Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:2:
Noongar: “Better for him, if people tied one big stone to his neck and they threw him into the sea! Much worse for him if he makes one of these children do wrong!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “It would be better if a sharpening stone were tied to their necks and they were thrown into the sea, than that they cause-to-fall even one person whose faith is small, until he does sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “It would be better for him if a big stone would first be hung around his neck and he would be dropped into the sea so that he could not tempt to sin one of these who have a lowly/humble liver and trust in me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If a large grindstone is tied to his neck and he’s thrown into the depths of the sea, that would be better than his punishment if by means of him, even one of these children sins.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “It would be better if his neck were-hung-with a heavy rock and-then he were thrown into the ocean than his tempting-to-sin even one of these who are the lowest (i.e., least important) people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “It would be better for a person to be weighted with a big milling stone and just thrown in the middle of the deep water. Better than that he cause-to-fall-into-sin a humble-person who believes-in/obeys me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:3:
Noongar: “So then, watch what you do! ‘If your brother is sinning, rebuke him; and if he goes back to his sin, you must forgive him.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “That is why we must be careful/watchful. ‘If our relative does wrong to us, teach him. If he is sorry, forgive him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Therefore be careful. If your companion commits a sin against you talk to him and teach/correct him. If he regrets his sin and leaves his sin forgive him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, you must always be on your guard!’ And Jesus said again, ‘If there is one of your companions who has sinned against you; speak to him and advise him, and if that makes his breath painful (if that makes him feel sorry), and he asks forgiveness, then you forgive him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “So be-careful what you are-doing. ‘If your (sing.) companion sins, admonish him, and if he repents, forgive him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Therefore be very careful.Supposing you (sing.) have a sibling in believing who does to you something which isn’t good, speak to him (about it). Well, if he repents/is-sorry, forgive him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:4:
Noongar: “If one day he does seven bad things to you, and if he comes to you after every one and says, ‘I turn away from my sins’, you must forgive him.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “Even if he is wrong to us seven times in one day, and every time he comes to ask forgiveness, forgive (emphatic) him.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “If in one day he commits sin to you seven times and he comes to you also seven times asking forgiveness, you should forgive him.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even if he sins against you seven times in one day, and seven times also he asks forgiveness from you, you forgive him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Even if he sins against you (sing.) how many times in one-day, as-long-as he goes to you (sing.) to apologize, you (sing.) must also forgive him.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Even if he sins seven times in a day and seven times comes to you to ask forgiveness, don’t say no. You forgive him.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:5:
Noongar: “Jesus’ disciples said to him, ‘Grow our faith!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “The Lord Yesus’ disciples said to him: ‘Lord, make-strong-for-us (excl.) our (excl.) faith!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Then Isa’s disciples whom he had commissioned said to their Lord/Leader, ‘Sir, strengthen our (excl.) trust in God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the apostles spoke to Jesus, ‘Draw our faith tight (strengthen our faith).'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Then the apostles said to him, ‘Lord, please make-stronger this faith of ours (excl.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, the disciples spoke, saying, ‘Lord, strengthen our belief in you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:6:
Noongar: “Jesus said, ‘If you had faith like a tiny seed, you could tell this tree, ‘Pull yourself up with the roots and plant yourself in the sea’. And the tree would do what you said.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “The Lord Yesus said: ‘If you have faith even just [the size of] a chigger, you can say to this big tree: ‘Pull yourself up from there, move over there into the sea!’ it would definitely really move according to your command.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Their Lord answered, he said, ‘If you trust God even just a little, figuratively if it’s size is only like the mustard seed, you can say to that big tree over there, ‘Uproot yourself and change your place going into the sea,’ and it will do what you say.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘If you have faith which is as big as even one small mustard seed, you can say to this big tree, ‘Go away from there, and be transferred into the sea.’ And that will be that, and it will obey you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “And he said, ‘Even though your faith is small like the smallest seed, you can say to this large tree, ‘Pluck-out your (sing.) roots and go to the ocean so that that will be your (sing.) growing-place,’ and it will go and obey.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “The Lord Jesus replied, saying, ‘Hopefully your believing will become like a little mustasa’ seed which keeps on growing until it is a big plant. For if your believing in me is like this, really even supposing you will say to that tree to be pulled up and stand next in the sea, it’s certain it would do as you say.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Kabwa: “Even if you were to have small faith like a small mustard seed, you would tell a big fig tree thus, ‘Uproot here, you should go, you should plant yourself in the lake!’ it would obey you.”
Suba-Simbiti: “Whenever you have just small faith, [even] if it were like a small mustard seed, you would tell this fig tree thus, ‘Uproot, you should go, you should be planted in the lake!’ and it would obey you.” (Source for this and above: R.M. Mészároš in Journal of Translation 18/2022, p. 115ff. )
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:7:
Noongar: “‘If one of you has a servant and he is digging outside or perhaps looking after the sheep. When he comes in, you tell him to hurry into the house and eat his meal, do you?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “‘For example there is a slave who farms or who watches livestock. When he returns from his work, what to we say to him? Do we say thus: ‘Hurry, come eat’?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Isa said yet, ‘If for example one of you has a servant and his work is to plow the field or to care for the animals. When he arrives from his work do you say to him, ‘Na, eat now.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘For example, if any one of you have a servant, and his work is to plough or to take care of your domestic animals, and he has just returned home in the afternoon, it’s not possible that you will say to him, ‘You eat first and then I’ll eat.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Jesus continued to say, ‘If for-example one of you has a servant who is ploughing or pasturing sheep, if that servant of yours (sing.) arrives from where he was working, do you (sing.) do-you-suppose say to him, ‘Come right-away to eat’?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Think about this. Supposing there is one of you who has a slave who ploughs or tends sheep, what will you (sing.) order him to do when he returns from the field? Will you say at once to him, ‘Come here, eat’?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:8:
Noongar: “No! You say to him, ‘Prepare my meal, then put on your right clothes and stand here to serve my food. Then you can eat your meal.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “Of course not. Surely we say like this: ‘Prepare my food! Put on clothes that are not dirty. Wait for me while I drink and eat. When I am finished eating, only then do you (sing.) eat.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Surely not. Instead that is what you say to him, ‘Change your clothes and prepare my food so that I can eat. When I have finished, then you can eat.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s not the way, because what you will say is, ‘Wash your hands and cook for me, so that I may eat.. And you may eat when I have finished eating.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “No indeed, but rather you (sing.) say, ‘Go change so you (sing.) will then prepare what I will eat and place-it-before me until I have finished-eating, then you (sing.) also will eat.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Of course not. On the contrary, what you will order is that you will say, ‘Go ahead, serve my evening meal and get changed to wait-on/take-care-of me while I eat and drink. You just eat when I have eaten already.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:9:
Noongar: “You do not praise servant for doing what you told him to do, do you?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
Uma: “We do not need to say thank you to our slave, because he is just following our commands.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “Do you thank your servant because he has done what you told him to do? Certainly not.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘As for that servant, he will not think that it is necessary that he be praised if he just obeys the commandments of his master.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Do you (sing.) moreover thank him if he has obeyed what you (sing.) commanded? No indeed!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “And when that slave has obeyed all that was ordered him, will he be thanked by that master of his? Probably not.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
