Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Corinthians 1:23:

• Uma: “Relatives, I am not lying, God is my witness. He knows the contents of my heart, that it didn’t work out [This is like Indonesian ‘tidak jadi’] for me to go to Korintus the other day [lit., yesterday] because I didn’t want to be so harsh admonishing you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “God is my witness, he knows what is in my liver. What I said here is really true that that is the reason that I did not come to you there in Korinto because I did not want to scold/rebuke you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “May God punish me if what I say is not true. He knows that the reason why I was not able to visit you in Corinth is so that you would not become sorrowful over my checking up on your activities.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “I will now tell the reason I didn’t go there (near addressee) to visit you. I didn’t go in order that you would have opportunity to repent of your sins so that I wouldn’t have to punish you. I swear-to-my-hurt so that God will punish-me if what I have said is not true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well now, I am testifying, and God is my witness that this that I’m saying is true, that it is only because I didn’t want to scold you that I didn’t go there (to you). For if I had gone there at that time, it would not have been possible for me not to have really scolded you.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning that I didn’t go to Corinth like I had decided to do, I thought that for you it would be good not for me to go there. God knows that I tell you the truth. If you think it is not true in what I tell you, I give myself up for God to be against me if it isn’t.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)