Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:9:

• Uma: “And don’t you rely-on / boast-over being descendants of Abraham, don’t say in your hearts: ‘God won’t punish us.’ That isn’t true! For your information: even from those rocks over there, God can make people who are the descendants of Abraham.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Do not trust that you will not be punished by God just because you are descendants of Grandfather Ibrahim. I tell you God can make even these stones to be/into descendants of Grandfather Ibrahim.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And don’t you trust the fact that you are descendants of Abraham because that has no use to God. For I tell you that God can make these stones into descendants of Abraham if he needs to.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Don’t be saying moreover that you will escape because Abraham is your ancestor, because even these stones, it is indeed possible that God will make them into descendants of Abraham!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Don’t rely on the fact that you are descendants of Abraham, that being why God will be pleased with you. For I tell you that God really is able, out of these rocks here, to produce descendants of Abraham.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Do not say that nothing can happen to you since you are the descendants of Abraham. Because I tell you that concerning these stones here, God could make them become descendants of Abraham.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:10:

• Uma: “The punishment of God is about to arrive. His punishment is like an ax that is ready ahead of time at the foot of the tree. Every tree whose fruit is not good, will certainly be chopped down and thrown into the fire.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You are figuratively like a tree that will soon be cut at it’s roots. All trees that do not bear good fruit will be cut off and thrown into the fire and burned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The one who is cutting down trees has raised (the ax) because he will cut down every tree whose fruit is not good so that it may be burned. This is to say, the person whose way of doing is not good, God will punish him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “God’s punishing of you can be compared to an axe that is poised to cut-down the tree, and every trees that doesn’t bear- good -fruit will be cut-down at its base so that it will then be burned-as-firewood.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For now/today, the axe is poised-to-fall on the root of the tree growing from (that root), for every tree that doesn’t fruit well will be axed and thrown on the fire. Well, punishment like that is now coming close to you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “You are like trees which have not produced fruit. But now the ax is ready for cutting down the trees. All the trees which do not want to produce will be cut down and burned.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:11:

• Uma: “Yohanes also said: ‘I baptize you with water, as a sign that you have repented from your sins. But one will come after me whose power surpasses mine. Even to become his servant who carries his shoes, I am not worthy. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “I bathe you with water so that it can be seen that you regret and leave your sins. But somebody will come here after me, he is more powerful than I am. I am not even worthy to carry his shoes. That one will bathe you with something different. To some of you he will send the Holy Spirit and some he will bathe with fire.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘I use water to baptize you with,’ said John, ‘a sign that you have had done with the bad way of doing, but the one who takes my place, what he will baptize you with is the Holy Spirit, and if not that, then fire. He is greater than I and even to just carry his shoes, I am not yet fitted as his servant.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then he continued saying, ‘There is (someone) higher (in rank, importance) than I who is following. And because of this highness of his, I am not worthy to even carry his shoes. (3:3) Only water is what I baptize-you -with so that it will be shown that you have repented of your sins, but as for him, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “I am baptizing you here in water, it being like a sign only of your repenting/being-sorry-for and dropping/giving-up your sins. But it’s true that the one who will come following/succeeding me, what he will baptize you with is the Espiritu Santo and fire. He really is superior to me. Even to remove his footwear, it’s not acceptable/possible for me to do it, because his greatness/importance is really very much.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning myself, it is true that I baptize with water these people who say that they will separate from evil. But there is coming another one who will baptize with fire when the Holy Spirit strengthens you with power. That one is greater than I am. How could I ever compare to him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:12:

• Uma: “He can be compared to a person who winnows rice. He separates the developed/full rice from the empty-hulls until it is cleaned-off. The developed/full rice he puts into a storage bin, and the empty-hulls he burns in a fire that blazes on forever.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He will separate the good people and the bad people. He is figuratively like a person who winnows rice (a specific word for letting grain drop from a height – magpalid) for separating the kernels from the chaff. The kernels he stores in the storage container but the chaff he burns in the fire that cannot be put out.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because he will separate the righteous and wicked people, he is like one winnowing palay removing the chaff from the palay. The palay will be stored, but the chaff, he will burn with fire which cannot be put out,’ said John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He is compared to a person holding a winnowing-basket that he will use-to-winnow the pounded rice. Its grain (lit. fruit), he will go store it in his house, but as for the husks, he will burn (them) in the fire that never-goes-out.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He will be the one to judge the people. For it’s like he is holding his winnowing-tool(to toss with) with which to winnow/toss-in-the-air the straw. He will put all the grain together to store in the silo. But the straw will be thrown into the fire which never dies down.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “That one will select people like when wheat is cleaned and the chaff is put aside. The wheat is gathered to be stored. The chaff then will be burned in fire which will never go out.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:13:

• Uma: “At that time, Yesus came from the land of Galilea arriving at the Yordan River. Arriving there, he also asked to be baptized by Yohanes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then, Isa went from the place Jalil to the river Jordan, and he requested Yahiya to bathe him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At the time when John was baptizing, Jesus left from the province of Galilee and went to the Jordan river because he will cause John to baptize him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “At that time when Juan was baptizing, Jesus came from Galilea and went to the Jordan river to get-baptized by Juan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Before long Jesus also arrived there at the Jordan. Where he came from was Galilea. He went to Juan to have himself baptized also.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus came from the land of Galilea and arrived there at the river Jordan where John was in order to be baptized by him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:14:

• Uma: “But Yohanes was not brave / did not dare to baptize him, and he said to him: ‘Really, I am the one who needs to be baptized by you (sing.), yet here you (sing.) are coming to me!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Yahiya did not want to, he said, ‘Why do you come here requesting me to bathe you? You should be the one to bathe me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now John, he didn’t want that and he said, ‘I am the one fitted to be baptized by you, not that you will be the one to cause me to baptize you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Juan refused saying, ‘I am the one who needs to get-baptized by you (sing.). Why do you (sing.) come to get-baptized by me?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He was told not to by Juan, who said, ‘Respect to you, why is it reversed, that I am the one who will baptize you, since I really am the one who needs to be baptized by you?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But John did not want to baptize Jesus. He said to him: ‘I want that you baptize me, and here you have come for me to baptize you,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:15:

• Uma: “Yesus answered: ‘[Go-ahead-and] baptize me. It is fitting that we (incl.) do this, so that we (incl.) follow all the will of God.’ From there, he did baptize him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Isa answered, he said, ‘Go ahead now, bathe me now because we (dual) ought to really follow all that God has commanded.’ Then Yahiya agreed with Isa/did as Isa wanted.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered him saying, ‘Not so, because it is necesary that we do like this so that we might do all that God wants.’ And then John gave in and he baptized Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But Jesus said answering, ‘Just-go-ahead-and (lit. Even-if you (sing.)–persuasive, gentle command) permit it now, because it is fitting that we (du) fulfill all the purposes of God.’ Therefore Juan then baptized him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But Jesus answered, ‘Just let-be this which is happening now. Because this is indeed acceptable/possible for us (incl.) to do, for we must do all the righteousness which God causes to be done.’ Only then did Juan go-along-with-it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But Jesus said to John: ‘You must want to baptize me because it is necessary that we do all that God has commanded,’ he said to him. Therefore John baptized Jesus.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 3:16:

• Uma: “After Yesus was baptized, he came out from in the water. The sky suddenly opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like/as a dove bird, landing on him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When Isa had been bathed he came out of the water. So-then the sky opened and he saw the Spirit of God like the appearance of a dove coming down from heaven and alighting on him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus, when he was already baptized, came up onto the bank. And then the sky opened and Jesus saw God the Holy Spirit, which was like a dove descending down on him, and it perched on him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When it was finished that Jesus was baptized, then right-away he left the water while-simultaneously heaven was opened, and he saw the Holy Spirit like a pigeon/dove that descended until it landed on him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When Jesus had been baptized and was coming-out-of-the-water, suddenly/unexpectedly the sky/heaven opened. He saw the Espiritu Santo of God who was coming down to him, his body being like a dove.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “As soon as Jesus had been baptized, he came out of the water. He saw the sky open up. The Holy Spirit appeared to be like a dove as he came to Jesus’ head.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)