Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 43:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“After all You God you are my strength.
Why have you rejected me?
Why should I walk while crying,
oppressed by an enemy?” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“O God, You are my refuge.
Why have You abandoned me?
Why should I have to keep on mourning because of the oppression of [my] enemies?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.), O God, my strong place-of-refuge.
Why have- you (sing.) -rejected me?
Why must I mourn because of the oppression of my enemies?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Eastern Bru:
“I ask the God who protects me like this: Why do you forget me? Why must I suffer adversity from people who hate me?” (Source: Bru Back Translation) - Laarim:
“You are my God who is strong that helps me.
Why did you reject me?
Why should I cry always,
because my enemies mistreated me?” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Mungu, wewe uko ngome yangu.
Mbona umenitupa?
Kwa nini niende na nikihuzunika?
Kwa nini nionewe na maadui?” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“You are God, the one who protects me;
why have you abandoned me?/ it seems that you have abandoned me!
It does not seem right that I am forced to mourn/cry constantly
because my enemies are cruel to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
