complete verse (Luke 19:18)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:18:

  • Noongar: “The next servant came and said, ‘Your Majesty, you gave me one gold coin. Now I have five coins’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘The second servant also arrived and said: ‘King, the one gold money/coin that you (sing.) gave me, has become five pieces.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the second servant also went to him and he said, ‘Sir, your one gold-coin has earned five gold-coins.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And that second servant said, ‘King, your money has increased five times.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘The second servant also went and said, ‘Sir King, the one gold money that you (sing.) gave me has become five.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Another person said next, ‘Master, that which you left with me, it’s been added-to-in-profit by five times as much.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Luke 19:18 – 19:19

Exegesis:

hē mna sou … epoiēsen pente mnas ‘your mina has made five minas.’ epoiēsen is equivalent to prosērgasato in v. 16.

(V. 19) kai su epanō ginou pente poleōn ‘you too, be over five towns.’ kai ‘too’ is used because the second slave is also rewarded in proportion to what he gained. epanō ginou is equivalent to isthi exousian echōn epanō in v. 17.

Translation:

(V. 19) And you, preferably, ‘you too,’ ‘you similarly.’

You are to be over, or, ‘rule over,’ ‘you (shall) rule over,’ cf. on v. 17.

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.