Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:20:
- Uma: “Yesus said all that while he was teaching in the House of God, close to the chest for putting-in worship money. He still was not caught, because his time had not yet arrived.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said this while he was teaching in the temple, there in the room where the boxes for dropping the offerings are placed. But nobody arrested him because his destined time had not yet come.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This Jesus spoke during his teaching there in the church, the House of God, in the room which is called the Place where Offerings are Placed. No one arrested him there because God had not yet permitted it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All these-things are what Jesus taught near the place-where-money -was-inserted in the Temple. But no one went to arrest him, because it was not yet the time for-him-to-fulfill God’s plan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “These things Jesus said when he was teaching in one part of the Templo, near to the containers of what was like being given by people to God. But he wasn’t arrested at all by anyone, because the determined time hadn’t yet arrived.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These are the words Jesus spoke at the church when he was teaching the people. And he was standing there where the offering box was. But no one grabbed him to jail him because his time hadn’t come.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:21:
- Uma: “Yesus also said to the Yahudi rulers: ‘I will go and you will look for me, but you will die still with your sins. Where I am going you cannot go.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa repeated what he had said to the people, he said, ‘I am leaving soon. You will look for me but you will not find me. You will simply die carrying your sin. (Meaning, not having the sins forgiven.) You cannot go where I am going.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again to the leaders of the Jews, he said, ‘I am leaving you and you will look for me, but you will just die without your sins being forgiven, and where I am able to go, you will not be able to follow.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus again said to them, ‘In-the-future I will leave you and then you will search-and-search-for me. But you will not be able-to-go to where-I-am-going, because you will die with your sins not forgiven.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus said again to the people, ‘I really will leave. You will search and search for me, but you will just die with your sins not forgiven. You really won’t be able to go there to where I will go.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus again spoke to the people and said, ‘I am going and you will hunt for me. You will die and your sins will not have been atoned for. But where I am going you will not be able to follow me.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:22:
- Uma: “Hearing that, the Yahudi rulers talked among themselves, they said: ‘What is the meaning of his words? Maybe he wants to commit suicide, that is why he says we cannot go where he is going.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore the leaders of the Yahudi asked among themselves, they said, ‘What does it mean what he is saying there, that we (dual) cannot go to where he goes. Is he perhaps going to kill himself?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they began to ask each other saying, ‘Maybe he is going to commit suicide because why is he saying that where he is going we cannot follow?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore the leaders of the Jews said, ‘Why perhaps does he say that we will not be able-to-follow him? Will he perhaps kill himself?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they heard, they discussed saying, ‘Maybe he will commit suicide. That’s what he means by we won’t be able to go there to where he will go.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Jews said, ‘Is it that he is going to kill himself since he says that we can’t follow him to where he is going?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:23:
- Uma: “Yesus said to them: ‘You are from below, / the-low-place I am from above / the-high-place. You are from this world, I am not from this world.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa also said, ‘You are people of the world but I, my place is heaven. All your thoughts are just from the world, but my thoughts are not.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘You are citizens here on earth, but as for me, I am a citizen there in heaven. You originate here on the earth, but as for me, I originate there above.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus then said, ‘As for you, you came-from this world and your minds/thoughts are worldly. I by-contrast, I came-from heaven, so my mind/thoughts are different/distinct.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus said further, ‘As for you, you are of the earth. As for me, I am of the heavens. You belong to this world. I don’t. Therefore what is in our minds/inner-beings isn’t the same.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Again Jesus spoke, ‘You are natives here in this world. But I am not a native here in this world. (…)” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Yatzachi Zapotec: “(…) You are heeding the devil, who rules this earth; and I am heeding God, who is in heaven. (…)” (Source: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:24:
- Uma: “That is why I say to you, you will die with your sins. Because if you do not believe my words that say who I am, you will definitely really die with your sins.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “That’s why I told you that you will die carrying your sin. Because if you do not believe what I say about myself, you will really die carrying your sin.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I said to you that you will die without your sins being forgiven is because it is really true if you do not believe that I am the light which illuminates the minds of mankind.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This is the reason I said a while-ago that you will die with your sins not forgiven, because that is truly what will happen if you don’t believe that I am whom I said.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore this is true which I am saying to you, that you will just die with your sins not forgiven. As long as you don’t acknowledge as true my testimony as to who I really am, of course you will indeed die with your sins not forgiven.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore I tell you that you will die and your sins will not have been atoned for. Because you do not believe what I say about myself, your sins will not have been atoned for.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:25:
- Uma: “They asked him: ‘Who are you (sing.) really?’ Yesus said: ‘What is the use of talking to you!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Who then are you really?’ they said. Isa said, ‘I have told you already from the beginning.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said, ‘Who are you?’ And Jesus answered, ‘I am the one I always said I was from the beginning of my teaching you here.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘And who are you (sing.) then?’ they said. ‘The very one I have been telling you beginning-from the first until now.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Well, who are you then?’ asked those people.’Well isn’t it so that I have been telling you all this time who I truly am?’ was Jesus’ reply to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then he was spoken to, ‘But who are you?’ Jesus said, ‘I told you before who I am.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:26:
- Uma: “There is still much that I could say finding-fault with you. But He who sent me, he is very worthy to be believed, and what I hear from him, that is what I announce to you who are in the world.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I could still say lots about your customs,’ said Isa. ‘And I could still judge you for many of your sins. But I am saying only here in this world what the one who sent me told me. And all that he says is true,’ said Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I have yet much to say,’ said Jesus, ‘to you about your actions so that you might understand that what you do is bad. However I will just cause people to understand yet for a while what I heard from the one who sent me, and trustworthy is what he says.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Concerning you, there is much that I could say to accuse you. But the only-thing I make-known to the many-people, it is what I hear that comes-from the one who sent me, because what he says is entirely true.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘There is really much I could say and judge against you. But what is said by the one who sent me is true, and what I hear which he says, that is what I am telling here in this world.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There are many other words I could tell you and I could make judgments about you. But what I tell the people here on earth is the word I have heard him speak who sent me. And it is true what he says.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:27:
- Uma: “What Yesus said was speaking-about his Father, but they did not understand its meaning.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But they did not understand that Isa said that about God, his Father.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The Jews did not understand that the one who sent him whom he was talking about was his Father God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But they didn’t understand that it was his Father who was God that he was speaking-about.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those people didn’t understand that the one referred to by Jesus was his Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But those people did not understand that he was speaking about his Father.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)