Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:16:

• Uma: “So, while Rode was gone inside the house, Petrus continually knocked on the door. When they opened the door, they really saw, there was Petrus. They were very surprised.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Peter did not stop knocking. Finally they opened the door. When they saw Petros, they were really very amazed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Peter had not stopped knocking, and when they opened it, they were very surprised because it really was Peter.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “While-simultaneously Pedro was repeatedly-knocking. Eventually they opened, why, it truly was Pedro, and they were amazed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Because the door hadn’t yet been opened, Pedro kept on knocking. Therefore without anything further, they then opened it. Well, it truly was Pedro who was there. When they saw, they really were very amazed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:17:

• Uma: “From there, Petrus motioned to them to be quiet, and he told them how the Lord had brought him out of the jail. And he also said to them: ‘What has happened here, tell to Yakobus and the other relatives.’ After that, Petrus went out going to another dwelling-place.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Petros made a sign with his hand, telling them not to make a noise. Then he told them how God brought him out from prison. Petros said, ‘Be sure to tell Yakub and our (incl.) other fellow trusters in Isa about this.’ Then he left going to another place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he motioned to them that they shouldn’t make any noise, and he told them the way God had set him free from the prison. And he said to them, ‘Tell James also and our other brethren.’ And he left there and went to another town.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But Pedro, he motioned to quiet them, and then he related the Lord’s having-him -brought-out of the prison. ‘Please tell this also to Santiago and the others of our siblings,’ he said. Then he left to go to a different town/country.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When Pedro had entered, he beckoned with his hand that they make no noise. And then he related everything to them, how he had been released by the Lord from jail. When he finished, he said to them, ‘Just tell Santiago and our other siblings in believing.’ When he had said that, he set out to-stay-out-of-sight-for-a-while in another place.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:18:

• Uma: “When it was indeed the next morning, the soldier guards were frantic. They were confused about what had happened to Petrus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When it was morning, the guards were greatly troubled. What in-the-world (ente’) had happened to Petros?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when morning came the soldiers in the prison were very confused, because where maybe was Peter.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When it was morning, the guards excessively made-a-racket. ‘How-come Pedro has-disappeared?’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore next day, those soldiers who were guards were really troubled as to how Pedro had been able to run away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:19:

• Uma: “Herodes ordered people to look for Petrus, but they did not find him. That is why Herodes ordered that the soldiers who had been guarding Petrus be examined and killed. After that, Herodes left the land of Yudea going to dwell in the town of Kaisarea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “King Herod ordered the guards to look for Petros diligently. But they did not find him. Then Herod investigated them and afterwards commanded them to be killed. After that King Herod went down from Yahudiya to Kesarea and he stayed there temporarily (dahu’).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Herod had him looked for, but they couldn’t find him, and he had those guards investigated, and he had them killed. And then Herod left the province of Judea and he went down to Caesarea and he lived there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Herod commanded them to go search for him but they were not able-to-find him. Therefore, he interrogated them and then had-them-killed. After that Herod left Judea and went to stay in Cesarea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, Herodes caused him to be searched for. When they couldn’t find him, he interrogated those soldiers well. But since they had nothing they could tell, Herodes said that their punishment was to be killed. Before long, Herodes left Judea for he had a purpose in going to Cesarea. He was there quite a while.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:20:

• Uma: “One time, Herodes became very angry at the townspeople of Tirus and Sidon. That’s why the Tirus and Sidon people made plans with one heart to send people to go to the town of Kaisarea, wanting to seek peace with the king. Because the people of Tirus and Sidon received their food from the land that Herodes ruled. First before they go-before the king, they smooth-talked one of his servants who organized the king’s house, named Blastus, so that he was on their side, and only then did they go before the king looking for peace.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “At that time King Herod was very angry with the people of the place Tiros and with the people of the place Sidon. Then the people of those two places went together to see Herod. They first befriended Balastus, one of the trusted ones in the king’s palace, in order that he would side with them. Then they went to Herod to ask him for reconciliation because it was from the king’s country where they got their food.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time King Herod became very angry with the inhabitants there in the towns of Tyre and Sidon. They got Blastus to help them who was a trusted person of Herod who was boss over his palace. And they gathered together because they would go to Herod, because they would beg him that his anger toward them might be removed. The reason they did this was because it was only in the country of the king that they were able to get food.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “While Herod was staying there, his anger was excessive toward the inhabitants of Tiro and Sidon. Therefore they searched for a way to appease him, because his territory was where-they -got their food. What they did, they made-friends with Blasto who was-in-charge of Herod’s house. Then they gathered to go entreat Herod so that his anger toward them would be removed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “While he was there at Cesarea, some people arrived from Tiro and Sidon. Herodes’ anger was extreme against those two lands. Therefore, because Herodes’ land was where most of the food came from for the taga Tiro and Sidon, they arranged to go to Herodes and ask him for reconciliation. When they arrived, they made friends with the most-trusted-servant of Herodes who was the overseer of his personnel. His name was Blasto. He was caused to help those taga Tiro and Sidon to ask the king that, if possible/acceptable, they could be reconciled.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:21:

• Uma: “So, on the day that was set, Herodes put on his clothes of kingship and sat on his seat of kingship, and spoke to the crowds.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then, when the appointed day for Herod to speak to the people arrived, he wore his kingly robes and he sat on the chair where he ruled-as-king. Then he let-out/delivered his words/message to the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “On the day which King Herod had set they came before him. He was dressed in his garments of kinging, and he was sitting also on the seat that he used for ruling and he talked to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When the day that Herod had said arrived, he put-on the robe that kings use, and went to sit-down on his throne to address the many-people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the day arrived for their reconciliation, Herodes dressed in the ornate clothing of a king and sat down on his seat of kingship to make a speech.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:22:

• Uma: “The crowd cheered/shouted praising Herodes, they said: ‘These are no-longer the words of mankind. It is like the words of a powerful person from the sky!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The people were shouting, they said, ‘That one speaking is no longer a human-being but a god already.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The people were very happy. They shouted, saying, ‘It’s not just a person who is talking, but rather he is already a god.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When his speech/address was done, they said shouting, ‘Those were the words of a god, not just the words of a person.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When he finished speaking, the crowd of people were excited-and-noisy. They said, ‘This is evidently a god who is speaking, not a man/human!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:23:

• Uma: “At that time, and angel of the Lord all of a sudden punished Herodes with a sickness. Because his heart was just haughty [lit., high], and he did not want to honor God. While he was still alive, he already became wormy, with the result that it caused his death.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Immediately Herod was caused to be sick by the angel of God because he accepted the praise of man and he did not praise God. So-then he had (intestinal) worms including his entire body/throughout his body and he died.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And immediately there landed on his body a sickness which was placed there by an angel of God because he was pleased with the people worshipping him, and he did not cause God to be worshipped. His body became wormy and before long he died.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That being so, the angel of the Lord immediately made-him -sick because he received their praising of him, not causing-God -to-be-praised. Then his body became-infested-with-worms and he died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, suddenly all illness came upon Herodes which couldn’t be exceed for seriousness, the punishing of him by an angel of the Lord. His body was infested with maggots. Before long, he died. He had that happen to him because he didn’t stop those people who were worshipping him. Far from stopping them, he was made happy when he received that praise with which only God is the one who ought to be praised.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)