Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 23:26:
- Noongar: “The soldiers took Jesus away. They met Simon, from Cyrene, one man coming into the city from the country. They seized Simon, put Jesus’ cross on him, and told him to carry the cross behind Jesus.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From there, they took Yesus outside the town, and on the way they met with a person named Simon the Kirene person. He had just arrived in town. The Roma soldiers stopped Simon, they forced him to carry-on-shoulder the cross going with they following Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then they took Isa to walk towards the place where he should be nailed. While they were on their way they met a person from the place Kirene, his name was Simon. He was coming from up-country going back to town. The soldiers forced him and commanded him to carry-on-shoulder the post for nailing Isa onto, they told him to carry it after/behind Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they got Jesus and they took him because they would take him outside the town. And on the way they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon. As for this Simon, he was coming from the country into the town. And they forced him to carry the cross that Jesus was carrying.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then the soldiers took-Jesus -away to go nail him to the cross. While they were on the way, they met a man who was Simon from-Cirene who was going to the city from the barrios. They caught him and forced him to carry the cross, then they had him follow Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the soldiers had taken charge of Jesus and had set out now to go-and-nail him, they came across a man coming to the city whose name was Simon who was a taga Cirene. They forced him to shoulder the cross on which they would nail Jesus and to accompany following Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
