complete verse (Luke 8:33)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:33:

  • Noongar: “They left the man and they went into the pigs. All the pigs ran together down the cliff into the lake and they drowned.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “The demons really did go-out from inside that person, immediately entered the pigs. When they entered those pigs, the pigs stampeded going to plunge into the lake, they drowned [lit., died swollen] in the water.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the demons came out of the person and entered the bodies of the pigs. Immediately the great herd of pigs rushed down the hill to the cliff and into the lake and they all drowned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that was all there was to it — they left the man and they transferred there to the pigs. And then those pigs ran, and they arrived there to a cliff, and they jumped over and they were all drowned in the lake that they had jumped into.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So they then left the man and went and possessed the pigs. Then the pigs ran-as-a-group going-downhill and then they fell into the lake and drowned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, those evil spirits then left that person and moved to that large herd of pigs. Well, what else but those pigs ran directly to the steep edge of that lake. Those pigs numbering about two thousand fell off and all drowned.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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