Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:37:

• Noongar: “They are happy, these workers, because their master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his good clothes, tell them to sit, and give them their food and drink.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Fortunate are the slaves whose master found them while they were guarding and waiting for his arrival. Because that nobleman will tie a sarong around his waist, cause-to-sit-down them, and serve them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Those servants will really be happy if, when their master arrives they are still awake and are ready beforehand. Truly I tell you, that their master will seat them at the table and will serve them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “How good is the breath of those servants when their master arrives, and they are ahead of time prepared for his arrival. It’s true what I say to you, that as for that master, he will make them sit down at the table and he will be the one to serve them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They are fortunate servants if their master comes-upon them waiting and ready, even if it’s the middle of the night or still later when-he-comes-home. I tell you that their master will change (clothes) and seat those servants of his in order to feed them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The slaves really can be happy who, on the arrival of their master, are waiting in readiness. What I will say to you really is true, that this master will serve a meal and he will cause these slaves to eat there at the eating-place, he even being the one to wait on them as they eat.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)