complete verse (Luke 6:35)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:35:

  • Noongar: “No! Love people who hate you and do good to them. Give things to people and do not want people giving things back. Then you will be given many things and you will become children of God. Because God also does good to people who do not thank him and also to very bad people.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Don’t [be] like that! We must love our enemies, behave well to them. Give to whomever want to borrow from us, and don’t trust/expect its return. If our behavior is like that, our blessing will be big in the future, and we are following the behavior of the Lord God who is in heaven. Because the Lord is generous to people who don’t know how to say thank you and to evil people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But this is what I teach to you: Love your enemies and help them. If someone wants to borrow from you, let him borrow, don’t expect his payment. If you do this you will receive a great reward and you will become God’s children. For he is good even to the bad people and to those people who don’t give thanks.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The thing that I teach you is, do not allow your enemies to be bad in your breath, but you do good to them. If there is a person who borrows from you, don’t put it in your breath that it is necessary that he pay you back; if you obey this, you will show that you are the children of the very high God, and very big will be His reward to you, because even the people whose custom is bad, and those who do not thank Him, God pities them just the same.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It is not those-things that you should do but rather you should also love your enemies and moreover do good to them. You should also lend (to people) even though you expect they will not return what they borrow. Because if this is what you do, large will be your reward and you will be counted as children of the Highest God. Because as for God, he is merciful to people who are bad and who don’t know-how to thank him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “What really is good is, value your opponents, and to do good to them. Lend without ensuring that they can pay back. For as long as you will do like this, it’s certain that the reward you will receive will be big, and it will be clear that you are children of God who is Much the Greatest/most-important. Because he indeed shows grace/mercy to those who are ungrateful (lit. don’t know how to give thanks) and those whose nature/ways are evil.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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