Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:11:
- Uma: “He will also make clear that God will condemn/punish people who sin, because he has condemned/punished the King of Evil-ones who has-authority-over this world.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He will explain to them the judgment of God for the leader of demons is already judged the one who rules/leads here in the world.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He will cause them to understand about God’s punishing them because Satan, the master of the enemies of God, has already been sentenced to be punished.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “As concerning also God’s judging of the many-people, he will confirm/verify that he has already condemned Satanas who is the leader of those who don’t believe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Concerning the judging of sin, he will make apparent that this Satanas who rules here under the heavens has already been judged.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The people will realize what word God has decided. The people will realize how the righteous life is. Because now will be sentenced the devil who rules here on earth.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:12:
- Uma: “‘There is still much that I want to say to you, but you are not yet able to receive it at this time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘I still have much to tell to you,’ said Isa, ‘but you cannot bear it now.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There are many things that I would like to say to you, but you couldn’t understand them yet.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘There is much more that I will not be able-to-tell you now, because it would be excessively difficult for you to think-about.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There’s more I would like to tell you, but since you are grieving, you don’t yet have the ability to try-to-understand it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “There are many other words I want to tell you but the time has not yet come that you can understand what I tell you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:13:
- Uma: “When the Holy Spirit comes, he is the one who will lead you, and cause-you-to-know all the true teachings. He will not speak according to his own will. What he hears from my Father, that is what he will say. And he will announce to you what will happen in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the Spirit of God comes, the one who speaks the truth, he will teach you all the true teaching. He does not teach from his own thinking but whatever he hears from God, that is what he teaches. And he will tell you what will happen in the future.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the Holy Spirit who teaches the true doctrine, when he is already here with you, he will cause you to understand all that’s true. He will not just cause you to understand his own thinking, but rather what he will teach is what he has heard from my Father. He will cause you to understand what is going to happen in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But never-mind, because when God’s Spirit comes, what he says being entirely true, he is the one who will guide your minds so that you will come-to-know all that is true. And it won’t be he who is the originator (lit. owner) of the words, but rather he will make-known what he hears from God. Even what will happen in a future day, that also he will make-known to you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when this Espiritu Santo comes who is the one whose job is to cause you to know the truth, he will be the one to help you so that you will really understand all the truth. He won’t speak his own words, but on the contrary what he will tell you is what he hears from the Father. And he will also make clear to you the things which are coming.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “When the Holy Spirit comes he will reveal to you the truth. And all is true what he teaches you. Because he will not speak just on his own, rather he will speak exactly what he is told. He will cause you to understand what is to be.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:14:
- Uma: “He is the one who will make me big, because the words that he receives from me, that is what he announces to you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The Spirit of God will honor me/make me great, for all that he tells you comes really from me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He will make me famous because he will cause you to understand my teaching and doing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I am the one he will honor, because what is in my mind/thoughts, that’s what he will go and make-known to you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He will cause to be seen the big-size of my praiseworthiness/glory, for wholly coming from me is everything which he will tell to you, my words and deeds being what he will explain/make-clear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He will cause that I be respected because he will take the word I speak and will cause you to know it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:15:
- Uma: “All that my Father has, is all my portion. That is why I say: what the Holy Spirit receives from me, that is what he will announce to you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Whatever is my Father’s is mine also, therefore hep did I say to you that all that the Spirit of God tells you comes from me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I said that he will cause you to understand my teaching is because that which my Father says, that is also what I say.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I said that what is in my mind/thoughts, that’s what the Spirit will make-known to you, because all my Father’s thoughts, they are exactly also my thoughts.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Everything which is there with the Father, it’s mine also. Therefore I said that coming from me is what he will make clear to you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “All that the Father speaks, I also likewise speak. Therefore I tell you that the Holy Spirit will take my word and cause you to know.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:16:
- Uma: “Yesus also said: ‘In just a while you will no longer see me. In just a little while more, you will see me again.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa said, ‘Not much longer and you will not see me any more. But after that not much longer you will see me again.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In just a little time you will no longer see me, and in a short time after that you will see me again.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus continued to say to his disciples, ‘It won’t be long and you won’t see-me. But it won’t again be long and you will again see-me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘In just a little time,’ Jesus went on to say, ‘you will no longer see me. A little time will pass again and you will see me once more.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “It won’t be long until you will not see me. But also afterwards it won’t be long until you see me. Because I am going to heaven where my Father is.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:17:
- Uma: “His disciples became confused, and some of them asked each other, they said: ‘Why does he say to us: ‘Just a little while and you will no longer see me. In just a little while more, you will see me again’ Why also does he say: ‘I am going to my Father’?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Some of Isa’s disciples talked together, they said, ‘What does it mean what he says, ‘Not much longer and you will not see me any more, after that not much longer and you will see me again?’ And this he also said, ‘For I am going to my Father.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then some of his disciples began to ask each other, ‘What is it that he said a while ago when he said that in a very short time we could no longer see him, and then in a little while after that we would see him again, and also that which he said that he is going home to his Father?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, some of his disciples, they repeatedly asked-each-other, ‘What perhaps does he mean to say? He says that it won’t be long and we won’t see him, then he says that it won’t also be long and we will again see him. And he also says that he is going to his Father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Some of his disciples were talking among themselves. They said, ‘What is this he is saying? Why did he say, ‘In just a little time, you will no longer see me, and then a little time more and you will see me again’? And what he said also, ‘Because I will now go home to the Father’.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Some of the learners asked each other, ‘What is the meaning of what he says? He tells us that it won’t be long until we see him. And he says that he will go to heaven where his Father is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 16:18:
- Uma: “They kept on asking each other, they said: ‘Why does he always say ‘Just a little while’? We do not know its meaning.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “What does it perhaps mean ‘not much longer’ which he said? We (incl.) do not know what the meaning is of what he said.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they said also, ‘What is he talking about when he said, ‘Just a little time.’ We do not know what he is trying to say.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “This-aforementioned it won’t be long, what perhaps does it mean to say? We just (self-sympathy particle) don’t understand.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “They kept on talking among themselves saying, ‘What is meant by just a little time? We don’t understand it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “What can this word mean? He says it won’t be long. We don’t know what he is talking about.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)