Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 15:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:9:

  • Noongar: “When she finds the coin, she calls her friends and other people of her town, and she says to them, ‘I am very happy because I found my coin, the lost one. We must be happy together. Let’s celebrate!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors, she says to them: ‘Come rejoice with me. Because I found again my money that was lost.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And when she has found it, she will call her friends and her neighbours telling them to gather in her house. And she says to them, ‘Let us (incl.) be glad for I have found the gold-coin that was lost.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when she finds it she calls her companions and her neighbors, and she says, ‘Let’s rejoice because I found this piece of money that I lost.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “And when she finds it, then she will call her friends and neighbors and will say, ‘Be-happy-with me, because here-now I have found my coin that was lost!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Well, after finding it, she will invite her friends and neighbors. ‘Come on,’ she says, ‘join in my celebration, for I have indeed found that money of mine which was lost.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 15:10)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:10:

  • Noongar: “I tell you, in the same way, the angels of God all shout for joy when one person turns back from his sin.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Thus also the angels of God rejoice over a sinner who repents from his sins.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “I tell you,’ said Isa, ‘likewise also God’s angels will be glad when there is one sinful person who regrets and leaves his sin.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘I tell you that like this is the joy in Heaven of the angels of God, if there is one law-breaker who abandons his evil-doings.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Like this indeed also,’ said Jesus, ‘the angels of God are happy when/if even one sinful-person repents.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “This which I am saying to you really is true, that really big is the happiness of the angels of God about one person who is sinful who repents/is-sorry and will now drop/give-up his sins.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 15:11)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:11:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus said, ‘A man had two sons.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus then said: ‘A man had two sons.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa said yet, ‘There was a person who had two sons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now Jesus continued speaking, he said, ‘There was a person who had two offsprings and both were sons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus continued to relate this parable. He said, ‘There was an older/mature-man who had two male children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued his speech, saying, ‘There was a person whose two children were both sons.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 15:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:12:

  • Noongar: “The young son said to him, ‘Father, give me now my share of the property!’ So his father shared his property among his two sons.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “One said to his father: ‘Dad, give me ahead-of-time my portion of your (sing.) goods.’ So, he really divided his goods to his two children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “One day the younger one said to his father, ‘Father, divide now your wealth and give me my share.’ So it was like that, the person divided his wealth between his two children.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the younger said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of all of our (incl.) possessions.’ And that was that, and the father divided up his possessions among these two sons.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The younger-one said, ‘Father, I will please get my inheritance.’ So then their father divided-up the inheritance of the brothers (lit. their inheritance who were brothers).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “The younger one spoke, saying, ‘Father, please give me my share now of the inheritance.’ Well, without anything further, their father truly did divide his belongings/assets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 15:13)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:13:

  • Noongar: “After a few days, the young son sold his share, took the money and left home. He went to a far country. There he threw away his money, behaving badly.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Several days after that, the youngest child sold his portion, and he went to a far town. There, he wasted [lit., finished dry] his money with behavior that was not appropriate.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Not long after, the younger one sold his share, took his money and then he went to a far country. When he was there he used up his money for all kinds of useless (things).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It wasn’t very long from then that the younger sold his share and travelled, taking his money. He went to a far country and there he wasted his money on things that were of no value.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘When only how-many days went by, that younger-brother sold all his share and went to a far country. When he arrived there, he spent his money on (morally)-foolish ways-of-life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “A few days passed, then that younger-brother sold his share and went to a-foreign-land/overseas. He took all which had been paid for his share. And then when he was there now, he wasted it by spending-too-freely on a lifestyle which was not right.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 15:14)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:14:

  • Noongar: “He used all the money. Then no rain fell on the land and the land grew no food. He had nothing, without money and without food. ” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “When his money was all gone, there was famine in that town, to the point that his life was pitiful.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “When he had spent all, that country suddenly had a great famine. Then he was in great need.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then his money ran out. And there happened a very bitter famine in that land, and as for him, he had no way to get what he needed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When his money was used-up, an extreme famine arrived in the country where he was, and he was left-with-nothing (lit. shaved).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Just as he had used it up in wasting it, a severe famine came to that place. Well, what else but he was scrounging around (lit. reaching through holes in the floor) in his poverty/severe-hardship.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 15:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:15:

  • Noongar: “So he went and worked for a man of that country who sent him to his land to look after his pigs.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He went to a townsperson wanting to earn a wage. That townsperson ordered him to look-after his pigs.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore he went to a person there in that country and became his servant. That person told him to go to his field to care for the pigs.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He begged for some work from one of the inhabitants there, and he was given the work of feeding the pigs in the field.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So he went to join-in-working for (lit. earn-salary-with) one of the residents there and he sent him to the grazing-area where pigs were to watch them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore without anything further, he went-to-work-for a person from there. Where he was sent was to the fields, for he was caused to tend the pigs.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 15:16)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 15:16:

  • Noongar: “He wanted to eat the bad food which he gave the pigs, but no person gave him food to eat.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Because of his hunger, he desired wanting to eat the pig food. But no-one gave him food.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Because of his hunger/starving he wanted to eat even the food of the pigs, but nobody gave him anything (lit. even what).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He would like to have satisfied his hunger with even the husks of that which they were feeding the pigs, but there was no one who gave him anything.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because of his hunger, he wanted to eat koma some of the fruit of the tree that the pigs were eating, but they (understood as people, not pigs) didn’t give him any.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He really wished that no matter what, there would be something he could eat, even the tree fruit/seed-pods which was only fed to the pigs. But well, no one was giving to him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)