Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:17:
- Uma: “Yohanes and Petrus prayed and laid-hands-on those Samaritans. So they did get the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Petros and Yahiya laid their hands on the people of Samariya who trusted. Then they were entered into by the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And John and Peter laid their hands on them, and from that time they were inspired by the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Pedro and Juan laid-hands-on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “After Pedro-and-companion had prayed, they put their hands on those believers from there. And then they were indwelt by the Espiritu Santo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:18:
- Uma: “Simon saw that whomever Petrus and Yohanes laid-hands-on, they did get the Holy Spirit. That’s why Simon took his money to Petrus and Yohanes,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given to the people when the commissioned ones laid their hands on them, he went to Petros and Yahiya offering money.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Simon saw that people were inspired by the Holy Spirit if the two apostles laid their hands on them. And then he wanted to give them money.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit entered them upon-the apostles’ -laying-hands-on-them, he showed money” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when Simon that former powerful-spirit-medium, observed that those who had believed were indwelt by the Espiritu Santo through the putting hands on by the apostles, he put money down for he wanted to learn-the-skill. He said,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:19:
- Uma: “and said to them: ‘Give me that power of yours, so that whomever I lay-hands-on as well, they will get the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He said to them, ‘Give me also that power of yours so that if I lay my hands on anyone, he will be entered into by the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He said, ‘Give me also this your power that I might lay my hands on a person and he would be inspired by the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “saying, ‘Please give-me-some of that power so that whomever also I lay-hands-on, they will receive the Holy Spirit.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Please, give me also this authority so that whoever I put hands on, he also will be indwelt by this Espiritu Santo.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:20:
- Uma: “But Petrus said to him: ‘May you (sing.) be thrown in hell, with your (sing.) money too! [a curse formula] Do you (sing.) think that the gift of God can be bought with money?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Petros answered him, he said, ‘God’s wrath be on you and including that money of yours. Do you think-mistakenly (that) you can buy the power God gives? No.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter answered him saying, ‘May it be that you be punished by God and may he destroy your money because you thought mistakenly perhaps that the power which God gives could be bought.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But Pedro said to him, ‘May that money of yours (sing.) join you (sing.) in being-burned in hell (loan infierno), because you (sing.) thought that you (sing.) could buy the gift of God that can-not -be-bought.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But Pedro replied to him, ‘As for that money of yours, it will be lost-permanently along with you, for you mistakenly-thought that you could buy with money the authority which God gives.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:21:
- Uma: “You (sing.) have no right [lit., seat] to work with us (sing.), because your (sing.) heart is not upright in God’s sight.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You have no share nor involvement in this our (excl.) work,’ Petros said, ‘because your liver is not straight/right in the sight of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You have nothing to do or any right here to what we’ve been caused to do because God knows that what you are thinking is not righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) will not be included/counted in our (excl.) work, because your (sing.) mind/thoughts are not right in God’s estimation.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You really have no share in this which we (excl.) are being caused to do and you won’t be able to be included in it, because in the sight of God, what is in your mind/inner-being really isn’t straight/righteous.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:22:
- Uma: “Repent from your (sing.) sin, and ask the Lord to forgive the evil intention of your (sing.) heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So repent of that evil you are thinking and ask forgiveness from God, perhaps he will forgive that evil you are thinking.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Remove from your breath this evil you are thinking and beg for forgiveness from God because he might forgive you for what you thought,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Repent therefore of those evil thoughts and purposes of yours (sing.), and plead with God that if it may be possible, he will forgive you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore now, repent-of/be-sorry-for this evil of yours. Pray about it to God, that if possible, he will forgive you for this which you are thinking in your mind/inner-being.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “Now change your heart from the evil and ask forgiveness of the Lord in order that he can forgive you of the evil you were thinking.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:23:
- Uma: “Because I know that you (sing.) are very jealous, and you (sing.) are enslaved by sin.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For I understand,’ Petros said, ‘that you are really very jealous and you are like a slave of your sin.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because you are enslaved by jealousy, and you are not able to avoid your evil behaviour.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because I-can-see that your (sing.) jealousy is extreme, and your (sing.) sins still have-you-tied-up.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For I observe that apparently what is in your mind is extremely evil, and you really are still a slave to this evil.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Lalana Chinantec: “‘I am aware of what you are like. As a round thing that is bitter which people do not like are you. God does not like what you do. Sin is mistreating you. It is as though you were tied up.’ That’s what Peter said to Simon.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:24:
- Uma: “Simon said to Petrus and Yohanes: ‘Please ask the Lord for me so that I will not be struck by the disaster that you just said!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Simon said to Petros and Yahiya, ‘Pray to God for me so that that curse of yours will not arrive on me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Simon said, ‘Pray for me to God. Beg him that the punishment which you talked about might not happen to me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Simon said, ‘Pray-for me I-beg-you to the Lord so that none of those-things you have said will happen to me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Simon heard that, he said, ‘Expl! If it’s like that, please pray for me to the Lord, so that this punishment which you have said won’t happen to me!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
