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)
