Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:1:

• Uma: “Some times after that Yohanes the Baptizer arrived/came to the wilderness [lit., empty field] of Yudea, and he began to spread the Word of the Lord to the crowds,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then, at that time Yahiya who habitually-bathes people arrived in the wilderness (lit. place that causes loneliness) of Yahudiya. Many people went to him and he preached/proclaimed, he said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Years passed and there was a person named John Baptizer. He was there in an area in the province of Judea where no people lived. He caused people to understand the word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “In that time when plural Jesus were still staying in Nazaret, John the Baptizer went to the place in Judea that had no inhabitants, and he was preaching to those who went to listen.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “At that time, as for Juan who was the first to baptize, he began to teach in the wilderness (lit. place where one-could-starve) which is in Judea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “During these days, John was baptizing in the land of Judah. He began to tell the message to the people who gathered there in the wilds.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:2:

• Uma: “he said to them: ‘Repent from your sins, because the time has almost arrived for God to become King on earth.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘Regret your sins and leave them now because soon God will come and rule over us (incl.).'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He said, ‘Have done with your bad ways of doing because soon God in heaven will rule us (incl.).'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He said, ‘Repent-of your sins, because the time-of-God’s -ruling is near.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He was telling the people, saying, ‘Repent-of/be-sorry-for and drop/give-up your sins, because the kingdom of God is close now.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “He told the people: ‘Change your hearts, separate from the evil in which you walk. Because these are the days in which God will show that he rules here,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:3:

• Uma: “Yohanes is the one about whom the prophet Yesaya spoke long ago. Yesaya said like this: ‘There is a person calling in the wilderness, he says: ‘The Lord is almost arriving! Prepare ahead of time his way/road, Make flat ahead of time the road he will pass-by-on.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Nabi Isaya had spoken about this Yahiya, he said, ‘There is a person calling in the wilderness. This is what he says, ‘Soon the Leader (Lord after this) will arrive. Make the way he is passing smooth. Make the way he is going straight.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “John was the one prophesied long ago by Isaiah who said, ‘There is a person who lives in an area where there are no people living, and then he will be heard by the people who will come to him. He will say, ‘Soon the Lord will come. Clean the way he will take; straighten out the path he will walk on,’ which is to say, ‘get rady for his coming.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Juan is the one whom-Isaias the prophet -was-speaking-of saying, ‘There-is in the place of no inhabitants someone-who-is shouting/speaking-loudly saying, ‘Prepare the path-to-be-taken by the Lord who is coming so that the path he will walk-on will be good.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “This Juan is the one referred to in what was said by the prophet Isaias, who said, ‘There is one calling-out in the wilderness, saying, ‘You (pl.) make a trail for the Lord. Make-direct and improve/make-properly this which he will walk on.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “It was concerning this John of whom the spokesman Isaiah spoke when he said: ‘There will be heard that a person is speaking in the wilds and he will say: ‘Prepare because now is coming the Lord,’ ‘ he will tell the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:4:

• Uma: “The clothes of Yohanes were made from the hair of camels. His belt was from leather. His food was locusts/grasshoppers and honey.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The clothes of Yahiya were woven camels hair and his belt was of cow’s skin. His food were locusts and honey.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now John, he was shirted with woven (cloth) of the hair of a camel and he was belted with dried skin. Locusts and honey were what he lived on.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Juan’s clothes were merely woven of camel (loan kamel) hair and his belt was animal skin. What he ate also, it was locusts and honey (lit. water) of wild-bees.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Juan’s clothes were of cloth made from the hair of the kamelyo animal, and his belt was made from cow hide. Grasshoppers which are locusts and bees’ honey were his food.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The clothing of John was cloth made from the hair of camels. He was belted with leather. Concerning what he ate, it was grasshoppers that he ate. And he also ate honey which was found in the wilds.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:5:

• Uma: “Many people went to the wilderness wanting to hear his words. They were from the village of Yerusalem, and from the entire land of Yudea, there were also those from villages that were up-and-down the Yordan River.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The people from Awrusalam and from the whole land of Yahudiya and from the places at the river Jordan went to him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Many people went out to him coming from Jerusalem and from other towns here in all of the province of Judea, and there were many yet who came from the towns near the river Jordan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The inhabitants of Jerusalem and those who resided in all the towns in Judea and in the bordering-areas of the Jordan river were going to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Everyone of the taga Jerusalem went there to him and (so did) people from other towns which were also in the district of Judea, including along both sides of the Jordan (river).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Many people arrived where John was in order to hear what he was speaking. There arrived inhabitants of Jerusalem as well as all the other towns of the land of Judah. There arrived people who came from the area about the river Jordan.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:6:

• Uma: “They came confessing/admitting their sins, and he baptized them in the Yordan River, a sign they had repented from their sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “They confessed their sins and Yahiya bathed them in the river Jordan.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for those people, they admitted their sins to John,and he baptized them in the river Jordan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They were confessing their sins and then Juan baptized them in the Jordan river.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “They were repenting of their sins and having themselves baptized by Juan there in that river Jordan, testifying that they would now drop/give-up sin.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “These people said that they truly had sin and these people were baptized by John in the river Jordan.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:7:

• Uma: “There were also many leaders of the Yahudi religion who are called Parisi and Saduki people who came to be baptized by Yohanes. When he saw them come, he said to them: ‘He, you whose behavior is bent! Why are you coming requesting-to-be-baptized? Do you think you can evade the anger of God that is about to strike you!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There were also Pariseo and Sadduseo who went to him, they were the religious leaders. When he saw many Pariseo and Sadduseo coming to request being bathed by him, he said, ‘You there, your customs are like the customs of a deceiving snake. You perhaps think-mistakenly that if you have been bathed you will not be hit by God’s wrath which will soon come.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now John saw many Pharisee people and Sadducee people coming to him to be baptized. And he said to them, ‘You act like snakes in that you are liars. Why are you coming here? You probably suppose that you will be able to escape the punishment of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But upon his seeing the many Fariseo (Pharisees) and Sadduceo (Saducees) who were coming to be baptized koma, he said to them, ‘Oh, you who are like crafty snakes are too much! Who perhaps told you that you will escape God’s punishing of you if you are baptized?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But well, Juan noticed that there were many Pariseo and Saduceo coming to him to be baptized also. He said to them, ‘Why are you here who are habitually-deceiving like the nature/way of a snake? Who said you could run away from the punishment which is coming?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “John saw that very many Jews were there who had come to be baptized. There were among them Pharisees, there were Sadducees. He told them: ‘You act like snakes who are fleeing from a fire. How is it that you know that the terrible punishment which is to be is coming?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:8:

• Uma: “If you have really repented from your sins, do good behavior.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Do good deeds so that it can be seen that you forsake/turn-your-back-on your sins.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If it is true that you have had done with your bad way of doing, show it by good works.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “It certainly cannot be, because it is necessary that you do what shows that it is true that you have repented of your sins.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “You must testify by your life-style that you repent truly.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “You must do what is good in order that it appears that you have separated from evil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)