complete verse (Luke 10:22)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:22:

  • Noongar: “‘My Father has given me everything. No person truly knows the Son, only the Father; and no person truly knows the Father, only the Son and those people whom the Son wants to see the Father.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Everything was offered/given to me by my Father. No-one knows who I am, I the Child of God, only my Father knows me. So also no-one knows who my Father is, only I his Child know him, and whomever I told who my Father is.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And Isa said yet, ‘My Father God has entrusted to me everything. Nobody knows who I am except only my Father, God. And nobody also knows who my Father is except only me, his child and whoever I choose to make my Father known to.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus spoke again to the people, ‘Everything has been entrusted to me by my father, God. Nobody knows who I am, the Son of God. The only one who knows is my father, God. And nobody knows who my Father God is — I, his son, am the only one who knows, and those people that I have, by my power, caused to know him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said to the many-people, ‘I am the one to whom my Father has handed-over everything. Because no one entirely knows me if not my Father, and no one also knows my Father if not I and the people to whom I want to make him known.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus spoke to that crowd, saying, ‘All things have been delivered/entrusted to me by my Father. No-one can really know/recognize the Son but only the Father (can). And also no-one can know/recognize the Father but only the Son (can), and whoever the Son will choose to enlighten concerning the Father.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Luke 10:22

Exegesis:

panta moi paredothē ‘everything has been handed over to me.’ panta may mean ‘all power,’ or ‘all knowledge,’ preferably the latter. For paradidōmi cf. on 1.2.

oudeis ginōskei tis estin ho huios ei mē ho patēr ‘nobody knows who the son is but the father.’ Both ho huios and ho patēr have the force of a title.

kai hō ean boulētai ho huios apokalupsai ‘and (he) to whom the son may choose to reveal,’ scil. who the father is.

boulomai (also 22.42) ‘to be willing,’ ‘to want,’ ‘to choose.’

Translation:

In this verse Jesus no longer addresses God but speaks to the seventy and other people present. This may have to be marked, e.g. by adding, “Then he went on” (Phillips), or more explicitly, ‘And to the people he said.’ In languages like Javanese and Balinese one has to shift from honorifics in v. 21 to a non-honorific form of address here.

For delivered cf. on 4.6.

The construction no one knows who the Son is except the Father may have to be recast, e.g. ‘no one knows who the Son (really) is (or, knows the true nature of the Son), only the Father (knows him/it)’ (cf. Kituba, Tzeltal), ‘other people do not know who…, but the Father does,’ or reversely, ‘the Father knows who…, no one else (knows him/it).’ Similarly for the next clause, where ‘to know’ may have to be repeated.

Where the Son and the Father have to be possessed, or where third person reference to first person is impossible, one may have to shift to something like, .’.. who I am, except my Father, or who my Father is, except me, his Son.’ For the Son cf. on “Son of God” in 1.35.

And, or ‘and also,’ ‘and further,’ ‘moreover.’

Any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him, or, ‘other persons only (or, in an expanded form, other persons can also know him/it, but only) if the Son chooses to reveal him/it to them.’ — Chooses, or, ‘is willing,’ ‘wishes,’ ‘sees fit.’ To reveal, or here, ‘to make known.’

Quoted with permission from Reiling, J. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on the Gospel of Luke. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1971. For this and other handbooks for translators see here . Make sure to also consult the Handbook on the Gospel of Mark for parallel or similar verses.