Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:35:

• Noongar: “‘You must prepare for everything which will happen, dressed and waiting and your fire sticks alight,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “‘Don’t be lax, always be watchful waiting for my arrival. It is better that you be like the slaves who waited for the arrival of their nobleman from a wedding feast. Those slaves, their clothes were ready, and their lamps were continually lit, so that when their nobleman arrived and asked-to-be-opened the door, they [could] immediately open it for him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then Isa said yet, ‘You must always be ready for my return, like servants waiting for their master when he comes home from a wedding. They are dressed for work and they don’t turn off the lamp. When their master arrives and calls from the outside they immediately open for him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus told again a parable. He said, ‘Be on your guard before hand, so that you might not be startled by anything. You be like the servant who is waiting for his master to come home from a wedding which he attended.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus continued to say to his disciples, ‘You must be ready like servants who are waiting for their master who has gone to join-in-a-wedding. They are dressed and holding-torches so that thus when their master comes-home and knocks, they will be able to open the doorway immediately.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘It’s good if you are always ready. Be like people who are prepared, and who have the lamp lit already, for they are waiting for their master coming from a wedding, so that when he arrives the door can be opened at once for him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)