Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:22:

• Uma: “The people also joined in the accusing. So, those rulers ordered that the clothes of Paulus and Silas be removed from their bodies and they be beaten.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The people who gathered there joined also opposing them. So-then the officials tore off the clothes of Paul and Silas and commanded them to be whipped.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then many people testified to these accusations against Paul and Silas, and as for the officials, they ripped off the clothing of Paul and Silas, stripping them naked, and they commanded that those two be beaten.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Meanwhile the many-people joined in shouting to accuse them. That being so, the judges stripped-them -naked and had-them -whipped.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the crowd of people who had gathered round heard, they all also really became angry at Pablo-and-companion. What those highest officials did was, they caused the clothing of Pablo-and-companion to be stipped off by tearing and then caused them to be beaten.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:23:

• Uma: “They were beaten many times, and after that they were jailed. They said to the head of the jail: ‘You (sing.) guard those two well!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “After they were badly whipped, they were imprisoned. The officials commanded the guard to close the prison doors very tightly/firmly.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When Paul and Silas were thoroughly beaten, they were put in prison. And as for the watcher of the prison, they told him that he should carefully watch these two.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When they had severely whipped them, then they imprisoned them, and they commanded the guard to carefully watch them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “They really kept on beating them and then imprisoned them. They emphatically told the overseer of the jail to guard them well.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:24:

• Uma: “That’s why he put them in the part of the jail that was in the very middle, and both their feet were tied to heavy [pieces of] wood.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When the guard heard that order, he took Paul and company to the prison way inside and put them in stocks.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then he put them in a room in the middle of the prison and as for their feet, they were put in stocks.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore the guard, he took them to the room in its inner corner, and he put their legs/feet in the holed coming-together-place of two planks, then he squeezed-them-together (the planks).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, because the instruction to him was like that, he then took Pablo and Silas to the very inside of that jail and also fettered their feet/legs.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:25:

• Uma: “So, from there, about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were praying and singing praising God. The other prisoners also heard them singing.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then, in the middle of the night, Paul and company prayed to God and they sang songs of praise to God. The other prisoners listened to them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when it was the middle of the night, Paul and Silas prayed and they sang praising the Lord. And their companion prisoners listened to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “In the middle of the night then, Pablo and Silas were praying and singing to praise/worship God while-meanwhile their fellow prisoners were listening.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When it was the middle of the night, Pablo-and-companion continued to pray and sing praising God. They were being listened to by the other prisoners.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:26:

• Uma: “At that time all of a sudden there was unexpectedly a big earthquake, with the result that the foundation-stones of the jail moved/shook. All the doors immediately opened and the chains binding all the prisoners opened/loosened by themselves.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake so that the foundation (lit. for-placing-on) of that prison was shaken. Immediately all the doors opened and the chains of all the prisoners dropped off.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then it suddenly earthquaked very strongly, and the prison was thoroughly shaken, and then and there the doors of the prison came open, and the chains on the prisoners dropped off.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When that was so, there was right-then a fearful earthquake that severely shook the prison, and the doors all-opened, while the chains that were handcuffed to the various-prisoners abruptly-came-off.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And then suddenly/unexpectedly the earth quaked strongly. Without anything further, all the supports of that jail swayed, at the same time the doors opened and what was fastening each one came undone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:27:

• Uma: “When the head of the jail woke up, what should he see but that all the doors were open. He unsheathed his sword wanting to commit suicide, because he said/thought that all the prisoners had fled.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then the guard woke up and when he saw that all the prison doors were open, he thought-mistakenly that the prisoners had escaped. Therefore he pulled out his sword (bessi) and was about to kill himself.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the watcher of the prison woke up, and when he saw that the doors of the prison were all open, he supposed that the prisoners had all run away. So he pulled out his sword. He wanted to stab himself because he would commit suicide.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When the guard then woke-up and saw that the doors were already-open, he drew his sword to kill himself koma, because he thought that all the prisoners had escaped.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The overseer of the jail awoke. When he saw that the doors were open, he unsheathed his blade to commit suicide, for he mistakenly-thought that the prisoners inside had already been able to run away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:28:

• Uma: “When Paulus saw that, he called out from inside the jail, he said: ‘Don’t commit suicide, we (excl.) are all here!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Paul called out loudly, he said, ‘Do not harm yourself. We (excl.) are all here.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Paul shouted out, ‘Don’t wound your body because here we all are inside, and no one has run away.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But Pablo shouted saying, ‘Don’t kill yourself (sing.), because we (excl.) are all still here!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But when it was now like that, Pablo called to him loudly, saying, ‘Don’t commit suicide for here we (excl.) are all indeed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 16:29:

• Uma: “From there the head of the jail requested a torch, and he ran entering into the jail. He trembled kneeling in front of Paulus and Silas.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The guard called out asking for a torch and hurriedly entered. He threw himself down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now as for the watcher, he commanded that a light be brought in, and he went quickly inside, and he knelt down, shaking before Paul and Silas.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That being so, the guard immediately-called his companions to bring-him a light. Then immediately he hurried to enter to where-Pablo and Silas -were, and he knelt trembling before them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When he heard that, he caused a light to be brought hurriedly. And then he entered that jail running and bowed down in the presence of Pablo-and-companion. He was trembling with fear.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)