Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:15:

• Noongar: “When the angels went back to Heaven, the shepherds spoke together, ‘We will go to Bethlehem and see this thing which God said would happen.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “From there, the angels returned, going to heaven, and those shepherds planned, they said: ‘Let us go to Betlehem to see the happening that the Lord said to us.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “After that the angels left going back to heaven. When they had left the caretakers of the sheep said, ‘Let us (incl.) go to Betlehem. Let us (incl.) see what God has made known to us (dual).'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the angels returned to Heaven. And when they had gone, the ones who were pasturing their animals spoke to each other. They said, ‘Come on, let’s go to Bethlehem so that we might see this which the angels told us about.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When the angels returned to heaven, those who were guarding their sheep said, ‘Let’s go to Betlehem to go see what has happened there which the Lord God has made-known to us.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the angels had disappeared for they had now returned to heaven, those shepherds said, ‘Expl., let’s go to Betlehem. Let’s go-and-check-on/see this which was made known to us by God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:16:

• Noongar: “They hurried away and came to Mary and Joseph. They saw the baby. He was lying in the food container.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “They went, they indeed did find Maria and Yusuf, with their baby that was sleeping in a manger.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then they hurried there and they found Mariyam and Yusup, and the child was there laid in the box for feeding animals.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then they left and came in a hurry, and arrived to Joseph and Mary, and they saw also the baby that had been laid down in the feeding-place of the horse.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then they hurried to go, and they came-upon Maria and Jose and the baby laid-down in the eating-place of the animals.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “After they had discussed that, they hurried going there. They found Maria and Jose together with that baby who was lying there in the animal feeder.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:17:

• Noongar: “When the shepherds saw the baby, they told the couple what the angel had said about the child.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “When they saw that child, they told what the angel had said to them about him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When they saw the child, they told about what the angel had said to them about that child.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they had seen the child, they told Joseph and company all that the angel had told them about that child.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When they saw the baby, they related what the angel had said concerning him,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the shepherds had seen, they related all which the angel had said concerning that child.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:18:

• Noongar: “The couple were surprised when they heard these things, everything the shepherds said.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “All the people who heard the words of those shepherds were surprised.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “And all who heard the news/information of those shepherds, were very amazed/wondered very much.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And everybody who heard the news that the ones pasturing animals had given, they were very much surprised.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “and all who heard were amazed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “All who heard what those shepherds related were amazed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:19:

• Noongar: “Mary remembered all these things, and she kept everything in her heart.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “But Maria stored all that happened in her heart, and she continually thought about them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Mariyam remembered everything and always thought about it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Mary, she did not forget all of these things that she heard, but rather, she very carefully thought about them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “As for Maria, she stored all these-things that had happened in her mind and kept-thinking-about-them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “As for Maria, she stored all that well in her head, always/often thinking about it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:20:

• Noongar: “The shepherds went back, singing and praising God because of everything which they had heard and seen. Everything had happened, everything the angel told them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Those shepherds returned/went home, and on the way they praised and honored God, because all that they heard and saw was just like the angel said to them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then the shepherds returned to their animals. They praised and magnified God because of what they had heard and seen, for all that the angel had told them was really true.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And those who were taking care of sheep, they returned home, being very happy. And they praised God because of all they’d heard and seen, because all that the angel had told them had come to pass.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “As for those-who-were-guarding the sheep, they returned singing and praising God because of what they had seen and heard, because all that the angel had told them was true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “As those shepherds went home/back, they kept on praising God. They kept on repeating his praiseworthiness/glory because of those things which they had heard and seen, which were in harmony with what had been newsed to them by the angel.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 2:21:

• Noongar: “After seven days, the day came to cut the baby as the Law said. The couple named him Jesus, because the angel gave them that name before Mary became pregnant.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “According to the custom of the Yahudi people, when his age was eight days, that child was circumcised and named Yesus, the name that was named to him by the angel before his mother was pregnant with him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When the child had reached eight days on the floor, he was circumcised and was called Isa, the name the angel had named before the child was conceived.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now as for the parents of this child, when it was already eight days that he had been born, they caused him to be circumcised according to their custom, and they named him ‘Jesus’, which was the name the angel gave him before he was even conceived.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When the baby was eight days, they had-him -circumcised and named him Jesus which was the very name that the angel had told them before Maria became pregnant.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “On the eighth day, the day of circumcizing and naming the child, Jesus is what he was named, for that’s what the angel said to name him, before the child was conceived.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)