Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:17:
Uma: “The Holy Spirit and the woman who is bridegroomed by the Lamb said: ‘Come! (pl.)’ Every person who hears this word must say: ‘Come! (pl.)’ [Note: the Greek in singular, so some exegetes think that this command is directed at Jesus, asking him to please come back to earth, as in 22:20. Others think that despite the singular, these first two commands are directed at unsaved people, as is the next command. Uma couldn’t be ambiguous, so we chose the latter view.] Whoever is thirsty, come (pl.)! Whoever wants to, come (pl.) drink water that gives life, you do not need to buy it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The Spirit of God answered and the bride, that means the people belonging to Isa, they said, ‘Come.’ Whoever hears these words should also say, ‘Come.’ Come here whoever is thirsty. Drink the water that gives life, that is given free to whoever wants to drink it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The Holy Spirit and the one whom the young sheep married, they call out saying, ‘Believe.’ And the ones who hear this, they also must call out saying, ‘Believe.’ Any of you who are thirsty, receive with no payment the water which gives eternal life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘Come (2nd pers. sg),’ says the Spirit of God and his people who are compared to the one whom the Sheep will marry. ‘Yes, come (2nd pers. sg),’ the one who hears should also say. Whoever is thirsty, he should come so that he can drink-some-of the free water which gives life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The Espiritu Santo and the people of God, those who will as-it-were be married by the one referred to as Young Sheep, they say, ‘Come now!’ And all who will hear these things, it’s necessary that they also say, ‘Come now!’ Approach here whoever is parched. Those who want to, just get some of this water which gives life. It doesn’t have to be paid for.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The holy Spirit with the wife of the Lamb, each say: ‘Come.’ Concerning all who hear this word here, also they can say ‘Come.’ Concerning the person who is thirsty, he should come and drink the water which gives new life and there is no payment to get it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:18:
Uma: “To every person who hears the foretelling words in this letter I say: If there is anyone who adds anything to words of this letter, God will also add-to his punishment with the tortures that are written in this letter.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “I am Yahiya. I admonish you, whoever hears the things foretold in this book: don’t add anything to the words/message in this book. If anyone adds to it, God will also add to him the disasters told about in this book.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am John. I warn everyone who hears that which was revealed to me which this books talks about (causes to understand). If there is anyone who adds anything to this message, God will add to his punishment the torments that are spoken about in this book.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “This is what I am warning (lit. saying-in-advance) to all of you who have heard what has been prophesied in this book: If someone adds to what has been written here, God will also add to his punishment the hardships that it tells-about here.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, I warn whoever hears the sayings which have been made known which are contained here in this writing. For whoever will add to what is being told here in this writing, God will add to the punishment of him the epidemics which are written here.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Concerning all who hear about this word of God written in this book here, let them listen well to this word. Whoever adds a bit to the words here, then also God will add to him the calamities about which are written in this book.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:19:
Uma: “And if there is anyone who takes-away anything from this letter, God will also take-away his portion: its meaning, they will not be allowed to eat the fruit of the tree of life, and they will not be allowed to enter into the holy village, as is written in this letter.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If anyone takes away some of the things foretold in this book, God will also take away from him his share of the fruit that gives life and his share in the holy city that has been told about in this book.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if anyone takes away anything from this message which was revealed to me, God will take away from him his share of the fruit of the tree which gives life which is spoken about here. Also will be taken away from him the right to live in the city of God which is spoken about in this book.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If there is also someone who takes-away-some-of what has been prophesied in this book, God will also remove his authority to eat-with (others) from the fruit of the tree which gives life and his authority to reside in the holy city that was told-about in this book.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And well, whoever also will subtract from these sayings which have been made known which are contained here, God will also remove from him the authority/right to enter into this city and to eat the fruit of the tree which gives life, which has been referred to here in this writing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The person who takes out words written in this book here, then God will take out his name from the book where are written the names of the people who will meet with the new life. And he will not be permitted to live in the holy city of which this book tells.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:20:
Uma: “Yesus witnesses / bears testimony to all these words, and he says/said: ‘True! I am about to arrive.’ Amin! Come, Lord Yesus!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “These are the words of the one who witnesses to all that is made known in this book, he says, ‘This is very certain. My coming is really close.’ Na, may it be so. Come, Isa, our (excl.) Lord.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Jesus, the one who confirms all of this, says, ‘It is really true that I am coming soon!’ And I say, ‘Yes, our Lord Jesus, come now!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The one who confirms that all these-things are true, he says, ‘Truly my coming will-be soon.’ May it be so. Come (2nd pers. sg) Lord Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Jesus who testified to all this really is saying, ‘It’s certain that I will come before long.’ Therefore my response is, ‘My-desire-is that you truly will come now, my Lord Jesus!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “The one who speaks the words here says: ‘It will be soon when I come,’ he says. It is good that this is so. Come Lord Jesus.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Kituba: “Jesus, person who shows that things those all must fall of truth, he says/is saying that ‘Yes, remains a-little I am coming!’” (Source: Donald Deer in The Bible Translator 1973, p. 207ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 22:21:
Uma: “The Lord Yesus bless all his followers from his grace [lit., white insides]. Amin” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “May you all be cared for by Isa our (incl.) Lord.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “May all of you who belong to God have the favor of our Lord Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “May the mercy/grace/kindness of the Lord Jesus be with all of you. Amen” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “I pray that hopefully always here with us who are his people is the grace/mercy of this Lord of ours who is Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “And now, may our Lord Jesus Christ bless all of you. Amen.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 16:14:
Uma: “From there, he again appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He admonished/reprimanded them because they faith was lacking and their hearts hard. Even though there had been people who had seen him, they still hadn’t believed that he had indeed come back alive.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “After that, Isa appeared to his eleven disciples while they were eating. He scolded them because they did not believe and because they were stubborn (lit. had hard heads). He said, even though they had been told by those who had seen him that he was alive again from his death, they had not believed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus also appeared to the eleven disciples while they were eating. He scolded them for the hardness of their thinking, for they wouldn’t believe the people who had reported that they had seen Jesus alive.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then Jesus appeared to eleven of his disciples while they were eating and scolded them because of their absence of faith and hardness of their minds/thoughts, because they had not believed what those who had seen him upon his coming-to-life again had reported.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus next went-to-see/meet his eleven disciples. He coincided it with their eating. He rebuked then because their believing was still lacking, and because of their stubbornness (lit. the hardness of their heads) that they didn’t believe those he had-gone-to-see/meet on his coming alive again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 5:4:
Uma: “And if we become able to endure, we can defeat temptation, to-the-point-that God likes our behavior. And if we know that God likes our behavior, our hope in God gets stronger-and-stronger.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If/when we (incl.) endure our (incl.) hardships, God is pleased with us (incl.). And if/when we (incl.) know that God is pleased with us we (incl.) are assured that there is (something) good that we (incl.) expect/hope-for from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if we are able to endure, this pleases God; and when we know that God is pleased with our behavior, then it is absolutely true that there is something good which we can expect.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “And when we have endured hardship, it is confirmed that our faith is steady/persevering. And if our faith is persevering, we expect that God’s plan for us will be fulfilled.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “When we endure all the suffering we go through then God looks well upon us. When God has looked well upon us then we know that there will come the day we will see the good he gives.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “And when we are strong in enduring trouble, then we will indeed be proven men, and if we are proven men, then we will wait for God to do well with us.” Teutila Cuicatec: “When we find patience it comes out that we are good, when it comes out that we are good we hope in God.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
