Following is a translation of Psalm 2 into song in Koti, by Tarikhi Ya Haakhi. The Koti text is translated into English within the video.
Following is another rendition only verses 1 and 2 by the same team in the same language:
℗ 2025 Wycliffe Bible Translators South Africa NPC. Used with permission. Part of the Psalms that Sing project.
Following is a translation of Psalm 150 into dance and song in Kabiyè by Groupe Ɛsɔwazaa. The video is followed by an English back-translation as well as the original Kabiyè text and a French back-translations. The leader (call) part is in standard type, the ensemble (response) is italicized.
Uuuuyi, uuuyi, hiiiii [shouts of joy]
Praise the Eternal, eee.
In heaven in his house, eee.
Praise him in heaven, eee.
For his power, eee.
For his works, eee.
For his greatness, eee.
Which has no end, eee.
Eee which has no end, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (5 times)
Take the horn, eee.
Every stringed instrument, eee.
Drums and flutes, eee.
Bring them and let us praise him with them, eee.
With the cymbals, eee.
Big and small, eee.
On his throne, eee. (4 times)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (5 times)
Are you alive? yes.
Come and let us praise God, eee. (3 times)
Everything that breathes, eee.
Eee Praises God, eee.
Eee Let us praise God, eee. (2 times)
Trees and birds, eee.
(They) praise God, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (5 times)
Praise the Eternal, eee. (2 times)
Eee Praise the Eternal, eee.
Praise the Eternal, eee.
He is so good, eee.
He is so big, eee.
He is so vast, eee.
Shout to praise him with shouts, eee.
Shout to praise him, eee.
Stoop down to praise him, eee. (4 times)
Rise up to praise him, eee. (2 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (5 times)
Dance to praise him, eee. (2 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (6 times)
Praise the Eternal, eee. (4 times)
He is so good, eee.
He is so just, eee.
He is so vast, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo.
Uuuuyi, uuuyi, hiiiii [cris d’allégresse]
Louez l’Eternel, eee.
Au ciel dans sa maison, eee.
Louez-le au ciel, eee.
Pour sa puissance, eee.
Pour ses oeuvres, eee.
Pour sa grandeur, eee.
Qui n’a pas de fin, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (5 fois)
Prenez la corne, eee.
Tout instrument à cordes, eee.
Tambours et flutes, eee.
Amenez et louons-le avec, eee.
Avec les cymbales, eee.
Grandes et petites, eee.
Sur son trône, eee. (4 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (6 fois)
Es-tu vivant ? oui.
Viens et louons Dieu, eee. (3 fois)
Tout ce qui respire, eee.
Eee Loue Dieu, eee.
Eee Louons Dieu, eee. (2 fois)
Arbres et oiseaux, eee.
Louent Dieu, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (4 fois)
Louez l’Eternel, eee. (2 fois)
Eee Louez l’Eternel, eee.
Louez l’Eternel, eee.
Il est tellement bon, eee.
Il est tellement grand, eee.
Il est tellement vaste, eee.
Acclamez pour louez-le avec, eee.
Acclamez pour le louer, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (4 fois)
Abaissez-vous pour le louer, eee. (4 fois)
Levez-vous pour le louer, eee. (2 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (4 fois)
Dansez pour le louer, eee. (4 fois)
Louez l’Eternel, eee. (4 fois)
Il est tellement bon, eee.
Il est tellement juste, eee.
Il est tellement vaste, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo.
Uuuuyi, uuuyi, hiiiii
Ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam, eee.
Ɛsɔdaa ɛ-ɖɩɣa taa, eee.
Ɛ́samɩ-ɩ ɛsɔdaa, eee.
E-ɖoŋ yɔɔ, eee.
Ɛ-tʋma yɔɔ, eee.
Ɛ-sɔsɔtʋ yɔɔ, eee.
Tɩfɛyɩ kamaɣ kaʋ, eee. (2 fois)
Eee tɩfɛyɩ kamaɣ kaʋ, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (5 fois)
Ɛ́kpaɣ nɔndɔŋ nee, eee.
Cɩmɩŋ tɩŋa payɩ, eee.
So nɛ hɩsɩ, eee.
Ɛ́kɔna nɛ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ, eee.
Nɛ cɩmɩŋ tɛlɛmnaa, eee.
Sɔsɔma nɛ Cikpema nee, eee.
E-kewiyaɣ kpelaɣ taa, eee. (4 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (6 fois)
Ŋwɛ wezuu yaa we? ɛɛɛ.
Kɔɔ nɛ ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ, eee. (3 fois)
Mbʋ payɩ pʋwɛ wezuu yɔ, eee.
Eee Pɩsa Ɛsɔ, eee.
Eee Ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ, eee. (2 fois)
Tɩŋ nɛ sumasɩ, eee.
Pɩsa Ɛsɔ, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (4 fois)
Ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam, eee. (2 fois)
Eee Ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam, eee.
Ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam, eee.
Louez l’Eternel, eee.
Praise the Eternal, eee.
Ɛwɛ ɖeu pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ, eee.
Ɛkpaɣlaa pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ, eee.
Ɛwalaa pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ, eee.
Ɛ́kpalɩ nɛ ɛ́samna-ɩ, eee. (3 fois)
Ɛ́kpalɩ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ, eee. (2 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (4 fois)
Éluŋ nɛ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ, eee. (4 fois)
Ɛ́kʋyɩ nɛ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ, eee. (2 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (4 fois)
Ɛ́paa nɛ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ, eee. (4 fois)
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo. (6 fois)
Ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam, eee. (4 fois)
Ɛwɛ ɖeu pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ, eee.
Ɛtʋʋzaa pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ, eee.
Ɛwalaa pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ, eee.
Eeeyiyaaa, eewooo.
Kabiye transcription and translation to French was completed by Mawèdong Amana, checking of Kabiye orthography and French translation was done by Kpatcha Hemou and Essokilina Tchamie, English translation by Sarah Jane Capper. Groupe Ɛsɔwazaa members: Pouwèdéou Noëline Mizou, Tchilalou Atakora, Poyodi Pounegue, Ezolina Françoise Tayele.
The artists in these videos composed these songs by studying Psalms 6, 150 and 118 as well as Kabiye music and dance styles. They participated in a two-week workshop organized by SIL Togo-Benin in Kara, Togo in partnership with the master’s thesis research of Sarah Jane Capper for Dallas International University; the Association pour la Promotion des Saintes-Écritures en Kabiye (APSEK); and Scriptura.
Songs © APSEK 2024. CC BY-NC-ND
See also Psalm 150 into Kabiyè (Ɛsɔwazaa).
The Lord’s Prayer was translated into Nyulnyul (and back-translated into English) by the German missionary Hermann Nekes in 1939.
It reads:
Our Father on top sky.
Thy name be feared.
Thou art our boss.
Men-women will listen to Thee this place earth
as the good souls of men-women listen to Thee on top sky.
Give us tucker till this sun goes down.
We did wrong; make us good.
We have good hearts to them who did us wrong.
Watch us against bad place.
Thy hands be stretched out to guard us from bad.
Source
The following is a back-translation from Noongar:
Our Father, high in your Holy Place,
your name is holy.
Let the day come
when you reign as King in our land.
We want you to become Boss of our land,
the same way you are Boss of your Holy Land.
Give us the food we eat every day.
Forgive our wrong-doing
the same way we forgive the wrong-doing people do to us.
And do not take us to the hard place of testing.
But hold us so the Devil cannot get us.
You hold the land.
You hold the power.
You hold the light.
For ever and for ever.
Amen.
Source: Bardip Ruth-Ang 2020
The following is a version of the Lord’s Prayer set to Tibetan music:
Source: gSungrab website
See also this commentary on the Lord’s Payer in Tibetan and English from the same website .
The following is a translation of the Lord’s Prayer into Afrikaans, Duruma, Makhuwa-Meetto, German, isiZulu, English, Japanese, Tharaka, isiXhosa, Portuguese, Swahili, xiTsonga, Setswana and Yoruba set to song.
From the Voices of Jubilation album, ℗ 2025 Wycliffe Bible Translators South Africa NPC. Used with permission.
Following is a translation of Psalm 150 into dance and song in Kabiyè by Groupe Mɛwɛ Tam Sɔɔlɩm. The video is followed by an English back-translation as well as the original Kabiyè text and a French back-translations. The leader (call) part is in standard type, the ensemble (response) is italicized.
Yuuuuiii, uuuii, uuuii [shouts of joy]
Let us praise God, the Eternal, God, Eternal.
Eee let us praise God, the Eternal yee, God, Eternal. (2 times)
Eee let us praise God, the Eternal yoo, God, Eternal.
Let us praise God, the Eternal, God, the Eternal!
Yee let us praise God, the Eternal yee, God, the Eternal!
Eee let us praise him in his house yee, God, Eternal. (2 times)
Eee where he shows his power, God, Eternal. (2 times)
In his royal house yeee, the Eternal, God, Eternal!
In his royal house, the Eternal yooo, God, Eternal!
In his royal house, the Eternal yeee, God, Eternal!
God, the Eternal yee, God, the Eternal.
Eee let us praise God, the Eternal yeee, God, Eternal.
His works are many, God, Eternal.
His works are numerous yeee, God, Eternal.
Hmmmm, My God is great, God, Eternal.
He is so big yee, God, Eternal. (2 times)
With what should we praise him? God, Eternal.
Let us say, “With what should we praise him yeee?” God, Eternal.
Hummm Eternal God yee, Eternal God.
Eternal God, Eternal God. (3 times)
Let us praise him with horns yeee, let us praise the Eternal. (3 times)
Ooo let us praise him with horns yeee, let us praise the Eternal.
Let us praise him with flutes yeee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Let us praise him with drums yeee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Aaa let us praise him with drums yeee, let’s praise the Eternal.
Let us praise him with drums and dances yeee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Let us praise him with flutes yeee, let us praise the Eternal.
Aaa let us praise him with flutes yeee, Let us praise the Eternal.
Let us praise God, he is eternal yee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Who must praise God? Everything that God has made and created and that lives must come and praise God.
Let everything that breathes, praise God.
Eee let everything that breathes, praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Let all humans praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal.
Let boys and girls praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal.
Let women and men praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Ooo let us praise the Eternal yee, Let us praise the Eternal.
Let the animals praise him, let us praise the Eternal.
Let the trees and the wind praise him, let us praise the Eternal.
Let the trees and the flowers praise him, let us praise the Eternal.
Hummm, praise the Eternal yee, praise the Eternal.
Let the trees and the flowers praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal.
May all humans praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal.
Let us praise the Eternal yee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Let the idolaters praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Let the Christians praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Dance with glory to praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal.
Dance with glory to praise him yee, let us praise the Eternal.
Dance with glory to praise him, let us praise the Eternal.
Hɩmmm praise the Eternal, let us praise the Eternal yeee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Everything that breathes, praise the Eternal, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Praise the Eternal, praise the Eternal, praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Yuuuuiii, uuuii, uuuii [cris d’allégresse]
Louons Dieu, l’Eternel, Dieu, Eternel.
Eee louons Dieu, l’Eternel yee, Dieu, Eternal. (2 fois)
Eee louons Dieu, l’Eternel yoo, Dieu, Eternel.
Louons Dieu, l’Eternel, Dieu, Eternel!
Eee louons Dieu, l’Eternel yee, Dieu, Eternel!
Eee louons-le dans sa maison yee, Dieu, Eternal! (2 fois)
Eee là où il montre sa puissance, Dieu, Eternel. (2 fois)
Dans sa maison royale yeee, l’Eternel, Dieu, Eternel!
Dans sa maison royale, l’Eternel yooo, Dieu, Eternel!
Dans sa maison royale, l’Eternel yeee, Dieu, Eternel.
Dieu, l’Eternel yee, Dieu, Eternel.
Eee louons Dieu, l’Eternel yeee, Dieu, Eternel.
Ses œuvres sont nombreuses, Dieu, Eternel.
Ses œuvres sont nombreuses yeee, Dieu, Eternel.
Hmmmm, Mon Dieu est grand, Dieu, Eternel.
Il est tellement grand yee, Dieu, Eternel.(2 fois)
Avec quoi devons-nous le louer? Dieu, Eternel.
Disons avec quoi devons-nous le louer yeee? Dieu, Eternel.
Hummm Dieu Eternel yee, Dieu Eternel.
Dieu Eternel, Dieu Eternel. (3 fois)
Louons-le avec des cornes yeee, louons l’Eternel. (3 fois)
Ooo louons-le avec des cornes yeee, louons l’Eternel.
Louons-le avec des flutes yeee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Louons-le avec les tambours yeee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Aaa louons-le avec les tambours yeee, louons l’Eternel.
Louons-le avec des tambours et des danses yeee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Louons-le avec de flutes yeee, louons l’Eternel.
Aaa louons-le avec de flutes yeee, louons l’Eternel.
Louons Dieu, il est éternel yee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Qu’est-ce qui doit louer Dieu ? Tout ce que Dieu a fait et créé et qui vit doit venir et louer Dieu.
Que tout ce qui respire, loue Dieu.
Eee que tout ce qui respire, loue l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Que tous les humains le louent yee, louons l’Eternel.
Que les garçons et les filles le louent yee, louons l’Eternel.
Que les femmes et les hommes le louent yee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Ooo louons l’Eternel yee, louons l’Eternel.
Que les animaux le louent, louons l’Eternel.
Que les arbres et le vent le louent, louons l’Eternel.
Que les arbres et les fleurs le louent, louons l’Eternel.
Hummm, louent l’Eternel yee, louons l’Eternel.
Que les arbres et les fleurs le louent yee, louons l’Eternel.
Que tous les humains le louent yee, louons l’Eternel.
Louons l’Eternel yee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Que les idolâtres le louent yee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Que les chrétiens le louent yee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Dansez avec gloire pour le louer yee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Dansez avec gloire pour le louer yee, louons l’Eternel.
Dansez avec gloire pour le louer, louons l’Eternel.
Hɩmmm louez l’Eternel, louons l’Eternel yeee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Tout ce qui respire, loue l’Eternel, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Louez l’Eternel, louez l’Eternel, louez l’Eternel. (2 fois)
Yuuuuiii, uuuii, uuuii
Ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Eee ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Eee ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam yoo, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam!
Eee ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam!
Eee ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ ɛ-ɖɩɣa taa Mɛwɛtam yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam! (2 fois)
Eee ɖenɖe ɛwɩlɩɣ e-ɖoŋ yɔ, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
E-kewiyaɣ ɖɩɣa taa, Mɛwɛtam yeee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam!
E-kewiyaɣ ɖɩɣa taa, Mɛwɛtam yooo, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam!
E-kewiyaɣ ɖɩɣa taa, Mɛwɛtam yeee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Eee ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam yeee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Ɛ-tʋma labʋ ɖɔwa, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Ɛ-tʋma labʋ ɖɔwa yeee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Hɩmmm, Mɛ-Ɛsɔ, ɛpaɣlaa, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Ɛpaɣlaa pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɛbɛ pʋmʋnaa pasamna-ɩ kɛ? Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Se ɛbɛ pʋmʋnaa pasamna-ɩ yeee? Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Hɩmmm Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam. (3 fois)
Ɖɩkpaɣ nɔndɔŋ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (3 fois)
Ooo ɖɩkpaɣ nɔndɔŋ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Ɖɩkpaɣ hɩsɩ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɖɩkpaɣ so nɛ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Aaa Ɖɩkpaɣ so nɛ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
So nɛ payɛ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɖɩkpaɣ hɩsɩ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Aaa ɖɩkpaɣ hɩsɩ ɖɩsamɩ-ɩ yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ, ɛwɛ tam yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɛbɛ pʋwɛɛ se pɩsa Ɛsɔ? Mbʋ Ɛsɔ laba, ɛlu nɛ pʋwɛɛ wezuu yɔ, pʋwɛɛ se pɩ-tɩŋa payɩ lɛ, pʋkɔɔ pɩsa Ɛsɔ.
Mbʋ payɩ pʋwɛ wezuu yɔ, pɩsa Ɛsɔ.
Eee mbʋ payɩ pʋwɛ wezuu yɔ, pɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɛyaa tɩŋa pasamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Evebiya nɛ pɛlaa pasamɩ-ɩ yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam.
Halaa nɛ abalaa pasamɩ-ɩ yee, Ɛsɔ Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ooo ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Se tɛtɛ kpɩna ɛsamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Se tɩŋ nɛ heelim pɩsamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Se tɩŋ nɛ hɛtʋ pɩsamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Hmmm pɩsa Mɛwɛtam yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Se tɩŋ nɛ hɛtʋ pɩsamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Ɛyaa kpeekpe pasamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Se sɩɩnaa layaa, pasamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Nɛ Kɩrɩsɩtʋ piya pasamɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɛ́paa nɛ ɛ́kʋndɩ nɛ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɛ́paa nɛ ɛ́canɩ nɛ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ yee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Ɛ́paa nɛ éɖeɣyi nɛ ɛ́samɩ-ɩ, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam.
Hɩmmm Ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam yeee, ɖɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Hɩmmm louez l’Eternel, louons l’Eternel yeee, louons l’Eternel. (2 fois)Hɩmmm praise the Eternal, let us praise the Eternal yeee, let us praise the Eternal. (2 times)
Se mbʋ payɩ pʋwɛ wezuu yɔɔ, pɩsa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam yee, ɛ́sa Mɛwɛtam. (2 fois)
Kabiye transcription and translation to French was completed by Mawèdong Amana, checking of Kabiye orthography and French translation was done by Kpatcha Hemou and Essokilina Tchamie, English translation by Sarah Jane Capper. Groupe Mɛwɛ Tam Sɔɔlɩm members: Piwèlong Tamassi, Kézié Daniel Bataba, Toï Mèhèza Meba, Essokamhaou Pagana, Mamalinèwè Pekpissi.
The artists in these videos composed these songs by studying Psalms 6, 150 and 118 as well as Kabiye music and dance styles. They participated in a two-week workshop organized by SIL Togo-Benin in Kara, Togo in partnership with the master’s thesis research of Sarah Jane Capper for Dallas International University; the Association pour la Promotion des Saintes-Écritures en Kabiye (APSEK); and Scriptura.
Songs © APSEK 2024. CC BY-NC-ND
See also Psalm 150 into Kabiyè (Ɛsɔwazaa).
Following is a back-translations of Wisdom 11:22 from a translation into Gbaya:
“Indeed, the earth — all of it — sits before you, like only little ɗik-ɗik dust that makes the kilo (scale) to shift, and like the morning-dew that drips onto the ground.”
Ɗik-ɗik is an ideophone that expresses something tiny. Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss):
Following is a back-translation from Gbaya of Wisdom 1:11:
“And quit complaining, restrain your lips lest you say a bad word so that a thoughtless word wouldnʼt fall to the ground and just be lying about mbulɛɛ [that is, and be picked up and used against you]. The lips of a liar kill the owner/the speaker.” (Source: Philip Noss)
In Nicholas King’s English translation of the New Testament (2004), the translator decided to use bullet point lists in some case in the Ephesians, Colossians, and Titus. “There are elaborate groups of nouns strung together, and the sentences are rather long. I have tried, not entirely successfully, to make these long sentences more manageable by the use of bullet points.” One such list is Ephesians 1:3-14:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Malachi 4:6: