Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:17:

• Uma: “Whoever want to do the will of God, they will know where my teaching is from, whether it is really from God or just my own words.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If a person wants to do God’s will, he will know whether my teaching is from God or from my own thinking only.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who wishes to carry out what God wants him to do, he is the one who will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether it comes only from my thinking.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Whoever wants to do what God wants, it is he who will know where my teaching comes-from, whether God or my mind/thoughts only.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “As many as want to follow/obey the will of God, they will comprehend whether this which I am teaching really comes from God or whether it’s just my own.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “If there is someone who wants to do God’s will, he will know if what I teach comes from God or if it is just my own ideas I am speaking.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:18:

• Uma: “A person who brings his own words, he is just asking-to-be-praised. But the person who seeks the being-honored [by others] of God who sent him, he is an upright person, he is not deceitful [lit., there is no his deceit].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If a person speaks from his own thinking, that is what he strives for, his own fame. But if that is what he strives for, that the one who commands him will be famous, na that person is straight and he does not deceive.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because if there is a person who teaches his own thinking, he is just trying to become known to people. But the person who teaches the fame of the one who sent him, his word can be trusted because his teaching is not a lie.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The one who is speaking what came-from his mind/thoughts alone, he puts-forth his ability so that he-himself will be praised/spoken-highly-of. But the one by-contrast who puts-forth his ability so-that the one who sent him will be praised/spoken-highly-of, what he is saying is entirely true, he having no trickery.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Because that one who teaches from his own perception, there’s nothing else he’s striving for than that he be praised by people. But that one who strives in teaching so that the one who sent him be praised, everything he says is true and there’s no evil motive in his mind/inner-being.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “He who just speaks his own ideas is trying to have the people look favorably upon him. But he who earnestly tries to get the one who sent him to look favorably upon him speaks the truth. And there won’t be any falsehood found in him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:19:

• Uma: “The prophet Musa long ago gave you the Law of the Lord. But there is not one of you who follows that Law. Why do you want to kill me?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa said also to those leaders, ‘Did Musa not give to you the law? But none of you follows the law. Why do you want to kill me?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our ancestor long ago Moses, he is the one who gave you the laws, and I know that there is none of you who fulfills the law, for why are you thinking about killing me?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Moses is the one who made-known to you God’s law back then, isn’t that so? But absolutely none of you obeys-it. Because if you did obey it, you wouldn’t be-intending to kill-me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Isn’t it so that it was Moises who gave you the laws? But no matter who of you, there’s really no truth/reality to your following/obeying of those laws. If your following really was true, why would you want to kill me?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Isn’t it true that Moses gave you the law? And that law is what no one of you has obeyed. How come you want to kill me because you say that I don’t obey what the law says?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:21:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘You are amazed, because I healed a person on the Sabat Day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘Once I did a wonder-causing deed on a day of-no-work, na, this is what you all wonder/marvel about.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus said to them, ‘There is a person whom I cured of his sickness, and you were all surprised because I healed him on the day of rest.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jesus said, ‘On one-occasion, there was a sick-person whom I healed on the day for-resting and you were amazed,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Only one thing was done by me on the Day of Rest, but you can’t accept it and are amazed by it,’ said Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Then Jesus said, ‘I did just one thing on the rest day and all of you were amazed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:22:

• Uma: “But you also work on the Sabat Day when you do the custom of circumcision. The prophet Musa long ago commanded you to circumcise your children. (But really that custom of circumcision is from our ancestors long ago who were before Musa, not from Musa himself.) If there is one of your children who must be circumcised on the Sabat Day, you go ahead and circumcise him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Musa told you to circumcise your male children. (But this command is not hep from Musa but from your forefathers.) So-then when the day for circumcision is reached even if it falls on a day of-no-work, you certainly circumcise your male children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Moses commanded you long ago that you should circumcize your children, but this did not just come from Moses, this custom of circumcision, because it was long before that with our ancestors. And it is possible that you circumcize a person even if it is the day of rest.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “even though there is also that which you do on that day. Because there is that which Moses commanded you that he inherited from his ancestors that you circumcise your male children on the eighth day. Now if that day falls-on the day for-resting, you nonetheless circumcise-him in order to obey that command.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Moises gave you the law concerning circumcizing. (It didn’t in fact come from Moises. It came from your earlier ancestors.) And now you do it even on the Day of Rest.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Moses left a sign for you to do which is called circumcision. Although he didn’t begin it, rather our ancestors began it. Therefore it is that you mark your sons when they are born even though it be the day of rest.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:23:

• Uma: “So, if you circumcise on the Sabat Day so as not to transgress the Law of Musa, why are you angry at me because I heal a person on the Sabat Day so that his whole body is good?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You surprise, you circumcise your children even on a day of-no-work in order not to break the law of Musa, na why are you angry at me because I have made a person well on the day of-no-work?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if it is possible that the body of a person may be circumcized on the day of rest so that the law given to us by Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me just because I cured the whole body of a man on the Day of Rest?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If that’s what you do on the day for-resting so that Moses’ command concerning only-one part of the body will be obeyed/fulfilled, why perhaps do you stay-angry at me if I healed a man on the day for-resting so that the sickness of his entire body would be thoroughly removed?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “If you circumcize even on the Day of Rest, just so that this which Moises commanded might be followed/obeyed, then why are you angry with me over my healing a sick person on the Day of Rest?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “So in order that you don’t break what is said in the law Moses wrote, you mark a boy when he is born even though it be the day of rest. Why are you angry with me because I healed a man on the day of rest then?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:24:

• Uma: “Don’t look at what is visible only on the outside. Make-straight your examining so you will see what is right/true.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Do not judge me immediately when you have not investigated/clarified. But when/if you judge, follow straight/righteous judgment.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t consider that the action of a person is bad if you have not really investigated. But rather, investigate his actions so that you might know what is right.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “You ought not to accuse a person immediately based on your first viewpoint, but rather you ought to thoroughly consider first what the truth of it is so that there will be a proper basis for your accusation.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that your judging is with straightness/righteousness, not judgment which takes-wrong-turnings/is-incorrect.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Don’t just glance at something and at once make a judgment. When you judge first truly know about what you speak.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)