complete verse (Psalm 128:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 128:3:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
    inside your house;
    your children will be like shoots of an olive tree
    surrounding your table.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Like a grapevine in your house,
    your wife will have much fruit,
    and your sons and daughters around your table
    will be like the shoots of an olive tree.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Your (plur.) wives who stay in your (plur.) houses will-be like a fruitful grape-vine,
    and your (plur.) children who gather around your (plur.) tables will-be like young olive trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Your wife will stay like a tree
    that flourishing in your home,
    your children will grow well like the branches of a tree,
    it surround the place where you are eating.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Mke wako atazaa sana katika nyumba yenu,
    kama mzabibu ambao unazaa matunda mengi.
    Watoto wenu watakuwa kama mizeituni michanga,
    wataizunguka meza yenu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Your wife will be like a grapevine that bears many grapes;
    she will give birth to many children.
    Your children who sit around your table will be like a strong olive tree that has many shoots growing up around it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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