Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:47:
- Uma: “Because here is the command of the Lord God to us (excl.). He said: ‘I have chosen you (sing.) to become the light that shines-on/enlightens the hearts people who are not Yahudi, so that You (sing.) announce salvation/goodness to people all over the world.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For this is also the command of God to us (excl.), he said, ‘You are like lights which I have placed to shine on other nations/tribes, in order that this word/message will reach the whole world, that I am the one saving mankind.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This is what the Lord causes us to do because there is a written word of his which say, ‘I made you lamps who can illuminate the people who aren’t Jews so that it might be spread to the ends of the earth my setting people free so that they are not punished.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because that is what God commanded us (excl.) saying, ‘I chose you (sing.) to illuminate the mind/thoughts of the Gentiles so that all people on this earth would have a way to be saved because of you (sing.).’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For this is what the Lord is having us (excl.) do, which is alluded to by this which is written which says, ‘I have set you (sing.) up to be like a light for the people who aren’t of the nation of Israel. For you will enlighten all people here under the heavens concerning the trail/way of salvation.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quotes, see Isaiah 49:6.
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:48:
- Uma: “When the people who were not Yahudi people heard these words, they were glad, and they praised the Word of the Lord. And whoever was already chosen by God to receive good life forever, they believed in the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the (people of) other tribes heard these words, they were very glad. They praised that word/message of God. And whoever was chosen by God to be given life without end, now believed in Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the people who aren’t Jews there heard this, they were very happy, and they gave thanks for what the Lord caused them to understand. And all of the people whom God had ordained for them eternal life, they believed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the Gentiles heard that-aforementioned that Pablo said, they were made-happy while-simultaneously they praised the word of God. And all whom God had chosen so that they would be the ones to have life that is forever, they believed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, when those people heard who weren’t Jews who were mixed-in there, they became very happy. They were saying, ‘This word of God is really extremely good!’ As many as had been chosen by God to have life without ending then believed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:49:
- Uma: “So, the Word of the Lord spread all through that land.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The word/message of God continued to spread in that whole place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the word of the Lord spread in all of the neighboring towns.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, the word of God concerning Jesus was newsed-from-one-to-another in their various-towns there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “From that time, the Good News concerning the Lord spread over all that land, including the bordering places.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:50:
- Uma: “But the Yahudi people incited the elders of the town and the rich women who submitted to God, with the result that Paulus and Barnabas were persecuted and expelled from Antiokhia.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the Yahudi stirred up the leaders of that place and the prominent women who were not Yahudi but worshiped God, in order that they would oppose Paul and Barnabas. Therefore they sent/drove the two away from that place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the leaders there in the city of Antioch and the important women who worship God, (I have given ‘important women’ as the equivalent of one word in Manobo which means ‘the wife of a dat`u’. A dat`u could be any of the leading or important men of the town), the Jews caused them to be angry at Paul and Barnabas, and they drove those two out of the town.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the Jews who didn’t believe, they incited-to-wrongdoing the rich women who worshipped God and the respected/acknowledged leaders of the town to begin to cause-hardship to Pablo and Barnabas. And they drove-them -out of that town.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, what those Jews at Antioquia did was, they incited the women of high/important blood, who were devout-worshippers of God although they weren’t Jews. They also incited the men who were the most important in that city to oppose Pablo and Bernabe. What else but they expelled them from their place.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:51:
- Uma: “That is why Paulus and Barnabas knocked the dust/ashes from their feet as a sign that it was no longer they who were responsible if God punished those townspeople. After that, they went to the town of Ikonium.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Paul and company shook the dust off their feet, as a sign that they were through/finished with (lit. from) the people of that place. Then they went to the place Ikoni.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as Paul and Barnabas were going out of the town, they removed the dirt off the soles of their feet so that the people might know that they were enemies of God. And they went on to the town of Iconium” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon plural Pablo brushed-off the soles-of-their -feet so that that would be the inhabitants’ means-of-knowing that they were responsible for their punishment. Then they went to Iconium,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, as Pablo-and-companion were leaving, they brushed off the dust from their legs, which was a sign that, as for those people at Antioquia who didn’t want to believe/obey their teaching, God was now regarding them as no longer his people. And then they continued on to Iconio.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 13:52:
- Uma: “The followers of the Lord Yesus in Antiokhia were controlled by the Holy Spirit, and their hearts were very glad.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the trusters in Isa in Antiyok continued to be glad and they were ruled by the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and the followers of Jesus that were left behind in the city of Antioch, they were inspired by the Holy Spirit, and their joy was very great.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “while-meanwhile the disciples of Jesus who were left-behind in Antiok, great nonetheless was their joy and they were full of the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, those who had acknowledged their teaching as true and submitted to the Lord, their happiness was big and the Espiritu Santo was now indwelling the bodies of them all.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 14:1:
- Uma: “What happened in the town of Antiokhia the other day, that also was what happened in Ikonium. Paulus and Barnabas went to the Yahudi house of prayer and they announced the Good News to the people gathered there, with the result that many Yahudi people and those not Yahudi people believed in Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There in the place Ikoni the same thing happened. Paul and Barnabas went into the Yahudi prayer-house to proclaim the word/message of God. They explained God’s word/message very powerfully therefore very many Yahudi and non-Yahudi trusted in Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for that which happened at Antioch, it was just the same there in Iconium, for Paul and Barnabas went into the church of the Jews, and their causing people to understand the word of God was very strong. Therefore, there were many Jews and many not Jews who believed in Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “At Iconium also, plural Pablo went to the synagogue of the Jews to teach. And what they taught, it had an effect, because many Jews and Gentiles believed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When Pablo and Bernabe arrived at Iconio, what they did was indeed like what they had done at Antioquia, which was that they went into the worship-place and taught. Their words really pierced the mind/inner-being of the ones listening, therefore really very many believed, Jews and not Jews too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 14:2:
- Uma: “But the Yahudi people who did not want to believe incited the people who were not Yahudi people, so that they hated the believers in the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But the Yahudi who did not trust, they stirred up the non-Yahudi so that they opposed the ones trusting in Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But those Jews who did not believe, they made those people who aren’t Jews angry with the believers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the Jews who refused to believe, they incited-to-wrongdoing the Gentiles so that their thoughts toward the believers became-bad.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well, those Jews who didn’t want to believe, they incited some of those who weren’t Jews to hate/get-angry-with those who had believed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)