Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:1:
- Uma: “So, since we have become straight in God’s sight because of our faith, our connection with God has become good because of our Lord Yesus Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “So-then because we (incl.) have been forgiven and considered straight by God because we (incl.) trust in Isa Almasi, therefore we (incl.) are now reconciled with him because of what Isa Almasi our (incl.) Leader has done.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now since we (incl.) have already believed in Jesus, God considers us to be righteous as if we had never sinned. And because of this, by means of what our Lord Jesus Christ did, our relationship with God is now peaceful.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore since God counts us as righteous because of our faith, our companionship with him is also good because of what Jesu Cristo our Lord has done.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Now our sins are cleared because we believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. By means of Jesus Christ we have been brought together with God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “God says we walk straight because we trust in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ causes us to be at peace with God.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:2:
- Uma: “For the mediation of Yesus Kristus brings us into harmony with God because of our faith, so that we feel/experience the grace [white insides] of God that we have now obtained. And our hearts are glad because our hope is strong that we get/obtain a share in God’s glory [lit., bigness of life].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Isa Almasi showed us (incl.) the love and pity/mercy of God to us (incl.) when we (incl.) trusted him and now we (incl.) are considered straight by God. We (incl.) are also glad because our (incl.) hope (expectation) is sure that we (incl.) will be with God and that he will honor us (incl.) there in heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of our faith in Jesus, he has already made it possible for God to show His favor to us. That’s why our joy is great because we are expecting that in the future, we will be able to share in the very great high rank of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because of him, we share-in-experiencing the grace of God that we are now enjoying, and great is our happiness because we expect in-addition that we will share-in-experiencing the goodness and greatness (lit. highness) of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “We encounter the grace of God because we believed in Jesus Christ. And we rejoice that there will come the day when we will see the good that God gives.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Central Mazahua: “We believe Jesus and now we come into the presence of God who looks on us well because of what Jesus Christ did. Very beautiful is God. Very much we rejoice, we wait for him to make us as he is.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:15:
- Uma: “But the work of Adam and the work of Yesus are indeed different. The free gift [lit., dry gift] of God to us is bigger than the transgression of Adam. From the transgression of that one person, all mankind die. But indeed bigger is the goodness of God’s heart that he gave freely to mankind with the mediation of Yesus Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But they are different because we (dual)/one cannot compare the sin done by Apu’ Adam and the love-gift of God. For because of the sin done by one person only, Apu’ Adam, the destiny of all men is to die. But much greater/important is the good done by one person also, Isa Almasi, for because-of what he did many people can receive the love-gift of God, that means his love and pity/mercy to them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the two of them are not the same, because the transgression of the one is not like the becoming righteous which God makes possible. Adam was just one person, but because of his transgression all mankind die. And in spite of that, much greater was that which was made possible by means of the kindness of God; for because of the kindness of one man also, who is Jesus Christ, God gave righteousness and He made many people righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But admittedly the outcome of what they did was not the same, because what God gifted on account of Cristo is far different from what happened on account of Adan’s sin. Because due to the sin of that one, all people were condemned to die, but much-weightier is the outcome of God’s grace and what he gifted to all people because of the grace of the one who was Jesu Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Here is what happened because of Adam’s sinning and here is what happened because of the grace of God which was given us. Adam committed sin, and thus many people had brought on them that they die. But Jesus Christ is the one who brought us God’s grace and many people had brought on them that they will be saved. It is more powerful what Jesus did than what Adam did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Central Mazahua: “What Adam gave us is not at all like what Jesus Christ gave us. Many people died because one person did sin, who is Adam. It was given to many people that God would look on them well, that they would live, because one person did good, who is Jesus Christ.”
- Teutila Cuicatec: “Adam’s sin was not the same as God’s mercy for us. Because of that one person all people owed sin but that’s not how it was with God’s mercy. He sent our Lord Jesus Christ and that one person in all love saved a great many people.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:17:
- Uma: “From the transgression of that one person, all people have to die because of their connection with that one person. But indeed greater is the deed/doing of the other one person, that is Yesus Kristus! Whoever believes in Yesus Kristus, they get power and good life forever. They get that as a free gift from God because his love to us is so big. He says that we are straight in his sight because of our connection with Yesus Kristus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The result of God’s love and pity/mercy to us (dual) is greater than the result of Apu’ Adam’s sin. Because of Apu’ Adam’s sin all men are destined to die. But the ones who receive/accept the love and pity/mercy of God are already considered straight by God, which is like God’s gift. They will live in heaven without end and they will rule together with Isa Almasi because they trust Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now, if because of the transgression of this one person who is Adam, all mankind die, how much more surprising is that which was done by one person also, who is Jesus Christ. For anybody who accepts God’s great kindness to them by means of Jesus Christ, they will be regarded righteous and they will be given life forever, and they will be able to rule along with God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is admittedly true that all people must die because of the sin of the one, but the result of what the one person Jesu Cristo did is far weightier. Because due to him, all who receive God’s extreme grace and the righteousness which he gifted, they will enjoy the life that has no end and will join Cristo in his ruling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “By reason of this one person who committed sin, afterwards all the people must go through death. But concerning all who meet God’s grace, being cleared of their sins, they will be given the new life by reason of Jesus Christ.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “Just because one person sinned, all people die. But now just because of one person, the one, Jesus Christ, God can do us a favor when he forgives our sins. And for that reason he sees us as if our lives were straight. And all of those who receive the favor which God has done, they will be chiefs with Christ in heaven.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 6:2:
- Uma: “Don’t, relatives! It is not appropriate [lit., it does not hit the way] if we keep on sinning, because we can say that we have died together with Kristus in order that our connection with sin be severed.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Really no! This is the truth about sinning, when we (incl.) already trust Isa Almasi it is if we (incl.) were dead people no longer able to sin. Therefore we (incl.) no longer want to sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now that cannot be because it’s not possible that we continue doing evil, because evil behavior has nothing more to do with us. For we are like a dead person whose former way of life has gone from him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It absolutely is not possible! Because as concerns sin, we have already died, so we cannot continue to sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “As to that, we cannot so continue. Rather we have finished with the sin we did. Who is it that can say that we continue to commit sin then?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “Let’s not sin any more because like as a corpse who has died can’t sin any more, so it is with us. So let’s not keep right on sinning any more.”
- Tabasco Chontal: “When we accepted Christ, we were left as you might say a dead person, where sin is done. Because a dead person is not able to keep on doing sin. We also, there is no reason why we should keep on doing sin.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 6:14:
- Uma: “For as for us, we are no longer controlled by sin. For we are no longer bound/tied to the Lord’ Law. Now we hope in the grace [lit., white insides] of God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You (pl.) ought/must not be defeated by your sin, because God helps you because of his love and pity/mercy to you and the law has no longer authority over you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For it is no longer necessary that that which controls us are evil desires, because we are no longer trusting in obedience to the Law but rather, we are trusting the help and the favor of God to us.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because (reassurance particle) sin will not again rule us, because now, the basis of our salvation is not our obedience to the law but rather God’s grace.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the sin which grabbed our hearts to rule us, now no longer will it rule us. The law which judged concerning our sins now no longer judges us. Because God by his grace saved us.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “Because it is not necessary that you do sin any more because the word of the law no longer orders you about, rather the word of favor orders you about.”
- Central Tarahumara: “And evil deeds shall no longer have power over you, because you are no longer commanded like Moses’s writing commanded you. Only God lovingly commands you.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:11:
- Uma: “Upon my hearing the Lord’s Law, sin ended up having opportunity to work in my heart. We can say like this: from the Lord’s Law, sin ended up causing my downfall with the result that I am fit to be punished with death and separated from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “It is as if I were deceived by sin because I cannot follow/obey the law of God. And the result of it is (that) I die and I go to hell.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s as if evil activity deceived me, because by means of evil activity which was against the Law, I finally understood that I was sentenced to death without end.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
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- Kankanaey: “I was admittedly deceived on account of my hereditary sinfulness, because I indeed thought that it was possible for me to attain life by means of my obeying the law, but the truth of it was that I was breaking it (particle of realization), so I was condemned to be separated from God forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the sin I had, it caused that I was deceived in my mind, I thought I could do what all the law said. But there in the law I found that it said I would go to punishment because of my sin.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “The evil which was in my head-heart deceived me and caused me not to listen to the law, and for that reason I began to be guilty.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 7:15:
- Uma: “I don’t understand the value/use of this character of mine. The good behavior that I want to do, I don’t end up doing. Behavior that I hate, that’s what I end up doing!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I don’t really understand my behavior. Because the good which I want to do I do not do. But that is what I do, the bad which I do not want/like/desire.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I don’t understand why I do things like this, because the good which I want to do, I can’t do. And the bad things that really disgust me, that’s what I do.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I am surprised at what I do, because what I want to do, that’s what I don’t do, and at-the-same-time what I don’t-want to do, that’s what I am doing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I do not understand how it is what I did, in that concerning the good I wanted to do, I didn’t do it. That which I didn’t look well upon is just what I did.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “I do not do what I want to do. Instead, what I do not want to do is what I do. I am not aware of why I do that way.”
- Central Tarahumara: “And I do not know why I do thus, because I do not do good as I desire to do good. I only do the kinds of deeds that I hate very much.”
- Huehuetla Tepehua: “In my life I don’t understand what I do. The good that I want to do, that is not what I do. Rather, I do that which I detest.” (Source for this and two above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
