Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 7:50)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:50:

  • Noongar: “But Jesus said to the woman, ‘Your faith saved you. Go in peace.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus also said to that woman: ‘You (sing.) are free from the punishment of your (sing.) sins because of your (sing.) faith in Me. Go with goodness of life.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa said to the woman, ‘You are saved already because you trust in me. Go now, don’t be sad.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus spoke again to the woman, he said, ‘Now, you just go home, woman, and may your situation be good. You are free from punishment because you have trusted God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Jesus said to the woman, ‘Your (sing.) faith is the reason that you (sing.) have been saved. Go-home with your (sing.) mind at-peace.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus said again to that woman, ‘You have really been saved/freed through the big-size of your belief/obeying and trust in me. Go home happy.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:1:

  • Noongar: “After, Jesus went to all parts of the country, preaching the Gospel, the news of the Kingdom of God. The twelve disciples went with him,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, Yesus went-around to many towns spreading the Good News, he said: ‘The time has almost come for God to become King in the world.’ His twelve disciples accompanied him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Not long after that Isa covered the towns and villages proclaiming the good news that God rules over his people. His twelve disciples went with him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A few days later, Jesus passed through many villages, small and big, and he caused people there to understand the good news about God ruling over mankind. And as for his twelve disciples, they also went with him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It wasn’t long before (lit. and) Jesus went-around the many-towns preaching the good news concerning the ruling of God. His twelve disciples also went-along,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Before long, Jesus went all over the towns and barios teaching the Good News concerning the kingdom of God. His companions were indeed his twelve disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:2:

  • Noongar: “and also women whom Jesus had healed of their evil spirits and sicknesses. Mary (called Magdalene) — Jesus had driven seven evil spirits out of her;” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There were also several women who accompanied them. Those women were women whom Yesus had healed from their diseases or from evil spirits that possessed them. One of them was Maria, who was usually called Magdalena. One time Yesus had expelled seven evil spirits from that Maria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There were also women going with him. Among those women were some whose sicknesses had been healed. Some also had been demon possessed and Isa had driven out the demons. One of these women, Mariyam, a woman from Magdala, had seven demons driven out from her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were also some women there who went along with him, and as for these women, he had before cured them from their sicknesses, and some of them, he drove away the demons that were afflicting them. One of these women was Mary Magdalene, the one from whom Jesus drove away seven demons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “along with some women from whom Jesus had removed sicknesses and caused-to-leave the evil-spirits that possessed them. These women were Maria Magdalena whom seven evil-spirits had left,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And others who went around with him were women whose illness he had healed and from whom he had driven out evil spirits. One was Maria who was called Magdalena. There were seven evil spirits possessing her which had been driven out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:3)

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

  • Noongar: “and Joanna, who was the wife of Chuza, boss of Herod’s house; and Susanna and many other women. They gave their money to Jesus and his disciples, helping them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “One also was Yohana, the wife of Khuza, a servant in the house of King Herodes. There was also Susana, and still many other women. Those women used their own money to help Yesus and his disciples.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Others were Jo’anna, the wife of Kusa, the foreman of the servants of king Herod, and Susanna and many other women. They were the ones who provided for Isa and company.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Among those women also was Joanna, the wife of Chuza. As for Chuza, he was a trusted servant of King Herod. There was also there Susanna, and many other women who went along because they were helping Jesus and company by means of their possessions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Joanna the spouse of Kuza who was an official of Herod, Susanna, and many other women who were giving some of their possessions to help plural Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Another was Juana who was the wife of Cusa who was Herodes’ manager/chief-servant. Still another was Susana, and there were many others who were their companions. What they did was, they used their own possessions/means to help Jesus and company.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:4:

  • Noongar: “Many people came to Jesus from all the towns. When they came together, Jesus told them this story:” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There was no end to people from other towns who came to Yesus. When many people had gathered, Yesus spoke to them with this parable, he said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “One day when many people gathered to Isa and kept coming from the villages Isa spoke to them in a parable. He said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time there were always people who were gathered to Jesus, and they came from all the towns. And when a great many people had gathered there, Jesus told them a parable. He said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “In-a-large-group were the people who were going to where Jesus was from the many-towns he had been visiting. When they gathered where he was, then he related to them this parable.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “People kept on arriving coming from the towns gathering around Jesus. When there were many people now, Jesus used an illustration in teaching, saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:5:

  • Noongar: “‘One day, a man went out planting seeds. He planted the seeds in the ground, but some seeds fell on the path. People trod the seeds and birds ate them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘There was a sower [who] went sowing. In his sowing, there was seed [sowed-thing] that fell in the middle of the road [lit., eye of the road], and so it was stepped on by people and pecked by birds.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘There was a person who went to his field to broadcast seed. As he broadcasted some seed happened to fall on the way. So-then it was stepped on and the birds went and ate it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘There was a person who went to his field in order to plant. And of that which he planted there was some which fell on the path and was trodden on by people and birds ate it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “He said, ‘On one-occasion, there was a person who went to broadcast seed in his swidden. While he was broadcasting the seed, some fell on the path and people were-stepping on it while moreover birds were-pecking-it-up.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘There was a person who scattered his planting-seeds. Well since the way he planted was by scattering (seed), some got scattered on the pathway, which is why it got trodden on, and as-soon-as-he-turned-his-back, it was eaten by the birds.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:6:

  • Noongar: “Some seeds fell on the stony ground. The seeds grew, but the leaves became dry because there was no water in the ground.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There was also some that fell on rocky ground. That seed grew, but immediately wilted because the ground was dry.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Some other seeds fell on rocky ground (batu pãnas big rocks covered with a thin layer of soil) and when it sprouted it withered because it could not suck up water.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also that which he planted which fell and landed on very thin soil, on top of some stone. And this sprouted but it shrivelled up very quickly because that ground dried up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Others that he broadcast, they fell on a-rocky-area. They sprouted, but then they withered, because the soil of-course was dry.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Where others got scattered was in a rocky place. Well since the soil was only superficial over those rocks, after sprouting they shrivelled, for there wasn’t enough water.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 8:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:7:

  • Noongar: “Some seeds fell among thorn bushes. The thorn bushes and the seeds grew together and the thorn bushes killed the good seeds.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There was also some that fell in the midst of thorns. The thorns grew together [lit, at-one-time] with the seed, with the result that the thorns crowded the seed until it died.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Others fell into the thorns and the thorns grew at the same time and what was planted was choked.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also that which he planted, which fell on the ground where the weeds there were thorny. And when the plants grew tall, those thorny weeds grew tall also, and they choked out the plants.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Others also, they fell in a thorny-area, but whereupon the thorns grew-with (them) and choked-out the plants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for others, they got scattered where-weeds-were-sprouting-all-over. When those weeds grew up, the plants couldn’t fruit because they drowned/were-swamped(fig.)” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)