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

• Noongar: “So they waited for their chance. They gave money to bad men to pretend they were speaking the truth and sent them to question Jesus and , to trap him so they could seize Jesus and put him in the hands of the Roman Governor.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “So they looked for a good opportunity. They commanded people to go watch him. Those people appeared to be wise/mature/straight people, but their intention was to fish-for/bait something wrong in his words, so that they could accuse him to the governor.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Therefore they kept looking for a way so that they could hand him over into the holding/ruling and authority of the governor. They hired people telling them to listen to Isa pretending that they were people who really followed the law so that they would catch him in his words.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, starting from that time they were looking for a way to arrest him. There were some people that they paid to watch Jesus secretly, and these people had some questions for Jesus which were just a pretense of true questions. What they had in mind was if Jesus would break the Law by means of what he said, then it would be possible for them to turn him over to the Roman Governor in order to be judged.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “so they waited for their opportunity to arrest him. What they did was, they bribed some men to go and show-themselves to Jesus as if they were righteous people, but their plan was that they would question Jesus so that if he had an answer that would be a basis-for-their-filing-charges against him, they would then arrest him and would go and hand-him-over to the governor. Because the governor, he had authority to judge him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus was really being observed-closely by those who wanted to arrest him, for they were waiting for their opportunity. What they did was, they sent a few people who were as-it-were spies, who pretended that they had no motive which wasn’t good. They were sent to Jesus to snare him in what he said, so that they could have a charge to bring against him, and then they would hand him over to the authority of the governor who was in control of their land.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)