Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Luke 20:2)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:2:

  • Noongar: “and asked Jesus, ‘Tell us, how do you have the power to do these things? Who gave you this power?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Tell us where your (sing.) authority [lit., seat] to do all that in the House of God is from! Who gave you (sing.) that authority?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “They said to him, ‘What authority do you have to do what you did that day? Who gave you the authority?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and they asked him, ‘All of these things that you are doing here in the house of God, what is your right to do this? And who gave you the right to do these things?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They questioned him saying, ‘Please tell us (excl.) what your (sing.) authority is to be doing these-things. Who gave you (sing.) this authority?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When they arrived, they said to Jesus, ‘Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who gave you this authority?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:3)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:3:

  • Noongar: “Jesus replied, ‘Now first I want to ask you something.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘I, I also have a question for you.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered them he said, ‘I also have to ask you something. Tell me,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘I also have a question for you; you answer first what I ask you.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus then said, ‘I also have something to inquire of you first. Tell me” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘I will also question you. Tell me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:4)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:4:

  • Noongar: “John had power to baptise people, didn’t he? Tell me, who gave John this power? God or people?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Tell me, from where was the authority of Yohanes the Baptizer to baptize people? From God, or from man?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “when Yahiya bathed the people where did his authority come from? From God or only from men/mankind/humans?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Who gave John the Baptist the right to baptize people? Was it given him by God or was it just a person?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “who gave Juan his authority to baptize the many-people. Was it God or a person?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “From whom did Juan’s authority come to baptize? Was it from God or from the people?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:5)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:5:

  • Noongar: “They started to argue together, ‘What can we say? If we say ‘God’, Jesus will say, ‘Then why didn’t you listen to John?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Those Yahudi leaders spoke-among-themselves, they said: ‘How shall we answer him? If we say that his authority was from God, he will say: ‘If thus, why didn’t you believe him?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then they discussed/planned. They said, ‘If for example we (incl.) say that Yahiya’s authority to bathe people was from God, he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe Yahiya?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And they asked each other, saying, ‘If we say that John was a prophet of God, then he will ask why we didn’t believe in John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then they asked-each-other saying, ‘What shall we answer? If we say that God is the one who gave him his authority, Jesus will probably say, ‘Why then didn’t you believe him?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When they heard that, they talked-among-themselves, ‘If we say, ‘From God,’ he will then say to us, ‘Well, why aren’t you believing him?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:6)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:6:

  • Noongar: “But if we say, ‘people’, all these people will stone us because they say ‘John was a Prophet’.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “But if we say that his authority was only from man, those people over there will stone us, because they all say that Yohanes was a prophet.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But if we (incl.) say ‘From mankind/humans’ all the people will throw stones at us, because they believe that Yahiya was really a prophet from God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if we say that it was only the idea of a person, then the people will be angry with us, and they will throw stones at us and kill us, because the people, they believe that John was a prophet of God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But if however we say that it was just a person who gave-it, surely then all the people will stone us, because they totally believe that Juan was a prophet.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But if we say, ‘From people,’ probably we will have rocks thrown at us by this crowd because they achnowledge Juan as being a prophet.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:7:

  • Noongar: “So they said, ‘We do not know who gave John his power.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “That is why they answered: ‘We do not know where he authority was from.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Therefore they answered, ‘We (excl.) do not know as to where Yahiya’s authority was from.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “So then the only thing they answered Jesus was, ‘We do not know.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “So they only said, ‘We (excl.) don’t know who gave-it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Therefore what they replied to Jesus was, ‘We don’t know.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:8:

  • Noongar: “So Jesus said to them, ‘So I will not tell you who gave me the power to do these things.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “That is why Yesus said saying to them: ‘If thus, I also will not tell you where my authority to do that is from!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa said to them, ‘Na, I also will not tell you where my authority comes from to do those works.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘I also will not tell you what is my right to do all these things”” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘All-right then, neither will I tell you who gave me my authority to be doing these-things.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Well if it’s like that,’ said Jesus, ‘I also won’t tell you my authority to do these things which I am doing.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

complete verse (Luke 20:9)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 20:9:

  • Noongar: “Then Jesus told people this parable. ‘A man planted fruit on his land. Other people gave him money to use the land and this man went far away.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “After that, Yesus spoke to the people, saying this parable to them: ‘There was a person who planted his field/garden with grapes, after that he gave his field to be worked to several people, and he went to a far town, and he stayed there a long time.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then Isa told the people this parable, ‘There was,’ he said, ‘a person who made an enclosure with grape vines and he told the people to take care of it for sharing the proceeds of the plants. And then he left going to a far country and he was there for a long time.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus told the people a parable, because he wanted them to know how God was doing things. He said, ‘There is a person who had a field, and he planted it with the vines called paras. He had some people take care of it for him and he left for a far place and stayed there a long time.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus related this parable to the many-people. He said, ‘There was a person who planted many grapes. He caused-them-to-be-taken-care-of by other farmers, and then he went to a far country and was a long-time there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus faced the crowd again and gave an illustration, saying, ‘There was a person who planted ubas plants in his field. After he’d planted them, he left his ubas plantation in the charge of some people who were field-workers, for he went to another place and was a long time there.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)