Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:7:
- Uma: «‘They answered him: ‘Because there is no-one who is causing-us-to-work.’ The owner of the field said: ‘If thus, go work in my field.’ They went too.» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: «They said, ‘Because nobody has got us for work.’ ‘Na, go also and work on my land,’ he said.» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: «And they answered, ‘Because nobody has put us to work.’ And the man said, ‘Work in my grapefield.'» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: «»There was no one to hire-us (excl.) -by-the-day (expression of self-defense),’ they said in reply. »OK,’ said the land owner in-reply, ‘go also join-in-working in my vineyard.'» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: «‘Nobody hired us to work,’ was their answer. ‘Well if it’s like that,’ said that owner, ‘you also go there to my plantation and you work there too.'» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: «Those said: ‘We spent the day here because no one told us to work for them,’ they said. The field-owner then said: ‘Go to my work then. I will pay you what is proper for you to earn.'» (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Mairasi: «These people said to him: ‘Because there were no people who would pay us wages that’s why we did not do any work’ they say. The farm owner said to them: ‘If that’s the way it is, then you guys go to my grape farm [and] do [some] work’ says he.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)
