Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:34:
- Noongar: “I tell you, that night, two people will be asleep in one bed; one person will be taken and the other person will remain.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘Truly I say to you: On the day of my return, two people who sleep together at night, one will be taken, the other will be left behind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “I tell you, when I come back here, there will be two lying together at night, one will be taken and the other left behind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And at that time, if my return takes place at night and there are two people sleeping together, one will be able to go along with me and the other will be left behind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I tell you that if it is night when I come and there are two sleeping-together in one bed, one will be taken and one will be left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What I will say to you really is true that at my returning here, people will be divided up. If night is when I come, maybe there will be two persons sleeping together but if they are not the same in being my people, one will be left, only one taken.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:35:
- Noongar: “Two women will be grinding [with stone] grain together. One woman will be taken and the other woman remain.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Two women who are pounding rice together, one will be taken, the other will be left behind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There will be two women helping each other grinding, one will be taken and the other one left behind.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in the same way also, if it’s day time when it happens, because if there are two women helping each other grinding grain, one will be able to accompany me and the other will be left behind.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If there are also two women pounding (e.g. rice), one will be taken and one will be left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “If daytime if when I come, maybe there will be two pounding(rice) together, but if they are not the same in being my people, one will be left, only one taken.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:36:
- Noongar: “Two men will be in the bush. One man will be taken and the other man remain.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “[[Two people are-together working in the garden/field, one will be taken, the other will be left behind.]]'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “(There will be two men working in the field, one will be taken and the other one left behind.)'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in the same way also, if there are two people helping each other in the field, one of them will be able to go along with me and the other will be left behind.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If moreover there are two men working in the rice-fields, one will be taken and one will be left.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s the same if two people are working in the field. As long as they are not the same in being my people, one will be left, only one taken.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:37:
- Noongar: “Jesus’ disciples asked him, ‘Where, Lord?’ Jesus said, ‘Where dead people lie, the vultures will come together.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “When Yesus’ words were finished, his disciples asked him, they said: ‘Where will that happen, Lord?’ Yesus answered them with this figure-of-speech: ‘If there is something dead, it is known/obvious because many birds gather to eat. So also when I come again: I will not come hidden, it will be known/obvious.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then his disciples asked him, they said, ‘Sir, where will this happen?’ Isa answered them with a proverb he said, ‘Wherever there is a corpse, there the crows gather.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus’ disciples asked him, they said, ‘Where is this going to happen?’ And Jesus answered, ‘Wherever there is a corpse, there also will be the birds who eat dead things, which is to say, when the wickedness of mankind becomes very excessive then will occur the judgment (punishment) of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then his disciples inquired of him, ‘Lord, where will this happen?’ Jesus answered parabling, ‘Wherever there are dead-people, that is where the birds that eat the dead will gather.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When the disciples heard, they questioned, saying, ‘Well where will it be, Lord?’ Jesus replied, ‘The saying/proverb says, ‘Where the one is who died, there is where the vultures gather.”” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:1:
- Noongar: “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them the way they should always talk to God and not be anxious because of their life.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, Yesus spoke a parable, teaching his disciples so that they would be faithful to pray and not get discouraged.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then Isa told his disciples a parable to give them an example so that they would always pray to God and not get tired of it.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also another parable which Jesus told his disciples. He wanted to teach them that it was necessary that they not become weary of praying, and that they should not also give up their trust in God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then Jesus related to his disciples this parable to teach them that they ought to pray constantly and not become lazy/tired-of-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus used another illustration in teaching his disciples, so that they would comprehend that it’s necessary to be always/often praying, not to get fed up.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:2:
- Uma: “He said: ‘In a town, there was a judge who did not submit to God and he also did not pay attention/heed to anyone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “He said, ‘In a certain place there was a judge who did not fear/was not afraid of God and who did not treat his fellow men according-to-custom/honor them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said, ‘There was a judge in a certain city, and as for that judge, he was not afraid of God and he was not also afraid of anybody.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He said, ‘There was a judge in a certain town who absolutely wasn’t afraid of God and also looked-down-on his fellow humans.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He said, ‘In a certain city, there was a judge who had no fear of God and who also didn’t respect his fellowman.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:3:
- Noongar: “A widow was also living in that place. She always went to the judge. She begged the judge to help her to get what she should get, saying, ‘You help me fight this bad man!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “In that town also, there was a widow. She had gone many times before that judge bringing her case, she said: ‘Please help me confront my enemy.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “In that place there was also a widow woman who had a problem/a case. This woman always went to the judge asking for help and begged that he would show her truth/that she was in the right. She said, ‘Do help me so that my opponent will not win.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in that town, there was also a widow-woman who always went to the judge because she begged his help. She said to the judge, ‘Help me so that my enemy will not take away my possessions.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There was also a widow in that town who kept-going to him to beg for her legal-rights saying, ‘Please help-me so that my enemy doesn’t defeat-me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Also in that city there was a woman who was a widow who kept going to that judge, for she was asking for straightness/justice because of someone who was causing her hardship/suffering.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:4:
- Noongar: “Every day, the judge would not do a thing, but he said to himself, ‘Truly, I do not fear God or fear people,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “‘At first, that judge did not want to help her. But finally he said in his heart: ‘Even though I do not submit to God and I also do not pay heed to anyone,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “In the beginning that judge did not want to help the woman but after some time he said to himself, ‘I do not fear God and I do not treat people according-to-custom/honor them,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And for a long time the judge paid no attention to the begging of the woman. But since for a long time she kept on coming back and begging him, the judge thought, ‘Even though I don’t fear God and I don’t fear any person,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For-a-long-time the judge did not pay-attention, but at the end, he said to himself, ‘I admittedly am not afraid of God and I also look-down-on my fellow humans,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “In all her going back and forth, that judge took no notice of her. But when it had been a long time now, he said, ‘Even though I have no fear of God and I don’t respect my fellowman,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)