complete verse (Luke 15:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:13:

  • Noongar: “After a few days, the young son sold his share, took the money and left home. He went to a far country. There he threw away his money, behaving badly.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Several days after that, the youngest child sold his portion, and he went to a far town. There, he wasted [lit., finished dry] his money with behavior that was not appropriate.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Not long after, the younger one sold his share, took his money and then he went to a far country. When he was there he used up his money for all kinds of useless (things).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It wasn’t very long from then that the younger sold his share and travelled, taking his money. He went to a far country and there he wasted his money on things that were of no value.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘When only how-many days went by, that younger-brother sold all his share and went to a far country. When he arrived there, he spent his money on (morally)-foolish ways-of-life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “A few days passed, then that younger-brother sold his share and went to a-foreign-land/overseas. He took all which had been paid for his share. And then when he was there now, he wasted it by spending-too-freely on a lifestyle which was not right.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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