Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:36:
- Noongar: (combined with verse 37) “Anna was an old widow, and she was a Prophet. She was the daughter of Phanuel, of the people of Asher. She was only married seven years and now she was 84 years old. She did not leave the Temple. Day and night, she praised God, not eating, and always talking with God.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “At the time of the arrival of Yusuf and Maria in the House of God, there was also there a female prophet who was very old. Her name was Hana, the child of Fanuel, from the family of Asyer. At that time, her age was eighty-four years. She had been married only seven years. From there, she was a widow, and she did not marry again. She stayed continually in the House of God, day and night continually praying and she fasted worshipping the Lord God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There was also a woman prophet there called Anna a daughter of Panuel of the line of Aser ley. She was already very old. She had lived with her husband only for seven years,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there in the church, the house of God, there was an old woman named Anna, who was a prophet of God. She was the child of Phanuel, a descendant of Asher. That woman was very old; when she was still young she was married but after seven years of her being married, she was widowed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There was also there a prophet who was a very old-woman. She was Anna the child of Fanuel the descendant of Aser. She had been married for seven years,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There was also there at the Templo a woman prophet who was Ana. She was the daughter of Fanuel, a descendant of Aser. She was really old now. Only seven years was how long she had been married, then she was widowed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
