complete verse (Luke 7:38)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:38:

  • Noongar: “and she stood behind Jesus, weeping and wetting Jesus’ feet with her tears. Then she wiped Jesus’ feet with her hair, kissed Jesus’ feet and rubbed his feet with the perfume.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “She came, coming-close to Yesus’ feet, and she cried. She wetted Yesus’ feet with her tears. After that, she untied her hair, she used-it-to-wipe his feet, she kissed and poured with fragrant oil.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “She went there and stood at the feet of Isa weeping and Isa’s feet were wet by her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair and kissed Isa’s feet and then she sprinkled the valuable fragrant oil on them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “She came up to Jesus and knelt down near his feet. Her tears fell on the feet of Jesus and she wiped them with her hair and she kissed them. And then she poured out on the feet of Jesus the very fragrant perfume.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Entering then, she went behind the feet of Jesus crying until his feet were wet with her tears. Then she wiped his feet with her hair while-simultaneously kissing (them) and then she poured-on-(them) that perfume.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When she arrived there, she came close behind Jesus. Well since she was crying, the legs/feet of Jesus became wet with her falling tears. Well, what that woman did was, she wiped the feet of Jesus with her hair and kept kissing them. And then she poured on them the perfume she’d brought.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Amele: “And then she stood behind Jisas as he lay eating food and as she cried her tears fell down and hit Jisas’ feet. And then she wiped Jisas’ feet with her hair and kissed his feet and poured out the very good smelling coconut oil and it went down.” (Source: John Roberts in this article )
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