Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 10:10)

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

  • Noongar: “‘But if you go into a town and they do not welcome you, go to the street and say,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “But if you enter into a town and you are not received, go to the main-road and say:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But whatever village you come to and the people don’t treat you according-to-custom, go to the roads and say,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But if you come to a village and they don’t welcome you there, give a sign to those people there, and say,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But if you go to a town and they reject you, go out into the street and say to them,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But whichever town won’t receive you, don’t stay around there. However what you are to do is, stand wherever many people are. And speak saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:11:

  • Noongar: “‘All the dust of your town, we shake the dust of our feet on you. But remember this. The Kingdom of God has come close to you.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Even the dust of your town that sticks to the soles of our (excl.) feet, we shake-off so that you see. But remember: the time has almost come for God to become King!’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘We shake from our (excl.) feet even the dust of the soil of your village, as a sign that we are through with you (that we have no more responsibility for you.) But you shall know that God’s rule is really here/has really come.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Even the dust here from your village that has stuck to our feet, we shake it off so that you might know that God will punish you.’ And you also, ‘It’s necessary that you know that the time for God to rule is coming soon.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Even this dust of your town that has stuck to our (excl.) feet, we (excl.) hereby brush it off so that you will thereby-know that you are responsible for your punishment. But be sure you remember that God has nevertheless come-near you to rule you koma.’ That is what you are to say to them,’ said Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Even this dust which stuck to our (excl.) legs/feet, we will indeed wipe it off, as a sign to you that you are no longer regarded by God as his people. But what you are to consider is that the kingdom of God is indeed close to you now. Therefore since you don’t want to submit/become-a-subject, you are now responsible!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:12:

  • Noongar: “I tell you, when the Day of Judgement comes, God will give more mercy to Sodom than their town.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus also said to his followers: ‘I say to you, on Kiama Day, the punishment of God punishing those townspeople will be greater than his punishment of the townspeople of Sodom town long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘that when the day comes when God judges mankind the judgment for the people of that place will be really greater (lit. heavier) than the judgment at the place Sodom, the place that is well known because of the sin of it’s people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I say to you,’ said Jesus, ‘that when the day arrives in the future for punishment, God’s punishment to that village will be greater than His punishment long ago to those wicked people who lived in the town of Sodom.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Because I tell you that when the time-of-God’s -judging the many-people arrives, the punishment of the residents there will be heavier than the punishment of those-from-Sodoma.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For what I will say to you really is true that at the day of judging, much heavier will be the punishment of those people there in those towns, heavier that that which will be experienced by the taga Sodoma.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:13:

  • Noongar: “‘That Day will be terrifying for you, Chorazin! That Day will be terrifying for you also, Bethsaida! Great things were done in you. If these things had been done in Tyre and in Sidon, long ago the people of those towns would have sat down, put on sorry clothes and sprinkled dust on their heads, to show they had turned away from their sin.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Disaster to you Yahudi people who live in the towns of Korazim and Betsaida! I have done indeed many miracles in your towns, but you still do not repent from your sins. If for example those miracles had been done in the towns of Tirus and Sidon, they would long ago have repented from their sins, even though they were not Yahudi people. They would have taken gunny-sacks to use-as-clothes, and they would sit sprinkling their bodies with ashes/dust, a sign of their regret.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘You are to be pitied, people of Korasin. You are to be pitied, people of Betsaida. For if I had done the powerful works/miracles in Tiros and Sidon that I have done there at your place, the people there would long have regretted and left their sin and as is their custom they would dress in sacks and sprinkle ashes on themselves to show their regret.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘Pity you in the future, you inhabitants of Chorazin! Pity you also in the future, you inhabitants of Bethsaida; as for the miracles which I caused you to see in your Jewish village, if I had done them in the villages of Tyre and Sidon where the people are not Jewish, they would have clothed themselves with sacks and they would have put ashes on their heads as a sign that they were abandoning their wicked customs.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus continued to say, ‘Pitiful are you from-Korazin and likewise also you from-Betsaida! Because many are the amazing things I have done in your towns, but you didn’t repent of your sins. If it had been in Tiro and in Sidon where I had done these amazing things, they would have put-on sacks immediately and sat in the ashes to show that they repented.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued speaking, saying, ‘Alas, really very hard is in store for you who are taga Corazin and taga Betsaida. Because supposing that there in Tiro and Sidon, whose people are not Judio, were done all these amazing things which were done here with you, it’s true that for a long time now the people from there would have dressed in rough (clothes) and sat in the ash-place, so as to cause it to be recognized that they were truly repenting/sorry.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:14:

  • Noongar: “On the Day of Judgement, God will give more mercy to Tyre and to Sidon than you.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “So, on Kiama Day, the punishment of God to you will be greater than his punishment of the Tirus and Sidon people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When the day of judgment comes the judgment for you will be greater than the judgment for the people of Tiros and Sidon.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you forget that in the future, on the day when God judges mankind, your punishment will be greater than the people in Tyre and Sidon.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore the punishment of those-from-Tiro and from-Sidon will be less-severe than yours on the day that God judges the many-people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “It’s true that at the day of judging, much heavier will be the punishment you are sentenced to, heavier that that of the taga Tiro and taga Sidon.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:15:

  • Noongar: “‘Also you, Capernaum! You want to lift up yourself to Heaven, do you? You will be thrown down into Hell!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘And you also Kapernaum people! Do you think that God will lift you, make-you-high? No! He will just throw you away and punish you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And you, people of Kapernaum,’ said Isa, ‘is it that you mistakenly-think that you will be made-great/honored to above the sky? You will be put-down/humbled into hell.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And you also,’ said Jesus, ‘from Capernaum! You want everybody to praise you, but you will be thrown down to Hell.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You also moreover from-Capernaum, do you actually think that you will be raised to heaven to be praised? You will most certainly be brought down to hell.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And as for you taga Capernaum, isn’t it so that it’s like your greatness/importance has reached right up to the sky/heaven? But well, you will just be dropped/thrown-down there to hardship which nothing can exceed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:16:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The person who listens to you, he also listens to me; and the person who rejects you, he also rejects me. The person who rejects me, he rejects God, who sent me.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, Yesus again spoke to his followers, he said: ‘People who receive your words, its meaning, it is my [emphatic] words that they receive. People who reject you, its meaning, I am the one they reject. And people who reject me, they also reject the Lord God who sent me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa said yet to his disciples, ‘Whoever listens to your teaching, it is as if they listen to me. Whoever doesn’t pay attention to you, it is as if it is me whom they are not paying attention to. And whoever doesn’t pay attention to me, that means that he also is not paying attention to God the one who sent me to the world.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then he spoke to his disciples, he said, ‘Any person who obeys your teaching, it’s as if I were the one he’s obeying. And that person who does not pay any attention to you, it’s just as if I were the one he’s not paying any attention to. And the person who doesn’t pay any attention to me is really not paying any attention to God who sent me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The one who heeds what you say, I am the very one he is heeding, and the one who rejects you, I am the very one he rejects, and the one who rejects me, it is God who sent me that he is rejecting.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus added on more saying to his disciples, ‘The ones listening to you, I am the one they are listening to. Those who reject you, they are also rejecting me. And those who reject me, they are also rejecting my Father who sent me.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 10:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:17:

  • Noongar: “Those 72 men came back very happy. ‘Lord!’ they said. ‘We speak to evil spirits in your name and they do what we tell them.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Some time after that, those seventy followers returned. Their hearts were very glad, they said to Yesus: ‘Lord, even demons also submitted to us, and they fled, when we expelled/caused-to-go-out them with your (sing.) name.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Not long after the seventy two came back to Isa. They were very happy. They said to Isa, ‘Sir, even, surprise, the demons obeyed our command if we spoke/uttered your name.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A few days later when the seventy that were sent returned home, they were very happy because they said to Jesus, ‘Even those demons, they obeyed us when we caused them to go out by means of the power of your name!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When those seventy-two whom Jesus had sent returned, great was their happiness and they said, ‘Lord, even the evil-spirits, they were obeying us (excl.) when we caused-them -to-leave using your (sing.) name!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “On the return of those seventy two who had been sent, they were very happy. ‘Lord,’ they said, ‘really even the evil spirits, they obey by leaving when we drive them out in your name.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)