Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:26:
- Uma: “So also the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not really know what we must say in our prayers. But the Holy Spirit accompanies us in uttering our requests to God with crying-out that is beyond the ability of human language.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And the Holy Spirit also helps us (incl.) when our (incl.) trusting in God is weak and he encourages our (incl.) liver. Because when we (incl.) pray/ask God and/but we (incl.) do not know what is right to ask for or how we (incl.) should ask, then the Holy Spirit in our (incl.) liver asks God for us (incl.) but/and we (incl.) don’t know as to how.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Another thing the Holy Spirit is doing is, as for us (incl.) who do not have wisdom, the Holy Spirit helps us because we do not know the proper things to pray for. However, the Holy Spirit, it’s possible that He is the one who stands before our Father God by means of beseeching which is not possible in human language.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is not only our hope which helps us, but rather God’s Spirit also helps-us in our weakness. Because we don’t know how to pray correctly, but God’s Spirit speaks-with God for us with groans which can-not -be-spoken.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning us, when we want to pray to God and we do not know what we will say to him, it is the Holy Spirit who helps us then. Even though it just be a groan we make in thinking of God, yet it is the Holy Spirit who makes it become a prayer to God, that word which has not come out to be said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
