Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 11:48)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:48:

  • Noongar: “This shows you are happy because of the things your ancestors have done. They killed the Prophets and you make their tombs.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “With your deeds, you confess/admit that you like the behavior of your ancestors. They killed the prophets of long ago, and you fix-up their graves.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You show that you agree with what your forefathers did. They killed the prophets and you make their graves nice.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your ancestors are the ones who murdered them, and you are the ones who decorate the tombs. You do this as a sign that you really like the evil-doing of your ancestors.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But in your doing that, you show that you approve that-aforementioned-thing which your ancestors were-doing, because they are the ones who were-killing, but you in-turn are the ones making houses for the ones they killed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “In that which you are doing, you testify that you are in agreement/harmony with that which your ancestors did. Well, because they were the ones who killed the prophets, you are the ones who cause their graves to be elaborate.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 11:49)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:49:

  • Noongar: “Because of these things, the Scriptures say, ‘I will send the Prophets to them and also other people to speak to them; they will kill some people and they will hurt other people.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “But the intention of God is very clear, he said like this: ‘I will order my prophets and my messengers to go to those people. Part/some of them will be killed, Part/some of them persecuted.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore God who has the greatest wisdom says, ‘I send the prophets and the people I commission to the tribe of Isra’il. But some of those I send they kill and others they persecute.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for God, who is very wise, He said long ago, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and they will kill some and some they will harm.’ The reason God said this was because He knew that as for you Jews, your breath would be one with the breath of your ancestors (this means what their ancestors did and what they did would be the same.)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This shows the wisdom/intelligence of God, because he said back then, ‘There are prophets and apostles that I will send them, but they will kill some and hardship others.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “That’s why what God said in his far from ordinary wisdom/understanding is really true, saying, ‘There will be prophets and apostles I will send there to them, some of whom they will kill, others they will cause to suffer.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 11:50)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:50:

  • Noongar: “So the people of today will be punished for the killing of the Prophets, all the Prophets who have been killed, since the beginning of the World.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “At the end, you who live at this time will be punished because of all the prophets who have been killed since the world was first created,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore you, the people of this day, will be punished because of the sin of your forefathers for killing the prophets since the world was created.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s why, as for you people today, you also will be punished for the murder of all the prophets of God who were murdered long ago,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Therefore the people now, they will be punished for the death of all the prophets since the creation of the earth,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore in the determining of God, punishment will come to you for all these prophets who have been killed from the creating of the world,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 11:51)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:51:

  • Noongar: “starting with the killing of Abel, to the killing of Zechariah, struck between the altar (lit.: “sacred fire”) and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of today will be punished because of all these things.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “beginning from the killing of Habel long ago, down to [lit, arriving at] the killing of the prophet Zakharia, who was killed in the yard of the House of God between the offering-burning table and the holy house. Thus truly/It is very true! You who live at this time will definitely be punished because of all the wrongs of your ancestors.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You will be punished because of the death of those prophets, beginning with Habil the child of grandfather Adam until Jakariya the one they killed between the place for sacrificing and the temple. Yes, I tell you, all that they did will come-home to you, the people living today.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “starting with the killing of Abel, up to the killing of Zechariah, who was murdered between the church, the house of God, and the altar of sacrifice. It’s true what I say that, you people today, you also will be punished because of this:” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “starting from their killing of Abel until their killing of Zacaris whom they killed between the altar and the Temple. Yes, this that I told you is emphatically true that the people today, they are responsible for the death of them all!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “from Abel who was the first to be killed long ago, up to the killing of Zacarias who was killed between the Templo building and the altar (lit. burning-place) which is in its like-a-yard. Yes indeed, this which I am saying to you is really true, that you Judio (pl.) of this time right now are the ones who will be reached by punishment because of all these.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 11:52)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:52:

  • Noongar: “‘Very terrible for you, Law Men! You keep the way to open the door to the house of knowledge. I say truly, you will not enter and you stop other people who want to enter!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Disaster to you religion teachers! Really, it should be you who teach the people the way to know God. However, you yourselves do not want to follow that way, and you just hinder people who want to follow [it].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘You are to be pitied, teachers of the religious law. You block (the way for) the people so that they do not know the true way to God. You do not follow the way and you forbid those who want to follow that way.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you teachers of the Law in the future, because you put a barrier in front of the people so that they might not know the true way of going to God. You don’t want to walk on that true way, but you hinder the people who do want to walk on that way!'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you teachers of the law, because you have removed that which is compared to the key which opens people’s knowing of the word of God. You are-blind-to its correct meaning and at the same time you turn-aside/distract the many-people so they don’t believe it either!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Really very hard is what is in store for you explainers of law. Because as for the truth which comes from God, you don’t want to believe/obey it, and you are even hiding it from the people. What you are like is a person who doesn’t want to enter a house, and he took away the key so that no-one else could enter.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 11:53)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:53:

  • Noongar: “When Jesus went outside the house, all the Law Men and Pharisees started insulting Jesus. They asked him many things.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus left from there. And beginning from that time, the religion teachers and the Parisi people were very irritated. That is why they kept-on-baiting him with many kinds of questions,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When Isa left from that house the teachers of the religious law and the Pariseo were very angry at him and they asked many questions” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then when Jesus left the house of the Pharisee, the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law tried to make it difficult for him. They asked him many things and insisted that he answer,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When Jesus went-out-from the house of that Fariseo, the teachers of the law and the Pharisees put-forth their efforts (lit. ability) to oppose him. They also asked-many -questions” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, from then on, the anger/hatred of the explainers of law and the Pariseo became really very severe. That’s why after Jesus left that house, he was continually questioned concerning many-many things.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 11:54)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:54:

  • Noongar: “They wanted to trap Jesus, seeing if he would say something wrong.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “and they continually kept-an-eye/watched-carefully him, searching for fault/wrong in his speaking.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “to trap him/catch him (in speech) perhaps he would finally make a mistake in his words and then they would be able to accuse him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because they were looking for a way to accuse Jesus of something.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “to trick/deceive him koma so that thus he would answer something koma that they could use-to-accuse him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “For there was no other motive in their minds than to snare him in what he was saying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 12:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:1:

  • Noongar: “Many people began coming together, so many they trampled other people. But first, Jesus spoke to his disciples, ‘Watch out! Don’t take the seeds of the Pharisees. I am talking of their lies, when they do not do the things they say.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “From there being thousands of people gathered wanting to see Yesus, they were crowded-together with the result that they stepped on each other’s feet. At that time, Yesus spoke to his disciples, he said: ‘Be careful of the yeast of the Parisi people. Its meaning, don’t follow their behavior. Because they are good only on the outside, [they are] still evil in their hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “During that time thousands of people had gathered so that they were jostling/pushing each other. Then Isa spoke first to his disciples, he said, ‘Be careful lest you are influenced by the doings of the Pariseo. They do things only so that they are seen by people. That custom of theirs is like yeast that spreads.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At that time there were many people pressing to get near to Jesus, and then Jesus spoke, but the ones he was talking to were his disciples, and he said, ‘Be on your guard so that you might avoid the yeast of the Pharisees, which is to say their pretending to believe in God, because you might accidentally imitate them. They think mistakenly that their false faith won’t be known by anyone,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “While these things were happening, how-many thousand people were gathering until they were stepping-on-each-other. Jesus spoke-with his disciples first saying, ‘Watch-out so you aren’t affected by the yeast/baking powder of the Pharisees, what I mean is, their behavior which is hypocritical (lit. fake good).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When thousands of people continued to arrive, well what else but people’s feet were getting stepped on. Jesus spoke, just his disciples being whom he spoke to. ‘Now,’ he said, ‘you be careful of the raising-agent of the Pariseo, so that you won’t be contaminated. What I mean by that is their nature/way of just pretending that they believe-in/obey God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)