Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:22:
- Uma: “On the Kiama Day many people will say to me: ‘Lord! Lord! Don’t you (sing.) know, we are the ones who announced the Word of God in your (sing.) name? And it was in your (sing.) name that we caused-to-go-out demons. And many also were the miracles that we did with your (sing.) name, Lord.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the day for the judgment of mankind has come/is reached, many people will say to me, ‘You are our (excl.) Leader/Lord because we have spread God’s word by the power of your name, and we have driven out demons and we have done many miracles by the power of your name.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “On that day in the future many will want me to pity them saying, ‘Oh Lord, through your power we prophesied, and we cured those afflicted with demons, and many are the miracles that we did.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the day that God will judge the people arrives, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, we (excl.) were prophesying as your (sing.) representatives, we (excl.) also used your (sing.) name to remove evil-spirits and to do many miracles!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really, at the day of judging, many will say to me, ‘Lord, let us (excl.) enter because isn’t it so that we taught about you, and your name is what we mentioned when we were driving out evil-spirits and when we were doing amazing-things?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When the day arrives for people to be judged, many people will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord. We also have told the people about you. And with your name we have cured people who walked with evil spirits. With your name we have done many miracles,’ they will say to me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:23:
- Uma: “‘I’ll answer them: ‘I do not know you! Get out of here, you whose behavior is evil.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I will say to them, ‘I do not recognise/know you. Go away from me, all you who do evil.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And my answer to them at that time will be, ‘I don’t recognize you. You whose doings are bad, go away from here.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But I will then say-frankly to them, ‘I absolutely do not know you. Get-out of here, you who are doing bad!’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But my answer to them will be, ‘I really don’t acknowledge you as being my people. Go away from me, you doers of evil!”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When I answer, I will say to them, ‘Depart from me, because you are not my friends. For only in evil do you live,’ I will say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:24:
- Uma: “‘Whoever hears my words and follows them, that person is like a smart person who builds his house on top of a strong foundation stone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘So-then, whoever hears those my words and follows/obeys them, he is like a man who is a real expert in thinking who built his house on stone/rock.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Whoever hears all of these my advices and he carries them out, he is like a wise person. For this wise person, he built a house on a large stone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘All who hear and believe/obey what I am saying can be compared to a wise/intelligent person who built his house on a rock.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Therefore whoever listens and obeys these things I am teaching, he is like a wise/thinking person who built his house on ground with rocks in it and put-posts-down-deep. (This is what makes a Tagbanwa house sturdy.)” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the person who hears all that I speak and does what I say, such a one is to be compared with a man who is wise and builds his house on rock.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Martu Wangka: “If a person hears/obeys my talk and sits obedient to me, he who belongs to Jesus will be like another, like this working-bloke. This knowledgeable working-bloke will build correctly a house on a big flat rock.” (Source: Carl Gross)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:25:
- Uma: “When rain came, it flooded and wind struck that house, but it did not fall, because it was build on top of strong stones.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the rain came and the river flooded and the house was hit by a very strong wind. But the house did not fall because it was built on stone/rock.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was a typhoon. It rained hard; the rivers got deep, and the wind blew hard. But that house didn’t fall down because it was placed on a large stone.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then it rained-hard and the water in the river increased. The wind that struck-against the house was also strong, but (reassurance-particle) it didn’t fall-over, because its foundation was constructed on the rock.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When bad weather came, that there was really big flooding, and a strong wind blew right by the house, no harm came to it, because he had put the posts down deep there where there were rocks.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then when there was the rain, the river rose, the wind pushed against the house. Yet it didn’t fall down because it was on rock that the house was guilt.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:26:
- Uma: “‘But the person who hears my words and does not follow them, that person is like the foolish person who builds his house on top of sand.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And whoever hears those my words but does not follow/obey them, he is like a stupid man who built his house on sand.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whoever hears these advices of mine and he doesn’t carry them out, he is like a stupid person. This stupid person, he built on a sandy bank.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the person who has been hearing what I am saying but he doesn’t believe/obey it, he can-be-illustrated by a foolish person who built his house on the sand/gravel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But the person who, although he hears this teaching of mine, doesn’t obey it, he is like a stupid/simple-minded person, who jerry-built his house on the sand and didn’t put-posts-down-deep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But concerning the person who hears all that I speak and does not do what I say, such a one is to be compared with a man who didn’t have any sense. He built a house on where it was sandy.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:27:
- Uma: “When rain came, it flooded and wind struck that house, it fell right down, completely destroyed.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the rain came and the river flooded and the house was hit by a very strong wind. Immediately the house fell and was really destroyed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was also a typhoon. The water got deep, the wind blew hard, and his house fell over and was completely shattered.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then it rained-hard and the water in the river increased. The wind that struck-against the house was strong also. It fell-over and was thoroughly destroyed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when bad weather came again, there was again a big flood and a strong wind blew right by that house of his. For the reason that where it was built was on sand and its posts weren’t down deep, it fell down, what else but it was broken to pieces.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It rained, the river rose, the winds pushed against the house. it fell down, it was demolished.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:28:
- Uma: “When Yesus finished speaking all that, the people who heard his teaching were amazed at it/him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa had finished saying this, the people wondered when they heard his preaching/teaching,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus finished teaching there, and the many people who were gathered there were amazed because his teaching was not like the teaching of the teachers of the law. Because the teaching of Jesus, by contrast, had power.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Jesus finished teaching all these-things to the gathered people, they were surprised at the way he taught,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus had finished that which he was teaching, those people listening were amazed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus finished teaching the people, the people were amazed at the words he spoke.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:29:
- Uma: “Because he did not teach like the teachers of religion. His teaching [was] as a person who really has authority/power.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “because Isa’s teaching was very different from the teaching of the teachers of the religious law. For Isa had power when he spoke.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus finished teaching there, and the many people who were gathered there were amazed because his teaching was not like the teaching of the teachers of the law. Because the teaching of Jesus, by contrast, had power.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “because in his teaching, they could-see that he had authority/rulership, not like the way of the teachers of the law.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because it was clear from his speech that he had authority to teach. Not like the explainers of law, who always quoted what had been said by the ancestors of the past.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because the teachers of the law do not speak forcefully when they speak, yet Jesus was like an official when he spoke, he spoke so that what he said was the final word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)