complete verse (Psalm 9:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 9:15:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Human races have fallen into the pit which they have dug;
    their feet are trapped in the net which they had hidden.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “The nations have been falling into ditches which they have dug.
    They have been getting caught in the traps which they have laid.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “The same-thing has-happened to the nations that they had-planned which (was) evil/wrong.
    (It is) just like they have-fallen into the hole/pit they have-dug
    or they have-been-trapped/snared in the trap/snare that they placed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “As for those people who don’t believe in you, surely they will fall themselves in the hole they dug. And they made a trap for others to get caught in, but they caught themselves.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The people of nations fall into the hole in which they dug.
    The fishing net caught them which they spread.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Wapagani wametumbukia katika shimo ambalo walichimba,
    imeshikwa miguu yao katika nyavu ambazo walitega.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “It is as though the wicked people of many nations have dug a pit for me to fall into,
    but they have fallen into that same pit.
    It is as if they spread out a net to catch me, but their feet have been caught in that same net.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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