Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 14:20)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:20:

  • Noongar: “Another person said, ‘I only just married and really, I can’t come’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Another one also said: ‘I just got married. I cannot go [to where you are].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And one said, ‘I have recently married, therefore I cannot come.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And another person there said, ‘I cannot attend because I have just gotten married; that’s why I cannot go there.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “One also, he said, ‘I-have-just-gotten-married, so I will not be joining-in-eating.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “As for one person, he said, ‘I really can’t come for our (excl.) marriage-legalities have just been completed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 14:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:21:

  • Noongar: “The servant went back home and told his boss everything. The boss became very angry and told his servant, ‘Hurry! Go to the big roads and the little paths of this town and get many people, poor people and disabled and blind and lame.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “That servant returned going back to the owner of the feast bringing-back their words. No kidding the anger of the owner of the feast, he said to his servant: ‘Hurry going to the main-road and to the intersections in the town. Encourage to come the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’ The servant did go to follow the command of the owner of the feast.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the servant went home and told it to his master. His master was very angry when he heard that and he said to his servant, ‘Listen, go quickly to the roads and to all the trails here in this place and bring the poor people here and the deformed, the blind and the lame.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the servant of the one who is giving the feast returned home, and he told his master all of these excuses the people he’d been sent to gave him. And then that master of his became very angry, and he said to his servant, ‘Go into the village, go up and down the streets and paths, and bring along with you the poor people, the crippled people, the lame and the blind.’ And then that servant went out.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘That being so, that-aforementioned servant then returned and reported everything to his master. Extreme was the anger of that master of his and he said to his servant, ‘All-right then, hurry to go to the street and market-place of the town to go invite the poor, cripples, blind and lame so they will come and join-in-eating.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, that messenger returned who had been sent. That (preceeding) is what he told to his master. Well what else but he got angry. He said next to that messenger of his, ‘Go ahead, set out again. Go to the streets of this city and the ones you are to bring with you are the poor, those who have defects in their body, the blind and the lame.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 14:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:22:

  • Noongar: “The servant soon came back and he said, ‘Boss, I have done what you said. But your house is not full.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘When he arrived back, he said saying to the owner of the feast: ‘Father, I carried-out [lit., caused-to-walk] your (sing.) commands, but your (sing.) house is not full, there are still chairs/seats.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Not long after that, his servant came back and said to his master, ‘I have done what you commanded, Sir, but there is still room.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the servant returned, he said to his master, ‘The people you sent me to are arriving, and yet your house is still not full.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And he went. A while later, he went and said to his master, ‘Sir, I have obeyed what you (sing.) commanded, but there is still room for others.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When that messenger returned, he said, ‘Master, I did what you told me to do, but the eating-place indeed still has room/space.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 14:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:23:

  • Noongar: “So the boss told the servant, ‘Go out of the town to the country roads and smallest paths and tell all people they must come here to feast, so my house will be full’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘The owner of the feast said: ‘Go again to the big roads and the small roads outside the town, force the people to come, so that my house is completely full.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the master said to his servant, ‘Go to the trails that are inland and the places inside and beg the people to come here so that my house will be full.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And his master answered him, ‘Go out into the fields and hills, and go up and down the paths there, and force the people there to come here to my feast, so that this house of mine might be full of people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then his master said, ‘Go then to whatever farther paths and places to still go convince others to come join-in-eating so that my house will thus be full.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Well go ahead,’ said his master, ‘go to the trails outside the city and to the huts of the pitiful. Force/persuade the people, even though they are reluctant/embarrassed, to come here anyway so that this house of mine will be filled.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 14:24)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:24:

  • Noongar: “I tell you all, those people whom I had invited, not one of them will taste my food!”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Truly I say, from all those people that I not one of them will eat anything at my feast.’ ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “For I tell you, he said, none of the people whom I had invited first will taste the food which I have prepared.’ ‘” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s true what I say to you, that those first people that I invited, they will not be able to eat even just a little bit of this I prepared for the feast!’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “I tell you (sing.) that there will be not even one of those whom I invited at first who will go taste the food I have prepared.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He added on saying, ‘For what I will say to you is true that not one person of those who were invited who made excuses-for-not-coming will get to taste/try this food which I have caused-to-be-prepared.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 14:25)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:25:

  • Noongar: “One day, many people were walking together with Jesus. He turned and said to them,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Many people followed Yesus on his journey. Yesus turned to those people and he said to them:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa continued on his journey and really very many people followed him. Then he faced them and he said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And one day at that time, while Jesus was walking along, there were many people who were with him. And he turned to them and said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, many people were following Jesus. He turned-to-face them and said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well since very many people were-following-Jesus -around, he faced them and spoke, saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 14:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:26:

  • Noongar: “‘A person coming to me, he truly cannot become a disciple of mine, only if he loves me more than his father and mother, his wife and children, his brother and sister, and also loves me more than himself.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘The person who wants to follow me, but his love for me is not greater than his love for his mother, father, wife, child, relative, or even his own body/self, he cannot become my follower.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘If a person comes and wants to follow me, his love for me should be greater than his love for his mother and father, and to his wife and children and to his brothers and sisters. And even his love for himself must not be greater than his love for me. If it is not like that he cannot be my disciple.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘That person who wants to be my disciple, but the thing which is big in his breath are his parents, his wife, his children, his siblings, and if not that, the thing which is big in his breath is his own body, then he cannot really be my disciple.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Whoever wants to join me to become my disciple, it is necessary that his love for me be larger than his love for his father and mother, his spouse and children, his relatives, and even himself, because if not, he cannot be my disciple.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘The one who wants to submit to me, he isn’t possible/acceptable as being my disciple as long as his holding-dear of me is exceeded by his holding-dear of his parents, spouse, children, siblings, and even his own life for he values them more.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 14:27)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 14:27:

  • Noongar: “A person who will not carry his own cross and follow me, he cannot become my disciple.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “The person who become my follower must carry-on-shoulder his cross–meaning he must be ready to receive suffering or even be killed because of his following Me. So, the person who does not want to carry-on-shoulder his cross and follow me, he cannot become my follower.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And he must submit to endure persecution and even to be killed because of his following me. Figuratively, as if he carries the beam for-killing him. If he does not submit and follow me, he cannot be my disciple.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in the same way also, that person who wants to be my disciple but he will not carry his cross on his shoulder, which is to say he’s afraid to carry out my commands because they might be the death of him, he also cannot really be my disciple.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because a person cannot be my disciple if he doesn’t carry-his cross -on-his-shoulder so that he will then go-with me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And whoever won’t shoulder his cross and follow/obey me, he really isn’t possible/acceptable as my disciple.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)