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)
