complete verse (Luke 13:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 13:25:

  • Noongar: “The master of the house will rise and shut the door. Then when you stand outside and start knocking and calling, ‘Master, open the door for us!’ he will say to you, ‘I don’t know you. Where do you come from?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Because their time will come, the houseowner will stand, going to shut the door. If for example you are still standing outside at that time, you ask for the door to be opened, you say: ‘Lord, please open for us (excl.)!’ ‘He will answer you: ‘I do not know you, or where you are from.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the owner of the house has already stood up and locked the door then you will be just outside knocking on the door and calling, ‘O, Sir, open for us (excl.).’ Then he will answer saying, ‘I don’t know where you are from.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because the owner of the house, he will shut that door. And if you are still on the outside, you will be calling, saying, ‘Open the door for us.’ But the only answer that the owner of the house will give you is, ‘I don’t know who you are or where you come from.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Put-forth your effort (lit. ability) to enter the narrow doorway to heaven while you still have opportunity. Because starting-from when the house owner closes-the-door, many will try to enter but they won’t be able. Even though they knock saying, ‘Lord, please open,’ he will say in reply, ‘I don’t know you and where you are from.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For it’s like the householder will close the door. Well, you will just be left standing there outside, pleading to be let in, saying, ‘Lord, please do let us in.’ His reply to you will be, ‘I don’t recognize/know you, who you are.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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