Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 80:12:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
βWhy have you brought down its walls
that all who are passing pluck its vines?β (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
βYet why have You broken down the wall around us?
Now anyone coming in here, can steal grapes and take them away.β (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
βBut why have- you (sing.) -broken, O God, the stone-wall of this plant?
So all who pass-by steal its fruit.β (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
βWhy did you destroy its fence,
so that people came to pick the grapes?β (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
βEe BWANA, mbona umebomoa wigo?
Wasafiri wanaweza kuchuma matunda ya mizabibu.β (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
βSo why have you abandoned us
and allowed our enemies to tear down our walls?
You are like someone who tears down the fences around his vineyard,
with the result that all the people who pass by can steal the grapes,β (Source: Translation for Translators)
