complete verse (Luke 5:34)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:34:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said, ‘What do you think? On the day of the wedding, the friends of the bridegroom sit with him. Can they stop eating? No!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus answered them with this parable, he said: ‘People at a wedding feast, do they fast while they are accompanying the groom? Of course not.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered them in a parable. He compared his disciples to people at a wedding. He said, ‘Do you tell people at a wedding to fast as long as the bridegroom is still there with them? No!” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘For example,’ he said, ‘if there is a wedding, the companions of the bridegroom, it’s not possible to have them fast as long as the bridegroom is still with them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus answered parabling, ‘If someone has-a-wedding, do you think do-you-suppose (rhet. question) that the invited friends of the bridegroom (lit. one-marrying) will not join-in-eating? They will emphatically eat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus answered them, saying, ‘What, do you cause to fast the people who have been invited to a wedding so long as the man being married is still with them? Of course not.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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