Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:23:
- Uma: “He did that so that all people will honor me like their honoring of my Father. Whoever does not honor me, they also do not honor my Father who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “in order that all people will honor me as they honor God. Whoever does not honor the Son of God also does not honor my Father God, the one who sent me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because he wishes that I should be honored by all mankind just like they honor him. And whoever does not respect me, his not respecting me is regarded to be just the same as his not respecting my father God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “in order that all people will worship/honor me like the way they worship/honor my Father. The one who doesn’t worship/honor me, neither does he worship/honor my Father who sent me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “so that the Son will be respected/honored by all people, like their respecting/honoring of his Father. For it’s true, whoever has no respect/honor for the Son, he is also not honoring the Father who sent the Son to come here.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because he wants his Son to be looked upon with respect just like the Father is looked upon with respect. He who does not look with respect on the Son of God does not truly look with respect on his Father who sent him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:24:
- Uma: “‘These words of mine are very true: Whoever hears my words and they believe on the Lord God who sent me, they have certainly received good life forever. They will not be punished because of their sins. They have been freed from death, they have received life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Truly I tell you, whoever hears my teaching and believes in the one who sent me, he will live forever. He will not be hit by the judgment of God. God will not punish him anymore instead he will live forever.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is very true what I say that the person who obeys my words and believes in God who sent me, he is the one who will come to own eternal life. He will not be punished in the future because his soul has escaped from death and he has already come to own eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘This that I tell you is true. Whoever believes/obeys what I am saying and also believes/obeys the one who sent me, he has life that has no end. He will not be condemned to be punished, because his separation from God is already finished and he has been given life that is forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This which I am saying to you is really true. The one who listens to what I am saying and believes-in/obeys the one who sent me, that one has life which has no ending. He will no longer receive the heavy sentence. Instead of punishment which is death, it’s certain there is in store for him life which has no ending.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is true what I tell you. He who respects what I speak and believes in him who sent me already has the new life forever. Now he will not be sentenced. He has escaped from the sentence he had and now has the new life forever.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:25:
- Uma: “These words of mine are very true: The time will come–and this is the time–dead people will hear the voice of the Child of God, and those who hear [it] will get new life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Truly I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘the time has come (that) all those who don’t yet believe, the ones figuratively dead hear my voice, me the Son of God. And all that hear are certainly made alive.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Very true what I say to you that the day is coming and it already has come that I, the son of God, the people who have not yet been given life, will hear my words to them, and the ones who obey, I will give them eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This that I say is also true. All people, they are as if dead, because they are separated from God. But the time has already arrived that even those who are as if dead, they will hear my words who am the Child of God, and those who believe/obey what they have heard, they will truly live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is the truth, the time will come, it’s now already, when those under the jurisdiction of death will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen and follow/obey will live.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It is true what I tell you. The time will come when it will happen according to what I tell you and it is the time now. The people now living are as though they were dead. But when they hear the word which the Son of God speaks and believe, then they will be given the new life.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:26:
- Uma: “For like my Father has power to give life, so also he gave me power to give life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My Father is the source of life and I am the source of life like my Father, because of the authority that he has given to me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My Father is very powerful and he can give life, and I also, his child, since he has given me power, I also can give eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because my Father is the one who gives life. And likewise also with me, because he has given me the authority to give life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for the Father, there is nowhere his life came from because he is the source of life. And he has determined that the life of his Son be like that too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Father alone has the power to give people the new life. Likewise he has given his Son the power to give people the new life.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:27:
- Uma: “He also gave me authority to judge/decide the cases of men/mankind, for I am the Child of Mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And my Father has also given me the authority to judge mankind for I am the one called the Son of Mankind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for me, since I am titled the older sibling of mankind, my father has given me the right so that I in the future may investigate the things which all mankind has done.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He has also given to me his Child the authority to judge, because I am the one who am Child of a Person.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He has also given this Son of his authority to judge because he is the One From Heaven Born of Man.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And he has given the power that he decides sentences because he is the Man who came from heaven.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:28:
- Uma: “‘Do not be surprised at my words, because the time will come when all people who are in the graves will hear my voice,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Don’t marvel at these my words,’ said Isa. ‘There is a time in the future, when all the dead ones will hear my voice.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you be surprised at this because the day is coming in the future upon which all those who are dead, they will hear my calling them,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Don’t be surprised at this that I have said, because in a future day, all the dead, they will hear my words/voice” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Don’t be amazed at this, because the time really will come when those who have died, who are already buried, will hear his voice.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not be amazed at what I tell you. Because the time will come when all who have died will hear when the Son of God calls them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:29:
- Uma: “and they will rise from their graves. Those who did good behavior are raised in order to receive good life. Those who did evil behavior are raised in order to be punished.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When they hear it they will come out of their graves. The people who have done good will come out and live forever in heaven. And the people who have done bad will also come out and they will be hit by God’s judgment and will be punished.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and they will all be resurrected. The ones who have done good, they will be given eternal life, and the ones who, on the other hand, have done bad, they will be raised from the dead so that they might be punished.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and they will come-out-from their burial-places. Those who have done what is good, they will come-to-life so that they will gain life that is forever, but those who have done evil, they will come-to-life so they will be condemned to be punished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well they will be made alive again and come out from their graves. All who have been doing good while still alive will be given life which has no ending. But all those who have been doing evil will be sentenced to be punished.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “They will come out of the place where they were buried. Those who lived good lives will be resurrected in order to live anew. Those who lived evilly will be resurrected in order to be sentenced.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:30:
- Uma: “‘I, I cannot do anything according to my own will. I judge according to what my Father tells me. My judgments are straight, because I do not follow my own will, I follow the desires of the Lord God who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said, ‘I can do nothing if it is from myself only. I judge only as my Father tells me to. Therefore my judgment is straight/righteous. For I am not determined/persevering doing my own wishes but the wish of God who sent me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is nothing that I can do by myself because the way in which I will investigate what humanity has done, it was taught to me by my Father God. And my investigating them is just (righteous) because I am not looking for my own will, but rather the will of my Father who sent me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I am able to do nothing on my own, because the way I judge, it is based on what God tells me. Therefore the way I judge is correct, because it is not what I want/like that I follow but rather what the one who sent me wants/likes.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It really is not possible/acceptable that I do anything by myself only. I judge always in accordance with what the Father says to me. That’s why my judgment is good, because it’s not my own will which I follow/obey, but on the contrary what I follow/obey is the will of the one who sent me to come here.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There isn’t anything that I can decide on my own. I will judge but as I have been ordered. That which I decide will be done and it will be proper. I cannot decide what I will do on my own. Instead that which my Father who sent me desires, that is what I do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)