Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:16:
Noongar: “Other people wanted to trap Jesus, so they asked Jesus to do a clever thing so they could see if God was with Jesus. ” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “There were also some who wanted to tempt Yesus. They requested to Yesus that he show them miracles so that they would clearly know that he was really from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The others also, for testing Isa they asked Isa to be shown wonder causing deeds/miracles so that they would know if he was truly from God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were there also some people who tested Jesus; they begged him to show them a miracle, because they wanted to find out if God had really sent him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Still others wanted to test him, so they asked him to do an amazing thing to show that God is the one who had sent him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Others also were wanting to test Jesus, which is why they requested that they be shown a sign having-to-do-with the sky/heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:17:
Noongar: “But Jesus saw what they were thinking, so Jesus said to them, ‘If one country is divided and people of the country fight other people of the country, then that country will not stand long; if people of a family are divided, the family will be broken.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “But actually Yesus knew what was in their hearts. That is why he said to them: ‘For example, if a king and the people in his kingdom are always fighting/reciprocally-opposing, that kingdom will definitely fall/be destroyed. So also people in a family who are always fighting, they will definitely separate-apart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But Isa knew what was in their minds therefore he said to them, ‘For example if there is a kingdom and it’s people fight against each other, eventually that kingdom will be destroyed. And if the (members of) a family oppose each other they also will be destroyed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, Jesus realized what was inside their breath, and he said, ‘For example, if there is a king and his subjects are fighting each other, the power of that king will not last very long. If there is a head of a family and his subjects turn against each other, that family will fall apart.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But Jesus knew what was in their thoughts, so he said to them, ‘If the many-people in a town/country fight-each-other, that country will be ruined. So also a family, if they quarrel, they will separate.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But Jesus knew what they were thinking. That’s why he said to them, ‘Whatever kingdom which is not harmonious for its subjects are opposing one another, of course it won’t last. Like that too will happen to whatever household. As long as its people are divided because they are in conflict, of course it won’t last.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:18:
Noongar: “So if Satan’s country is divided, how will his country stand? You say that I drive out evil spirits because Beelzebul gives me strength.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “So also in the kingdom of demons. If a demon opposes his fellow demon, the kingdom of demons will definitely fall/be destroyed. But you(emphatic) say, I expel demons with power of Beelzebul, the king of demons.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Therefore if the leader of demons drives out his demon adherents/disciples that means that they are opposing/fighting each other and the ruling of the demons will not be long-lasting. You say that I drive out demons because I am given power by Belsebul, the leader of demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if Satan fights against his followers, his power will be destroyed. It is not possible what you said, that by means of the power of Endedaman, I am able to overcome his followers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “It’s the same also with Satanas. If he quarrels-with his fellow evil-spirits, his ruling will emphatically be ruined. I tell you this because you are saying that Beelzebub is the one who gave me my power to cause-evil-spirits -to-leave.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Supposing Satanas is driving out the evil spirits he rules over, isn’t it so that he is opposing himself? Well, how will his kingdom last? Isn’t it so that it won’t? Therefore it’s not possible/acceptable for you to say that I am able to drive out evil spirits because I was given this ability/means by Beelzebub.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:19:
Noongar: “If I drive them out that way, how do your disciples drive them out? Your own disciples show that you are wrong!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “But there are also your own companions who expel demons. With what authority do your companions expel demons. Surely with the authority of God. So, from the deeds of your own companions, it is clear that your false-charges are wrong.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If this is true, with whose power do your disciples drive out demons? They will be the ones who say that your thinking is at fault.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If the power that I use to drive away demons really comes from Satan, then where does the power that your companions use to drive away demons, come from? By means of the activity of your disciples, it can be known that you are mistaken.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If that is true, how then have your disciples been causing-evil-spirits -to-leave? Even they, they will confirm that what you are saying is mistaken!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But supposing it’s true that I drive out evil spirits by the ability/means of Beelzebub, well where does the ability come from of your followers who can also drive out evil spirits? They are the ones who can testify that you have really made a mistake.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Kabwa: “Well, if it is true that, me I chase out demons by the authority of Beelzebul, now your students they chase out [demons] by the authority of whom?”
Suba-Simbiti: “But if me I chase out a demon by the authority of Beelzebul, your students also chase out demons by the authority of Beelzebul?” (Source for this and above: R.M. Mészároš in Journal of Translation 18/2022, p. 115ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:20:
Noongar: “No! I drive out evil spirits because of God’s great power. So you can see that the Kingdom of God is coming to you.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “But I, I expel demons with the power of God. From that, you know for certain that the time has come for God to become King in your midst.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But the truth is, my power to drive out demons is really from God. This means that God is already ruling here among you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because this power that I use to drive away demons comes from God, and by means of this, you can tell that this already is the time for God to rule.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Because the truth of it is, God is the one who gave me my power to cause-evil-spirits -to-leave, and that’s how-you -will-know that God’s ruling you has arrived.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, now, if I drive out evil spirits by the strength of the supernatural-power of God, isn’t it so that this means the kingdom of God has arrived here with you?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Suba-Simbiti: “But, the authority of God is indeed what causes me to chase demons, therefore this shows that the kingdom of God has arrived among you.” (Source: R.M. Mészároš in Journal of Translation 18/2022, p. 115ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:21:
Noongar: “‘When a strong man prepares his spears to protect his house, then all his things stay safe.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “‘A demon may be compared to a strong person. If that strong person guards his house with his weapons [lit., “war goods”], nothing happens to the contents of his house.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “‘For example if a person is strong and in weapons/is armed is watching his house his possessions are not in danger.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus caused people to understand that he was much more powerful than Satan, ruler of the demons. Jesus said, ‘If there is a strong person who is completely armed, and he guards over his house, no one can take away from him his possessions.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘Satanas can be compared to a strong person who is armed. If he is guarding his house, no one will be-able-to-steal his possessions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “For as long as a person who is strong and armed with bladed-weapons will guard his house, of course his belongings won’t easily be lost-permanently.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:22:
Noongar: “But when a stronger man attacks him and throws him down, he takes away all the spears, everything the man had prepared. Then, everything he stole, he shares out.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “But if a stronger person comes to oppose him and defeats him, he grabs/takes all his weapons in which he had trusted and he divides the contents of his house with his companions. So, if I expel demons, it meanings that my authority is greater than [that of] the demons.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “But if a person stronger than he comes to attack him and he is defeated, the arms he trusted in are taken from him and his possessions are distributed by the winner and given to his companions.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But if there is an even stronger person who arrives, he can overcome this first one, and he can take away the weapons that that person trusted in, and he distributes that which he captured to his own subjects.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “But if a stronger person fights and defeats him, he will take-away the arms in which his opponent trusted and then he will get the possessions of that opponent of his to thereby share them with his companions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “But if a stronger arrives and he is defeated, of course his bladed-weapons in which he trusted can now be grabbed and his belongings which were also grabbed can all be distributed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:23:
Noongar: “‘If a person does not stand by me, he stands far from me, and if a person does not help me picking up things, truly, he is throwing things away.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “‘Whoever is not on my side, truly he is my enemy. Whoever does not help me work, he bothers/persecutes my work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Isa said yet, ‘Those who do not take my side oppose me. And those who do not help me gathering, scatter.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘The one who is not my companion is my enemy; he who does not help me, he hinders me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “‘Even anyone who doesn’t join me opposes-me, and he who does not help to gather the sheep, he scatters them.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Really that one who is not siding with me, I regard him as opposing me. And that one not helping me look for people, he is the one who is misleading them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
