Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 9:56)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:56:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus and his disciples went to another place.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, they went-on going to another town.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then they proceeded to a different village.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they continued on to another village.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And after that they went to a different town.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, they went to another bario.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:57)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:57:

  • Noongar: “As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, ‘I will follow you everywhere you go.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “On their journey, there was a person who said to Yesus: ‘Wherever you (sing.) go, Lord, I want to follow you (sing.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “While they were traveling, a person spoke to Isa, he said, ‘Sir, I want to follow you wherever you go.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And while they were walking, there was a person who said to Jesus, ‘I will go with you wherever you go.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “As they were walking-along there was a man who said to Jesus, ‘I will follow you (sing.) even wherever you (sing.) go.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “While they were still traveling, someone said to Jesus, ‘I really will go along with you wherever you go.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:58)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:58:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said to him, ‘Dingos have caves and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has not one place to lie down and sleep.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus answered him, he said: ‘Civet cats have their dens, and birds have their nests, but I the Child of Man, I do not have a house to sleep in.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘The pahang (big lizard) have it good, they have holes and the birds have nests. But I, the Son of Mankind I have not even a resting place.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to him, ‘As for the fox, there is a cave where he lives; as for the birds, they have their nests. But as for me, the one titled the older sibling of mankind, I just have to rest anywhere, because I have no place to live.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jesus said, ‘Even the civet-cats have holes to live in, and the birds also, they have nests, but I who am Child of a Person have no proper place-to-sleep.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus answered, saying, ‘Is that true? It would be good if you will remember that wild dogs have holes (in trees), and as for the birds, they have their nests. But as for me who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, I have no certain place to stay, but on the contrary just wherever.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:59)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:59:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said to another man, ‘Follow me!’ But the man said, ‘Lord, first let me go back and bury my father.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, and Yesus said to another: ‘Follow me.’ But that person answered: ‘Lord, permit me first to return to my house. When my father dies and is buried, I will follow you (sing.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said to one person, ‘Follow me.’ But the person answered, he said, ‘Yes, Sir, but I will go home first. When I have buried my father I will come back and follow you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to another person, he said, ‘Follow me.’ But that one he spoke to said to him, ‘Chief, I’ll go home for awhile because I cannot go with you yet until the time when my father’s life is ended. And after I bury him, then I will come and follow you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus also said to another person, ‘Right-now become my disciple.’ But that one answered, ‘Lord, later please so we (excl.) can first go bury my father.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus said to one person, ‘Come with me.’But that person replied, ‘If it’s all right with you, I’ll go home first to bury my father.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:60)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:60:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said, ‘Dead people can bury their dead people. You come and tell about the Kingdom of God.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus answered him with this figure-of-speech, he said: ‘Let the dead-people bury their fellow dead-people. But you (sing.), you (sing.) go spread the news of the Kingdom of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said, ‘Let the dead ones be buried by those who don’t have everlasting life. But you, go and proclaim about God’s ruling.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered that person, ‘Let those who have not received eternal life bury the dead people. The thing I want you to do is to tell the good news about how God rules over people.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Let-him-be,’ said Jesus, ‘so the companions of your (sing.) father who are as if dead can be the ones to go bury him. But as for you (sing.), go preach about the ruling of God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied to him, saying, ‘Leave them to bury that one who has died who are as-it-were dead also because they don’t want to believe-in/obey me. But as for you, you go and teach concerning the kingdom of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:61)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:61:

  • Noongar: “Another man said, ‘I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and speak to my family.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “There was also another [person] who said to Yesus: ‘Lord, I do want to follow you (sing.). But permit me first to return-home to say-good-bye-to/take-leave-of my relatives.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There was also one who said to Isa, ‘I will follow you, Sir, but I will just go first and take leave of the people in my house.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was another person who said to Jesus, ‘Chief, I will follow you, but I will go home first, in order to tell those people in my house.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “There was one more who said, ‘Lord, I will follow you (sing.), but later please so that I can first go say-goodbye to my family.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then another person spoke next, ‘As for me, Lord, I will indeed go along with you, however if possible/acceptable, I will first ask-leave from my companions/family at home.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 9:62)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:62:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said to him, ‘A man who starts to dig the ground but then looks back, he is not good enough for the Kingdom of Heaven.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus said saying to him: ‘The person who begins to plow, it is not good if he keeps-looking-back. People who have character like that are not fit/worthy to become workers in God’s Kingdom.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa said to him, ‘If a person plows and always looks back that is not good. Likewise if a person follows me but is hindered by what he leaves behind, he is not worthy to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘If you are plowing and you are always looking back, that’s not good. It’s the same way also with the person who follows me, and he always has something to look back toward — he is not worthy to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Jesus said, ‘The one who has begun to plow who keeps-turning-around, his work will be emphatically useless. It’s the same with the one who goes-with me who keeps-turning-around, because he has no way to serve in God’s ruling.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus answered him, saying, ‘If a person is ploughing, if he keeps looking-back, his work isn’t acceptable/possible. Well it’s like that indeed, that a person is ineffective in the kingdom of God if his mind/inner-being isn’t concentrated on his following/obeying me.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Gurung: ” . . . ‘In ploughing, if anyone, after seizing the handle, turns and keeps looking back, that person is of no use when God is doing his work.'” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)

complete verse (Luke 10:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:1:

  • Noongar: “Afterwards, the Lord took another 72 men and sent all of them, going out ahead of him, two men going together. They went to all of the villages, everywhere the Lord told them he would go.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, the Lord Yesus also chose seventy of his other followers and he ordered them to walk two-by-two ahead of Him going to every town that he would pass later.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After that there were yet seventy two people commissioned by him and told to go ahead to all the different places that he would soon go to. He sent them two by two.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “After this, there were seventy two men that the Lord Jesus chose because he wanted to send them out before him by twos, into all the villages that he would be going to also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When that was finished, Jesus chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them by-twos to go-ahead to go teach in the towns that he would later go to.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, after that, Jesus next chose seventy two other people who were his disciples. And then he sent them to go in two’s to each town and bario where he was planning to go.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)