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complete verse (Luke 3:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:19:

  • Noongar: “But John criticised King Herod because he had married Herodias, his brother’s wife, and did many other evil things.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “And he also admonished the wrong of Herodes Antipas, the ruler in Galilea land, because Herodes took away and married Herodias, the wife of his own relative. Yohanes admonished him because of that action, and because of all his other evil actions.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Yahiya also scolded the governor Herod about (the fact) that he had married Herodiyas who had been the wife of his sibling and about the other bad things he did.” (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: “He also scolded Governor Herod on account of his marrying Herodias the spouse of his brother and other bad things that he had done.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It wasn’t only those people whom Juan was speaking-frankly to, but on the contrary even the king of Galilea who was Herodes. For he was rebuking Herodes because he had grabbed for himself his sister-in-law Herodias who was the wife of his brother Felipe, and still other evil things which he was doing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 3:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:20:

  • Noongar: “Then Herod did a worse thing: his police seized John and tied him up in prison.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “So, when Herodes heard that admonishment of Yohanes, he didn’t [implies contra-expectation] change his evil actions, he just added to them: he arrested Yohanes and put him in prison.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Herod added yet to his bad doings, he put Yahiya in prison.” (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: “But Herod, he became increasingly wicked/malicious and had-Juan -imprisoned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But well, Herodes in fact increased the size of his sin, for the time came when he caused Juan to be imprisoned.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 3:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:21:

  • Noongar: “After John had baptised all the people in water, John also baptised Jesus. While Jesus spoke to God, Heaven opened.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Before Yohanes was imprisoned, while he was still baptizing the people, Yesus also came asking-to-be-baptized. After he was baptized, while he was praying, suddenly the sky opened,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “At the time when Yahiya bathed all the people, Isa was also bathed. When Isa had been bathed he prayed and while he was praying the sky opened” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: (includes verse 22) “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: “When Juan had not yet been imprisoned when he was baptizing the many-people, Jesus also got-baptized. When that was finished and he was still praying, heaven opened” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Juan had not yet been imprisoned, masses of people caused themselves to be baptized by him. Jesus also caused himself to be baptized. When Jesus was praying when coming-up-from-water, he saw that suddenly/unexpectedly the sky/heaven opened.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 3:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:22:

  • Noongar: “and the Holy Spirit came down on Jesus like the body of a dove. And a voice came down from Heaven, ‘You are my one Son. I love you and I am happy with you!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “and the Holy Spirit descended landing on Yesus, its appearance like a pigeon. And God spoke from heaven speaking to Yesus: ‘You (sing.) are my Child whom I love. You (sing.) make my heart glad.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “and the Holy Spirit came down to him like the shape/appearance of a dove. And there was a voice from heaven saying, ‘You are my child which I love. I am very pleased with you/favorably disposed towards you.'” (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: “and the Holy Spirit descended like a dove/pigeon and alighted on him. After that there was a voice from heaven that said, ‘You (sing.) are my much-loved child. You (sing.) are the one with whom I am always-satisfied.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then the Espiritu Santo came down to him, (his) body/physical-appearance being like a dove. At the same time there was speech coming from heaven/sky, which said, ‘You really are my held-very-dear Son. I am really very pleased with you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 3:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:23:

  • Noongar: “When Jesus was 30 years old, he began his work. People said he was the son of Joseph. Joseph was the son of Heli,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “When the age of Yesus was about thirty years, he began his work. According/Following the opinion of people, Yesus was the child of Yusuf, Yusuf the child of Eli,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When Isa started preaching he was about thirty years old. The people thought-mistakenly that he was a child (after this ‘son’) of Yusup, this Yusup was a son of Heli.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When Jesus was thirty years old, he began to carry out the work which God had given Him to do. What was in the minds of people was that he was the child of Joseph. Now Joseph was the child of Heli,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When Jesus began to teach, he was about thirty years old (lit. it went to thirty his years). And people considered him to be the child of Jose. Jose was the child of Heli” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the age of Jesus was now about thirty years, he began doing his going teaching. The people mistakenly-thought that he was the son of Jose. Eli was his grandparent,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 3:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:24:

  • Uma: “Eli the child of Matat, Matat the child of Lewi, Lewi the child of Malkhi, Malkhi the child of Yanai, Yanai the child of Yusuf,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Heli was a son of Mattat, Mattat was a son of Libi, Libi was a son of Malki, Malki was a son of Janni, Janni was a son of Yusup.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and Heli was the child of Matthat, and Matthat was the child of Levi, and Levi was the child of Melchi, and Melchi was the son of Jannai, and Jannai was the son of Joseph.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “who was the child of Mattat. Mattat, that was the child of Levi who was in-turn (lit. also) the child of Melki. Melki was the child of Jannai who was in-turn the child of Jose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “who was the son of Matat, Matat being the son of Levi who was the son of Melqui. That Melqui, he was the son of Jana who was the son of Jose.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 3:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:25:

  • Uma: “Yusuf the child of Matica, Matica the child of Amos, Amos the child of Nahum, Nahum the child of Hesli, Hesli the child of Nagai,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “This Yusup was a son of Mattati, Mattati was a son of Amos, Amos was a son of Nahum, Nahum was a son of Esli, Esli was a son of Naggay.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Joseph was the son of Mattathias, and Mattathias was the son of Amos and Amos was the son of Nahum and Nahum was the son of Esli and Esli was the son of Naggai,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jose, he was the child of Mattatias who was in-turn the child of Amos. Amos was the child of Nahum who was the child of Esli who was in-turn the child of Naggai.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jose was the son of Matatias who was the son of Amos. Amos was given birth to (term applies to both parents) by Nahum who was the son of Esli. As for Esli, he was the son of Nage,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 3:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:26:

  • Uma: “Nagai the child of Maat, Maat the child of Matica, Matica the child of Simei, Simei the child of Yosekh, Yosekh the child of Yoda,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Naggay was a son of Ma’at, Ma’at was a son of Mattati, this Mattati was a son of Seme’in, Seme’in was a son of Yosek, Yosek was a son of Joda.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and Naggai was the son of Maath and Maath was the son of Mattathias and Mattathias was the son of Semein, and Semein was the son of Josech, and Josech was the son of Joda,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Naggai, he was the child moreover of Maat who was the child of Mattatias who was the child of Semein who was the child of Jose who was in-turn the child of Joda.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “who was the son of Maat who was the son of Matatias. Matatias was the son of Semei who was the son of Jose. Jose was the son of Juda,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)