Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:16:
- Noongar: “Jesus held the five loaves of bread and two fish. He looked up, thanked God, broke them, and gave the bread and fish to his disciples so they could give everything to the people.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “When they had all sat down, Yesus took the five pieces of bread and two fish and he looked up to the sky to pray. After that, he broke-up the bread and chunked-up the fish, and he gave [it] to his disciples for them to divide to the people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa took the five units/pieces of bread and the two fishes and looked up to the sky giving thanks to God. Then he broke (into pieces) the bread and gave it to his disciples telling them to give it to the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus then got the five pieces of bread and the two fish and looked up to Heaven and he thanked God. And he broke it into pieces, but in spite of that, that which he was breaking up was not consumed. And he gave to the disciples those pieces he had broken so that they might give them to the people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus took the five breads and two dried-fish, and he looked-up to heaven to thank God. Then after-that he broke-(them)-into-small-pieces (lit. smallened) and gave (them) to his disciples to distribute to the many-people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus asked for those five units of bread and those two fish. He looked up to heaven/sky and gave thanks to God. When he had ended, he broke/divided them in pieces and handed them to his disciples to hand out to those people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
