complete verse (Luke 9:54)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:54:

  • Noongar: “When the disciples, James and John, saw this thing, they said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from Heaven and kill them?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yakobus and Yohanes heard that those townspeople had refused them. That is why they said to Yesus: ‘Lord, if you wish/desire/will, we (excl.) request fire from the sky to burn-up those townspeople!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When his two disciples, Yakub and Yahiya knew this, they said to Isa, ‘Sir, do you want us (excl.) to command fire from the sky so that they will die?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when James and John learned that that village would not receive them, they said to Jesus, they said, ‘Do you want that we ask for fire from heaven to come down, so that these people might be destroyed?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When his disciples Santiago and Juan heard that that’s what those from-Samaria-people had done, they said to Jesus, ‘Lord, do you (sing.) want us (excl.) to ask God to send fire to burn-them -up?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, when Santiago and Juan observed that it was like that, they said to Jesus, ‘Lord, do you want us (excl.) to cause fire to come down from heaven/sky and burn them up?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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