Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:45:
- Noongar: “A good man has good things in his heart so he brings out good things. A bad man has bad things in his heart and so he brings out bad things. The mouth says the things which come out of the heart.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “So also man. Good people, definitely speak good words, since their hearts are full of good [things]. Bad/evil people, their speech/words are also bad, because their hearts are full of bad/evil [things]. Because whatever the contents of our hearts, that also is what is spoken at our lives.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Mankind is figuratively also like a tree. A good person has good conduct and his words are good because he is good in his liver. But a bad person, because there is bad in his liver therefore his conduct and his words are not good. Whatever is in the liver of mankind that is what comes out from his mouth.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s the same way also with people,’ said Jesus, ‘because if a person’s custom is good, then also are good the things which are hidden in his breath. And good also are the things which he says. But if he is a person with bad custom, then bad also are the things that are hidden in his breath and bad also are the things which he says, because what is hidden in the breath of a person, that also is what he will say.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is like us people as well. The good person, good is what he causes-to-come-forth (i.e. words), because of course what has been stored in his mind is good. But the bad person, bad also is what he causes-to-come-forth, because of course what has been stored in his mind is also bad. Because what a person says, it indeed also has-come from what is in his mind.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well it’s like that too with people. Because as for a person with a good nature/ways, always good is what comes out of his mouth, because only good is what he stores in his mind/inner-being. However a person with wholly evil stored in his mind/inner-being will have wholly evil coming out of his mouth. For what is stored in the mind/inner-being of a person can be known by his words.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
