Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:25:
- Uma: “So, because all the doors were guarded, Saulus had to find a plan so he could escape from the village. That’s why one night, several of Saulus’s disciples took him to the earth wall that surrounded the town of Damsyik, they sat him in a basket and lowered him in the basket from the top of the earth wall to outside the village, and he immediately fled.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But one night, Saul was taken by his disciples/adherents and they seated him in a basket and let it down from a window there in that stone fence that surrounded that town.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However one night he was taken by his followers, and they lowered him down outside the wall inside of a container that had been woven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore there was one night, those whom he had persuaded to believe, they got a large basket in order that he would ride in it, then they lowered it from the high stone-wall that was the enclosure of their town so that he would have a way to escape.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well since it was like that now, he was caused-to-run-away by those who had believed his teaching. What they did was, they caused him to get into a large-basket and then they lowered it on the other side of the wall.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:26:
- Uma: “Saulus returned to Yerusalem. When he arrived there, he wanted to befriend the followers of Yesus, but they were afraid of him, because they did not-yet believe that he really was following Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Saul went to Awrusalam. When he arrived there, he wanted to join the disciples of Isa who were there. But they were afraid of him because they did not believe that he was now really a disciple of Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Saul went to Jerusalem, however when he would go around with the followers of Jesus, they were afraid of him because they could not believe that it was true that Saul was a disciple of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Saulo arrived then at Jerusalem, he would have gone and joined the disciples of Jesus. But they were afraid of him, because they didn’t believe that he was also a disciple of Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Saulo arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to go-to-companion the believers there. But they were afraid of him. They didn’t believe that as for him, he was now one of the believers in the Lord.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:27:
- Uma: “But Barnabas, he went and befriended Saulus and accompanied him to the apostles of the Lord Yesus. He recounted to them how Saulus had seen the Lord Yesus on the road going to Damsyik, and how the Lord had spoken to him. He also told them of Saulus’s bravery newsing the news of the Lord Yesus in Damsyik.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Saul was helped by Barnabas and he took him to the commissioned ones. Barnabas told them that this Saul had seen the Lord, Isa, while he was on the road to Damaskus and (that) the Lord also talked to him, and that there at Damaskus he was brave/bold to preach to the people about Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Barnabas helped Saul, and he took him to the apostles, and he told them about the Lord appearing to Saul on his way and what the Lord said to him. And he told them also that Saul, even though the Jews in Damascus were against him, had no fear there in Damascus to spread the news about faith in the name of Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon Barnabas accompanied him to where-the apostles -were, and then he related Saulo’s seeing Jesus on the path and Jesus’ conversing-with him. He also related his boldness to preach concerning Jesus in Damascus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But he was helped by Bernabe. He took Saulo to the apostles and related to them how Saulo had seen/met the Lord who spoke to him on the trail. And he also related how much was the boldness of Saulo in teaching concerning Jesus in Damasco.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:28:
- Uma: “From there Saulus was one-companion-group with the followers of the Yesus in Yerusalem, and he walked/went all over the town announcing the news of Lord Yesus without fear/uneasiness.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore Saul now stayed with them and he went about within Awrusalam. He had no fear whatsoever to proclaim to the people about Isa, the Lord.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Saul stayed with them, and he went around in Jerusalem, and he had no fear about spreading the news about faith in the name of the Lord Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, Saulo joined-in-accompanying them in Jerusalem and he was bold to preach by the authority of Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore, from then, Saulo was then a companion of the apostles in Jerusalem. He was indeed bold in teaching concerning the Lord.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:29:
- Uma: “He also exchanged-talk with argued with the Yahudi who spoke Yunani. That’s why those Yahudi wanted to kill him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He also spoke and discussed with the Yahudi whose language was Girik. But they wanted to kill Saul.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he talked and he debated with the Jews who spoke Greek, and they decided that they would kill him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He also conversed-with and debated-with Jews whose language was Griego, but they searched-for how they might kill him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And he taught to the Jews whose language was Ginirego, but they disagreed-violently with him. What else but they decided to kill him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:30:
- Uma: “So, when his one-faith relatives knew that there were those who wanted to kill him, they accompanied him to the village of Kaisarea. From Kaisarea, they sent him off to the village of Tarsus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When his fellow-disciples of Isa knew about this, they accompanied Saul going down to Kesarea and they told him to leave for Tarsus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when this was known to his companion believers, they took Saul there to the village of Caesarea and there they sent him on a boat going to the village of Tarsus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When however his fellow believers found-out, they went and escorted him to Cesarea, then they sent-him-off to go to Tarsus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, when his siblings in believing knew that (some people) were intending to do like that to him, they escorted Saulo as far as Cesarea. When they arrived there, they caused him to sail so that he could go home to Tarso.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:31:
- Uma: “So at that time, there was no-longer any fear/uneasiness of all the believers in the Lord Yesus in the land of Yudea, Galilea and Samaria. More-and-more people believed in Yesus and their faith grew stronger-and-stronger. Because they indeed submitted to the Lord God, and the Holy Spirit himself strengthened their hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then it was peaceful now for all the ones trusting in Isa throughout the land of Yahudiya and in Jalil and for those in the land of Samariya. They were helped by the Holy Spirit therefore the trust/faith of all of them became stronger and they also increased in number. They really reverenced God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the situation of all the believers there in the province of Judea, Samaria, and Galilee became peaceful. Their faith was drawn tight. And since they always put first their respect for the Lord and because of the help which the Holy Spirit gave them they continued growing in number.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That then being the case, the persecuting of believers in Jesus in the many-towns in Judea, Galilea and Samaria stopped. And they increased-in-number while-simultaneously their faith became-stronger-and-stronger on-account-of their esteeming/respecting the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, at that time, there was no more trouble for the believers in all the places belonging to Judea, Galilea and Samaria. They were always being helped by the Espiritu Santo, that’s why their believing/obeying became sturdy, and in/through their lives they were honoring the Lord with fear. And through the help of the Espiritu Santo, their number increased and increased.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 9:32:
- Uma: “Petrus wandered visiting the believers of the Lord Yesus everywhere. One day he arrived in the town of Lida.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Petros travelled covering all the places. One time he went to the town of Lidda to visit the disciples of Isa who were living there.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now Peter went to all the villages because he would visit the believers. And he went also to the people who belonged to God in the village of Lydda.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Pedro also, he went-around the many-towns visiting the people of God. When he arrived at Lidda,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, as for Pedro, what he himself did was, he went to all the places where there were believers. On that journey of his, he came to Lida, for he would also check up on the believers who lived there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)