Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:21:

• Uma: “For no kidding the tortures that will hit mankind at that time, it has not happened since the world was first created until this time, and it will not happen again in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For in those days,’ said Isa, ‘there will be great difficulties, there have none be like it since the beginning of the world until now. And after this, they will not come back.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because very bitter will be the torments at that time. Nothing like that has yet happened since the creation of the world. And when it happens, nothing like it will ever happen again forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because that time of over-much hardship, there has been no equal to it beginning from the creation of the world until now, and nothing also will be able-to-equal it in future days.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Because really great hardship/suffering will be experienced by people. Yes indeed, the time will come when people will experience far-from-ordinary suffering which hasn’t yet been experienced since the creation of the world until now, and won’t ever again be experienced.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Because it will be painful what the people must pass through on that day. There has been nothing like it since the world was made. And there will not be seen in the future the likes of it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:22:

• Uma: “But God will shorten that time of suffering, for if he didn’t shorten it, surely not a single person would be alive. So, since he loves the people whom he has chosen, he will shorten that time of suffering.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If God would not reduce those days of difficulty, no person would live. But because of his chosen people God will reduce those days.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But God has already shortened the time of torment, because if he didn’t all mankind would be destroyed then. But because he pities his chosen people, he has shortened the time of torment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If God had not decided to shorten that time of hardship, no people would be left on this earth. But (reassurance particle) he has shortened it due to his people that he chose.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And if that time is long, all people really would be wiped out. But because of those chosen by God, he won’t cause it to be long.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “God has already determined that this calamity will not last many days. If it did last many days, no one would come through it. But he will cause it to pass because God loves the people whom he has chosen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:23:

• Uma: “‘At that time, if someone says to you: ‘Look, the Redeemer King is here! or ‘He’s over there,’ don’t believe [it/them].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘If in those days someone will say to you, ‘Oy, look, the Almasi is here,’ or ‘There he is,’ do not believe it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now if someone says to you, ‘Look, here already is the king chosen by God,’ or if there is one who says, ‘There he is,’ don’t you listen to that one who speaks.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus continued, saying, ‘At that time, if someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There (particle of surprised realization) he is,’ don’t believe it/him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore supposing someone says to you, ‘Here is Cristo!’ or ‘There he is now!’ don’t you believe it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “In those days do not believe the people who will say to you: ‘Here is the Christ,’ or they will say, ‘Over there he is,’ they will say to you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:24:

• Uma: “For many lying people will appear who will say that they are the Redeemer King, or who will say that they are a prophet. They will do very amazing signs and powerful signs to deceive many people. If it were possible, / If they could, even the people whom God has chosen they would deceive too.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For in those days there will be people appearing who say that they are the Almasi but it is not true. There will also be people who say that they are prophets but it is not true. And they will show powerful signs and wonder-causing deeds so that if possible they could lead astray even the people chosen by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because liars will appear, and each one of them will say, ‘I am the king,’ and if not that, then he will say, ‘I am inspired of God.’ And they will show miracles and signs for they would have the chosen ones of God believer their lies if it were possible.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because deceitful people will appear who will say that they reportedly are the Messiah and they reportedly are prophets. And they will show amazing signs and miracles to deceive koma the many-people and even the people whom God chose if possible.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Because many really will be those who falsely-claim to be Cristo, and there will also emerge those who claim falsely to be prophets. They will show signs and do amazing things, so that if only it were possible, they would mislead even those chosen by God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Because there will be many liars going about saying to the people, ‘I am the Christ,’ or they will say, ‘I am the spokesman for God,’ they will say. And they will be able to do miracles. These miracles they do, wanting to deceive the people who are chosen by God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:25:

• Uma: “Remember! I have told you ahead of time before it happens.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Listen,’ said Isa, ‘I have told you already beforehand of this while it has not yet happened.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t forget that I have warned you beforehand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore remember/think-about these-things, because here I have warned you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Think about this. I am telling you these things already so that you won’t be misled.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But now I have told you beforehand the word which must come to pass.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:26:

• Uma: “‘So, if someone says to you: ‘Look, the Redeemer King is there in the uninhabited prairie!’ don’t you go. If they say: ‘Look, there he is in the house!’ don’t you believe it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Therefore when they say to you, ‘Look there he is in the lonely place (wilderness),’ do not go there. When they say, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ do not believe it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if someone says, ‘Look, there in the wilderness is the king that God chose,’ don’t you listen to that person who speaks. And if someone says, ‘He is hiding here,’ don’t you believe that one who is speaking.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Therefore if they say, ‘Look, the Messiah is in the place of no inhabitants,’ don’t go. If they also say, ‘Look, he is here hiding,’ don’t believe it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Cristo is there now in the wilderness place,’ don’t go there. If they say ‘There he is inside the house,’ don’t believe it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “If any person should say to you, ‘There in the wilds is the Christ,’ they will say to you, don’t go to where they tell you. Or if they say to you, ‘There in the room in secret is where he is,’ they will say to you, don’t believe them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:27:

• Uma: “For when I the Child of Mankind come again, my coming will be visible all over the world, like the shining of lightning that appears in the east and shines to the west.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For I, the Son of Man, when I come, my coming will be seen like lightning that shines from the east to the west.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, my return will be like lightning which suddenly flashes, lighting up all the sky from east to the west. It can be seen by everyone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because my return who am Child of a Person, it will be like the flashing/shining lightning that is visible from all directions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Because in the same way in which the sky is lit up from east to west when it lightnings, that’s how my returning here will be, I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human. It really will be observed by all people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Because when the day arrives when the Man who will come from heaven comes, then all the people will see him. Like when the lightning lightens above, people everywhere see it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 24:28:

• Uma: “If there is something dead, it-is-knowable because many birds will gather to eat. So also will be my coming back to the world, I won’t come back hidden, it will be knowable.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then Isa said a proverb, he said, ‘Wherever there is a corpse there the crows gather.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But wherever there is that which stinks, there the crows will cluster also, which is to say, all of this will certainly come to pass.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “For-sure these will be fulfilled like what they say, ‘Wherever the dead-people are, that will be the gathering-place of the birds who eat them.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The proverb says, where the one who died is, that’s where the vultures will gather.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “There where the people are who deserve to be judged, there will be the punishment.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)