Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:24:

• Uma: “From there, as-time-passed, more-and-more people heard the Word of the Lord, and the more-and-more believed in Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But the word/message of God continued to increase spreading and the people trusting in Isa increased in number.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However the spreading of the word of God by the believers increased, and the believers grew in number.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Meanwhile the people who were hearing and believing the word of God increasingly multiplied.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But the teaching of the word of God accomplished much more. Proof was, the number of believers really increased very much more.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 12:25:

• Uma: “As for Barnabas and Saulus, when their work in Yerusalem was finished, they returned to Antiokhia, and they also took Yohanes Markus with them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Because Barnabas and Saul had finished doing their mission/purpose there in Awrusalam, they returned to Antiyok. They took Yahiya Markus along.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Barnabas and Saul returned from the town of Jerusalem after they had finished that which had been given them to do. John, the one called Mark, came with them also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “As-for Barnabas and Saulo, their being-sent to Jerusalem was done. They returned to Antiok with Juan Marcos as their companion.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, when Bernabe and Saulo’s purpose in Jerusalem was completed, they returned to Antioquia. They caused Juan to accompany them whose other name was Marcos.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:1:

• Uma: “Among the followers of Yesus in Antiokhia, there were several prophets and teachers who carried the Word of the Lord, their names: Barnabas; Simeon who was nicknamed the Black; Lukius from the village of Kirene; Menahem who was raised [lit., made big] with King Herodes Antipas; and Saulus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There among the ones trusting in Isa in Antiyok, there were those who made-known/spread God’s word/speech and there were preachers/(religious-) teachers. They were Barnabas, Simon nicknamed Black, Lukiyus a man of Kirene, Saul and Manaen, who had been the companion of King Herod when they were little.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now there were some believers in the city of Antioch who were teachers and inspired ones of God. There was Barnabas, Simeon who was titled also the Black, there was Lucius from Cyrene, and Manaen who had grown up in a palace because he had been caused to be the companion of Governor Herod when he was still a child. And there was also Saul.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “In the congregation of believers in Antiok, there were those who-had-joined who were God’s spokesmen and those who taught the word of God. These were their names: Barnabas, Simeon who was nicknamed Black, Lucius from-Cirene, Saulo, and Manaen the companion of Governor Herod in Galilea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, belonging to the group of believers at Antioquia at that time were prophets and teachers. Bernabe was one, and Simeon, who was called Niger, Lucio the taga Cirene, and Manaen who was caused to be a brother to Herodes, and Saulo.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:2:

• Uma: “One time while they were worshipping the Lord God and fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke to them like this: ‘Barnabas and Saulus, I have chosen them to be my workers. So, set-them-apart, so they can go do the work that I put-on-their-shoulders.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The Holy Spirit spoke to them while they were worshiping God and fasting. The Holy Spirit said to them, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, there is work I am giving to them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while they were worshipping the Lord and they were refraining from eating because they would pray, there was that which the Holy Spirit caused them to understand. He said, ‘Allow me to be the one to control Barnabas and Saul so that they can do the work which I want them to do.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “One day, when they were fasting (lit. controlling their hunger) and praising God, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Appoint Barnabas and Saulo to serve me, because there is work-I-will-give-them -to-do.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Once when they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, they were told through the inspiring by the Espiritu Santo, ‘Today, dedicate/secure to me Bernabe and Saulo, for they are now to do what I have determined which I will cause them to do.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:3:

• Uma: “So, after they fasted and prayed, they laid-hands-on Barnabas and Saulus, praying for them. After that they sent them off carrying the Good News.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “They fasted again and prayed to God and then they laid their hands on the two and told them then to go.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they refrained again from eating, and they prayed to God, and they laid their hands on Barnabas and Saul and had them leave.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They prayed again while-simultaneously they still did not eat, then they laid-hands-on Barnabas and Saulo and saw-them -off.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, without anything further, they continued that fasting of theirs and then prayed for Bernabe and Saulo placing hands on them. And then they caused them to go.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:4:

• Uma: “So, because the Holy Spirit commanded them to spread the Good News, they walked going to the town of Seleukia, which was at the edge of the sea. From there, they boarded a ship going to the island of Siprus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then because they were told/commanded by the Holy Spirit to go that’s why Barnabas and Saul went down to the place Seluki and they sailed from there to the island of Kiprus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now these two, since they had been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went downstream to the town of Seleucia and there they got on a ship because they will go to the island in the sea called Cyprus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When that was so, the Holy Spirit sent them and they went to Seleucia to ride in a ship to go to Cyprus. They took-along Juan Marcos to help them. When they came-to-land in Salamis which was a town in Cyprus, they went to preach the word of God in the various-synagogues of the Jews.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Through the inspiring by the Espiritu Santo who caused them to go, where they first went to was Selucia. From there, they sailed and went to the island of Chipre.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:5:

• Uma: “When they arrived there at the town of Salamis, they announced the Word of God in the Yahudi house(s) of prayer. Yohanes Markus assisted them in their work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When they arrived at that island, there in the village called Salamis, they proclaimed the word/message of God in the Yahudi prayer-houses. Yahiya Markus was there helping them in their work.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they landed there in the town of Salamis, they caused people to understand the word of God in the churches of the Jews. John, the one called Mark, helped them also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When that was so, the Holy Spirit sent them and they went to Seleucia to ride in a ship to go to Cyprus. They took-along Juan Marcos to help them. When they came-to-land in Salamis which was a town in Cyprus, they went to preach the word of God in the various-synagogues of the Jews.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Where they came-to-shore was Salamina. When they arrived there, they taught the word of God in the worship-places of the Jews. As for Juan-Marcos who accompanied them, he was their helper in their work.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:6:

• Uma: “They traveled all over that island, until they arrived at the town of Pafos. There they met a Yahudi, his name Baryesus. In the Yunani language, his name was Elimas. That Elimas was a magician/sleigh-of-hand-artist with much magic [lit., knowledge], and he also said that he was a prophet of God. He was friends with the governor of that island, Sergius Paulus his name. The governor was a smart person. He called Barnabas and Saulus to meet with him, because he wanted to hear the Word of God. But Elimas, that magician, refuted their words, because he wanted to block-the-way so that the governor wouldn’t believe in Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “They went-over/crossed-over that island until they reached the village called Papos. They met there a diviner (landungan), his name was Bar-Isa. He was a Yahudi and he pretended to make-known/spread God’s word/speech.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They crossed the island to the village of Paphos, and there they met a magician who was named Barjesus. This one was a Jew who said that he was inspired by God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then they visited the various-towns in Cyprus until they arrived in Pafos. That is where-they -came-upon a Jew who was-a-spirit-medium who said he was one-through-whom-God -speaks, but it was not true. His name was Barjesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When they had gone all over that island as far as to the other side, they came to the city of Pafos. There at Pafos, there was a Jew who was a powerful-spirit-medium who was making-himself-out-to-be-a-prophet. His name was Bar-Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)