Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:9:
Uma: “People who say they are in the light, and they hate their relatives, they are still in the darkness.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Whoever says that he is already in the light, but he hates his fellow truster in Isa Almasi he is still in darkness up to now.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a person who says that God has illuminated his mind, but he is the enemy of his companion, he is still in the darkness.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If there is one who says that he is in the light/brightness while-at-the-same-time he hates a companion of his, he is still in the darkness just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The one who says that as for him, he is now in the light/enlightenment, but he is still ignoring/spurning his sibling in believing, the truth is, he is still in darkness.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “He who says that he is now living good, yet he hates his brother, is still living in evil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we say we are present where there is light because of our doing good, but if we hate our fellows, we are still in darkness because we are doing evil by hating our fellows.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “He who says he is living in God’s light, and hates his sibling, but still the same-as-before he is living in the darkness.”
Tzotzil: “If we say ‘I am in the sunlight,’ if we hate a Christian brother, we are still in darkness.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:10:
Uma: “People who love their relatives, they stay in the light, and there isn’t anything that causes-their-downfall.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But the one loving his fellow truster in Isa Almasi, he lives already in the light and there is nothing that causes him to sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person, by contrast, who loves his companion, he is the one whose mind has been illuminated by God, and his behaviour will not cause him to sin.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But the one who loves his fellow-men, that’s the one who remains in the light, so there is no cause-for-sinning in him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But as for the person who values his sibling in believing, he is the one who is truly living in the light/enlightenment. Really if it’s like that, there’s no longer anything in/with him which can-lead-him-to-fall(fig.) into sin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “He who loves his brother, then he is living good. There cannot be said of him that he is responsible if another person should sin.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we love our fellows we are constantly present where there is light because we are doing good, and no more will we fall doing evil.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “He who loves his sibling, habitually lives in God’s light and nowhere will he fall into sin.”
Tzotzil: “If we love our Christian brethren, we are in the sunlight. Thus there is nothing now in our hearts to cause us to become evil (to do evil).” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Kele: “He who loves his brother basks in the sunshine and thus is no root in the ground over which his brother might stumble.” (Source: William Ford in The Bible Translator 1957, p. 203ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:11:
Uma: “People who hate their relatives, they are still in the darkness. They walk in the darkness, and they don’t know where they are going, for that darkness has blinded them, with the result that they can’t see.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But the one hating his fellow-man is still in darkness, that means he does bad/evil. He walks but he does not know where he is going because he is like a blind person because he cannot see in the darkness.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, the person who is the enemy of his companion, his mind is still in the darkness, and his actions are still evil. He is like a person who does not know where he is going, for he is still in the dark.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But the one however who hates his fellow-men, the darkness is where he is remaining and walking. He doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness of course has blinded him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But that one who still is ignoring/spurning his sibling in believing, he really is still in the darkness which is sin. An illustration of him is, it’s like he is walking in the darkness and he can’t find where it would be good for him to walk, because he is still being blinded by this darkness which is sin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “But the one who hates his brother is still living an evil life. And he does not know how to live because the evil in him covers over his thoughts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we are in a state of hating our fellows, we are in darkness in that we are doing evil, and we are walking (living) in darkness. We do not know what road we will take (where we are going) because our head-hearts are darkened (without understanding) by reason of the evil we are doing.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “He who hates his sibling lives in the darkness, and walks there, and doesn’t know where he’s going, he can’t see because the darkness has covered his eyes.”
Tzotzil: “If we hate our Christian brethren, we are still in darkness. We walk along in darkness. We don’t know where we are going because we can’t see because it is dark.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:12:
Uma: “Children, I write to you this letter, because your sins are forgiven because of the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I write to you my children-grandchildren, because your sins are already forgiven because of Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I write to you, my children, for your sins have been forgiven because of Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “My children, I have written this to you because your sins have already been forgiven on-account-of Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I am writing to you who are like my children because your sins have now been forgiven, for Jesus took-the- punishment-for them on the cross.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Listen, my children, I write this word to you here in the letter because God has now forgiven your sins because of Jesus Christ who died on your account.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “I am writing to you my little children because God has already forgiven us. He has forgiven us because Jesus Christ paid for our guilt.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “I’m writing to you, my dear children, because you know your sins have been forgiven, by what Christ did.”
Tzotzil: “My children, because your sins are forgiven because of Jesus Christ, therefore I am talking to you by letter.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:13:
Uma: “Fathers, I write to you this letter, because you know the one who was from the first. Young-men, young-women, I write to you this letter, because you have defeated the evil-one(s) / evil-spirits.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I write to you old people, because you know Almasi, in the beginning of time he was already beforehand. I write to you young men, because you are not carried-along/influenced by the temptations of the leader of demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you older people, the reason I write to you is because you have been made the friends of Christ. He existed before anything was created. As for you young people, I write to you for you have defeated Satan. As for you children, I write to you for you are now the friends of our Father God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “I have also written to you fathers/elders, because you know him who already-existed since the very-beginning. And you young-men also, I have written to you because you have defeated Satanas.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I am writing to you elders/parents because you indeed know him who existed already from long ago when there wasn’t yet any world. I am writing to you young-folk because, through your trust in the Lord/Chief, you have now been able to have victory over Satanas who is the Epitome of Evil. I am writing to you who are like my children because you really know our Father who is God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Now the old people, I write this word to you here in the letter because you have come to know him who was living before all the things that exist were made. Now the young men, I write this word here in the letter to you because you have won over against the devil. Listen, my children, I write this word to you here in the letter because you have come to know God our Father.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “I am writing to you parents of children because you are acquainted with Jesus Christ who was already present when the world began. I am writing to you young people, because you have already won out over the deceiver. I am writing to you children, because you are acquainted with our father God.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “I’m writing to you, you men, and you know what I’m saying, because you know him who was living when unending time. I’m writing to you, boys, you also know him, because you have overcome the big-evil-one. I’m writing to you my dear children, because all of you know the Father.”
Tzotzil: “I am talking to you, you who area already old (men), because you have already known Christ whose character is he is. I am talking to you also, you who are young men still because all the time you are conquering the devil. My children, because you have already known our (in) Father God therefore I have written to you this.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:14:
Uma: “I write to you my children, because you know our Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know the one who was from the first. I write to you young-men and young-women, because your faith is strong, you take-to-heart God’s Word, you have defeated the evil-one(s).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I write to you, my children-grandchildren, because you know your Father God. I write to you old people because you know Almasi, he was before the beginning of time. I write to you young men, because you are strong in your liver. The word/message of God is steadfast in your liver and you are not carried-along/influenced by the temptations of the leader of demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I write to you older people, is because you are the friends of Christ. He existed before anything was created. The reason I write to you young people is because your faith is strong and because the Word of God cannot be removed from your minds and because you have defeated Satan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “I will please repeat again the reason why I wrote to you. As for you my children, I wrote to you, because you know our Father. You fathers/elders also, because you know him who already-existed since the very-beginning. You young-men also, because you are strong, God’s words are stored in your minds and you have moreover defeated Satanas.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I am writing to you elders/parents because you indeed know him who existed already from long ago when there wasn’t yet any world. I am writing to you young-folk because your believing/obeying is strong. The word of God is remaining with you, and well, you have now been able to have victory over that Epitome of Evil.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the old people, I write this word to you here in the letter because you have come to know him who was living before all the things that exist were made. Concerning the young men, I write this word here in the letter because now you are firm in that you believe God’s word in your hearts. And now you have won against the devil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “This letter I have written to you parents of children because you are acquainted with Jesus Christ the person who is present since the beginning. Likewise I have written to you young people because you endure not doing (keep from doing) evil. The word of God is constantly in your thoughts, and you have won out over the deceiver.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “I’m writing to you, you men, because you know him who was living when unending time. I’m writing to you, you boys, because you are strong. The Word of God dwells in your hearts and you have overcome the big-evil-one.”
Tzotzil: “You who are already old (men), because you have already known Christ whose character is he is, therefore I have written you this.. You who are young men still, because there is already the strength of your hearts therefore I have written to you this. God’s word is in your hearts therefore all the time you conquer the devil.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:15:
Uma: “Let’s not love this world, or any of its contents. Whoever loves this world, they don’t love God the Father.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Don’t feel-good/like-to-do doing the things most people in this world do and don’t feel-good-about/like the various things in this world. Whoever feels-good-about/likes these things, he does not love his Father God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is necessary that the activities of the people here on the earth who are the enemies of God are not big in our (incl.) breath; it is also necessary that there is nothing here on the earth which is big in our breath. For if there is a person and what is big in his breath are those things, it is not possible that what is dear in his breath is our Father God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “You shouldn’t love the behavior which is opposed to what God wants and that which is on this earth, because if you love these-things, you also have no love for God our Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I urge you, no longer give preference to the ways of here under the heavens which are opposed to the will of God, or whatever here which is opposed to him. Because whoever still chooses-to-remain-committed-to these, it’s clear that he has no holding dear for this Father of ours.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Do not like the evil there is here in the world. He who likes the evil here in the world is the person who does not know how to love our Father.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “Do not you desire intensely to do like the evil head-hearted people do, and likewise do not you desire intensely the things you will have in this world. We know if we are desiring intensely to do like the evil head-hearted people are doing, we have not yet come to love our father God.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “Don’t like the world, neither the deeds of the world. If someone likes (loves) the world, he doesn’t esteem God.”
Tzotzil: “Don’t let it be that your hearts get taken up with what belongs to the world and what is here in the world. Because if our hearts are taken up with what belongs to the world, we don’t love our Father God.”
Garifuna: “Don’t you love the world’s character/conduct, nor any of the things which are in the world. If a person loves that which pertains to the world, he does not love (our) Father.” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 2:16:
Uma: “For all that is in this world–like the evil desires of our hearts, what we see and we desire, whatever makes-high [i.e.,, haughty] our hearts–all that sort of thing is not from our Father, it is from the world [emphatic].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Because all that belongs to this world, that means the bad things that ones (dual) body/person craves, and (the things) that one (dual) sees and craves and (the things) that mankind boasts-about, all these (things) are only of this world and are not from our (dual) Father God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For as for any kind of evil behaviour here on the earth, like evil desires or the evil things which are seen and desired by people, or their causing themselves to be praised because of the possessions they have acquired, these things do not come from our Father God, rather they just come from here on the earth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because all that are like these: the bad-things that sinful people love/want, their coveting (lit. grabbing-after) what they see, and their boasting about their possessions and their status, it is not God our Father who is their source but rather they are from this earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Because as for all the evil here under the heavens, it really is opposed to God. Like the habit of indulging our own desire which is evil, the habit of wanting to get everything one sees, and the habit of being conceited about the things in our lives. These ways/habits didn’t come from God the Father, but rather they come from here under the heavens.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Because all the evil here in the world is not the decision of God, rather it is the decision of people themselves. People do their own pleasures. What all they see, they want to own it all. And they pride themselves about how they live.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “All these things people do who are in this world: they do evil which their evil head-hearts desire intensely, and they do evil which they want to do by reason of what they see, and they are proud of their possessions. The people who do like that think only of what happens on this earth. They do not do what our father God wants.”
Eastern Highland Otomi: “Because all the deeds of the world, God didn’t cause (prescribe, ordain) them like doing one’s own will, and the sins which one’s heart likes, and when one is proud because of what he possesses. But doings like these originated here in the world.”
Tzotzil: “The people (unbelieving) who are here in the world, their hearts are taken up with what their bodies want and what looks nice to their eyes, and what they are proud about (raise themselves up about), our (in) Father God does not want that we (in) still do this also like the people do.”
Sayula Popoluca: “Because all that is in this world, the evil our heart begs for, and we want that evil we see, and if we boast because of our possessions, these things our father doesn’t give, but this world gives them.” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
