complete verse (Romans 9:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 9:21:

  • Uma: “The maker has the right [lit., seat] to make the pot according to his own desire. From one lump of clay he can make one pot that he does fancy and one that he makes just-to-get-done [an idiom meaning to do something without much thought or care.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “We (dual) know that the person who makes a clay pot has the authority to make whatever he wants to be made. From one clump of earth he makes one container very beautiful and valuable and one also not very beautiful and being used every day.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s like a potter, when He is making two clay pots; He is the one who is in control of which one of the two He will make very beautiful to look at because He will decorate it, and which one of the two He will make not so beautiful because it’s just an ordinary pot.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It’s not possible, because the one who makes clay pots, it’s up-to-him to shape whatever he wants. If he wants, he has the right to shape two kinds of pot from one lump (lit. round), one for valuable uses and one for whatever, isn’t that right?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now concerning the pot maker, according to the form he wants the pot which he makes to be, that is what it will be. Even though it be the same clay, yet he can make one pot which is for special use and he can make one for not special use” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Huehuetla Tepehua: “The one who can work with clay can do what he wants. He can make a vessel for some good work. And he can make another one for some work that isn’t so good. He can make for two works even though it is just one piece of clay.”
  • Isthmus Zapotec: “As though the one who makes pots doesn’t have the right to make one pretty and from the some clay make another which is only used on the fire.” (Source for this and one above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Romans 9:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 9:30:

  • Uma: “So, my words are like this: People who aren’t Israel people, they did not hunt for way to become straight in God’s sight. But there are some of them who became straight in his sight. God made them straight in his sight because of their faith.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “So-then, what do we (dual) say about this? What we (dual) say is that the people not Yahudi, they did not aspire-to/try-to be forgiven and be considered straight in the sight of God. But they are now the ones forgiven and considered by God as straight because of their trust in Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “What I am trying to say here is: as for the people who are not Jews, even though it never entered their minds that they would be considered righteous by God, there were some of them who by means of their faith, were made righteous just the same;” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This then is the summary (lit. gathering-together) of these-things that I have said. The Gentiles who were not striving to be-made-righteous in God’s sight, they nevertheless gained the righteousness that is based on their faith in Cristo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Thus the word is that the people who are not Jews are the people who did not seek as how to get right with God. But they were put right with him because they believed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Highland Totonac: “Well, what does this mean? It is this, that the outsider people who were not searching how to toe the line to come out free, they are the ones who found it, that is, this coming out free that has its beginning in faith.”
  • Huehuetla Tepehua: “Well, what shall we say? This lets us know that those who aren’t Israelites found the straight life before God even though they didn’t hunt for it, They found the straight life when they put their confidence in Christ.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Romans 9:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 9:33:

  • Uma: “That stumbling of their is foretold beforehand in the Holy Book long ago. God said like this: ‘Really-really I say: The king I have placed on Sion Mountain I compare-figuratively to a stone. Many people stumble at that stone with the result they fall-flat. But whoever believes in Him, they will not be-made-to-fall.’ [a term used when someone you were counting on "lets you down"]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “God hep says in the holy-book, ‘There at the town Siyon I place a stone for the people there to stumble against so that they fall-over. But whoever trusts in this stone they will not regret because of their trust in him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For there is a written word of God which says, ‘I will place there in the town of the Jews, which is Zion, a stone. The people will accidentally kick against this and stumble. However, if there’s anyone who trusts in this stone, the place where he ends up will be very good.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is what that which God caused-to-be-written is talking-about which says, ‘Look, I have erected a stone in Zion which people will be-offended-at and will stumble-over. But whoever believes in him will absolutely not be shamed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There in the Holy Book is written the word which God said: ‘I will put in Sion a stone on which people will stumble. It will be a rock that causes people to fall. But whoever will believe in this stone, never will he have reason to say that it was bad for him to believe.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Huehuetla Tepehua: “Just like it says in God’s Word where it is written. This is what it says: In the town of Zion I have placed the Christ. He is like a stone that one stumbles over. And when one stumbles over him, that one is really lost. It is just as if he fell flat on the ground. But anyone who puts his confidence in the Christ won’t change his mind afterwards.”
  • Isthmus Zapotec: “As it is written on that paper where God spoke: I am placing one who will trip the Jews, the people of Zion, but those who believe him will not be disappointed.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Romans 10:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 10:3:

  • Uma: “They close their eyes to the way that God prepared. They refuse to submit to Kristus in order to become straight in God’s sight, they prefer to follow their own way, wanting to make themselves straight in their following of the Lord’s Law.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They do not understand as to how people can be forgiven and considered straight by God. They think-mistakenly that they will be forgiven because-of their following the law. And they are not willing to follow what God said as to how he forgives them and considers them straight.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For they would not accept God’s way for people to become righteous. Rather what they used was their own way which was their obedience to the Law; and they did not follow the way of God, for Him to consider people righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because they have been ignoring God’s plan to count people as righteous and simultaneously they have been trying to-be-made-righteous through the good that they have been doing, so they have not humbled (lit. lowered) themselves to receive the righteousness that comes from God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Because they do not know how God determined to clear people. They think they will seek on their own how to bring about their getting right with God. Therefore they do not want to believe the way God clears people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Mezquital Otomi: “Because they do not know for themselves the road that God has appointed so that one may live well with him, and they are putting forth every effort to walk well by themselves (contrary to the right road) in the sight of God. For that reason they have not wanted to believe God and so he was not able to say they were righteous.”
  • Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “They do not know how it is that God can say that our hearts are straight, and they wish to bring about themselves that their hearts will be straight, and so they do not obey the word which God has said.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Romans 10:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 10:4:

  • Uma: “But Kristus, he is the fulfillment of the Lord’s Law. Everyone who believes in him becomes straight in God’s sight.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Since Isa Almasi came here the law is no longer the way to God. But that is why we (dual) are considered straight by God because we (dual) trust in Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For Christ has made it so that there is no value in obeying the Law. So that as for anybody it is only by believing in Christ that he is considered righteous by God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But the truth of it is that Cristo is the ending-place of the law, so all those who believe in him are made-righteous in God’s sight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Concerning all who believe in Christ, these are the people whose sins are cleared. No longer should people say that first they must do all which the law says and only then they will save their souls.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • North Alaskan Inupiatun: “Everyone who believes in Christ has stopped trying to make himself right by obeying God’s law which he gave through Moses. He has been made right by believing in Christ.”
  • Isthmus Zapotec: “Since Christ came, in vain do they follow after some law in order to become good, because now whoever believes Christ shall became good.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Romans 10:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 10:5:

  • Uma: “There are words of the prophet Musa long ago that say: whoever wants to become straight from their following the Lord’s Law, they will get good life as long as they follow all of the Lord’s Law.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “This has been written by Musa about a person who follows/obeys the law so that he is considered straight by God. He says, ‘Whoever really can follow/obey all the commands in the law, he will live in heaven without end.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But there’s a written word of Moses about people being considered righteous by means of obeying the Law. He says, ‘The person who the thing that he trust is his obedience to the Law, he will be given life without end if there isn’t even one mistake there in his carefully fulfilling everything that is commanded by the Law,’ said Moses.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is what Moses wrote concerning people’s being counted as righteous because of their following the law. He said, ‘The person who obeys absolutely-all the commands of the law, he will have life that has no end.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But concerning those people who say that God clears their sins when they will do all which the law says, it is Moses who wrote the word which says: ‘It is the person who completes all the words which the law says who will save his soul’ it says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Huehuetla Tepehua: “Moses was God’s ancient servant. And this is what he said about the people who say that God can see their lives as if they were straight if they would do what the law of God says. He said: If anyone could (but they can’t) do all that the law says, in that way God could look at them as if their lives were straight.§” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Romans 10:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 10:6:

  • Uma: “But there are other words of Musa that say we can become straight in God’s sight because of our faith. They sound like this: ‘Don’t say in your (sing.) heart: ‘Who is able to climb up to heaven? Who can go down to the dwelling of the dead?’ ‘ Its meaning: it is not necessary for us to climb up to heaven to search for goodness [i.e., salvation], because Kristus has already come down here to us. Nor is it necessary for us to go down to the dwelling of the dead to search for goodness, because Kristus, has risen from the dead to give us goodness.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But just one thing must/ought be done by us (dual) so that we (dual) are considered straight by God, we (dual) must trust Isa Almasi. And about this there is also (something) written in the holy-book, it says, ‘Don’t say (pl.), ‘There should be first someone going to heaven,’ ‘ (that means to get Almasi to bring him here to earth.)” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, concerning the regarding people that can be means of faith, there’s also a written word which says, ‘You must not suppose that we (incl.) can only be considered righteous by God if someone goes to Heaven to get Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But there is also that which God caused-to-be-written which makes-known to us that the righteousness based on faith is not difficult to gain/enjoy. It/He says, ‘Don’t say to yourselves (lit. with your minds) that someone needs to go to heaven to go call Cristo to come-down here.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But there is the word about how God clears our sins. He clears our sins because we believe in Jesus Christ. Because it is written ‘Therefore let no one say that is necessary to go to heaven to bring back Christ to save him. Because he has already come.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Huehuetla Tepehua: “But this is what the word of God says about those who have put their confidence in Christ and because of that they are seen as if their life was straight before God. He said: Don’t say in your heart, Who can go up to heaven so that he could bring Christ here to this world to help us?”
  • Teutila Cuicatec: “As for God justifying those who believe, perhaps there are those who scoff and say as follows: “Just who has ever gone to heaven and seen if Jesus Christ came from there?”§” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

complete verse (Romans 10:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 10:8:

  • Uma: “Musa also says like this: ‘The News of the Lord is just close-by, it is on our lips and it is in our heart.’ This [cataphoric] is the news that we announce to all people, the news of faith:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Because it is said in the holy-book, ‘God’s message is there with you already. You are able to/can speak it and put it away/store it in your livers.’ That means the message we (excl.) proclaimed to you about how God forgives and considers straight the ones who trust Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For there is another written word of God which tells us that it is very easy for us to believe in the word of God, as for the word of God, it is already here with us, and it’s possible for us to tell it to other people. And as for this word of God about believing in Christ, this is also what we preached.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because God’s word is near you. It is in your minds and you can tell-about it.’ This word of God is what we (excl.) are preaching concerning faith saying:” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Now it isn’t necessary that you search about this word concerning how people’s sins are cleared. Because the word is written which says: ‘This word now, is not far from you. You are now speaking this word. It is in your hearts now’ it says. This word it is speaking of is the word I tell you to believe in.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Highland Totonac: “But what does it say? It says that God’s word, it is already close by, even so that you can say it and you can store it in your heart. It is this same word that we preach to you about faith.”
  • Huehuetla Tepehua: “Well, what does the word of God say about the straight life? This is what it says: The word about the straight life isn’t hard to find. Just say it with your mouth and believe it with your heart. That word that I told you when I said that it is necessary for you to have confidence in Christ.” (Source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)