complete verse (Luke 15:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:12:

  • Noongar: “The young son said to him, ‘Father, give me now my share of the property!’ So his father shared his property among his two sons.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “One said to his father: ‘Dad, give me ahead-of-time my portion of your (sing.) goods.’ So, he really divided his goods to his two children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “One day the younger one said to his father, ‘Father, divide now your wealth and give me my share.’ So it was like that, the person divided his wealth between his two children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the younger said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of all of our (incl.) possessions.’ And that was that, and the father divided up his possessions among these two sons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The younger-one said, ‘Father, I will please get my inheritance.’ So then their father divided-up the inheritance of the brothers (lit. their inheritance who were brothers).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The younger one spoke, saying, ‘Father, please give me my share now of the inheritance.’ Well, without anything further, their father truly did divide his belongings/assets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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