Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:46:
- Uma: “They answered: ‘Because we (excl.) have never before heard a person who speaks like he does!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The guards answered, they said, ‘Nobody has ever taught like the teaching of that person.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the guards answered, ‘The reason we weren’t able to seize him is because his preaching was very good. There has never been a man who could preach like his preaching.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Emphatically no person can-equal his way of speaking,’ answered the police.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They replied, saying, ‘Very respectfully to you, all this time, there’s been no man whose sayings were as wonderful.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The police said, ‘Never any where have we heard a person speak like this man does.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:14:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Never mind [lit., Leave] those Parisi people! Because every planted-thing that is not planted by my Father in heaven will definitely be pulled up. Those Parisi people are like blind leaders, because they do not know the true/right road to go to God. And if a blind-person leads a fellow blind-person, they will certainly both fall into the ditch.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Do not be troubled about them. They are leaders but they are like blind people. If a blind person leads another blind person, na, they both will fall into the hole.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Never mind the Pharisees. They are like blind people. If there is a blind person who leads by the hand another blind person, both of those blind persons will fall into a pit.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So leave-those Pharisees -alone, because they are like blind-ones who are leading their companions on the path. And if a blind-one is the one-leading his companion who is blind, they two will fall-over the cliff.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Just leave them alone. They are blind leaders-by-hand. Well as long as it’s a blind person who is leading-by-hand another blind person, of course they both could fall into a dug-hole.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Leave them alone, don’t be afraid of them. These are blind men teaching other blind men. When they encounter a hole, there where the teacher falls, along with him will fall the learner.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 3:25:
- Uma: “So as of now, there is no longer any purpose in our submitting to the Law of Musa to supposedly make ourselves straight in God’s sight. Because we have already become straight in his sight because of our believing in Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Now because Isa Almasi arrived already and he is the one whom we (dual) trust, we (dual) no longer ought-to/must be taught by the law written by Musa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And now, since the way has been revealed to us which is faith, we are no longer ruled over by the Law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But now, since (because) Cristo came, the law’s watching-over us is finished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now that Cristo has come and we are now submitting ourselves to him, we are no longer under the control of that former supervisor of ours which is the law.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now that we believe in Christ, no longer are we commanded by the law which guarded us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:25:
- Uma: “They asked him: ‘Who are you (sing.) really?’ Yesus said: ‘What is the use of talking to you!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Who then are you really?’ they said. Isa said, ‘I have told you already from the beginning.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said, ‘Who are you?’ And Jesus answered, ‘I am the one I always said I was from the beginning of my teaching you here.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘And who are you (sing.) then?’ they said. ‘The very one I have been telling you beginning-from the first until now.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Well, who are you then?’ asked those people.’Well isn’t it so that I have been telling you all this time who I truly am?’ was Jesus’ reply to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then he was spoken to, ‘But who are you?’ Jesus said, ‘I told you before who I am.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 16:7:
- Uma: “But they did not know the meaning of that figure-of-speech, they began talking among themselves, they said: ‘The reason he said like that is because we (incl.) did not remember to bring bread.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His disciples talked about what he had said because they did not understand. They said, ‘Perhaps he spoke like that, because we did not bring any bread.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they did not understand that it was not the yeast of bread he was talking about, so they talked with each other saying, ‘The reason he said this is because we didn’t bring any bread.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Upon his saying that, they talked-together saying, ‘Jesus said that, because we have no bread for take-along-lunch.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the disciples heard that, they said-among-themselves, ‘He spoke like that because we don’t have any bread with us.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The learners said to each other: ‘It must be that he said that to us because we didn’t bring any bread to eat.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Galatians 4:28:
- Uma: “This is like the words of the Holy Book that say: "You (sing.) are glad [emp], barren woman, who has not ever given-birth! Be glad and hoot ("halelo’" [from excitement or joy], you who have not one time suffered birthing a child. Because even though you (sing.) are barren, the number of your (sing.) descendants will be more than those of the woman who had-children to start with." We, relatives, are the ones who have become the children of God, according to God’s promise. We are like Ishak, the child of Abraham who was born according to God’s promise.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My brothers, we (incl.) are the children of God because his covenant/promise was fulfilled by him. We (incl.) are like Isahak born by Sara as God’s fulfillment of his covenant to Ibrahim.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So, brothers, in the same way also we have become children of God because He fulfilled His promise, just like Isaac was born to Sarah because the promise of God to Abraham was fulfilled.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Brothers, we who believe, we have a similarity to Isaac, because he was born on account of what God promised, and we also, we are counted as Abraham’s children because of that same what-God -promised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well now, brethren, we who are now believing/obeying Cristo, we are God’s children who are the fulfillment of what he promised, just like Isaac that child of Sara.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now we, my dear brethren, are like Isaac whom God promised would be born in that God promised that we would be his children.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:57:
- Uma: “The Yahudi people said: ‘Your (sing.) age is not yet fifty years. How can you (sing.) have seen Abraham?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “They answered, they said, ‘How have you and Ibrahim seen each other? You are not even fifty years old.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the Jews said to Jesus, ‘you are not yet 50 years old, and how can it be that you have overtaken Abraham?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The Jews said, ‘You (sing.) are not yet fifty years old. Is it indeed-the-case that (sarc. RQ) you (sing.) have seen Abraham?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because of that which Jesus said, the Judio said to him, ‘Your age isn’t yet fifty. So how could you have seen Abraham?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “the Jews said to Jesus, ‘You are not yet fifty years old and here you say that you saw Abraham!'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 17:11:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘That is very true, Elia must come/arrive first, because he is the one who gets everything ready.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘That is true. Eliyas comes ahead of the Almasi to prepare everything.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘It’s really true that Elijah will come first, because he will prepare everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘That-aforementioned which they teach is (empathy particle) true,’ said Jesus answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied saying, ‘It’s true that Elias is to come here first to prepare all things.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to them: ‘It is true that Elijah comes first, telling the people to prepare.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
