Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:26:

• Noongar: “The Holy Spirit was within Simeon and the Spirit told him that he would not die before he saw the day when the One would come, the One God is Sending.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “One time, the Holy Spirit said to him like this: ‘You will not die before you see the Redeemer King that the Lord God promised.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The Holy Spirit had made known to him that he would not die until he had seen Almasi whom God had promised.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the Holy Spirit had before caused him to understand that he would not die until he had seen the promised person, chosen by the Lord to rule mankind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The Holy Spirit made-known to him that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah that God had promised would come.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, he had come to know through the putting-in-his-mind by the Espiritu Santo that he wouldn’t die until he had seen that Cristo whom God had promised.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)