Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:11:
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “Jesus knew who was going to give him up. That’s why he said that they weren’t all washed in their hearts.”
- Tenango Otomi: “He said that not all had their hearts washed from evil because he knew who was to betray him.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “Yesus spoke like that, because he knew ahead-of-time who it would be who would sell him to his enemies. That is why he said: ‘You are washed, but not all of you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa knew hep beforehand as to who would soon betray him that is why he said, ‘All of you are clean/holy in their livers, only one does not have a clean/holy liver.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “(The reason he said that one of them had not been cleaned is because he knew who was going to betray him so that he might die.)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That’s what he said that they had not all become-clean/good, because he already-knew who it was who would betray him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because Jesus knew who would lead those wanting to kill him, that’s why he spoke like that, that ‘you (pl.) are clean now but not all are clean.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:12:
- Uma: “After Yesus washed their feet, he put his shirt back on, and he sat down, and he said to them: ‘Do you know what I have just done to you?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Isa had finished washing the feet of his disciples, he put on again his shirt and sat down again. He said to his disciples, ‘Do you understand as to what I did there to you?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he finished washing the feet of his disciples, he put his shirt back on and sat down. He said to them, ‘Do you understand the meaning of this which I have done to you?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When it was finished that Jesus had washed their feet, he again put-on his outer garment and sat-down-with them again. Then he said, ‘Do you understand what I have-just-done to you?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Jesus had now washed the feet of his disciples, he again put on that garment of his which he’d taken off, then sat down again where he had been sitting. Then he spoke, saying, ‘Well now, did you understand this which I did to you?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “After finishing washing their feet, Jesus again put on his cloak. Again he sat down at the table. He said, ‘Do you know what it is that I did to you?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:13:
- Uma: “Me, you call me your Teacher and your Lord, and it is definitely thus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Leader/Lord.’ That is really right/fitting, for I am really your teacher and your leader.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Master’, and that’s right because I am your master.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “What you use-to-address me, Teacher and Lord, that is admittedly correct, because I am indeed that.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You call me Teacher and Lord/Chief. That which you call me is correct, because that really is true.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You call me your teacher and your Lord. And it is proper to call me so because I am your teacher and Lord.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:14:
- Uma: “I your Lord and Teacher work like a slave washing your feet. So, you also must wash each other’s feet.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Na, if I your leader and your teacher wash your feet, then you shall imitate me. You shall wash each others feet.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for me, your teacher and master, if it is proper for me to wash your feet, you my subjects, it is necessary that you also wash each other’s feet.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If I then who am your lord and teacher have washed your feet, you also, you ought to wash-each-other’s feet.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Now since I who am your Lord/Chief and Teacher have washed your feet, it’s necessary that as for you, it’s like that indeed that you will wash the feet of one another.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Well, if I am teacher and Lord and I wash your feet, you need to do the same and wash each others’ feet.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:15:
- Uma: “I have shown you this example, so that you learn/follow my behavior: like I help you, you also must help others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I showed you that doing of mine so that you have an example that your livers should be humble/lowly. You shall imitate my doing to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I did this for you is so that you might imitate it. It is necessary that each one of you subjects himself to his companion.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because this that I tell you is true that a slave is not greater than his master, and likewise also one who is sent who is not greater than the one who sent him. I did this to you so that you will have an example-to-follow so that that also is what you will do to your companions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because you have now been given by me an example, so that like this indeed is what you will do, this which I have done.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I have shown you what you must do in order for you to do among yourselves what I have done to you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:16:
- Uma: “‘These my words are very true: a slave is not more important than his nobleman. A messenger is not more important that the one who sent him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Truly I tell you, that the servant/slave is not greater than his master. And the one being commanded is not greater than the one commanding him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is really true what I say to you, that the servant, he is not greater than the one who commands him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because this that I tell you is true that a slave is not greater than his master, and likewise also one who is sent who is not greater than the one who sent him. I did this to you so that you will have an example-to-follow so that that also is what you will do to your companions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is really the truth which I am saying, that as for the servant, he is not more important than his master. And that one who is only sent, he is not more important than he who sent him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Truly I tell you that a worker should not think he cannot do like his boss does. A messenger should not think that he cannot do like the one who sent him does.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:17:
- Uma: “If you know this teaching, you are blessed if you follow it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Now you understand this my teaching to you. If you follow/obey this, you will be glad.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If you understand this which I have taught to you, you will be very happy when you do it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And since you understand these-things, you are fortunate if you obey them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “If you can understand these things, as long as you do them you can be happy.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If you understand these words I speak to you and you follow then, then you are fortunate.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 13:18:
- Uma: “‘What I said earlier does not apply [lit., strike] all of you. I knew ahead-of-time whom I chose. But the words of the Holy Book must be fulfilled that say: ‘The person who eats-with-me [implies one plate/bowl], he will be the one who becomes my enemy.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said, ‘I am not speaking about you all. I know as to who the people are which I have chosen to follow me. But the saying in the holy-book has to be fulfilled, ‘I am betrayed by one of my companions who eats with me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am not talking to all of you because I know what the breath is of each one of you that I have chosen. There is one of you that is going to betray me. The reason that this will take place is so that the prophecy of long ago in the written word of God might be fulfilled which says, ‘My companion who ate with me, he has become my enemy.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘I am not talking about all of you, because I know the minds of all of you whom I have chosen. But I have chosen you nevertheless so that what God caused-to-be-written will be fulfilled which says, ‘The one who ate-with me, he became my enemy.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus added, ‘It’s not all of you to whom I’m referring in this which I am saying that you can be happy, because I recognize/know what kind of people are the ones I chose. But I chose like this so that what is contained there in the writing which is the word of God might be fulfilled, which says, ‘I was rewarded with evil by the person with whom I shared my food.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This being fortunate does not apply to all of you. For I know whom I have chosen and whom it applies to. Because it must be as it is written in the Holy Book, ‘He who eats with me is even my enemy.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)