Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 35:14:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
βI wandered around and mourned funeral,
mourning him as my companion or my relative.
I bowed my head heartbrokenly
being like I am mourning my mother.β (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
βI prayed for them as [I would] for friends or brothers,
As I would mourn for my own mother,
I mourned for them.β (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
βI would-walk-around/[lit. walk-and-walk] mourning
the same as-if I was-mourning for my sibling/(brother) or friend.
I bowed-my-head mourning for them
like the mourning of a man for his mother.β (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Eastern Bru:
βI treated them like friends or my brothers. I came out like a person who mourns the death of his mother.β (Source: Bru Back Translation) - Laarim:
βI went and cried,
I stay as I am crying for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in sadness,
I stay as if I am crying for my mother.β (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
βNilikuwa kama namlilia sana rafiki,
au ndugu yangu.
Nilikuwa nakwenda huko na huko kwa huzuni,
kama nimefiwa na mama yangu.β (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
βI mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.β (Source: Translation for Translators)
