Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:11:

• Noongar: “He said, ‘If a person has two coats, he must give one to the person without a coat, and the person with bread and meat must share.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Yohanes answered: ‘Whoever of you has two shirts, give one to those who do not have any. And people who have food, share it with those who do not have food.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He answered them, he said, ‘The one that has two shirts/blouses should give to the one who doesn’t have one. Likewise the one who has food should also share with the one who doesn’t have any.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And John answered them, he said, ‘The person who has two shirts, he should give one of them away to a person who has no shirt. And the same way with a person who has food, he should give to him who has none.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Juan answered and said, ‘The one who has two shirts, he must give one to the one who has no shirts, and the one who has something to eat, he should also share some with the one who has nothing to eat.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Juan replied, saying, ‘Well, like these are good for you to do. Supposing you have two shirts, you must give one to someone who really doesn’t have any. It’s the same for the one who has food, that he mustn’t leave-in-need the one who hasn’t been able to get any.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:12:

• Noongar: “Tax collectors came for baptising and they asked John, ‘Boss, what will we do?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Tax collectors also came requesting-to-be-baptized to Yohanes. They asked, they said: ‘Teacher, what must we (excl.) do?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There were also people who collected payment (same word as fare for transportation) for the government coming to Yahiya asking to be bathed and they said to him, ‘Sir, we here, what shall we do?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the tax collectors came to be baptized also. And they said, ‘Teacher, what does God want that we should do?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “There were also some who collected taxes (henceforth tax collectors) who went to get-baptized. They said, ‘Sir teacher, what must we (excl.) do?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “There were some official receivers of payment to the government who also came there to be baptized also. They asked Juan saying, ‘Well, what about us (excl.), Teacher, what would be good for us to do?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:13:

• Noongar: “John said to them, ‘Don’t take more money than the Law says.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “He answered them: ‘Do not collect more than the government has set.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He answered he said, ‘Don’t ask for more taxes than you are told to.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And John said, ‘When you collect taxes, don’t you cheat people in what they should pay. The only thing you should take from them is that which the government has commanded you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Don’t collect in excess but rather what is exactly right,’ he said in reply.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Juan replied, saying, ‘Don’t cause to be paid more than the amount which has been ordered for you to cause to be paid.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:14:

• Noongar: “Soldiers also asked him, ‘What about us? What must we do?’ John said to them, ‘ Don’t hurt people and steal their money, and don’t tell lies about people. You must be happy with the money the bosses give you.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Soldiers also came to ask him, they said: ‘What about us (excl.)? What must we (excl.) do?’ He said to them: ‘Do not rob the possessions of others, and do not frighten the people so that they give you money. However much your salary is, receive it with glad hearts.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There were also soldiers asking him they said, ‘Na, we, what should we do?’ He said to them, ‘Don’t frighten (people) or accuse them falsely in order to be given money. And be content (lit. give thanks for) with your wages.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then there were some soldiers who asked John, they said, ‘As for us, what does God want us to do?’ And John answered, ‘You stop threatening people, and stop blackmailing them to get their money. Your salary should be enough for you; you must be satisfied with it.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “There were also soldiers who went to inquire of him saying, ‘As-for us as-well now what should we (excl.) do?’ Juan said, ‘Don’t threaten (lit. cause-to-be-frightened) or say-bad-things-about even any person in order to thus get his money. You must moreover be satisfied with your wages.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “There were also soldiers who questioned Juan. They said, ‘Well, what about us, what would be good for us to do?’ Juan replied to them, ‘Don’t be overbearing with anyone or give evidence which isn’t true just so that you can make money. Rather, what is good to make it your habit is, be pleased with your pay.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:15:

• Noongar: “People started hoping, and they started thinking, ‘Perhaps John is The Messiah!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “At that time, the people were continually awaiting the coming of the Redeemer King promised by God. they all asked in their hearts, maybe Yohanes was indeed the Redeemer King whom they were awaiting.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When the people heard Yahiya’s preaching, it was as if they hoped but also doubted in their livers if that Yahiya could be the Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the people here, when they heard the teaching of John, they remembered the prophesied king chosen by God, and they were thinking that it might be John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because of what Juan was saying, the many-people increasingly were-expecting the coming of the Messiah, and they kept-thinking, ‘Is this-one perhaps the Messiah?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well since the people were really anxiously awaiting the promised Cristo, in the minds of everyone was, ‘Maybe this Juan is the one referred to as the Cristo.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:16:

• Noongar: “So John told all of them, ‘I wash you in water but another person is coming. He is much greater than me. I am not good enough for untying his shoe. He will wash you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “That is why Yohanes said to them all: ‘As for me, I just baptize you with water, a sign of your repenting from your sins. But one whose power/authority is greater than mine will come. Just to become his servant to unties the strings/ropes of his shoes, I am not fitting/worthy. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Yahiya said to them all, ‘I bathe you with water, but there is a man soon coming who is really more powerful than I am, I am not even fitted to open the string in his shoes. That one will bathe you with something different. To some of you he will send the Holy Spirit and some he will bathe with fire.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this, John said, ‘There is one who will replace me who is much greater than I, because I’m not worthy as his servant, even to pull off his shoe. Water is what I baptize you with,’ said John, ‘but that one I’m talking about, He also will baptize you. Those who believe, he will baptize with the Holy Spirit. Those who won’t believe, fire is what he will baptize them with.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But Juan said to them, ‘There is one who is higher than I who will follow. And on account of this highness of his, I am not worthy to even untie the laces of his shoes. Only water is what I am baptizing-you -with, but as for him, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When Juan observed that, he said to those people, ‘I am baptizing you here in water/river. But it’s true, the one who will come following me, what he will baptize you with is the Espiritu Santo and fire. He really surpasses me. The proof of that is, even to untie the tie of his footwear, it’s not possible/acceptable for me to do it, for his greatness/importance is really exceedingly much.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:17:

• Noongar: “He brings his dish and he will sift the seed. He will beat all the seeds and gather the good seeds into his grain house. But he will burn the husks in a fire. That fire burns forever.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “He can be compared to a person who winnows rice. He separates the good rice [lit, rice that has contents] from the empty ones until it is clean. The good rice he puts into his granary, the empty he burns in a fire that blazes on forever.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He will separate the good people and the bad people. He is figuratively like a person winnowing rice, he separates the kernels and the chaff. The kernels he will store in the storage-container (a huge basket) but the chaff he will burn with fire which cannot be put out.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Since He is separating the good people and the bad people. He is like the person winnowing rice, who removes the hull from the rice. The rice will put into the storehouse, but the hull, he will burn it with fire which cannot be put out,’ said John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He is compared to a person holding a winnowing-basket that he will use-to-winnow the pounded rice. Its meat (lit. fruit), he will go and store it in his house, but as for the husks, he will burn them in the fire that never-goes-out.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He is the one who will judge the people. For it’s like he is holding his tossing-tool with which he will toss the grain-stalks. He will separate the grain to store in his silo. But the straw, he will throw it on the fire which can never go out till forever.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:18:

• Noongar: “John preached the Good News to the people. He used many different ways. John urged them, they must change their bad lives.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Like that Yohanes carried the Good News to the people, and he advised them with many kinds of teaching.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Yahiya used still many different ‘preachings’ in proclaiming the good news to the people and he begged them telling them to change their behavior.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now one of those days when all the people had finished being baptized, Jesus also had himself baptized by John. And then Jesus prayed, and while He was still praying, the heaven was opened and there landed on him the Holy Spirit who looked like a dove. And then God was heard speaking in Heaven, and He said, ‘You are my precious son; I am very pleased with you.’ There were very many things still that John taught those people, because he caused them to understand the good news. And as for John, he told the people that the custom of Governor Herod was bad because Herod had stolen his sister-in-law, Herodias, who was the wife of his younger brother Philip. And that which John told about was not the only evil doing of Herod because there were many other very evil things that he did. And that’s not all the evil that he did because he put John in prison.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “This and much more as well is what Juan was teaching the many-people in his preaching the good news to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “There were many more things which Juan taught to those people in his explaining the Good News.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)