Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 4:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:21:

  • Noongar: “He said to them, ‘This part of Scripture truly happened this day, now as you hear the words.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He said to them: ‘Today those words of the Holy Book were fulfilled, when you heard what I read earlier.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then he began to speak to them. He said, ‘This day the verses I have read have been fulfilled/come true while you were listening.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And He said, ‘This prophesy written in the word of God, which I read, it has now been fulfilled in your presence.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He said to them, ‘That-aforementioned which God caused-to-be-written, it has been fulfilled today right-as you were listening.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus spoke, saying to that crowd, ‘Today this has been fulfilled which was said in the writing, this which you heard me read.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 5:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 5:10:

  • Noongar: “Also, Simon’s friends, James and John, sons of Zebedee, they were amazed. Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t become frightened. This day you
    will start catching people.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Also terrified were Yakobus and Yohanes, the two children of Zebedeus who worked with Simon. From there, Yesus said saying to Simon: ‘Do not be afraid. Beginning now, you (sing.) will no longer fish. I give you (sing.) new work: teaching people to become my followers.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The companion fishermen of Simon, Yakub and Yahiya, the sons of Sebede also wondered. Then Isa said to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid. From now on your work will be to fetch (eddo’) people to follow me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Others who were really surprised there were the sons of Zebedee, James and John, the companions of Simon in fishing. And Jesus said to Simon, he said, ‘Don’t be afraid. You are a netter for fish; but starting today the thing I will give you to do is to look for people so that they might be my disciples.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And likewise also Simon’s partners Santiago and Juan the children of Zebedeo. Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t (sing.) be afraid, because starting today, you (sing.) will not be netting fish but rather you (sing.) will persuade people.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Their companions were also amazed who were in the other boat, Santiago and Juan, the sons of Zebedeo. And then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid. For from now on, I will make you (sing.) that it’s people whom you will as-it-were catch/hunt/fish-for.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 6:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:4:

  • Noongar: “He went into the House of God. They had given that bread to God, but David took the bread and ate. And he gave bread also to his men. Yet our Law says: no person can eat that bread, but only the priests, they can eat that bread.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He entered into the house of worship and he ate the bread that was used-as-worship to God, and he divided it also to his companions. According to the customs of our religion, only priests can eat that bread. But even so that action of Daud was not wrong.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He went hep inside the house of God and took the bread that was laid there given to God and he ate it and he also gave it to his companions. And-what’s-more it is forbidden hep by the law to eat that bread except for the priests. But he did not sin in doing that.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He did not sin, even though he entered into the church, the house of God, and he ate the food that was placed before God, and he fed it also to his companions. This was a transgression of the Law to eat of this, for the only ones who were able to eat that food were the priests.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He entered the house of God and took the bread that was offered to God which the law prohibits non priests from eating. But he ate it nonetheless and shared it with his companions.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Isn’t it so that David entered their worship-place of God and ate the bread which was-instrumental-in-thanksgiving to God, only the priests being acceptable/possible to eat that? Even those companions of his, he gave to them also. But since they were in-dire-straits, therefore they weren’t rebuked.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 6:36)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 6:36:

  • Noongar: “You must be merciful to people like your Father is merciful to people.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “We must love, like the Lord God our Father loves.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You should have pity/mercy as your Father also has pity/mercy.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Just as our father God was merciful to us (inc.), you be merciful to your companion.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘You must be consistently-merciful like your Father who is consistently-merciful.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that you are generous/merciful, that you will imitate your Father who is generous/merciful.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 7:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:20:

  • Noongar: “The two came to Jesus and they said, ‘John the Baptist sent us, asking you if you are that One Man. John said that he is coming. Or must we expect another man?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Those two messengers really went, and they said to Yesus: ‘The reason we have come, Teacher, Yohanes ordered us (excl.) to ask you [lit, us (incl.), which is often used for second person honorific], whether you [lit, we (incl.)] are the Redeemer King that God promised, or whether there is still another that we (excl.) wait for.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the two came to Isa, they said, ‘Yahiya who bathes the people sends us here because he would like to know if you are the one foretold to come to the world or if there is still someone different that we (excl.) should expect to come.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they arrived there to Jesus, they said, ‘The reason we have come here to you is because John, the Baptizer, sent us because he wants us to ask if you are the one he has been preaching that is to be sent by God, or is there someone else besides you, to be expected?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When they arrived where Jesus was, they said, ‘Juan the Baptizer sent us (excl.) to inquire if you (sing.) are the one God promised would come or if there is another to be waited for.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When those who had been sent reached Jesus, they related it to him, saying, ‘We have been sent here by Juan who was baptizing, to ask you whether you are that one who was promised to come here or are we to wait for someone else?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Italian (La Sua Parola è Vita): “When they came to Jesus, the two repeated John’s words.” (Cotrozzi 2019 explains: “Hebrew is notorious for its habit of repeating phrases and clauses to highlight chunks of discourse. This occasionally applies to the Greek of the New Testament, reflecting the Semitic background of its authors or their sources. Luke emphasizes the question put to Jesus by repeating it a second time verbatim in 7:20 [cf. 7:19]. The problem is that a literal rendering at this point is rather annoying.”)

complete verse (Luke 8:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:2:

  • Noongar: “and also women whom Jesus had healed of their evil spirits and sicknesses. Mary (called Magdalene) — Jesus had driven seven evil spirits out of her;” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There were also several women who accompanied them. Those women were women whom Yesus had healed from their diseases or from evil spirits that possessed them. One of them was Maria, who was usually called Magdalena. One time Yesus had expelled seven evil spirits from that Maria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There were also women going with him. Among those women were some whose sicknesses had been healed. Some also had been demon possessed and Isa had driven out the demons. One of these women, Mariyam, a woman from Magdala, had seven demons driven out from her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were also some women there who went along with him, and as for these women, he had before cured them from their sicknesses, and some of them, he drove away the demons that were afflicting them. One of these women was Mary Magdalene, the one from whom Jesus drove away seven demons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “along with some women from whom Jesus had removed sicknesses and caused-to-leave the evil-spirits that possessed them. These women were Maria Magdalena whom seven evil-spirits had left,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And others who went around with him were women whose illness he had healed and from whom he had driven out evil spirits. One was Maria who was called Magdalena. There were seven evil spirits possessing her which had been driven out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:34)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:34:

  • Noongar: “The people working with the pigs, they saw what happened, so they went to the houses and villages of the country and told the news.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “When those caring for the pigs saw that happening, they ran going to the town and close-by gardens to announce that happening.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the people who took care of the pigs saw what happened there they ran and told there in the town and in the other places inland.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the men who took care of those pigs, when they saw what happened, they ran like a feather being blown away and they told in the towns and the fields what had happened.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When those who were watching the many-pigs saw the-aforementioned which happened, they up-and-ran to their town and to the adjoining places to go report it to the inhabitants there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the herders of those pigs observed, they ran and told there in the town and at the neighboring houses.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:10:

  • Noongar: “Jesus’ disciples came back and they told Jesus everything they had done. Jesus took them together with him. They left all the other people and they went to a village called Bethsaida.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Those twelve disciples/messengers of Yesus arrived back, and they told-story to Yesus all that they had done. After that, Yesus went with them going to an empty-place near the town of Betsaida.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, the people whom Isa had commissioned gathered again going to him. They told Isa all they had done. Then Isa took them towards the town of Betsaida, them only.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The twelve apostles came back to Jesus and they told him all that they had done. And then he took them with him along, going to the town of Bethsaida.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When the apostles returned, they told Jesus all that they had done. Then he accompanied them and they went alone to the town of Betsaida.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “After the return of those twelve disciples whom Jesus had caused to go, they related all which they had done. After that, they went to a place in the direction of the town of Betsaida. Jesus didn’t cause anyone else to go with him, only his disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)