Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:45:
- Uma: “People who see me, they also see the Lord God who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the one who sees me, sees also the one who sent me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The one who has seen me has also seen God who sent me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If/When he sees me, he is also seeing the one who sent me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And that one who looks at me, he can now see that one who sent me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When one sees me it is as though he also sees the one who sent me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:46:
- Uma: “I came to this world to become light, so that all people who believe in me no longer live in darkness.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I have come to the world to give light to the thoughts/mind of mankind so that whoever believes in me does not remain in darkness.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I, the light, came here to the world is so that I might illuminate the minds of people. If there is someone who believes in me, his thinking is no longer darkened.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I came as a light to this world in order that whoever they are who believe in me, they will not remain in the dark.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For I came here like the light of this world, so that the one who will believe-in/obey me will not remain in the darkness.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am the one who gives you understanding (opens your hearts). I came here to the earth so that he who believes in me will not live like those people who live wickedly.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:47:
- Uma: “‘People who hear my words and do not follow them, it is not I who condemn them. Because it is not my intention to come to this world in order to condemn men. I came in order to free them from their condemnation/punishment.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If there is a person who hears my teaching but does not follow/obey it, it is not I who will judge him. For I have not come to judge the people in the world, but I have come to save them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if there is a person who has heard my teachings and he does not obey them, I do not judge him worthy of punishment because I did not come here to the earth in order to punish mankind, but rather so that I might set mankind free from punishment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘As for the one who hears my words but he doesn’t believe/obey, I am not the one who will judge him. Because I didn’t come to this world to judge people but rather to save them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And whoever has heard my word, but he will not indeed follow/obey it, he will be sentenced to judgment, but it is not I who judges him. Because it is not my purpose in coming here that I will judge this world, but on the contrary I will save people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But there are those who hear what I say and do not pay attention. I do not sentence them because I did not come to sentence the people here in this world. Rather I came to save them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:48:
- Uma: “People who refuse/deny me and do not receive my words, there will be that which condemns them. My words which I speak, that is what will condemn them on Kiama Day.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “In the last day, there is (something/someone) that judges those who do not accept me and the ones who do not follow/obey my teachings. That is what will judge them/what they will be judged by, the things I have taught to them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who does not receive me and does not fulfill my teaching, he will be judged worthy of punishment later on the last day. And the reason that he will be punished are my teachings which he has not received.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But there is however one who will judge the person who rejects me who doesn’t receive what I say. Because these-very -things that I have been saying will condemn him at the last day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There is one who will judge all who reject me and don’t believe/obey the things I have said. These words of mine which I have spoken, those are what will judge him there at the end of the world.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He who does not respect me and does not respect what I say will be sentenced. The word which I speak will cause the person to be sentenced at the last day because he didn’t believe.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:49:
- Uma: “Because I do not speak from my own will. I say and I speak what was given/commanded to me by my Father, because he is the one who sent me here.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For my teachings are not from my own thinking, but from my Father who sent me. All that I am teaching, he is the one who tells me to teach it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For my teaching, they do not just come from my own thinking, because my Father God sent me and he commanded me to teach what I teach.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because I have not said these-things on my own but rather my Father who sent me is the one who has commanded what I say and likewise also the way I say-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because there is nothing I am saying which I am just doing by myself, but on the contrary the Father who sent me to come here, he is the one who says what I will speak and what I will explain/make clear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because I am not speaking just my own word. My Father who sent me ordered me as to what word I teach you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 12:50:
- Uma: “And I know: his commands give good life forever. So, this that I say, is definitely the words that were said to me ahead-of-time by my Father.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And I know that his teachings give life without end there in heaven. That is why I do not say anything different to mankind than what my Father commands me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I know that the words that he commanded me to say, they are the ones that give life forever. Therefore I tell you what he told me to say.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore I have been saying only what my Father commanded me, because I know that his command, it leads to life that is forever.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And I really know that these words of his are the source of life which is without ending. Therefore whatever the Father is causing to be said, of course that is what I say.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And I know that he has the new life whoever believes the word my Father ordered me to speak. That word which I speak is what my Father told me to say.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:1:
- Uma: “It was almost time for the big day Paskah. Yesus knew that the time had almost come for him to leave the world and go back to his Father. He loved the people who had become his portion in this world, and he loved them until the end.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the feast had not yet started, Isa knew already that his appointed time (to die) had come and that he should leave this world and go back to his Father. From the very beginning Isa had loved those that belonged to him, and now he showed them as to how great his love for them was.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The day following that would be the celebration of the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that his leaving the earth was near because he was going to return to his Father God. His disciples here on earth were very big in his breath, and then he will show just how big they are in his breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The fiesta called Passed-By was awaited (i.e. near), and Jesus knew that the time had already arrived for him to leave the world to return to his Father. From the first, he had continually loved his people in the world. But now he was going to show the largeness of his love.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The beginning of the Fiesta of Passed/by now arrived. As for Jesus, he knew already that the time had now been reached when he would leave this world here, and go home to his Father. He really held dear his disciples who were here in this world. Well, now he showed how great was his holding-dear of them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Before the Passover celebration Jesus already knew that the time had come to leave the world and go to heaven where his Father lived. Jesus very much loved his learners who lived here on the earth, there wasn’t any limit to his love.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:2:
- Uma: “Yesus and his disciples ate supper [lit., ate at night]. The King of Evil-ones whispered to Yudas son of Simon Iskariot, urging him to sell Yesus to his enemies.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then, when it was evening, Isa and his disciples ate together. Judas the son of Simon Iskariyot had already been given thoughts by the leader of demons to betray Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for Jesus and his disciples, they were eating supper then, and as for Judas Iscariot the child of Simon, Satan had already put into his mind that he should betray Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When it was night while Jesus and his disciples were eating, Satanas had already caused-Judas the child of Simon Iscariot -to-think that it would be on that night that he would betray Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The evening meal of Jesus and company had now been served. As for that Judas Iscariote who was the son of Simon, he had already had it put in his mind by Satanas to trade Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: (incl. verse 3) “The devil had now grabbed the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, in order to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that he had come from God and he would go to live again with God. And he knew that his Father had given him power to rule all things.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)