Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:40:
- Noongar: “You stupid people! God makes the outside part. God also makes the inside part, doesn’t he?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “You are very foolish! Was it only our bodies that the Lord created? Did he not also create our hearts?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You are foolish. Don’t you know that God did not just create what is seen on the outside but he also created the inside which is not seen?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God who created the outside of your body created also your breath and your mind, and it’s necessary that your breath and your mind is clean, just like the outside of your body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You foolish-ones! God who made our bodies, he also of course made our minds, isn’t that so?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You must be simple/stupid, for isn’t it so that the one who made your body is the same as who made the mind/inner-being? Of course he wants all to be clean.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:41:
- Noongar: “But take the food and drink and give it to the poor people. Then all will become clean the way the Law says.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “What is in your cups and plates give to those whose lives are pitiful. If your behavior is like that, all is holy for you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But give to the poor the things in your cups and plates then everything will be clean to you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now according to what you are able to do, give to the poor and then it will be possible that you’ll be thoroughly clean.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore what you should do first is to make-good your minds so that you will share what you have with the poor. Because if you do that, you will be completely clean.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Therefore instead of the habit of money-grabbing, give freely with a happy mind to those who are poor. Well, what will become of that is that you are like truly clean now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:42:
- Noongar: “‘How terrible for you Pharisees! You give God his small share of your salt and spices and herbs, but you don’t do good to people and you don’t love God. First, you must do these things, and after, you can also do the other things.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘Disaster to you Parisi people! Even small plants like mint and ginger and other plants you give-as-worship-offering one tenth to God. But the big rules, like straight behavior to others and love to the Lord God, you do not pay-attention-to. Really, it is those big rules that you should follow, and also not forget to follow the little rules.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘You Pariseo are to be pitied. You give the tenth even including bawing (a spice) and saley (lemon grass) and all kinds of spice plants but you don’t think about doing straight/righteous deeds to your fellowmen and you don’t think about loving God. It is good if you give the tenth but you should not turn your back on doing the things I have said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you Pharisees because you give to God the tenth part, even spices like mint and garlic and all the vegetables, but as for righteous behavior and loving God in your breaths, you never think about it. It’s necessary for you to give the tenth part, but don’t you leave out these more important commandments.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you Pharisees, because you are thorough/careful to give God a tenth, even of what you harvest that flavors vegetable-dishes, but you have-been-ignoring what is more-important: your doing what is right to your companions and your loving God. It would be good if you had been careful/thorough with these more-important-things while meanwhile you continued to give the tenth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really very hard is what is in store for you (pl.) Pariseo. You obey well the law to give God a tenth part of all your plants, even flavorings (lit. what is mixed in food). But you are deliberately-forgetting the most-important that he commanded, which is straight/righteous actions and holding-dear for God. It’s really necessary that you do these most important things, and continue as well to obey those others which were said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:43:
- Noongar: “43 ‘How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the Synagogue. And in the market, you want people saying, ‘You are great’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘Disaster to you Parisi people! Because you are happy sitting in the seats of honor in the house of prayer, and you are happy when people along the side of the main-road bow to greet you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘You Pariseo are to be pitied. When you are in the prayer-house you want to sit in front. When you are in the market you are really happy when the people come and greet you.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you Pharisees because when you are in the church, you want that they will let you sit in the seats of the rulers, and if you’re there in the market, it really makes your breath feel good if the people show respect for you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you Pharisees, because you love to choose the best seats in the synagogue and you also like people to praise/honor you saying ‘Sir’ when you go visiting.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really very hard is what is in store for you Pariseo. For your favorite seats in the worship-place are those seats where the important are seated. And it is your pleasure to be suitably-greeted in the places where there are many people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:44:
- Noongar: “Very terrible for you! You are like graves without names and people tread them without knowing.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Disaster to you, because you are like graves that are not visible, that do not have a marker. People step on that grave, but they do not know that there is something rotten inside. You are good on the outside, but evil in your hearts.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘You are to be pitied. Because you are figuratively like a grave which is leveled/unmarked already, so the people walk over it and they don’t know that it defiles them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you Pharisees because you’re like graves that are marked, which people accidentally walk on. Because, as for people, they think that it does them good to follow you, but this really harms them because they find themselves imitating your evil doings.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you, because you are like burial-places of the dead that can’t be distinguished, so people step-on them, but they don’t know that that’s what they are stepping on.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really very hard is what is in store for you, for what you are like is a grave with no marker. That’s why people can trespass by walking on it for they have no awareness of it. Well like that indeed, people can become implicated/involved in the evil in your minds, for they mistakenly-thought you are righteous/straight in the sight of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:45:
- Noongar: “One Law Man said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, if you say this, you insult us also!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “A Yahudi religion teacher said to Yesus: ‘Teacher, with those words of yours(s), you (sing.) are also finding-fault with us (excl.)!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then one of the teachers of the religious law answered Isa he said, ‘Sir, if you speak like that you also shame us (excl.).'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were there some teachers of the Law, and they said to Jesus, they said, ‘Chief, as for those words of yours, we were struck also by them.’ (this means that those words were a rebuke to them)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon one of the teachers of the law said, ‘Sir teacher, in your (sing.) saying that, you (sing.) are including us (excl.) in being shamed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “An explainer of law spoke. He said, ‘Teacher, in what you said there, you are insulting/belittling even us (excl.) now.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:46:
- Noongar: “Jesus said, ‘Very terrible also for you Law Men! You put loads on the backs of people, loads too heavy (lit.: “sweat-making”) to carry but you don’t raise up one of your fingernails to help them to carry their loads.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yesus replied: ‘Disaster also to you religion teachers! Because you burden [lit, cause-to-carry-on-back] the people with rules and customs that are heavy. But you do not want to help them carry that load. You do not support [it] for them with even a finger.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Yes,’ said Isa. ‘You also are to be pitied, the teachers of the religious law. For you make it heavy/difficult for the people with the laws which they are not able to do/carry out and you don’t help them even a little bit in doing so.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said, ‘You also, the teachers of the Law, pity you also because there are very many difficult things that you make the people do, but you don’t help them in any way to do these things.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘Pitiful also are you teachers of the law, because you have-the many-people -carry-heavy -loads which are the many rules that you force them to follow, but you don’t however join-in-carrying even a little-bit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘Really very hard is what is in store for you also, explainers of law. Because through your teaching, it’s like you bundle up big bundles which you cause to be shouldered by people who aren’t able to shoulder them. But even your little finger, you don’t want to touch with it to lend-a-hand/help-out.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:47:
- Noongar: “‘Very terrible for you! You make beautiful graves for the Prophets, but truly, your ancestors, they killed these Prophets.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Disaster to you! How fancily you fix -up the graves of the long-ago prophets, while it was your own ancestors who killed those prophets.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘You are really to be pitied. For you make the graves of the prophets nice – the prophets whom your forefathers killed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you also in the future because you decorate the tombs, the burial places of the former prophets of God, but you are also the descendants of those who murdered them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you, because you make-beautiful burial-monuments -for the prophets long ago whom your ancestors were-killing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really very hard is what is in store for you. For elaborate memorials are what you cause to be built at the graves of the prophets who were all killed by your ancestors.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)