complete verse (Luke 19:32)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 19:32:

  • Noongar: “They went to the village and saw everything which Jesus had said.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Those two disciples really did go, and they found [it] definitely like what Yesus had said to them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then the ones he told to, went to that village and they saw all as Isa had told them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then those whom he sent, when they arrived there, it was exactly as Jesus said. They saw the donkey there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They went then and all that Jesus had told them came true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Those two who were sent set out. They found that asno which was referred to just as Jesus had said.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Luke 19:32

Exegesis:

hoi apestalmenoi lit. ‘the sent,’ i.e. the messengers.

heuron kathōs eipen autois ‘(the messengers) found (it) just as he had told them.’ The object of heuron is not stated specifically. From the context an object like ‘the situation,’ or, ‘the colt,’ may be understood. eipen (aorist) has the force of a pluperfect.

Translation:

Those who were sent. Bahasa Indonesia RC has, ‘the two disciples,’ to avoid a rather cumbersome literal rendering.

Found it as, or, ‘what they found (was) as/in-accordance-with’ (cf. Javanese). For the verb cf. on 7.10.

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.