Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:8:
- Uma: “All people who came ahead-of me are thieves and robbers. But my sheep do not pay attention to their calling.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The people who came before me, the ones that taught what is not true, they were like thieves and burglars. But the people who belong to me did not listen to them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There are teachers who came before me here, but they are just like bandits and thieves. However my own sheep, which is to say, the people who are mine, they did not obey them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All who preceded me who told-and-told lies, they are thieves and bandits. But (reassurance particle) the sheep didn’t believe/obey.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Many have preceded me who were teachers who had no authority coming from God. They are like thieves and robbers because they snatch-away the believing/obeying of the people. But they weren’t taken seriously by those who are my like sheep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “All who lived before me and who didn’t enter through the gate are sheep-thieves. But those sheep paid no attention when they were called.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:9:
- Uma: “I am the door. Whoever enters through me, they receive goodness. They are like sheep who enter into the corral and go outside to get fertile [lit., fat] grass.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I am figuratively the door,’ said Isa. ‘Whoever enters by me, is saved. He is free to go in and out and he is given good.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am the door. If anyone enters in by means of me, I will free him from punishment. He is like my sheep who enters into the corral and goes out and looks for his food because I always watch over him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I am the entrance. Whoever enters who walks-through me, he will be saved. He is compared to a sheep who both enters and goes-out to go graze.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am like the gateway. As many as enter here by me, because I am the one being believed-in/obeyed and trusted-in/relied-on by him now, certainly will be freed/saved. I will take good care of him, like the care of a shepherd of sheep when going in, going out, so that nothing will happen to him, but on the contrary he will always find good pastures.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am like a door. He whom I cause to pass through, he it is who will be saved. And he will do like a sheep which goes in and goes out from the fence and finds what to eat.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:10:
- Uma: “The intention of a thief, [he] comes wanting to steal, kill and destroy. But I come so that men receive life that is no kidding its goodness.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The burglar has no other business in coming than to steal and to kill and to destroy. But I, my business/purpose in coming is to give mankind life, its goodness is exceeding.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason that the thief goes to the corral is so that he might steal and kill and destroy. As for me, by contrast, I came here to the world to give mankind life that has no lack forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘The purpose of the thief is to go steal or for-no-reason to kill or butcher-to-eat the sheep and that’s all. I however, I came so that people should be able-to-gain/enjoy the very-good life that has no lacks/imperfections.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The one I said was like a thief, he has no other purpose than that he wants to steal, to kill and to destroy. But as for me, I came here so that those who are my like sheep will be given life by me, and the life I will give is really far-from-ordinary.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The thief just steals. He kills off the sheep. But I came so there would be your new life, you will live joyfully.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:11:
- Uma: “‘I am the good shepherd. I give my life so that my sheep may live.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘I,’ said Isa, ‘am figuratively the shepherd of the sheep, who takes good care of his sheep. The good shepherd surrenders to dying on behalf of his sheep.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am the one who cares for the sheep, who is very good in caring. I lay my life crosswise so that the sheep may not be harmed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus also said by-illustration, ‘I am the good care-taker of the sheep and the one who saves them, even though that is my cause-of-death.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘I am the one who is an exceedingly good shepherd. The truth of being a good shepherd is that just because of the sheep he will give even his life/breath.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am like a good shepherd. The good shepherd gives up his life to save the sheep.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:12:
- Uma: “As for a person who is just paid a salary, his shepherding is not good, because he is not the owner of the sheep. If he sees a wolf coming, he runs away leaving behind the sheep he is herding. So those sheep are chased and taken-in-mouth by the wolf, with the result that they are all separated/scattered.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A person who is hired to watch the sheep is not the shepherd and he is not the owner of the sheep. Therefore when he sees a wild animal coming towards the sheep he flees and leaves the sheep. Then the wild animal catches the sheep and scatters them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who is just hired, he is not the true carer because the sheep are not his. If he sees the wild dog called lobo coming, he will leave the sheep and run away. And the lobo will bite one of the sheep, and the others, they will scatter.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As for the one who is merely salaried to pasture the sheep, if he sees-in-the-distance a fierce animal coming, he will abandon the sheep and run-away, because it is not he who is the true care-taker who owns the sheep. When then the fierce animal appears, he will bite some while-simultaneously scattering others.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if the one tending them is one who is just hired who is not the owner of the sheep, if he sees a wild dog approaching, he does nothing but run away. He at once deserts those sheep. Therefore what that wild dog does is, he will now kill-and-eat. Well those sheep will then be scattered.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But he who is just a hired hand is not the guardian of the sheep. Because he is not the owner. If he sees a wild animal coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wild animal grabs the sheep and scatters the rest.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:13:
- Uma: “That person who is salaried runs away, because he only works to be salaried. He does not care for / pay attention to his shepherded-things.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The reason he flees is because he is only hired. He has no love for the sheep.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason the hired person runs away is because he is not the true person who cares. He has no breath for the sheep.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And this is the reason that salaried-one will run-away, because he is merely salaried and he doesn’t value the sheep.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The hired one runs away because the sheep aren’t his own, therefore he doesn’t value them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “That man runs away because he is just a hired hand. It doesn’t make him sad about what happens to the sheep.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:14:
- Uma: “‘I am the good shepherd. Like my Father knows me, and I know my Father, so also I know my sheep, and my sheep know me. I give my life so that my sheep live.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I,’ said Isa, ‘am figuratively the shepherd who takes good care of his sheep. I and my Father really know each other. Likewise I also know the people who belong to me and they also know me. I submit to dying for the people who belong to me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But I however am the good care-taker. Because the mutual-knowing of my sheep and me, it is the same as the mutual-knowing of my Father and me. I moreover am the one who will die so that my sheep have a way to live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am the good shepherd. In the way in which I am known by my Father and he also is known to me, like that indeed I know my own sheep and they also know me. And I really will give my life/breath just because of them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am like a good shepherd. My Father knows me and I also know my Father. Like this now, I know all of my sheep. They also know me. And I give up my life to save my sheep.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:15:
- Uma: “‘I am the good shepherd. Like my Father knows me, and I know my Father, so also I know my sheep, and my sheep know me. I give my life so that my sheep live.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I,’ said Isa, ‘am figuratively the shepherd who takes good care of his sheep. I and my Father really know each other. Likewise I also know the people who belong to me and they also know me. I submit to dying for the people who belong to me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am the one who cares for the sheep who is very careful. I know who my father is, and he knows also who I his son am. It is the same way with the people who belong to me. They know who I am and I know also who they are. And I allow myself to be killed as a substitute for the people who belong to me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But I however am the good care-taker. Because the mutual-knowing of my sheep and me, it is the same as the mutual-knowing of my Father and me. I moreover am the one who will die so that my sheep have a way to live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am the good shepherd. In the way in which I am known by my Father and he also is known to me, like that indeed I know my own sheep and they also know me. And I really will give my life/breath just because of them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am like a good shepherd. My Father knows me and I also know my Father. Like this now, I know all of my sheep. They also know me. And I give up my life to save my sheep.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)