Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:40:
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “And you do not want to believe in me so that I might give you eternal life.”
- Alekano: “But though you should come to me and have eternal life, you confusedly reject me.”
- Lalana Chinantec: “Even though the word of God speaks about me, you are not willing to become my people. If you became my people, you would come to life.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “But even so, you still do not want to come to me, in order to receive that good life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But you do not want to follow me and-what’s-more I can give you life without end.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I would that you would believe because you would be given eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and you still refuse to be-joined-to me so that I would give you life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But well, you just don’t want to follow/obey me so that I might give you life which has no ending.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “And you do not want to believe in me to have the new life.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:51:
- Lalana Chinantec: “I am the food which is alive which came down from heaven. The heart of the person who eats this food will be alive forever. There is food which I will give, because I want the hearts of the people of the world to be alive. I’m talking about my flesh and blood.’ That’s what Jesus said.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “I am the food that descended from heaven, the living food. People who eat this food live forever. This living food, it means my body that I give so that men receive life.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I am the food from heaven. I am already the food that causes life. If anyone eats this food, he will live forever. And the food that I cause him to eat is my flesh/muscles. I submit my body/myself so that all mankind will live forever,’ said Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am the food that comes from heaven and give life, and if there is anyone who eats me, his soul will not die. The food which I give is my body. I give this so that all mankind might come to own life forever,’ said Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Exactly I am that living food that came-from heaven, and whoever eats this food, he will live-and-live forever. This food, it is my body that I will give so that the many-people in this world will be able to live.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “I am this food which gives life, which descended coming from heaven. Whoever will eat this has life which is without ending. Now this food which I will give, which will give life which is without ending to all people, (it is) my own body.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I am the tortilla/food which came from heaven even though I am a person. He who eats this tortilla/food will live forever. The tortilla/food I give is my body. I give my body so that the people who live here on earth will have the new life.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:55:
- Aguaruna: “My body is like true food and my blood is like true drink.”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “My body is the good food and my blood is the good drink.”
- Lalana Chinantec: “For truly my flesh and blood give strength.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “Because my body is real food, and my blood is real drink.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For my flesh is the real food and my blood is the real drink.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “for my body and my blood become food and drink forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because my body and my blood, those are the true food and drink.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because as for my flesh, it truly is food, and that blood of mine, it truly is drink.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because my flesh truly takes the place of food for the people. And my blood takes away the thirst of the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:63:
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “People live because their spirit is in them. A person’s flesh is worthless if the spirit is absent from the body. Those words that I told you give eternal life, the way a person’s spirit gives him natural life.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “Well, the Holy Spirit, he is the one who gives eternal life. The life of just men can’t give life everlasting up in heaven. The words that I declare unto you are for your heart, and they give life everlasting.”
- Chol: “That which is for our spirits gives us our lives. That which is for our body does not give us that. My words that I told you are for your spirit. They give you your life.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “It is the Spirit of God who gives life. The power/authority of man is useless. The words which I spoke to you come from the Spirit of God and give life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘it is God’s Spirit hep that causes us (incl.) to live. As for the power/strength of mankind there is no use (in it), it cannot make mankind alive. What I have taught to you causes life because this comes out from the Spirit of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The only one who can give life forever is the Holy Spirit. There is nothing that a body alone can do. The words which I said to you come from the Holy Spirit, and they can give life forver.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who gives life, it is God’s Spirit, not the body. The body is of no use there. As for what I have been saying to you, they are from God’s Spirit, so exactly that is what gives life, provided you believe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “These things that I am teaching, what they all come down to is (lit. there’s no other returning-place than) things concerning the spirit and life which is without ending. It’s true, the things referred to (lit. being caused to be hit) in this teaching of mine, those are from where this life can be gotten. It can’t be gotten from flesh which is eaten.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Only the Holy Spirit gives the new life. That which I told you means that you should believe in me, not that I was saying that you should eat me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 6:65:
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “And also Jesus told those learners, ‘So I have already told you that nobody can come to me if my Father has not permitted it.'”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “And he said, ‘For this reason I told you that no one can belong to me if my Father does not cause him to think that he will follow me.'”
- Aguaruna: “This also Jesus said: ‘This is why I told you that only those given me by my Father will come to me.'”
- Lalana Chinantec: “. . . unless the Father causes the person to follow.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “Yesus also said: ‘That is why I said earlier, not one person can come to me if they are not allowed by my Father.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And he also said, ‘This is the reason why I said to you that nobody can follow me if my Father God is not the one giving him the desire (to do so).'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he continued speaking, and he said, ‘Because of this, I say to you that no one can follow me if he was not inspired by my Father God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he went-on to say, ‘This is the reason I told you that no one is able-to-come to me to believe if my Father doesn’t permit it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He added on more saying, ‘Well since there are those who don’t indeed believe-in/obey me, that’s why I said to you that there’s no one who can submit to me except he is shown-grace/mercy by the Father.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Then he said, ‘Therefore I have told you that no one is able to follow me unless the Father causes the person to follow.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:20:
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “Then the people said to him, ‘You are out of your mind. Who is looking for a way to kill you?'” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “The people said: ‘You (sing.) are crazy! Who wants to kill you (sing.)?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The crowds of people answered, they said, ‘You are crazy. Who wants to kill you?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the people answered, ‘You are crazy because who wants to kill you?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘You (sing.) are demon-possessed! Who perhaps is intending to kill you (sing.)?’ they said in reply.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Those people said, ‘You’re really indwelt by an evil spirit! If it’s not that you’re indwelt, who is it who wants to kill you?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The people said, ‘You are demon possessed. Who do you think wants to kill you?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:38:
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: The one who believes in me will have like a spring in his heart. And much good water will come forth. Thus it is written in the Word of God.”
- Ojitlán Chinantec: “When one believes in me, it is as you might say, unfailing springs of water come up in his heart, according to the writings.”
- Aguaruna: “If you believe in me, in your heart, life will come bubbling out, like a stream coming out bubbles. God’s Word which has been written says it will be like that.”
- Shipibo-Conibo: “. . . Out of you (pl.) shall flow like a mountain stream, water by which to live.”
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “I will do like the Word of God which is written says, so that you who trust in me will love other people and you will help them to receive eternal life, like rivers cause the earth that is at the side of them to grow everything.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “Like is written in the Holy Book: whoever believes in me, from their hearts flows much living water.’ ["living water" in Uma means a spring, so this could mean "many springs" or "much spring water"]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because it is written in the holy-book about the person who believes in me, the holy-book says, ‘Figuratively there will be waters/rivers springing/welling up from inside his liver, water which makes alive.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because,’ said Jesus, ‘according to the written word of God, if there is anyone who believes in me, from his breath will flow water which is able to give life forever.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because there is that which God caused-to-be-written that says, ‘Whoever believes in me, there will be in him that which gives life which will be like water that flows-out from a spring continually.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because this is the meaning of the word/speech contained in that writing which is the word of God. Whoever believes-in/obeys and trusts-in/relies-on me, there will spring what gives true life, coming from inside him, like the springing of water.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “He who believes in me, there will be inside him as though water was springing up which gives the new life. Because thus says the Holy Book.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of John 8:28:
- Aguaruna: “Because of this, Jesus said, ‘Fastening me high on a tree, you will know in reference to me, ‘This is the one born becoming a person.’ When you do that you will know, ‘He does not speak just on his own; he tells his Father’s teachings.'”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “And for that reason he said to them, ‘Until you raise me up on high, me, the man from above, until then you will not know who I am. You will know then that I do nothing of myself. I do only what the Father has shown me.” (Source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
- Uma: “That is why he said to them again: ‘When you make-me-high later, I the Child of Mankind, only then will you know that it is I. There is not anything that I do according to my own will. I only say what my Father teaches me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore Isa said to them, ‘When you have already lifted up the Son of Mankind on the post, then you will know that I am the one I am saying. And you will also know that I am not doing anything of myself/my body only and all my teaching is only what my Father commanded me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore Jesus said again, ‘I, the Older Brother of Mankind, when you have nailed me in the future to the wood that will be stood up, you will then know that I am the one chosen by God to rule. You will know then that all that I do, my Father God has caused me to do, and that which he has caused me to say is what I have said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore Jesus also said to them, ‘After (lit. When it is finished) you have caused-me who am Child of a Person -to-be-raised on the cross, then you will thoroughly come-to-know that I am whom I said. You will also come-to-know that there is nothing that I do from my own thoughts, but rather I say only what my Father taught me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore Jesus said next to them, ‘When you are able to set up the cross on which is nailed he who is the One From Heaven Born of Man, therein you will comprehend that what I am telling is really true as to who I am. You will know that there is nothing which I am doing which is just of myself, but on the contrary, what I am saying is what is being shown/taught to me by my Father.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore he said to them, ‘When the Man who came from heaven is nailed to the cross, then you will know who I am. There isn’t one word that I say. The word the Father teaches me is what I speak.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
