you. These can remind you about the help you already promised to gather and then it will be ready when we arrive. It will be apparent then that by the help you give that you have pleasure in giving help. Then people will not be able to say that I have forced you to give help.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:30:
- Uma: “‘I, I cannot do anything according to my own will. I judge according to what my Father tells me. My judgments are straight, because I do not follow my own will, I follow the desires of the Lord God who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said, ‘I can do nothing if it is from myself only. I judge only as my Father tells me to. Therefore my judgment is straight/righteous. For I am not determined/persevering doing my own wishes but the wish of God who sent me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is nothing that I can do by myself because the way in which I will investigate what humanity has done, it was taught to me by my Father God. And my investigating them is just (righteous) because I am not looking for my own will, but rather the will of my Father who sent me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I am able to do nothing on my own, because the way I judge, it is based on what God tells me. Therefore the way I judge is correct, because it is not what I want/like that I follow but rather what the one who sent me wants/likes.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It really is not possible/acceptable that I do anything by myself only. I judge always in accordance with what the Father says to me. That’s why my judgment is good, because it’s not my own will which I follow/obey, but on the contrary what I follow/obey is the will of the one who sent me to come here.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There isn’t anything that I can decide on my own. I will judge but as I have been ordered. That which I decide will be done and it will be proper. I cannot decide what I will do on my own. Instead that which my Father who sent me desires, that is what I do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:24:
- Uma: “When the Parisi people heard those words, they said: ‘Ah, that power of his is from Beelzebul, the king of all demons. That’s why he has power to expel demons.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the Pariseo heard this, they said, ‘He is given power by Belsebul, the leader of demons, that’s why he can drive out demons.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were some Pharisees there and when they heard that, they said, ‘The reason he has power to cure those afflicted with demons is because Endedaman the boss of the demons, he is the one who has given him the power.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, ‘He certainly isn’t! His power to cause-evil-spirits -to-leave, it is no other who gave it to him than Beelzebul the leader of the evil-spirits.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The Pariseo overheard this which the people were discussing. That’s why they said, ‘Expletive, what do you mean, since he indeed is able to drive out evil spirits because he has the ability in him of Beelzebub who is the leader/chief of all evil spirits!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When the Pharisees heard what the people were saying, they said, ‘This man they speak of heals people who walk with evil spirits, but it is the devil, the boss of the evil spirits, who helps him do it.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 11:4:
- Uma: “People arrive there teaching you to follow Yesus, but their teaching isn’t the same as what we (excl.) taught you. But even so, you are actually patient listening to their teaching! You are actually glad to receive a spirit that is different from the Holy Spirit that you have already received! You are actually glad to receive news that is different than the Good News that you have already believed!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because if someone comes and preaches to you, you are still happy even if their preaching about Isa is different from our (excl.) preaching; and you receive (something) which is not the Holy Spirit, and their teaching is not the good news that we (excl.) taught you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I am worried about you is because if someone comes there to you and they teach something different about Jesus, and it’s a different spirit that they teach about, and what they teach is not the true doctrine which we taught to you but rather what they teach is different, then you just allow their teaching and that’s not all, because you very much like to listen to it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because if there are those who arrive who are preaching something different about Jesus, you definitely don’t turn-a-deaf-ear-to them. You also easily receive a spirit (RL ispirito) who is different from the Holy Spirit whom you originally received. And you also easily believe news that they say is good but it is different from the good news that we (excl.) preached to you. Oh you (expression of rebuke)! Why do you put-up-with them?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because you accept the teaching of anybody who arrives, even if what they teach concerning Jesus is different from what we (excl.) taught you. You are acknowledging it as true even if the Espiritu that they teach you about is different from the Espiritu Santo, and even if they are replacing the Good News we taught you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because concerning whoever arrives with a different teaching, not the same as what I taught you about Christ, that is the one you pay attention to. It is different what they teach you about the Holy Spirit, it is different what they teach you about the good news, it isn’t the same as the word I have already taught you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:15:
- Uma: “So, they had a plan they wanted to force him to become their king. Because Yesus knew their plan, he left from there going to the hills/mountains.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa knew that the people would soon come to seize him and tell him to be their king, therefore he immediately left and went to the mountain, he by himself.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Jesus, since he knew that they would come to him because they would force him to make him their king, he left there by himself and went up on the hill.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Jesus however, he knew that they would koma force him to be-king-over them. And he immediately-left to go to the mountain-country by-himself.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus observed that there was something those people wanted to do, which was to force him and put him into the office of kingship, he left them and then went-uphill by himself.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The people decided to take Jesus and make him to govern. But when Jesus knew what the people had decided, he left the people and went to a hill.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:6:
- Uma: “When the sun got hot, it wilted till it was dry, because its roots were not deep.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the sun was shining, immediately (the plants) drooped and because the roots were not deep, they withered.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However when the sun shone, the plant quickly dried up because what its roots had penetrated was very shallow only.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But when the sun became-high, they wilted and withered, because their roots were lacking.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when the heat became scorching, they shrivelled, because there was nowhere they’d been able to put their roots down deep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The roots did not go deep into the earth. When the sun came up, it burned the seeds which had sprouted.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
