complete verse (Psalm 37:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 37:25:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “I was young and now I have become old
    but I have never seen the righteous being left
    or their children begging for food.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Having been born I have already become an old man
    Until now I have not seen either a good person abandoned by the LORD,
    nor have I seen their children having to eat by begging.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “From my childhood until now that I (am) now old,
    I have- not yet -seen that the righteous ones were-abandoned by the LORD
    nor their children begging-for food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “In the past I was young, but now I am already old. But I never saw God discard a righteous person, or saw their children go begging.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “When I was small and now am old,
    and I have not yet seen good people that the Lord leaves them,
    or I see their children beg for food.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nilikuwa kijana, sasa ni mzee,
    lakini sijamuona mnyofu kuachwa na BWANA,
    au watoto wake kuomba omba chakula.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I was young previously, and now I am an old man,
    but in all those years, I have never seen righteous/ godly people being abandoned by Yahweh,
    nor have I seen that their children needed to beg for food.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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