Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 17:23:

• Uma: “Because during my wandering in your town and seeing your worship-places, I also saw one worship rock that had writing like this: ‘Worship-place to the Lord whose Name is not Known.’ So, that lord whose name you do not know, he is the one I announce to you here.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Because while I was walking about here in your city, I saw the different things you worship. I saw one place where you worship and this is written there, saying, ‘This is the place for worshiping the god whom we (incl.) do not know.’ Na,’ Paul said, ‘the god whom you do not know but whom you worship, this is the God whom I am explaining to you about now/this moment.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because as I was wandering around here in your village, I saw the things that you worship. And there was also one offering place which I saw upon which was written the words which say, ‘Here is worshipped the god who is not yet known.’ And the God that you worship, even though you don’t know about him, he is the one that I am preaching to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “because when I was walking through your town looking-at the places-where-you -worship the various-gods, there was an altar (loan altar) that I came-upon that was written-on with words saying, ‘For the god that we (excl.) don’t know.’ That-aforementioned God whom you are worshipping even though you don’t know-him, it is he whom I will make-known to you now.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For when I was walking around looking at the statues which you worship here, I came on one which was written on, saying, ‘Substitute for the god we don’t yet know.’ Well now, that is this one I am teaching you about, that God whom you say you worship, although you don’t yet know him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:21:

• Uma: “On their journey, they stopped-in at the town of Efesus, and Paulus entered the house of prayer and exchanged words with the Yahudi people gathered there. They requested of him that he be rather long with them, but he did not want to. However when he left, he said to them: ‘If God wants, I will come back here later.’ Priskila and Akwila stayed [emphatic] in Efesus, but Paulus continued his journey, boarding a ship going to the land of Siria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He said to them as he was about to leave, ‘If it is God’s will, I will return here to you.’ Then he sailed from Epesus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because he said to them as he was leaving, ‘I will come back here again if God permits.’ And he got on a ship and he left Ephesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When they stopped at Efeso, Pablo went to the synagogue and discussed-with the Jews. They persuaded (lit. hung-onto) him to stay-with (them) there, but Pablo refused. ‘If that’s what God wants, then I will return,’ he said. Then he left Aquila and Priscilla at Efeso, and he rode again in a ship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘However,’ he said, ‘if it is the will of God, I will indeed return here to you.’ When he had said that, he took leave and sailed again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:25:

• Uma: “One day, he gathered his one-work companions with other skilled silver workers, and he said to them: ‘Relatives, you know yourselves that we receive much income from this work of ours.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “They were all called by Demetiri and told to gather. He also called other men who had the same work as that work of theirs. When they were all there, he said to them, ‘Friends, you know that our (incl.) income is very good in this work.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for this Demetrius, he gathered together his workers and some other craftsmen like them, and he said, ‘Brethren, you all know that we have become prosperous in our craft.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore Demetrius caused-to-gather those whom he was salarying and his fellow metal-workers and he said, ‘My companions, you know that we are getting much money from this work of ours.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “What Demetrio did was, he gathered all his personnel and others for whom that was their livelihood. When they were gathered, he said, ‘My companion metal-workers, we are all aware that it is this livelihood which has caused us to be strong (i.e. well off).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)