Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:6:
- Uma: “Whoever does not remain in-harmony with me will definitely be thrown-away, like the throwing away of the branches that have been broken off until they are dry. Branches like that are gathered and thrown into the fire.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person does not remain with/in me he is figuratively like a broken-off branch which is thrown away and whithers. Then these branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burnt.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For if there is a person who separates from me, he will be abandoned just like a branch which is thrown away so that it will dry up. And those dried up branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whoever though doesn’t continue to be united-with me, he is like a cut-off branch that is thrown away. When those branches dry-up, they are gathered and burned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That one who will not hold fast to me, he will be thrown away because he will be separated like a branch which has been broken off. Well, those branches, when they’re now dead, they will be gathered and thrown on the fire so that they will be burned up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He who forsakes my word will have done to him like it is done to a branch which doesn’t bear fruit. It is cut off to dry. When it is dry it is gathered to be burned.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:7:
- Uma: “If you remain in-harmony with me and my words remain in your hearts, just ask God whatever you want, he will definitely give it to you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if you remain in/with me, and you really tie-fast my teachings in your liver, God will satisfy you whatever you ask.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for you, if you do not separate from me and if you take hold of my teachings, anything that you ask from me I will give it to you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But if however you continue to be united-with me and to store-away my words in your minds in order to follow-them, no matter what you request, it will be given to you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “If you hold fast to me and my word remains with you also, that you are always following/obeying it, whatever you will ask for from God will be easy. It really will be given to you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If you do not forsake me and you keep in your hearts what I teach you, then ask what you want and I will give it to you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec:”You must be connected to me. My word must be in your hearts. If you will do that, you will receive whatever you ask for.” (Source: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:8:
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “If you give very much fruit, if you do very much what God wants, in this manner you honor the Father and thus it shows that you are really my disciples.”
- Aguaruna: “When you give much fruit and the people see that, they will say, ‘Surely he is Jesus’ follower.’ When you do this they will praise my Father.”
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “In that way you make my Father big, doing much good so that people know that truly you are my disciples.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “My Father receives honor when you do very much the things which he likes and also you are showing that you are following me like you should, if you are doing very much the things that he likes.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “If you bear much fruit, my Father is made big. If like that your behavior, you are really my followers.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If you do much good, my Father will be praised and it will also be known that you are truly my disciples.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If you continue fruiting, which is to say, if your works are always good, people will praise my Father God, and it will be known that you truly are my disciples.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This is wherein-my Father -is-honored, if your faith has much fruit, and this also is how you will show that you are my disciples.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The praiseworthiness/glory of my Father is apparent when/if the fruit of your believing/obeying is plentiful and growing well in your life. If it’s like that, it’s proof that you are my disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “My Father will be respected when you live good lives. This also will make it apparent that you are my learners.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:9:
- Uma: “Like my Father loves me, so also I love you. Remain close to me so that you experience my love.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My love for you is like my Father’s love for me. Cause your love for me to remain.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Just like I am big in the breath of my Father, you are also big in my breath. Take hold of my holding you dear in my breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘I love you like my Father’s manner-of-loving me. Continue to benefit-from/enjoy this love of mine for you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “How I am held dear by my Father, like that indeed is how I hold you dear. Hold fast to me so that you are always able to observe/sense my holding dear of you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Just like my Father loves me, I love you. That which I look favorably upon is what you are to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:10:
- Uma: “If you follow my commands, you really stay close to me and you really experience my love, like I also follow the commands of my Father and I stay close to him and experience his love.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If you follow/obey my commandments, my love remains in/with you. Like I, I follow/obey the commandments of my Father and his love remains with/in me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If you carry out my commands to you, you cannot be removed from my holding you dear here in my breath, just like I carry out my Father’s commands to me and I also cannot be removed from his holding me dear in his breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You will benefit-from/enjoy continually this love of mine for you provided you obey my commands. It’s the same with me, because I also obey my Father’s commands and I continually benefit-from/enjoy his love.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “If you are always following/obeying my commands, you will greatly be able to observe/sense my holding you dear. Like me, I have followed/obeyed all of the commands of my Father, therefore I really can observe/sense his holding me dear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “If you do what I order then I will continue to love you. I do what my Father orders me and so he loves me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:11:
- Uma: “‘I say all that to you, so that your hearts are glad with the joy that is from me, and so that your joy is complete.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘The reason that I teach this to you is, so that you also experience the joy like/the same as (the joy) in my liver and that your joy is complete.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I told you all of this is so that my joy might make you joyful and so that you might be very joyful.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I tell you these-things in order that your happiness will be great like my happiness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I have told these things to you so that you may have a share in my firmly-grounded happiness, and you will be happy with happiness which has no lack.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am telling you this so that like I am happy you also may be happy. And every day you will be happy.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:12:
- Uma: “‘This is my command: Love one another, like I also love you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “This is what I command you, you shall love each other as I love you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This is my command to you, that it is necessary that each one of you is big in the breath of any of you just like you are big here in my breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘This also is what I command you that you love-one-another just like my manner-of-loving you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For this is what I am commanding, value one another, just like my valuing of you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This word is what I order you that you love each other like I love you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 15:13:
- Chol: “There is much love in the one who will give himself to die on behalf of his friends. There is no one who has more love than this.”
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “If one is willing to die for a friend, he has loved that one to completion.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “The biggest love is this, when a person gives up his life for a friend of his.”
- Shipibo-Conibo: “Only upon very really loving their friend can they want to die in his place.”
- Yanesha’: “There isn’t love which surpasses this: We let go of ourselves to die for our loved ones.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “If there is a person who gives his life so that his companion lives, his love is indeed big. There is no love greater than the love of a person who gives his life in order to help his companion.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person submits to die because of his love for his friends, there is no human love greater than this.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a person who allows himself to be killed in order to free his friends, this is a sign that his friends are very dear in his breath. There is no dearness which can equal this.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This is the largest love that a person is able-to-show, if he dies so that his friends may live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “True valuing which can’t be exceeded is the valuing by a person who will give his life/breath in place of the life/breath of his friends.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The most important thing one can do when he loves his friend is to give his life for his friend.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
In Ogea the word for “love” is “die for someone,” echoing the content of this verse. (Source. Sandi Colburn in Hiolzhausen 1991, p. 22)
