Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:2:

• Uma: “he said to them: ‘Go work in my field, I will give you each one silver coin as your wage/salary for one day.’ They said-yes-to his words, they went.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Their agreement was (lit. their-mutual-promising) that he would really pay them the wage for a days work, then he told them to go and work on his land.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The first ones he got, they agreed that he would pay each one of them one piece of silver because that was the customary payment for one person for one day. And then those people whom he was going to pay to work in his grape field, he started them to work.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He found some and he agreed-with them for one denario as their daily-wage, then he sent (them) to go work in the vineyard.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Having found some, he arranged with them for a wage which was the (usual) wage for a whole day’s work. Well since it was acceptable to those casual-workers, he sent them to his ubas-plantation.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “He made an agreement with the workers that for one day of work he would pay one money named the denario. He sent the workers to his field then.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:3:

• Uma: “At nine o’clock he also/again went hunting for other people, he saw several people sitting-around on the edge of the main-street.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Between noon and morning he went to the market and he saw there men standing there who didn’t have anything to do.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the sun had climbed up halfway in the sky in the morning, he returned to look for people. And there in the market, he saw there some people whom nobody had caused to work.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘When it was mid-morning, the land-owner went-out again and he saw some (people) loafing in the marketplace.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Just when the sun was halfway up, that owner again went out. He found some people standing-around in the market.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When it was nine o’clock again the field-owner went to the market. He found some more people who weren’t working.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:4:

• Uma: “He said to them: ‘Go work in my field, I will give you an appropriate wage.’ They went too.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He said to them, ‘Go also and work on my land and I will pay you a wage that is right for you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said to them, ‘Work in my grapefield, and I will pay you what’s right.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He said to them, ‘If you want to go day-work in my vineyard, I will pay you correctly.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He arranged with them saying, ‘You also work there in my plantation. I will fit your wage (to the work).'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “He said to them: ‘Go to work in my field, men. I will pay you what is proper for you to earn,’ he said. These then went to go to work.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:5:

• Uma: “At midday he went also/again hunting for people, he said to them: ‘Go work in my field.’ So also at three o’clock in the afternoon.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then they went. When it was noon, he went again to look for people to work on his land. He also did like that when it was three o’clock in the afternoon.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they worked. And when the sun reached the zenith then, this man returned again to the market. He did the same thing when the sun went half-way down.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “And they went to join-in-working. ‘At twelve o’clock and likewise also at three o’clock, that land owner did the same thing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Those ones he spoke to then went.Well, right at noon and mid afternoon, that owner did like that again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The field-owner went again to the market at noon. He found some more people who were not working. Again he sent them to work in his field.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:6:

• Uma: “‘In the late afternoon, about five o’clock, he again went walking he met people who were sitting-around. He asked them: ‘Why are you just sitting-around idle [lit., dry] all day long, not working?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then when it was afternoon already he went again to the market and he saw people who were still standing there. He said to them, ‘Why are you just standing here all day long and are not working?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the sun was about to set, he returned again to the market. And he saw there some people who had no work, and he said, ‘Why are you just sitting around here all afternoon, and you’re not working?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When it was almost five o’clock, he went again to the marketplace and there were still others that he saw there who were just loafing. He said to them, ‘Why did you waste a day just visiting/playing-around?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the sun was now getting low, he went again. He again found some people just standing-around. He said to them, ‘Why have you been standing around all day, that you haven’t been working?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When it approached five o’clock, again he went to the market. Again he found some people who hadn’t found work. He said to them: ‘How come you have spent the day here and haven’t worked?’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:7:

• Uma: “‘They answered him: ‘Because there is no-one who is causing-us-to-work.’ The owner of the field said: ‘If thus, go work in my field.’ They went too.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “They said, ‘Because nobody has got us for work.’ ‘Na, go also and work on my land,’ he said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they answered, ‘Because nobody has put us to work.’ And the man said, ‘Work in my grapefield.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “”There was no one to hire-us (excl.) -by-the-day (expression of self-defense),’ they said in reply. ”OK,’ said the land owner in-reply, ‘go also join-in-working in my vineyard.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Nobody hired us to work,’ was their answer.’Well if it’s like that,’ said that owner, ‘you also go there to my plantation and you work there too.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Those said: ‘We spent the day here because no one told us to work for them,’ they said. The field-owner then said: ‘Go to my work then. I will pay you what is proper for you to earn.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:8:

• Uma: “‘At sunset, the owner of the field said to his supervisor: ‘Call those workers, and give them their wages. First give wages to the people who just began working at five o’clock earlier. After that, give wages to the people who began to work at three o’clock, until [you get] to the people who worked from early morning.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘When it was evening the owner of the land said to his foreman, ‘Call the people who are working and pay them their wages. Take those people last whom I got first.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when it was already night, the man said to his trusted one, ‘Call those who are working and pay them. Pay first those who were last, and then those who were first.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Then when the sun was setting, the land owner said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers to give them their daily wage, starting with the last to go join-in-working until the ones-who-went-first.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the sun was setting, that owner gave orders to his overseer. He said, ‘Call those casual-workers and pay them all. Start with those last ones I put to work. Those I put to work first, just pay them last.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When evening came the field-owner spoke to his worker who ordered the other workers: ‘Call the workers now and pay them their wages. First give the wages to the workers who were last to come to work. Concerning the workers who worked all day long, let them be the last you give wages to,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:9:

• Uma: “‘The people who worked beginning at five in the afternoon came, they each received wages of one silver coin.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then the people who had been fetched in the afternoon went there and they were paid wages worth for a whole day.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And those who had started to work when the sun was about to set, he paid each one of them a piece of silver.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘So then the ones who began to work at five o’clock came, and they were salaried one-denario -each.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “As for those who were put to work when the sun was getting low, what was paid to them was the (usual) wage for a whole day’s work.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Wages were given to the workers who had begun working at five o’clock. Each one was given a money of a denario.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)