Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 80:16:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Your vine has been cut and burned with fire;
at your rebuke your people have been destroyed.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“The enemy has cut down Your grapevine,
and setting it on fire, has burned it.
Show them [Your] anger,
and destroy them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“O God, (it) seems that we (excl.) (are) as-if a grape-vine that was-cut-down and burned.
You looked-at us (excl.) with anger and you (sing.) destroyed us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
“Our enemies cut down your tree of wine,
and the fire burned it,
you destroy them by your anger.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Gbaya: “People pulled up the vine and threw it into the fire and it burned gbulɛɛ [ideophone to express wickedness] like dry cow dung. If you frown and look at them, they will all die gbuɗuk [ideophone to express a calamity befalling many people at once — see here].” (Source: Philip Noss)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Maadui wameukata mti wako wa mizabibu,
wameuchoma katika moto,
uonyeshe hasira zako, uwangamize.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land;
look at them angrily and get rid of them!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
