Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:98:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Your laws make me to be wiser than my enemies,
for those laws are with me all the times.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“Your commands are always in my mind,
So [I] have been made one who is wiser than my enemies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“And because your (sing.) commands (are) always with me,
I (am) wiser/smarter (than) my enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
“Your commands give me to be wise more than my enemies,
because they all stay with me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Maagizo yako niko nayo siku zote,
yananipa hekima kuzidi ya maadui zangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“Because I know your commands/what you have commanded,
and because I think about them all the time, I have become wiser than my enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
