Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 68:16:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
βWhy do you look with jealous you mountains with many tips,
on the mountain which God chose to be ruling,
where Jehovah himself will stay forever?β (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
βO rugged mountain,
Why do you look with envy
at the mountain where God chose to live?
The LORD will live there forever.β (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
βWhy is- this-(mountain) -jealous of the mountain chosen by God where he will-dwell forever/[lit. until whenever]?β (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
βYou mountains, why do you look in envy,
at the mountain that God chose to stay,
in the place where the LORD will stay forever?β (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
βEnyi milima, kwa nini mnautazama na chuki,
mlima ambao Mungu ameuchagua kuishi?
BWANA ataishi huko milele na milele,β (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
βBut the people who live near that mountain should not envy those who live near Zion,
the mountain on which God chose to live!
Yahweh will live there forever!β (Source: Translation for Translators)
