complete verse (Luke 9:62)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 9:62:

  • Noongar: “Jesus said to him, ‘A man who starts to dig the ground but then looks back, he is not good enough for the Kingdom of Heaven.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus said saying to him: ‘The person who begins to plow, it is not good if he keeps-looking-back. People who have character like that are not fit/worthy to become workers in God’s Kingdom.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But Isa said to him, ‘If a person plows and always looks back that is not good. Likewise if a person follows me but is hindered by what he leaves behind, he is not worthy to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘If you are plowing and you are always looking back, that’s not good. It’s the same way also with the person who follows me, and he always has something to look back toward — he is not worthy to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But Jesus said, ‘The one who has begun to plow who keeps-turning-around, his work will be emphatically useless. It’s the same with the one who goes-with me who keeps-turning-around, because he has no way to serve in God’s ruling.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Jesus answered him, saying, ‘If a person is ploughing, if he keeps looking-back, his work isn’t acceptable/possible. Well it’s like that indeed, that a person is ineffective in the kingdom of God if his mind/inner-being isn’t concentrated on his following/obeying me.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Gurung: ” . . . ‘In ploughing, if anyone, after seizing the handle, turns and keeps looking back, that person is of no use when God is doing his work.'” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)
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