complete verse (Luke 1:68)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:68:

  • Noongar: “‘We will praise the Lord. He is Israel’s God! He has come to his people, helping them and freeing them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “‘Let us the descendants of Israel praise God our Lord. Because he has landed/come-down here to help us his people. He came to free us from our enemies.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘Let us (incl.) praise God, he is the God worshiped by our (incl.) tribe of Isra’il, for he certainly remembers us (incl.) his people and we (incl.) are set free by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘We the descendents of Israel, we will praise our Lord God because we who worship him, he has come down to us and he has freed us from our enemies.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘Let us praise God the Lord of the descendants of Israel, for he has come to set-us who are his people -free.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “‘Praise the God of us (incl.) who are the descendants of Israel. Because he has shown pity/mercy to us, for it has now come that he will save/free his chosen people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Chichewa (interconfessional translation, 1999): “May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, because he came to move among his people, and to come and redeem them.” (Source: Wendland 1998, p. 154)
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