Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:2:
- Uma: “So, if we (incl.) give money to poor people, don’t continually say it around, like is the custom of people who are just good on the outside. They cause-to-be-seen the goodness of their hearts in the houses of prayer or on the main-roads so that others praise them. Truly I tell you: there will be nothing that they receive from God, because they have already received the praise of others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Therefore when you give to the poor people do not make it known like the people who give in the prayer-house and on the roads in order to be praised by the other people. Truly I tell you, if people praise them they are already rewarded and that is their reward.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if you have something to give to a poor person, it’s necessary that the reason you do that is not so that you will be praised by people. For that is the activity of people whose faith if false. They do that in the worshipping places and on the streets so that they might be praised by people. Don’t you forget that because they have already received people’s praise of them there is nothing that they will receive from God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Therefore if/when you give help to the poor, don’t show-it and talk-loudly-about-it like what the hypocrites (lit. pretend good-ones) are doing in the church and road so that people will praise them. This that I tell you is true: they already have gained their reward.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore, when you (sing.) give aid to whoever is in need, don’t make a noise about it like what is done by those who are pretending that they are obeying the will of God. They do like this when they are in the worship-place and there on the streets so that they will be spoken well of by people. I tell you (pl.), they have already received their reward in that praising. There’s no other reward for them to hope-for/expect.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Therefore when you help the people who are poor, do not want it be known by people. Because that is what is done by some people in the church and on the streets, who only want to elevate themselves by having people see the good they do. But truly I tell you, that people like that, in that people look well on what they do, that is all the wages they get.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
