complete verse (Luke 20:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:17:

  • Noongar: “Jesus looked at them and asked, ‘What does this Scripture say? ‘The workers building the house threw away this useless stone, but now this stone has become the best stone.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus looked at them and he said to them: ‘Yet that is the meaning of the figure-of-speech that is in the Holy Book that says: ‘The stone that was thrown-away by the house-builder, that very stone becomes the foundation-stone.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa looked at them and he said, ‘Na, what do you say is the meaning of this verse written in the holy-book it says, ‘The stone that is rejected by the experts building the stone house because they thought-mistakenly that it didn’t have any use, now that one is the stone of the greatest/utmost use.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Jesus looked carefully at them and he said, ‘If you are thinking that God would not do that, what is your understanding of that written word of God long ago that says, ‘The stone which was used in building the house was thrown away by the carpenters because they thought it had no value. But today it has become the only stone that could properly finish up the house.’ ‘ And Jesus continued speaking,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But then Jesus looked-steadily at them and said, ‘If that is that case that it won’t happen, what then is the meaning of this that God caused-to-be-written? ‘The stone that the house builders rejected, that’s what God has turned-into the most-valuable stone which causes-the house -to-be-strong/firm.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus looked-intensely at them and he questioned. ‘Well if it’s like that,’ he said, ‘what is meant by this which was written which is the word of God which says, ‘That rock/stone which was not acceptable to the house builders, that’s what was used after all as the main-support of the house.’?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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