Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:18:
- Noongar: “‘This I will do’, he said to himself, ‘I will break down my grain houses and make bigger houses for keeping everything, my grain and all my other things.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Ah, I have an idea! I will just tear down my storehouse and build one that is bigger, so that there [locative] will be my putting-away-place for all my rice and my goods.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “A, I know as to what I should do,’ he said, ‘I will break down my storehouses and will build bigger ones than the first ones so that I can store there all that my plants yielded and all my wealth.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said, ‘I will tear down these bodegas of mine and I will build again greater ones, so that all that I have harvested and all of my possessions might be placed in them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Ah, now this is what I will do. I will destroy all my granaries so that I will then build bigger-ones so that it will suffice as a place-for-me-to-store all my harvests and my possessions as well.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Probably it would be good if I break up these silos of mine, for I will then have much bigger ones built, so that places-to-put-into won’t lack for what I have harvested and for my belongings.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:19:
- Noongar: “Then I can say, ‘You happy man! You own all the good things, everything you desire for many years. Sit, eat and drink, and life will become happy!”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, I will no longer work, for my stored-things will be many, enough for me to use for several years. Thus, I can just sit-around-in-the-house, eat, drink and continually have-fun!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then I will say to myself, I have really been lucky. I have been able to store up much for many years in the future. I will rest now. I will eat and drink and have fun.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then, since I really now have everything nice, I will no longer work, because I have come to own everything that I will need for many years. Therefore I will just relax and eat well, and drink, and have a good time,’ he said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then I will say to myself, ‘I am a fortunate (appreciation particle) person! These good-things that I have stored-away will suffice for how many years. I will take-life -easy! I will eat-and-eat, drink-and-drink, and enjoy-myself and that’s all!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then I will just sit around (lit. cause-my-leg-to-swing), for I will say, I will never lack anything for however many years. I’ll just be getting up to eat, drink and enjoy-myself.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:20:
- Uma: “‘But what actually happened was [lit., In-fact earlier] God said to that person: ‘Hee, fool! Tonight your (sing.) spirit/breath will be-taken-from you (sing.). So, all that that you (sing.) gathered, who will be its owner?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But God said to him, ‘You are really stupid! This night your life will be taken from you. Then who will the wealth be for, that you got ready?’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However, then God spoke to him and said, ‘You are a very stupid person! Tonight your life will come to an end and you will die, and there will be no value to you, all of your possessions that you had placed in your house, because these will be given to someone else.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But then God said to him, ‘You (sing.) foolish person, you (sing.) will certainly die this very night (lit. today night). Who perhaps will gain/enjoy all these things that you (sing.) have stored up?’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But God said to him, ‘You are simple/stupid! Because this very night your life/breath will be reclaimed. Well, whose now is all that which you collected which you were keeping for yourself?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:21:
- Noongar: “But God said to him, ‘You stupid man! Now, tonight, you must give back your life. Then who will own all these things you keep only for yourself?”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘Thus are the lives of people who want to gather riches in the world, but their lives are pitiful in the sight of God.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that Isa said, ‘Like that also is a person if he collects riches for himself but is poor in God’s sight/in the presence of God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus spoke again to the many people, he said, ‘Any person who stores up wealth but takes no thought for anything that God wants, is just like that rich person.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus concluded by saying, ‘This is what will happen to the person who stores up wealth for himself (lit. his body), but he is not rich in God’s estimation.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Like that indeed is what will happen to people who give priority to collecting riches here on earth, but they are really beggars in the sight of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:22:
- Noongar: “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘And so I tell you, don’t worry about your life, about getting food and drink and clothes for your body.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Yesus said saying to his disciples: ‘This is why I say to you, do not be busy thinking about your lives. Don’t say: ‘What shall be eat? What shall we wear?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa spoke to his disciples, he said, ‘Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your livelihood as to what your food shall be or about your body as to what your clothes shall be.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to his disciples, he said, ‘That’s why I say to you that you should not be troubled about food to keep you alive, and don’t you also be troubled about clothing for your body to wear,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘This is the reason I tell you, don’t be worried about food and what-can-be-worn which you need in this life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus spoke to his disciples, saying, ‘Therefore I say to you not to agitate your mind/thinking about where can be got all the things your body needs like food and clothing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:23:
- Noongar: “Life is greater than eating and drinking and the body is greater than clothes.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Because your lives are more than food and clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “For the life is more valuable than food and the body is more valuable than clothes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because God has given you breath and your body, which is very precious and it cannot be that he will not give you also food and clothing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because your lives are far-away more-valuable than food, and your bodies are also emphatically more-valuable than clothes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For isn’t it so that life is greater/more-important than food and the body also is greater/more-important than clothing? Well since life and body are indeed the gift of God to you, of course he will also give these which you need which are food and clothing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:24:
- Noongar: “See the crows! They don’t plant seeds or harvest seeds. They don’t have grain stores. God gives them food to eat! You are greater than birds!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Consider/think-about crows. They do not farm, they do not harvest, they do not have storehouses or storage-containers. But even so, God still gives them food. Even more so you, because in God’s sight your lives are more [important] than the lives of birds, and his taking-care-of you is more than his taking-care-of birds.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Look at the crows. They don’t plant or harvest and they don’t have anything to store their food in. But God feeds them. You are much more valuable than birds.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Think about the crows; they do not plant; they do not harvest; they have no storehouses to put anything in. And in spite of that, God sees that they have food. Now, how much more He will take care of people who are much more precious to Him than crows!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Consider the birds, they don’t plant and harvest, neither do they have storage-racks and granaries, but they (reassurance particle) don’t suffer-hunger, because God gives them what they eat. You are far-away more-valuable than birds, is it not so?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For just think about (lit. walk your mind/thinking over) birds which are crows. Isn’t it so that they don’t plant or harvest, and they have no silos? But they don’t starve for they are fed by God. Well, isn’t it so that you are much greater that these birds?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:25:
- Noongar: “I ask, can you live longer just because you want this?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “What also is the use of your having very much thinking/worry? Because even if we are continually busy thinking, we are not able to add-to our age even just one night.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Who of you can lengthen his life even for one hour if you worry about it?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And no matter how a person cherishes his life, there is no way that he can lengthen it by even just a little.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Another thing, even if you worry constantly, can you do-you-suppose make-longer your lives by even one hour?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Well, which of you could add to his life even a little time through agitating his mind/thinking? Of course none.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)