Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:16:
- Uma: “From there, the person who was indwelt by the demon threw-himself-forward and hugged/wrestled them. They were not strong enough to oppose him, because he was indeed strong. They fled from inside the house, wounded and naked because he had shredded/ripped-off their clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Immediately those men were jumped upon and (had their) clothes-torn-in-shreds by the man who had the demon. They were not able to fight/challenge. They all ran from the house of that person wounded and already naked.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the person who was afflicted by the demon, he jumped at them and beat them and tore off their clothing. Because of this they were afraid and they ran away from the house naked and wounded.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Right-then the one possessed by the spirit suddenly-caught them, and extreme was the way he fought them until they were all defeated. And-so they escaped-from his house stripped-naked and wounded.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What else but that possessed person then rushed at those seven people and kept on hitting/hurting them. There was nothing they could do, they were defeated. They couldn’t take-care-of-themselves when they left the house. They were in a state of undress and multiply-wounded too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:17:
- Uma: “All the people who lived in Efesus, whether Yahudi or not Yahudi, heard what happened. That is why they were afraid and the name of Yesus was made big [honored].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then this happening became-well-known throughout Epesus, to the Yahudi and to other tribes. Fear entered into all of them and the name of the Lord Isa became more famous.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all of the people of Ephesus, Jews and Gentiles, they heard the news about this, and they became afraid, and their respect for the name of our Lord Jesus increased.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When the inhabitants at Efeso, Jews and Gentiles, heard that-aforementioned which happened, they became-very-afraid and acknowledged/honored the name of Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, all the taga Efeso, Jew and not Jew, heard news of that. That’s why all of them there then became afraid, and the name of the Lord Jesus was all the more praised there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:18:
- Uma: “From there also, many believers in Yesus confessed in the eyes of the masses their deeds that were not appropriate.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Many also of those who trusted in Isa went, confessing openly the evil doings of theirs.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were many new believers there who told in front of all about the bad things which they had given up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And many were the believers who confessed to their companions what they had been doing as spirit-mediums,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “From that time, many were the believers who were like awakened. Therefore they exposed and repented of their sins in the presence of everyone.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:19:
- Uma: “Many who had magic carried their magic books, they gathered them and burned them in the eyes of the masses. The cost of those magic books if it were gathered, was around 50,000 silver moneys.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Many of them who had ‘practiced medicine’ (tawal), they brought and gathered the booklets (kitab-kitab) where they had written their words-for-medicining and they burned them in the sight of the people. They counted the cost of those booklets, it was five thousand pesos.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And those who did sorcery, they brought their books on magic, and they burned them there in front of everybody. And they counted the value of these books, and it was about fifty thousand pieces of silver that they were worth.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “while some, they gathered-together their books and burned them with the many-people spectating. When they counted the value of what was burned, it was about fifty thousand in their money.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There were many of them who, although they had already believed in the Lord, still had something else they trusted in, like charms, incantations, and other skills/acquired-knowledge (usually supernatural). Well, without anything further, as for the rolled up writings on which were written those skills of theirs, they assembled them all, and then burned them before the eyes of everyone. Someone estimated the cost of all those writings and it came to the sum of over fifty thousand.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Isthmus Mixe: “Many of the ones who practised magic brought the books of magic. Then they burned them before everyone. Then they figured out how much the books were worth. They were found to be worth 50,000 pieces of silver money.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:20:
- Uma: “So, because of happenings that were powerful like that, more-and-more people heard the Word of the Lord, and more-and-more believed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore it was seen that God’s word/message was powerful and the word/message of God continued to spread. And those who believed in the word/message of God became more (in number).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in this way increased and spread the power of the word of the Lord to the people there in that village.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “On-account-of all these-things that were happening, the word of God concerning the Lord Jesus was-newsed-from-one-to-another, while-simultaneously those who believed in him increased-in-number.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well after that, the teaching of the word of God accomplished all the more and the number of believers increased far more.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:21:
- Uma: “When that happening had passed, Paulus planned to go to the provinces of Makedonia and Akhaya, and after that he wanted to go to the town of Yerusalem. He also said: ‘After I have been to Yerusalem [lit., After I am from Yerusalem], I have to go to the town of Roma.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that, Paul planned to go also to the land of Makedoniya and Akaya and then he would proceed to Awrusalam. ‘When I have been to Awrusalam,’ he said, ‘I must also go to Roma.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Paul decided that he would leave and go to the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. He said, ‘When I go to Jerusalem, I will continue on to the town of Rome.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, Pablo decided to walk-through the provinces Macedonia and Akaya to go to Jerusalem. He also said that when that was finished, he needed to go visit in Roma.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, Pablo then decided to travel again, going again to Macedonia and Acaya, and then to continue on to Jerusalem. He said, ‘After I’ve stayed-a-short-time/overnighted there in Jerusalem, it’s necessary that I then go to Roma.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:22:
- Uma: “From there, he ordered two of his workers to go ahead [of him] to Makedonia. Their names were Timotius and Erastus. Yet Paulus himself, he was still [emphatic] in the province of Asia.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore he told two of his helpers, Timoteo and Erastus, to go on ahead to Makedoniya while he was yet there in Asiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then he caused to go ahead of him to Macedonia his two helpers, Timothy and Erastus. But he stayed behind for a while in the province of Asia.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He-sent-ahead (lit. caused-to-precede) therefore to Macedonia Timoteo and Erastus who were two of his helpers, and he was left in the province Asia which was where-Efeso -was-located.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When he had decided that, he caused his two helpers, Timoteo and Erasto, to go ahead to Macedonia. He himself stayed behind still in the province of Asia.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 19:23:
- Uma: “At that time, many people made a disturbance in Efesus because of the Teachings of the Lord Yesus. Like this its account:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “At that time, there in Epesus, there was big trouble because of the teaching of Isa. This is how it happened.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then big trouble took place in Ephesus because of the doctrine given by our Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That was when-a fearful riot -broke-out (lit. came-out) in Efeso concerning the faith of the Cristiano.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But, at that time, really far-from-ordinary trouble arose about the way/trail which Pablo was teaching.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)