complete verse (Luke 15:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:31:

  • Noongar: “‘‘My son’, his father said, ‘you are always near me, and everything I have, you can have it all.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘His father said: ‘Child, you (sing.) live with me always. All the contents of my home, you (sing.) also are the owner.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Toto’ (eldest son), said his father, ‘you are always here with me and all that I have belongs to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Son,’ said his father, ‘as for you, you’re always here with me and all of my possessions are yours; and you are the owner of eveything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Then his father said, ‘My child, you (sing.) have constantly stayed here where I am. All that I have, it’s indeed also yours (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “His father replied, ‘Son,’ he said, ‘not like that. Because as for you, all this time there’s been no separating you-and-me, and it’s true, all my belongings are yours.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

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