Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:63:
- Noongar: “Zechariah requested paper and he wrote, ‘His name is ‘John’.’ ‘Wow!’ they cried out. ” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Zakharia asked for something to write on [lit., a writing-place] and he wrote: ‘His name is Yohanes.’ They were all surprised.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Jakariya also made signs asking for something to write on and he wrote this: ‘His name is Yahiya.’ They all were very amazed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Zechariah motioned that they give him something on which to write that which he wanted the name to be. And what he wrote there was, ‘John is the name of the child.’ And then they were very much surprised.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Zekarias had-someone-get something-to-write-on and what he wrote was, ‘His name, Juan.’ And all that were there were greatly amazed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Zacarias asked for something to write on and wrote saying, ‘Juan is his name.’ The crowd was amazed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:64:
- Noongar: “That moment, Zechariah could speak again, and he started praising God.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “At that time, suddenly he was able to speak again, and he praised God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then immediately Jakariya could speak and he praised God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And immediately Zechariah was able to speak, and he praised God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Right then Zekarias’ dumbness was removed and he began-to-speak praising God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, at that same time, Zacarias was able to speak again, and at once he praised God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:65:
- Noongar: “All the people became frightened, and this news went to all the hills of the land of Judea. ” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “All their neighbors were surprised, and the news spread all through the hills of Yudea.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “All their companions from near by houses were entered by fear and these happenings became well known in all the places upland there in Yahudiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all of the neighboring people when they heard this, they were very surprised. And the news of that happening immediately spread to all the hill villages there in the province of Judea.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All their townmates were greatly amazed, and this that had happened was newsed-from-one-to-the-other in all the towns in the mountain-country in Judea.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Fear came to the crowd of their neighbors. Well, those things about Zacarias and family were now always being discussed by everyone in that hilly district of Judea.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:66:
- Noongar: “When all the people heard this news, they started thinking and asking, ‘What will this child do?’ All the people, they saw the power of God resting on the child.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “All who heard that news pondered, they said: ‘What will this child become?’ Because the Lord was with him with his power.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “And all who heard this, always thought and said, ‘What may God have destined for that child?’ Because it was clear that God’s power was there with that child.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And all those who heard it didn’t forget it, and it was placed in their thinking the question, ‘What, maybe, would God have that child do when he grows older?’ because it was very clear that God was controlling that child.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “All who heard, they kept-thinking-about-it and they said, ‘What perhaps will this baby become?’ Because of course it could be seen that God’s power was in/with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “All who observed and who heard the news of it were always wondering, ‘What, I wonder, will become of that child when he grows up?’ Because it was really clear that, as for everything concerning this child, it’s really God’s determining.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:67:
- Noongar: “The Holy Spirit came to Zechariah, John’s father, and the Holy Spirit filled him. Zechariah spoke the Good News of God:” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “As for Zakharia, the father of that child, the Holy Spirit controlled him, and he spoke the word of God, he said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Jakariya, the father of the child, was ruled by the Holy Spirit and he passed on God’s word, he said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then his father Zechariah was thoroughly controlled by the Holy Spirit and he spoke that which he was inspired to speak, and he said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That being so, his father Zekarias was filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and he said prophesying:” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As for Zacarias, he then became-indwelled by the Espiritu Santo and then he spoke, saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:68:
- Noongar: “‘We will praise the Lord. He is Israel’s God! He has come to his people, helping them and freeing them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘Let us the descendants of Israel praise God our Lord. Because he has landed/come-down here to help us his people. He came to free us from our enemies.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Let us (incl.) praise God, he is the God worshiped by our (incl.) tribe of Isra’il, for he certainly remembers us (incl.) his people and we (incl.) are set free by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘We the descendents of Israel, we will praise our Lord God because we who worship him, he has come down to us and he has freed us from our enemies.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Let us praise God the Lord of the descendants of Israel, for he has come to set-us who are his people -free.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘Praise the God of us (incl.) who are the descendants of Israel. Because he has shown pity/mercy to us, for it has now come that he will save/free his chosen people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, because he came to move among his people, and to come and redeem them.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 154)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:69:
- Noongar: “God has given us his powerful Son. He will save us (lit.: “hold our life”). He is a descendant of David, his servant.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “He gives us a powerful Warchief who brings salvation. That Warchief is the descendant of King Daud, his slavelong ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He sends to us (incl.) a savior, he is certainly powerful and he is a descendant of his servant King Da’ud ley.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He will send here to us the Savior who is the descendent of the servant of the Lord long ago, King David.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For he sent a powerful-one to save us who was the descendant of the one who served him who was King David.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For he has sent here to us the without-equal Savior, coming from the descendants of his servant king David.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “He raised up a certain person, someone of the clan of his servant David, that he might be our mighty Saviour.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 154)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:70:
- Noongar: “Long ago, he promised his Prophets.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “From long ago with the lips of the holy prophets, the Lord promised” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “God promised in old times and this was spread/made known by his holy prophets.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God, by means of his prophets long ago,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That indeed also is what he caused-to-be-prophesied by the holy prophets long ago” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “This is what he promised which he caused to be spoken by the prophets of the past,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “These are the very things that He had prophesied about long ago through his holy-hearted prophets [lit.: spokesmen].” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 154)