Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:15:
- Noongar: “Then Jesus said to all the people, ‘Watch out! All you people must turn away from all greed, because the true life of a person is not seen in the things he owns, not even if he owns very much money.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that he said to the many people: ‘Be watchful and careful, so that you do not desire any goods of the world. Because even though our goods are many, it is not from those goods that our lives are good.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa said to the people, ‘Watch out. Stay away from all kinds of desire/greed for even a very rich person, it isn’t his great wealth that causes him to live.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to the people, ‘Look carefully to your actions so that there is no selfishness among you, because the thing which makes the life of a person good does not come from many possessions.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then he continued to say to them all, ‘Watch out so you are not successfully-tempted to be greedy for what belongs to your companions, because a person’s life, it is not based-on/dependent-on the quantity of his possessions, even if his riches are in-excess.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus spoke causing that crowd to listen, saying, ‘Now be careful! Put really far away the nature/way of being greedy, because as for belongings/assets, no matter how big is the amount, they can’t hold-on-to a person’s life/breath.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999): “Jesus said to the crowd: ‘Avoid greed like the plague! For life cannot consist in mountains of possessions.’”
