Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:14:
- Uma: “‘Long ago the prophet Daniel predicted the coming of one named ‘The evil Destroyer.’ (The one who read these words of prediction, carefully note its meaning!) So, when you see what Daniel predicted standing in a standing-place that is forbidden to him/it, people who dwell in Yudea should flee to the mountains.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Na, in the future, you will see what destroys and what puts-down God there where it is not right for him/it to be. When you see this, the people who are there in Yahudiya should flee to the mountains. (Let the one who reads this understand it.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he who is called the repulsive harmful thing, if you see him placed in the temple where he is not permitted, then those who are in the province of Judea should run away to the mountains. The one who reads this long ago prophecy about this should understand it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus continued saying, ‘In-the-future there will be a ‘destroyer who is filthy in God’s sight’ who will stand where he has no authority/right. (The one who reads this should understand it.) When you see that, those who are staying in Judea, they must hurry to escape to the mountainous-area.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You will see something really disgusting in the sight of God, which is standing where it ought not to stand, there in the Templo. (The one reading this is to try-to-understand.) Well, when this is happening, as for the taga Judea, they must run away to the mountains.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Highland Oaxaca Chontal: “There was a man whose name was Daniel. He told the words of God. Read his word with care so that you’ll understand it. You will see they will put an ugly scary thing in the big church. It has no right to be there. It will cause the big church to be abandoned. … “
- Shuar: “The person who reads this let him understand. Daniel the teller of the things of God, told long ago about an abhorrent destructive thing. When you see that sitting (being) in the not-to-sit-place. … ” (Source for this and above: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:15:
- Uma: “A person who is sitting on his porch should not waste time entering his house to get anything.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And if a person is outside his house, he should not go inside to fetch anything, but he should flee.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who happens to be outside of his house should not waste his time going into the house to get any of his possessions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who is in the yard of his house, he must not delay to enter to go get his possessions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The one on top of the flat roof of his house is not to bother/busy-himself going into his house to get whatever of his belongings there, but on the contrary having come down he is to keep going and run away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:16:
- Uma: “A person in the field should no longer return to the village to get his clothes. Flee immediately!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the one who is in his field, should not return to his house to fetch his clothes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person to whom it happens out in his field must not return home to get his blanket.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one also who is in the rice-field, he should not go-home to get his outer garment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And the one in the field, he isn’t to go home to get his cloak.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:17:
- Uma: “It will be pitiable for women who are pregnant or who are nursing children at that time, for it will be hard for them to flee.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Andý’, (exclamation of concern or pity) the pregnant ones and the ones with small children are to be pitied in those days.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “On that day, pity the women who are pregnant or nursing children, for they will have a very difficult time running away.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “In those days, pitiful (empathy particle) will be the pregnant and those who-have-nursing-infants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really pitiful will be those who are pregnant and have nursing children in those days.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:18:
- Uma: “Call-out to God that your time-of-fleeing will not be at the cold time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Pray to God that this may not happen at a time of bad weather.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pray to God that this running away might not happen at the cold time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Pray that these hardships will not coincide with the frost-season.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You must pray that this won’t happen in cold season.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:19:
- Uma: “For at that time will come torments that have not ever happened since God first made the world until this time, and that will not again happen in days after that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For in those days,’ said Isa, ‘there will be great difficulty, there has not been it’s equal since the world was first created by God until now. And after this, it will never come again.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For the time of suffering that will happen on that day has never been equalled. From the creation of the world nothing has ever happened like that, and after it happens, nothing will ever happen again forever like that.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the time of that-aforementioned excessive hardship, there is no equal-to-it beginning from the creation of the world until now, and neither will anything equal it in a future day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because at that time, really great hardship/suffering will be experienced by people. Yes indeed, the time will come when people really will experience far-from-ordinary suffering which hasn’t yet been experienced since God created the world until today, and it won’t ever again be experienced.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:20:
- Uma: “But the Lord God will shorten that time of suffering, for if he didn’t shorten its time, there wouldn’t be a single one who lived. So, since he loves the people whom he has chosen and whom are his portion, that’s why he will shorten that time of suffering.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And if God would not reduce those days of difficulty,’ said Isa, ‘no person would live. But because of the people he has chosen, the people who follow him, God will reduce those days.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God has shortened the time of suffering, for if he hadn’t, all mankind would be destroyed at that time. But because of his pity for his chosen people he has shortened the time of suffering.” (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 will shorten it because of his people whom he has chosen.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And if God hadn’t determined that that time wouldn’t be long, all people really would be wiped out. But because of his chosen people, he won’t cause it to last long.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 13:21:
- Uma: “At that time, if someone says to you: ‘Look! The Redeemer King is here!’ or ‘Look, over there is the Redeemer King!’ don’t you believe it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘And if in those days someone will say to you, ‘O, look (pl.) here is Almasi!’ or ‘Look (pl.), there he is!’ – really do not believe.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the king chosen by God,’ of if someone says, ‘There he is,’ don’t you listen to those people.” (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.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore supposing someone says to you, ‘Here is Cristo now!’ or ‘There he is now!’ don’t believe it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
