Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 10:42:

• Noongar: “But you need only one thing. Mary desires the best thing. We must not take that away from her.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “But really, what you need to do is just one-kind, that is to hear the Word of God. As for Maria, she has chosen the good portion, and that portion will not be taken from her.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Only one thing has great use/value. And Mariyam has chosen this good thing and this will not be taken away from her.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There’s only one thing that is really of great value, and that’s what Mary chose, and this cannot be taken away from her.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “but only one is necessary to do, and that is the correct-thing that Maria has chosen. It can emphatically not be removed from her.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But only one is really necessary to do. Maria has chosen this which is much the best, that she is listening to my teaching, and this which she has chosen won’t be taken away from her.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)