complete verse (Luke 21:37)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:37:

  • Noongar: “Every day Jesus went into the Temple, teaching the people. When the sun set, Jesus went out to the Mount of Olives and stayed there all night.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “During the day, Yesus taught in the House of God. At night he went outside the city of Yerusalem, and he slept at Olive Mountain.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Every day Isa taught in the temple but at night he went out from the town and he stayed there at the hill Jaitun.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And every day at that time Jesus taught in the church, the house of God, and every night he went to the hill called Olive place, because there he slept.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Daily Jesus went to teach in the Temple and nightly he went to spend-the-night at the mountain Olivo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well since they were now there at Jerusalem, while it was daytime Jesus was teaching in the Templo. When night came, he went. Where he passed the night was the Hill of Olibo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 11:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:19:

  • Uma: “It is indeed good / How good it is if you have disagreements, so that it is evident who of you strongly follows the Lord. [This sentence can be read as irony on Paul’s part.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Perhaps it is also good if you are divided, because if for example you are not divided, it is also not known as to who is pleasing to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Perhaps it’s necessary that these things take place there among you so that it might be known which of you can really be trusted by God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because it’s necessary that there be something like that so that it will become-known which of you God has approved.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Admittedly deeds like this can’t be left behind from the human race. But even though it’s like that, it has some usefulness for it will be evident who really has true believing/obeying that pleases God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But then it is necessary that there be arguments there where you are. It is that which makes known just who are the people who truly are believers and who are the people who are not believers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 22:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:31:

  • Noongar: “‘Simon, Simon! Listen! God knows about Satan, he will test all of you, separating the good and bad, the same as farmers separating seed and waste.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, the Lord Yesus spoke to Simon Petrus, he said: ‘Ee’, Simon! Hear: The King of Evil-ones has been given the opportunity to tempt you all. Like rice that is winnowed, like that also will be the severity of the temptation that strikes you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa said to Petros, ‘Simon, listen. The leader of demons has asked permission to test you (pl.) if he can influence you (pl.) to the bad. His testing is as if rice is winnowed and the kernels and the chaff are separated.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to Simon Peter, he said, ‘Hey Simon, I have something to say to you. God has allowed Satan to try to test all of you. His testing of you will be like separating the husk from the grain, because perhaps your faith is just like husks.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to Pedro, ‘Simon, please listen to what I say. Satanas has requested opportunity to test you all so that he will see if any among you will be separated like the separation of hulled-rice and husks when it is winnowed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus said to Simon Pedro, ‘Simon, you (pl.) are being asked for by Satanas to be tested by him. Well, it is being permitted that all of you, your believing/obeying will be tested.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “Simon, Simon, Satan has stipulated that he can shake you up as if you were on a sieve.”

complete verse (Matthew 2:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 2:1:

  • Uma: “Yesus was born in the village of Betlehem in the land of Yudea during the reign of King Herodes. At that time, several people arrived in Yerusalem from a village/place that was far to the east. Those visitors were people who knew [how] to look for signs in the stars.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa was born in the town of Betlehem in the place Yahudiya at the time when Herod was king. Not long after people arrived in the town of Awrusalam from a country in the east. These people studied the stars.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the province of Judea at the time of the ruling of the first King called Herod. And when Jesus was still very newly a baby, there arrived in Jerusalem some star gazers. They came from a far place in the east.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus was born in Betlehem a town of Judea during the kingship of Herod. Then there were those who went to Jerusalem from the east (lit. coming-out-place of the sun) who were wise/skilled to tell the meaning of the stars.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Where Jesus was born was in Betlehem in the district of Judea, at the time when Herodes was the king who ruled there. It wasn’t a long time till there came to Jerusalem some wise-people/thinkers who were astrologers/fortune-tellers, coming from the east.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There in the city of Bethlehem of the land of Judea was where Jesus was born. This was during the days when the king Herod was ruling over that area. In the large city of Jerusalem there arrived some men who had knowledge for studying how the stars moved. They came from a land towards where the sun rises.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 12:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 12:17:

  • Uma: “If for instance all the parts of our body all became eyes, how would we hear? Or [if] they all became ears, how would we smell?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “If a person’s whole body was only an eye, how should he hear? And if it was only ear how should it smell?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because if the body of a person was all eyes, then he could not hear; and if he were all ears, he could not smell.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If the body were only an eye, where perhaps would be the (part) for hearing? And if the body were only an ear, where perhaps would be the (part) for smelling?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For if the whole body were wholly eye, how could it hear? Just like that too, if the whole body were wholly ear, how could it smell?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Suppose all the person’s body was all eyes, then how ever could it hear then. Or if all our bodies where all ears, then how ever would we smell then?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 22:63)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:63:

  • Noongar: “The men who had arrested Jesus, they mocked him and beat him.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “The people guarding Yesus made-fun-of him and slapped him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa was made fun of by the people who were watching him and they beat him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Those who were guarding Jesus, they mocked and boxed him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for Jesus, he was now being mocked and hit by those who were guarding him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Matthew 3:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:10:

  • Uma: “The punishment of God is about to arrive. His punishment is like an ax that is ready ahead of time at the foot of the tree. Every tree whose fruit is not good, will certainly be chopped down and thrown into the fire.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You are figuratively like a tree that will soon be cut at it’s roots. All trees that do not bear good fruit will be cut off and thrown into the fire and burned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The one who is cutting down trees has raised (the ax) because he will cut down every tree whose fruit is not good so that it may be burned. This is to say, the person whose way of doing is not good, God will punish him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “God’s punishing of you can be compared to an axe that is poised to cut-down the tree, and every trees that doesn’t bear- good -fruit will be cut-down at its base so that it will then be burned-as-firewood.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For now/today, the axe is poised-to-fall on the root of the tree growing from (that root), for every tree that doesn’t fruit well will be axed and thrown on the fire. Well, punishment like that is now coming close to you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “You are like trees which have not produced fruit. But now the ax is ready for cutting down the trees. All the trees which do not want to produce will be cut down and burned.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

complete verse (1 Corinthians 14:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 14:5:

  • Uma: “My desire, relatives, is that you all can speak with languages from the Holy Spirit. But it is better if you speak God’s words. For the person who speaks God’s words to others, he/it is more useful than the person who speaks with languages from the Holy Spirit. Only if there is someone who translates [moves] his language so that others can understand it, only then are the hearts of others who are in the service with him strengthened.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I would like/want that you all can speak in languages that are not understood by the people. But it is better if you all are given expertise to speak God’s word because there is more use in people speaking God’s word than in people speaking in different languages. They are of equal use if there is (someone who) can explain what he said in order to encourage the liver of all the ones trusting in Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I would really like it if all of you were given the skill to speak in a language you do not understand; however, it would be very much better if you were given the skill to interpret what God causes to understand, because interpreting what God has caused you to understand is of much more value than speaking in languages which are not understood, however, there is also some value for this if there is someone to interpret, because that will help all the believers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I want you all to be-able-to-speak languages that you haven’t learned, but I want even more that you all have the ability of God’s spokesman. Because God’s spokesman is more important than the one who speaks languages that he hasn’t learned unless he interprets what he has spoken so that the congregation will be helped.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “What I would like is that you could all speak different languages that you haven’t studied, but what I want even more is that you are having-put-into-your-mind what God is making known to everyone. Because it is much more helpful to be able to tell these words that God is making known, more so than this speaking different languages which no-one can understand, unless it is given to him to be able to explain this that he is saying so that it can help in strengthening the believing/obeying of all his companions who have gathered.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It would be nice if all of you could speak different words which are not known. But above all I want that God puts into your hearts what words you speak to the people. Because it is better that the people understand the words you speak, not that you speak a word which the people do not understand. That also would be good but only if there is someone there who is able to speak the meaning of the word which is said. Then all the people who are there would understand about the word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)