Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:3:

• Noongar: “So John went to every part of the country of the River Jordan, preaching: ‘Turn away from your sin and wash in water, and God will forgive your sin.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “So, Yohanes walked upstream-downstream the Jordan river announcing the Word of God to the crowds/people, he said: ‘Repent from your sins and you must come here for me to baptize, so that God forgives your sins.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then Yahiya went, covering all the places surrounding the river Jordan preaching to the people that whoever regretted and left/gave-up his bad doings, that person should be bathed and God would forgive him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for this John, he went to all of the villages there near the River Jordan and he taught the people. He said, ‘Have done with your wrong-doings and let yourself be baptized and God will forgive your sins.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Juan went to preach in the towns on either-side of the river Jordan. He was saying, ‘Repent of your sins and get-baptized so that God will forgive your sins.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore what he did was he went to all the people on both sides of the river Jordan, for he was now teaching. He was teaching, saying, ‘Repent/be-sorry-for and drop/give-up your (pl.) sins and be baptized as a testimony that you will now drop them, so that you will be forgiven by God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:4:

• Noongar: “The prophet Isaiah wrote these words on paper: ‘One man is calling out in the desert, ‘Prepare the Lord’s path! Make a straight path for his journey!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Yohanes fulfilled what was written in the letter of the prophet Yesaya long ago, its sound like this: ‘There is a person who cries/shouts in the desert, he says: ‘The Lord is almost arriving! Prepare ahead of time for him his road! Make flat ahead of time the road that he will pass on!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “This doing of Yahiya was beforehand foretold in the writing of the prophet Isaya of old. It says there: ‘There is a person calling in the lonely place. This is what he says: ‘Soon the Lord will arrive. Smooth out the way that he will pass-by on. Straighten out the way that he will follow.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now this teaching of John was a fulfillment of a prophecy long ago by Isaiah, the prophet of God, because Isaiah said, ‘There is a person in the land where no people live; and the people who come out to him will hear him say, ‘The Lord will soon come; you (pl.) clean the way He will pass. Straighten out the trail that he will follow, which is to say, you (pl.) prepare for His coming.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That-aforementioned that Juan was doing, it was the fulfillment of what Isaias the prophet wrote saying, ‘In the place with no inhabitants there is someone shouting (appropriate to preaching without a loudspeaker) saying, ‘Prepare the path-to-be-taken by the Lord who is coming so that the path he will walk-on will be good.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “This Juan is who was referred to by what was written by the prophet Isaias, which said, ‘There is one voicing there in the wilderness place saying, ‘Make a trail for the Lord. Make-direct and improve/make-good this which he will walk on.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:5:

• Noongar: “You must fill every valley. You must make low all hills and mountains. You must make straight all rooked paths. You must make smooth all rough paths.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “The holes must be filled, The high parts and the bumpy places [lit, hilly] must be madelevel/the same. The curvy places [lit, elbow-y] be made straight, and the hollow places made flat.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “All valleys should be filled and all mountains and hills should be leveled, the crooked should be straightened, the bumpy way (lit. the hill-valley way) should be smoothed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Fill in the low places, and if the way is hilly, make it flat. If the way is winding, straighten it out. And if there are bumps, you must level them off.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “What you will do is, level-out the mountains and hills. If there are also very-winding-places, make-them-straight. The potholes as well, fill them in” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that you (pl.) fill in the hollows and level each hill and mountain. Make-direct the path which is crooked and flatten the uneven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:6:

• Noongar: “All people will see God. He will save his people!”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “After that, all men see God lifts his people from their sins.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then all mankind will see as to how God will save them.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then God will reveal to all mankind the Savior He is sending.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “so that then all people will see the way God will save them.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “All people really will see the saving/freeing by God.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:7:

• Noongar: “Many people came out to John. He baptised them in water. ‘You snakes!’ John said to them. ‘Who said that you would escape! Soon God will send your punishment!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Many people came requesting-to-be-baptized to Yohanes. Yohanes said saying to them: ‘You whose actions are twisted! Why do you come? Perhaps you think that you can get away from the anger of the Lord God that is almost striking you?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Very many people went to Yahiya asking him to be bathed. Therefore he said to them, ‘You there, your custom is like the custom of a deceiving snake. Why do you come here? Do you perhaps mistakenly-think that if you are bathed you won’t be hit by the wrath of God which is soon coming?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were many people who went there to John to be baptized. And he said to them, ‘Just like a custom of a snake is your custom because you are liars. Why are you coming here? You thought, mistakenly perhaps, that you could escape from the punishment of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Many people went to Juan to get-baptized koma, but whereupon he said, ‘Oh you who are like crafty snakes are just-too-much (expression of rebuke)! Who perhaps told you that you will escape God’s judging of you if you are baptized?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Many people went to Juan and were baptized. Juan was telling-them -frankly, saying, ‘Why are you (pl.) here who are deceivers like the nature of a snake? Who said that you could run away from the punishment which is coming?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:8:

• Noongar: “Do good things so people will see that you have turned from your sins. Do not say among yourselves, ‘Abraham is our ancestor’. I tell you that God can make these stones become descendants of Abraham.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “If you have really repented from your sins, do good actions. And don’t rely-on / be-proud-of the fact that you are descendants of Abraham. So that you know: God can make descendants of Abraham out of those rocks over there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Do good works so that it can be seen that you turn-your-back on your sins. Do not trust that God will not punish you since you are descendants of grandfather Ibrahim. I tell you even these stones God can make into descendants of grandfather Ibrahim.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If it’s really true that you have given up your bad custom, you must show it by means of good works. And don’t you just trust the fact that you are descendants of Abraham, because that has no value to God. For I say to you that if God needs to, it is possible for Him to make these stones into descendants of Abraham.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “It certainly isn’t possible, because you must do that which shows that you have truly repented of your sins. Neither are you to be saying that you will escape because Abraham is your ancestor, because even these stones, it is indeed possible that God will make them into descendants of Abraham!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that you testify through your way of life that you truly are repenting/sorry. Don’t be relying on the fact that you are descendants of Abraham, that being why God will be pleased with you. For I tell you, God really is able, out of these stones/rocks, to cause-descendants of Abraham -to-come-into-being.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:9:

• Noongar: “The axe is ready to cut the roots of the tree. All trees not bearing good fruit, they will be cut and thrown into the fire.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “The punishment of God has almost arrived. His punishment is like an ax that is prepared ahead of time at the foot of a tree. Each tree that does not have good fruit, will definitely be chopped down and thrown into the fire.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You are figuratively like a tree which is soon going to be cut at the roots. All trees that do not have good fruit are cut down and thrown away into the fire and burned.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The one who chops down trees has raised his ax, because he will chop down any tree and burn it, whose fruit is not good. Which is to say, the person whose custom is not good, God will punish him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “God’s judging of you, it can be compared to an axe that is poised to cut-down the tree, and all trees that don’t bear-good -fruit will be cut-down at their base in order to then be burned-as-firewood.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For now/today, the ax is raised-for-striking at the root of the standing tree, for every tree which doesn’t fruit well will be axed and then thrown on the fire. Well, punishment like that is now coming close to you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:10:

• Noongar: “People asked John, ‘What will we do then?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “The people asked Yohanes, they said: ‘If thus, what must we (excl.) do?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The crowds of people asked him, they said, ‘Na, what shall we do?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now the people, they asked John, they said, ‘What shall we do so that we might avoid that you are talking about?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then the many-people inquired, ‘What then are we (excl.) to do?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When those people heard, they asked him saying, ‘Well if it’s like that, what would be good for us (excl.) to do?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)