Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 17:7:
- Uma: “After that, the angel who took me said to me: ‘Why are you (sing.) so surprised? Apparently you (sing.) do not yet understand the meaning of that woman and the animal she rides. In that case, I will make clear to you (sing.) its meaning. That animal has seven heads and ten horns.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Why are you wondering,’ said the angel. ‘I will tell you now what the meaning of that woman is and the meaning of the creature she is riding on, the one that has seven heads and ten horns.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, the angel said to me, ‘Why are you amazed? I will explain to you the secret meaning of that woman and of that beast with seven heads and ten horns that the woman rides on.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “but the angel said to me, ‘Why are you (sing.) amazed? I will tell you (sing.) the meaning of that woman and the fearsome animal upon-which-she-is-riding which has seven heads and ten horns.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But I was questioned by that angel, saying, ‘Why are you amazed? Now I will explain to you the meaning of that woman and that monster she is riding which has seven heads branching out and ten horns.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The angel said to me: ‘How come you are surprised? I will tell you the meaning of what you saw, in regard to the woman who sits on the terrible animal, this one who has seven heads and ten horns.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 12:16:
- Uma: “Be in harmony with our companions. Don’t make our hearts high [proud], but rather be-in-harmony-with people who have low status [lit., whose lives are low]. Let’s not put our skill/intelligence ahead of [that of] others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Live-in-harmony-with-each-other. Don’t aspire that you be honored/made great. Don’t be ashamed to accompany/be together with the ones who are of lowly status. Don’t think that you are the ones who really know.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that the breath of you believers is one. Don’t you make yourself high, but rather you go around with people whose rank is low. And don’t you think that you are wiser than them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Get-along-together. Don’t be proud but rather associate-with humble (lit. low) people. Don’t think that only you are wise.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Each of you must look well upon all. Do not be proud. Do that you be equal with the people who are not up in the world. Do not say that you alone have wisdom.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:19:
- Noongar: “It is like this. A man took one tiny seed and planted the seed in the ground. The seed grew and became a tree, and birds could build their nests in the branches.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “A person took a mustard-green seed, he went to plant it in his garden. That seed grew bigger and bigger, until it become a tree, and birds made their nests in its branches.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The ruling of God over his people,’ said Isa, ‘is figuratively like one kind of very small seed that a person plants in his garden. It sprouts and becomes a tree. And the birds make their nests on it’s branches.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The increase of those whom God rules over is like a plant which has a very small seed. A person plants this in the field and when it sprouts, it becomes large and it becomes as big as a tree, and the birds light in it and they build their nests in its branches.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It can be compared to a small mustard seed which a person planted in his field. It grew until its size was like a tree and birds were able to nest in its branches.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s like a mustasa’ seed which was planted by a person in his garden. Well, it grew till it became a tree. Without anything else, its branches were then nested in by the birds.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 18:21:
- Uma: “After that, a strong angel lifted a big stone, bigger than a rice-mortar, he threw it into the sea, he said: ‘Like this stone is thrown into the sea, and is no longer found again, like that also the big village of Babel will be destroyed all-at-once, it will no longer be built again.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After this, there was a very strong angel, he grabbed a very huge stone like a millstone, and he threw it in the sea. He said, ‘Like that also will be the force of ‘fragmentation’/making into fragments of the famous city of Babilon and it will never, never be seen again.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then there was a powerful angel who lifted a stone as big as a stone grindstone, and he threw it into the sea, and he said, ‘Like this the great city of Babylon has been thoroughly destroyed. It will never again be seen by anyone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “After-that there was a strong angel who hefted a large stone like the largest mortar, and he threw it in the ocean saying, ‘Like this is what will happen to the great city Babilonia, because it will be thoroughly destroyed and will not again be erected.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then there was a far-from-ordinary angel who fetched one rock which was really big. He threw it into the ocean, speaking at the same time, saying, ‘Like this is the force of the destruction of the famous city of Babilonia. It will really never be seen again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then an angel, who was very strong, picked up a large stone that was very heavy, like a milling stone. He threw it into the sea. And he said: ‘Just like the stone here now cannot be seen, it will be like this concerning the city of Babylon. It will never be seen again.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 14:13:
- Uma: “That’s why I say to you: let’s not criticize each other. It’s better that we take care that there is no action of ours that tempts a one-faith relative to the point that he/she sins or falls.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore don’t let’s any longer be speaking-evil of our (dual) companion because-of his doings. But this is what we (dual) ought to be thinking, that we (dual) will really not do anything if because of that doing of ours (dual) eventually our (dual) brother who trusts in Isa is caused to sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, brothers, let us stop scolding our fellow believers for their behavior. For it’s necessary that we examine our own behavior so that there isn’t any behavior of ours that will cause our companions to sin.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Let us not then accuse-one-another-of-sin but rather let us make-up our minds (lit. make our minds persistent) to not do anything whereby our fellow believers would stumble or be tempted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “So we must not make judgments about our fellow believers, saying that it is bad how they live. Let us earnestly see to it that it is not our fault that our brothers should sin.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:16:
- Noongar: “Jesus said to him, ‘A man prepared his big feast day. He invited many people.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yesus said saying to that person: ‘One time there was a person who made a big feast, and called many people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa told him a parable, he said, ‘There is a person who had prepared a great feast and had invited many.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus told him a parable; he said, ‘There was a man who made a great feast. And as for that man, there were many people whom he invited.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jesus answered him parabling. He said, ‘There was an older-man who prepared to feed many, and many also were those whom he invited.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied with an illustration, saying, ‘There was a person who caused-to-be-prepared a big feast and invited many.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 20:8:
- Uma: “and he goes to deceive people all over the world, who are figuratively-named God and Magog. The King of Evil-ones gathers them to fight. Their amount is like sand on the seashore.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And he will come out to go and deceive the tribes that are scattered over the four corners of the earth. They are called Gog and Magog, that means enemies of God. The leader of demons will gather all those people so that they will fight. There will be very many people like the sand at the seashore.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He will come out so that he might deceive Gog in the land of Magog, which is to say, the people in all the kingdoms on all the earth. Satan will gather them together to fight against God. They will be very many for they are like the sand on the shores of the sea.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and he will go deceive those designated as Gog and Magog who are the collective-people in the collective-towns/countries at the four corners of the world. He will gather-them -together to go wage-war. Their number (lit. manyness), it is like the not countable sand on the shore of the ocean.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What else but he will continue on again with that activity of his of deceiving the people. He will go to all the nations here under the heavens. He will-round-up-to-join-him Gog and Magog, which means, those nations. Really the number of these who will be rounded up by Satanas, they are like sand on the beach. He will gather all these together and they will go to fight.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Again he went to deceive the people who live all over the world. these are the people who are named Gog and Magog. He gathered the people to make war against God. Very many people did he gather, it was like as many as grains of sand in the sea.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 15:22:
- Uma: “Because of that work of mine, that’s what has resulted in my being hindered many times from visiting you, relatives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This work of mine of announcing/proclaiming hinders me that’s why I was not able to go to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of all these things that I’ve done in preaching in those towns, I’ve been hindered coming to see you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of this work of mine, I have often not been able to fulfill my desire to go visit you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore because of that I didn’t have time to go there where you live to see you. Although many times I decided that I would go, yet I couldn’t.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
