Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 1:8:
- Uma: “The Lord God says, ‘I am the beginning and the end. I already was from the first, I am now, I will keep on being forever. My power surpasses everything.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God said, the Most-Powerful Lord, ‘I am the beginning and the end of all things,’ says God, the one who does not change since the beginning of time until now and forever.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Our Lord God who is powerful, who existed before anything was created, He is still in existence today, and He will be in existence even in the future forever. He said, ‘I am the Alpha and Omega, which is to say, the origin and the ending of everything.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The Lord God who is all powerful who exists now, existed previously and will-exist forever, he said, ‘I am the one who is designated Alfa and Omega, meaning to say, I am the beginning-point and ending-point of everything.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “God says, ‘I am the one who is first before all and also I am the one who is at the very end. There has indeed been me from long ago, and until forever there will still be me. There really is no-one who can equal my supernatural-power.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Our Lord God who has all power has this word which he speaks to us: ‘It is I who was living when all things began to exist, and I continue to live now and I will be living at the end. Like the letter A begins and until the end is Z, so am I.’ he says. Because God lives now, and was living the past days and he will live through all the days to come.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
