Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:32:
- Uma: “Yesus said to them: ‘You saw me doing good work according to the commands of my Father. From my work, which one is appropriate that you kill-me-for?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to them, ‘I have shown many good deeds to you. God caused me to do those deeds. Which of those deeds are you hating that you want to throw (stones) at me?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘I have shown you many good works which my Father God commanded me to do. Which one of these works is the reason you are stoning me?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So Jesus said to them, ‘I have showed you many good things which my Father gave-me -to-do. Which perhaps of these that I have done is the reason for your stoning me?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, Jesus said to them, ‘Many good deeds from the Father have I been showing to you. Well which of these deeds can you not accept, that being why you want to stone me?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus spoke, ‘I have done many good things right before you by means of the power my Father gave me. Which of these things now is the reason you want to stone me?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:33:
- Uma: “The Yahudi people said: ‘It is not because-of your (sing.) good works that we (excl.) want to kill you (sing.). The reason we (excl.) want to kill you (sing.) is that you (sing.) make-small [i.e., belittle, blaspheme] God! Although you (sing.) are just a regular man, you (sing.) say that you are God!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The people answered, they said, ‘It is not because of your good deeds that we (excl.) want to stone you, but because of your saying bad things to God. You are just human but you say you are God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the Jews answered him, ‘We are not stoning you for good works, but rather because you transgress God. Because why are you saying that you are God when you are only a person?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The Jews answered then saying, ‘It’s not the good-things you (sing.) have done that are the reason for our (excl.) stoning you (sing.) but rather your (sing.) deprecating God. You (sing.) are obviously a mere person, but there you (sing.) have made-yourself (sing.) -equal to him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He was answered by the Judio saying, ‘Not because of those good deeds are we (excl.) wanting to stone you, but on the contrary because you are grabbing-for-yourself the praiseworthiness/glory of God, making yourself to be God when you are only a native human.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The Jews said, ‘Those good things which you do are not why we want to stone you. Rather we are going to stone you because you do not respect God with what you say. You who are just a human like us and you are saying that you are exactly like God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:34:
- Uma: “Yesus said: ‘In your Book of the Law is written the Word of God to the Yahudi leaders long ago, like this its sound: ‘You, you are considered/are like God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said to them, ‘It is written even in your holy-book what God said to the judges in old times. God said to them, ‘You are gods.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘There is a written word of God in the law which says, ‘I said that you are gods.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus then said, ‘But there is nonetheless what God caused-to-be-written which you say is your law concerning leaders of the Jews back then which says, ‘I God, I said that you are gods.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, ‘Isn’t it indeed written there is your laws which says, ‘I said that you are gods’.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said, ‘It is written in the law you follow that God said, ‘You are like God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:35:
- Uma: “What was written in the Holy Book does not change. So, if the Holy Book says ‘You are God’ to people who received the Word of God long ago, even more so me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, we (incl.) know that all that is written in the holy-book does not change forever. Na, if the people who were given God’s message/word are called by him gods,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now,’ said Jesus, ‘the written word of God cannot be changed. Therefore if he called our ancestors gods long ago, those whom he gave the word to,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That-aforementioned which God caused-to-be-written, it certainly cannot be terminated. If therefore gods is what God named those people through-whom-he-spoke,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Gods is the name God calls those people in that writing to whom he was giving responsibility for his words. Really as long as it’s said in the writings, there’s no disregarding it. It’s not possible/acceptable to regard-as-unimportant what it means.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You know that what is written in the Holy Book cannot be denied by anyone. Well, God said that the people who guard his word are like God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:36:
- Uma: “Because I am the one who was consecrated by my Father, he uses-as-lips he uses-as-feet to come to the world. So, why do you say that I make God small because I say that I am his Child?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “much more so is it fitting for me to be called Son of God. For I, I am chosen by God and sent by him here to the world. Na, why do you say that I am speaking bad to/insult God because I say that I am the Son of God?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “why are you saying that I am transgressing God if I say that I am the Son of God? I am the one God chose to come into the world.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “why do you say that I make-myself -equal to God when I say that I am his Child? Because I am the one he appointed and sent to this world.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well as for me, since I was chosen and sent by the Father to come here to under the heavens, how can you say now that I am making-false-claims of Godship in what I said, that I am the Son of God?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then if God appointed me to send me here to the earth, how can you say that I do not respect God when I say that I am the Son of God?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:37:
- Uma: “‘If for example I do not do the work that is from my Father, don’t believe me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If for example my works are not the same as the works of my Father, na, do not believe me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The works of my Father God, they are the things that I do. If not, don’t believe in me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If I were not doing the amazing-things that God gave-me -to-do, never-mind-if you don’t believe me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Supposing I am not doing the work of my Father, then don’t believe-in/obey me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If I am not able to do the things like my Father does, then don’t believe me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:38:
- Uma: “But if I indeed do the work that is from my Father, you must believe me because of my work. Even though you do not believe in me, you must believe that my work is from God. If you believe in my work, you will know and it will be very clear in your hearts that I am in-harmony [lit., mutual-life] with my Father and that my Father is in-harmony with me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if they are the same, even if you don’t believe my words if only you would believe my deeds, you would finally know and really understand that my Father and I are one.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if what I am doing is what my Father is also doing, even if you do not believe in my words, believe in what my works are trying to cause you to understand so that you might know that we are one, I and my Father. Because he is here to me and I am there to him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But I do those, that ought to be your reason-for-being-persuaded to believe even though you don’t believe what I say, in order that you would surely come-to-know that my Father is in me and I am also in him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if I am doing his work, even if you don’t believe in me, it’s necessary that you believe in these that I am doing for therein you will comprehend and be sure that I and my Father, we are indeed one living-entity.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But if I can do so, even though you don’t believe me, believe because of the things I do. In that way you will know and understand that my Father fellowships with me.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 10:39:
- Uma: “When they heard that, the Yahudi people wanted to arrest/catch him, but he got away.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then they wanted to arrest Isa again because of his words but he succeeded-in-getting-away.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they wanted to seize Jesus again then, but he got away from them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, they again tried to arrest Jesus, but he evaded them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When they heard that, they again were wanting to arrest Jesus, but he slipped-out-of-their-grip (fig.).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “After this word, again they wanted to grab him but they couldn’t because Jesus left before they could.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)