Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 19:42)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:42:

  • Noongar: “He said, ‘If you only knew today what you need so you can have peace! But now you can’t see it!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He said: ‘How sad for you/Poor you, people of Yerusalem! No kidding how good it would be if you knew what it is that brings you goodness of life now. But all that is hidden from your eyes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “He said, ‘If only you would understand even this day as to what you should do so that you find peace. But you really do not understand.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He said, ‘Oh how I wish that you knew which is the proper thing to do, so that there might be peace in your town, but you do not really know!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “while saying, ‘Ay Jerusalem, if you (sing.) knew koma now what was necessary so that thereby you (sing.) would be-at-peace! But you (sing.) still are not able-to-distinguish-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And he spoke, saying, ‘How pathetic, you taga Jerusalem! If only you really knew right now how you could truly be reconciled with God! But all this time you have been saying no to him/it, therefore it’s like it’s hidden from you now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:43)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:43:

  • Noongar: “The day will come when enemies will surround you. They will block your roads and you will not be able to go out.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “The time will come, your enemies will fight-against your town, encircling it with a fence, to the point that there is not way to flee/run away.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “You are really to be pitied for the days will come when your place will be surrounded by your enemies. They will make a barricade/wall-of-soil and surround you closing you in so that you cannot escape.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there will be a time when your enemies will come upon you, and they will surround you and fight against you, and you will not be able to get out of there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “In-the-future indeed (prophetic formula) the day will arrive when your (sing.) enemies will surround you (sing.) and they will block you (sing.) in all directions so your (sing.) people will have no place-of-escaping.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore what will be the outcome is, the day really will come when this city of yours will be enclosed/fenced-around by your enemies. You will be beseiged and pinned on-all-sides, there being soldiers all-the-way-around now.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:44)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:44:

  • Noongar: “They will crush you and also all the people inside you. They will not leave one stone standing, because you did not recognise the day when God came to save your life.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “They will destroy your town with all its contents, to the point that there is no longer one stone on top of another. Because you do not pay attention/heed the coming of the Lord God wanting to help you.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They will make all your houses to rubble so that there will not be one stone standing on the other in your town. And all of you who live inside they will certainly kill. This will happen to you because you did not take notice of the time when God showed you his pity/mercy.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they will destroy your house and your fortress, and all of you people there will be destroyed and none of you will escape. And those stones that have been used to build there, there won’t be even one of them sitting on top of another because they’ll all be scattered. This is going to happen because you paid no attention to the fact that this is the time when God showed his mercy to you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They will completely destroy you (sing.) and they will kill the people who reside there (i.e. in Jerusalem). There will be not even a single stone that will remain in its place, because you (sing.) didn’t distinguish the coming of God to save you (sing.) koma.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “They really will destroy the city and wipe out the people there. And not even one stone will be left by them on top of the one it’s stacked on. They will be left-alone/allowed by God to do like that because you didn’t achnowledge me whom he sent to save/free you.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:45)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:45:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus went into the Temple and started driving out people exchanging money,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, Yesus entered into the yard of the House of God and he expelled the people who were selling there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then when Isa entered the town Awrusalam he entered the temple and he chased out the people who were trading there,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus arrived there in the town of Jerusalem, he continued on to the big church called the house of God, and he went inside there, and he drove out the people who were selling things there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, he went to the Temple and began to drive-out the sellers” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, he entered the Templo. He drove out the traders and ones buying there in its like-a-yard.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:46)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:46:

  • Noongar: “and saying to them, ‘The Scriptures say this: God says, ‘My house will be called a house of praying’. But you have made it a cave where thieves hide!”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “He said to them: ‘In the Holy Book, God says like this: ‘My house is a prayer house.’ But you(emphatic), you consider it a house of robbers!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “and he said to them, ‘It is written in the holy book, God says, ‘My house is called a house for prayer’. But you,’ said Isa, ‘you make God’s house like a house for thieves to hide in.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he said to them, ‘Get out of here, because there is a written word of God which says, ‘My house shall be called a house where people pray.’ However, as for you,’ said Jesus, ‘you’ve made it a place where cheaters stay.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “saying, ‘It is written in God’s word, ‘My house, it is a praying-place of people.’ But as for you, you have turned it into a place-for-cheating your companions!'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “He said to them, ‘It is contained in the written word of God, ‘As for my house where I am worshipped, it will be called a house which is a prayer-place.’ But you have made it a nest of thieves!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:47)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:47:

  • Noongar: “Every day Jesus went into the Temple and he taught the people. The chief priest and the Law Men and the elders, they all wanted to kill Jesus,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Every day Yesus taught in the House of god. The leading priests with the religion teachers and the other Yahudi leaders searched for a plan wanting to kill him,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa taught every day in the temple. The chief priests and the teachers of the religious law and including the great/important people looked for a way so that they could kill Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Starting at that time, every day Jesus taught in the big church. And as for the leaders of the priests of God and the teachers of the Law, and the elders of the Jews, they really wanted to kill Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Daily Jesus taught in the Temple. The leaders of the priests, the teachers of the law, and the leaders of the many-people, they searched for a way they could kill Jesus,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then every day Jesus was teaching there in the Templo. But the chiefs of the priests, the explainers of law and others who had important positions/responsibility over/among the people, they were looking for how they could cause Jesus to be killed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 19:48)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:48:

  • Noongar: “but they could not see a way to kill him, because all the people were always listening to Jesus, and they did not want to lose one word.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “but there was no way to do what was in their hearts, because the people were listening intently to his words.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But they did not do anything for all the people were very happy to listen to his words.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But they could not immediately kill him because as for all of the people, they really liked to listen to him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “but they had no opportunity, because all the many-people, they liked to hear all that he was saying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But they could find nothing which would be good to do, for all the people were really fascinated with those teachings of Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Mairasi: “But they did not find a path [way] to do that. Because all the people kept listening to Him, and they kept being pulled in [like a fish on a line] by His message.” (Source: Enggavoter 2004)

complete verse (Luke 20:1)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:1:

  • Noongar: “When Jesus went to the Temple, teaching people and tell them the Good News, the Chief Priest and the Law Men and the elders, they came together” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “One day Yesus was teaching and announcing the Good News to many people in the House of God. Suddenly the leading priests with the religion teachers and other Yahudi leaders arrived. They said saying to Yesus:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “One day Isa was teaching the people in the temple and he was also proclaiming the good news to them. Then the chief priests and the teachers of the religious law and the elders came to him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “On one of those days, Jesus returned to the big church called the house of God, and he taught the people and he caused them to understand the good news. And then the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, and the elders of the Jews went to him,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “One day when Jesus was teaching in the Temple and preaching the good news, the leaders of the priests, the teachers of the law and the elders went to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “One day when Jesus was doing that teaching in the like-a-yard of the Templo, teaching the Good News to the people, he was approached by chiefs of the priests, together with explainers of law and important tribal-leaders.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)