Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 69:23:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Let their eyes be dark so that they do not see again
and their back be twisted until forever.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“May their eyes become blind,
May their backbones be bent.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“May-it-be that they will-be-blinded and always tremble.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
“Would you make them all blind!
You let their back to be bend always!” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Macho yao yawekwe giza,
ili wasione kitu chochote,
migongo yao iiname daima.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“I hope/desire that their eyesight will become dim so that they cannot see anything,
and that their backs/ bodies will become weaker and weaker.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
