complete verse (Philippians 3:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Philippians 3:13:

  • Uma: “Relatives all, I admit that I am not yet holy with no sin. But [there is] one thing I do: I forget all that I have turned my back on, and I exert-effort to strive/aim-for that which I face. I am like a person who is racing: I do not look-back-at what is behind me, I keep running striving/aiming-for what I am heading-toward. I exert-effort to follow the will of God, so that I will get the victory reward that he will give me in heaven–for that is why he called me to be connected with Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “It is true, my brothers, I have not yet reached this my goal/what I am aiming for, but I no longer think of what has happened to me/what I have experienced. That is only what I think of now, to really strive so that all that God wishes/wills for me in the future will be mine.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I know, brothers, that these things have not yet been fulfilled in me; but I remove from my mind the things that I have already accomplished and am doing my utmost so that I may get all that God wants me to get in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Siblings, it’s admittedly true that I have not yet attained this, but what I am doing now, I am not thinking-about what I did previously but rather I concentrate my thoughts on the not-yet fulfilled plan of God for me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “My siblings in believing, I’m not saying that I’ve reached the point where my obeying is now mature/complete. But what I do now is that I am not always turning-to-look-backward at the things done by me in the past, but rather it’s toward the future that my look is, and it’s toward where I am going that I exert myself.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Listen brothers, I don’t want to say that now I am walking in all that is good. But there is just one word that I must do now. That which has passed, I have left. In the coming days, I am going to endeavor to do what I must do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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