Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:27:
- Uma: “From there, the love/pity of the king welled-up, feeling sorry/pity for that slave. He released him and he said to him: ‘Your (sing.) debt you (sing.) no longer have to pay.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then the sultan pitied his servant, therefore he commanded that his debt need not to be paid and told him to go home.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the king pitied him and forgave him and did not make him pay the debt, and he sent him home.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, the king took-pity-on him and canceled (lit. set-aside) his debt. Then he released him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That king truly did have mercy on him. Without anything further, he just wrote-off-as-paid all that debt of his and sent him home.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The boss pitied the worker and forgave him of the amount he owed. He let him free.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:28:
- Uma: “‘That slave went out, he met a fellow slave who owed him just thousands. He grabbed hold of his companion, throttled him and he said to him: ‘Pay all your (sing.) debt!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘When that servant came outside he met a fellow servant who had a debt to him but a small one. Immediately he caught him and choked him and said, ‘Pay me your debt.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The servant left there, and he met another servant also of the king who owed him a few pesos. And he grabbed him and choked him and said, ‘Pay me what you owe.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘When that official was leaving, he met his fellow official who owed him only a few (lit. how-many) thousands. He immediately-grabbed-him -by-the-neck saying, ‘Pay your (sing.) debt!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That one going home hadn’t been walking long when he met up with one of his fellow servants who owed him only the amount of five hundred. He set-on him and grabbed-him-by-the-throat, at the same time saying, ‘Go on, pay your debt to me now!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But this worker who was forgiven what he owed, no sooner was he freed when he met another person who owed him a little bit of money. He grabbed him and choked his neck. He said: ‘You pay me my money you owe me, or else,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:29:
- Uma: “‘His companion knelt down asking for mercy/pity, he said: ‘Please be patient, friend, I really will pay my debt!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Immediately this one servant stood on his knees begging him, he said, ‘Give me some time first. I will really pay you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his fellow servant knelt down in front of him, begging saying, ‘Give me more time; allow me to look for that which I will pay you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Then that companion of his knelt and pled-for-mercy saying, ‘Please have-mercy! Be-patient still longer with me so that I will pay it all.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That one being caused by him to pay bowed down and begged for mercy. He said, ‘Hopefully just give me time to earn/find-money, and it’s certain that I will pay my debt to you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “This man who owed a little bit of money then knelt before him to whom he owed the money and asked the favor and said: ‘Wait a bit while I find the money to pay you,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:30:
- Uma: “But he did not believe / pay-attention-to his request. He put him in prison until all his debt was paid.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But that servant did not want to. He ordered him to be put in prison as long as he had not paid all his debt.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But that person didn’t like that, and he had him put in jail for as long as he could not pay.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But he refused and had-him -jailed until he would pay his debt.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But his fellow servant who was causing him to pay wouldn’t accept that. He had him imprisoned until he could pay.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But the man to whom he owed a little bit of money didn’t want to wait. Rather he grabbed him and took him to jail until he would pay the money he owed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:31:
- Uma: “‘When the other slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry/upset. They went to the king and told [him] the behavior/character of that slave earlier.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then when the other servants saw what happened there, they were very worried. They went to the sultan and told him about it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when his companion servants learned about it, they went to their master the king, and they told him everything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When his fellow officials saw that-aforementioned that he had done, they were extremely sad/upset (lit. their thoughts hurt extremely), and they went to the king who was their boss and related to him everything that had happened.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When their fellow servants observed this happening, they were really grieved. They went to the king and told.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Others of the workers saw what was done and were incensed at what that one had done to his fellowman. They went then to tell the boss what he had done.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:32:
- Uma: “Hearing that earlier, the king became angry. He ordered people to go call that slave whose behavior was evil. When he arrived, he said to him: ‘You (sing.) are very evil! Your (sing.) debt I wiped our of my books, because you (sing.) pleaded-for-mercy to me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore the sultan commanded the servant who had the great debt to come to him again. ‘You are really wicked/a fool,’ he said. ‘I told you, surprise, you need not pay your debt because you asked me to have pity.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the king called that servant, and he said, ‘You are a wicked slave. I forgave you, and I removed from you the debt just because you begged me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Whereupon the king had-that official of his -called and he said to him, ‘Your (sing.) behavior is bad (strong rebuke)! I canceled (lit. set-aside) your (sing.) debt because you (sing.) entreated me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When that king knew, he at once sent for (him). On arriving, he said, ‘You, your nature/ways are really evil! I just wrote-off-as-paid the whole of your debt because you begged me for mercy.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The boss then ordered for that one to be called again and he said to him: ‘You evil man. Here I forgave you all the money you owed me to do you the favor you asked.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:33:
- Uma: “Why-in-the-world did you (sing.) not love/pity your (sing.) fellow slave, like I loved/pitied you (sing.)!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You should have also had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now why didn’t you pity your fellow servant like I pitied you?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Why didn’t you (sing.) pity your (sing.) fellow official like the way I did to you (sing.)?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, I had mercy on you. Well, why didn’t you have mercy on that fellow servant of yours?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Couldn’t you have forgiven your friend who owed you, like I forgave you?’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 18:34:
- Uma: “No longer kidding the anger of the king. He put that slave whose behavior was evil into prison until his debt was paid finished/completely.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The sultan was very angry and he commanded that servant to be put in prison to be punished as long as he was not able to pay all his debt.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The king was very angry, and he had this man put in prison to punish him as long as he could not pay all that he owed.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “And due-to the extreme anger of the king, he sentenced that official to be hardshipped in prison until he paid all his debt.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, through the greatness of the anger of that king, he imprisoned him until he could pay all that debt of his.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The boss was really angry. He ordered them to take the worker to jail until he would pay the money that he owed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)