complete verse (Luke 19:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:22:

  • Noongar: “The king said, ‘You bad servant! You know that I am a hard man. I will use your own words to condemn you. I take what I do not own and I harvest what I do not plant.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘The king said saying to him: ‘You (sing.) are a bad/evil servant! If you (sing.) knew I was harsh, if you (sing.) knew that I harvest what are not my plants, and that I take what I did not work-hard-for,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The king said to him, ‘You are a bad/wicked and lazy servant. I will judge you with those your words. You know – surprise – that I have no pity/mercy. You know that I take what is not mine and reap what I have not worked for.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that king asnwered, ‘So you are a wicked servant! There from your own words you have let it be known that you have sinned against me, because you knew that what I say, I make sure that it happens, and the money that I have people take care of, I expect some increase; and what I have planted, I expect its harvest — that’s very true.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘You (sing.) are a bad servant!’ said the king. ‘What you (sing.) have said is indeed also what I-will-use-to-condemn you (sing.). If you (sing.) already-knew that I was an easily-angered person who gets what I didn’t work for and harvests what I didn’t plant,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He was answered by that master of his, saying, ‘What an evil slave you are! According to what you yourself said, I will judge you. For you know apparently that I am strict, that I collect-money/take-payment when it wasn’t I who deposited it and I harvest what I wasn’t the one who labored over.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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