Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 147:9:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He gives food to cows
and to the children of ravens when they are crying for food.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He gives food for the hungry animals
and the young crows to eat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He gives- food -to the livestock/animals and to the newly-hatched ravens/crows when they ask-for food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He gives animals their food
and he gives young ravens food when they call to him.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Anaipatia mifugo vyakula vyao,
na makinda ya kunguru wakati yanalia.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He gives to animals the food that they need, and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out because they are hungry.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 149:7:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“revenging punishment (on) people of other races,
and punishing people of all races,” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“May they take revenge on the nations,
May they punish the people of the countries,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“to take-revenge and to punish the people of the nations,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“so that they will revenge the nations,
and beat people,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“wakati wanalipa kisasi kwa wapagani,
na kuwadhibu ambao hawamjui Mungu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“ready to use them to defeat the soldiers of nations that do not worship God,
and to punish the people of those nations,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 3:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“But You Jehovah, you are a shield that protects me,
You have clothed me with glory and you have lifted me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“But O God! you have become a shield all around me.
You are my glory,
You are the one who holds my head high.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“But the truth is, you (sing.) (are) like a shield that protects me.
You (sing.) cause- me -to-win against my enemies and you (sing.) strengthen-(me).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“But God, surely you protect me from those who want to harm me. Surely you allow me to overcome continuously, and you make it so that I can lift my head so that my heart becomes brave instead.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“But LORD you are the shield in where I am hiding,
you give me glory, and you give my heart to be strong.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Lakini ee BWANA, uko ngao yangu pande zote,
unanipa ushindi na kuniimarisha.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“But Yahweh, you are like a shield that protects me.
You greatly honor me, and you encourage me (OR, enable me to triumph over my enemies).” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 6:7:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“My eyes have swollen because of sorrow;
they are unable to see because of my enemies.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Weeping and weeping my eyes have become dim.
By weeping because of my enemies my eyes have become swollen.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“My eyes are-swelling/are-so-swollen from crying
because of what all my enemies have-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Because of my enemies, that’s the reason I cry till my eyes and nose swell up, and my thoughts are always sad.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“My eyes become unclear because of crying,
and my eyes become blurred, because of my enemies.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Macho yangu yamejaa kwa sababu ya kulia,
hayatazami vizuri kwa sababu ya maadui zangu,
ambao wamenifanya kulia.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“My tears blur my eyes so much that I cannot see well.
My eyes have become weak because my enemies have caused me to cry constantly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 9:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“My enemies flee,
they stumble and get destroyed before you.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“As soon as [they] encountered you our enemies looked back and ran away,
and they tripped, fell and were destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“When my enemies come-before you (sing.), they will-flee stumbling,
and they will-die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“My enemies, when they are aware of you, they go back, then they fall down and die.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“My enemies returned back.
They fall down, and they die in your present.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Maadui zangu wanarudi nyuma,
wanajikwaa na kuangamizwa mbele yako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When my enemies realize that you are very powerful,
they stumble, and then they are killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 10:15:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Break the hand of the most wicked and of the evil person;
prosecute him because of his evils
which could not have been known.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Break the arms of those who do evil and bad deeds.
punish them for that kind [of evil work]
until their evil works are eliminated.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Make- the strength of the wicked people -vanish/disappear.
Punish them in their wickedness until they now stop this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Request that you do away with the power of wicked people until they feel they no longer want to do bad things.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Break hand of bad person.
Beat him because of bad matters in which he does,
in which he thought that, you will not find.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Uuvunje mkono ya mtenda dhambi,
aadhibiwe kwa ambayo amefanya,
mpaka iishe kabisa.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Break the arms/Destroy the power of wicked people!
Continue to pursue and punish them for the wicked things that they do, until they stop doing those things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 15:1:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Jehovah, who can manage to dwell in your sacred place?
Who can manage to dwell in your holy mountain?” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O LORD! who is able to go into Your holy place?
Who is able to come to Your holy mountain and praise You?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“LORD, who can-stay/live in your (sing.) temple?
Who can- be able to -stay/remain on your (sing.) holy mountain?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Oh my God! Who is able to go into your big worshiping house? And who is able to be on the mountain Sion, the place where people worship you?” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“LORD, who would stays in your House?
Who would live in your holy mountain?” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ee BWANA, nani atakaa katika makao yako patakatifu?
Nani atajenga katika mlima wako mtakatifu?” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh, who are allowed to enter your Sacred Tent?
Who are allowed to live on your sacred mountain?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 18:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Jehovah is my rock, my defense and my savior;
My God is my rock in which I flee.
My shield and the rod of my salvation, and my fortress.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“The LORD is like a rock for me,
The LORD is my fortress,
[He] is the one who saves me.
My God is like a rock for me,
who protects me.
He is my shield,
the power of my salvation,
the place I take refuge.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.), LORD, are my rock/stone of refuge,
my strong/firm place-of-hiding and the-one-who-delivers.
As a rock/stone of refuge, I can-hide in you (sing.).
You (sing.) are my shield, powerful/mighty savior, and place-of-refuge.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“You protect me like a very strong fence. God is like a large rock, a secure place when I meet misfortune. And he is like a shield to protect me constantly. He saves me, and he becomes the Lord who cares for me to avoid the hands of wicked people.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“The LORD is my mountains and my savior,
he is my mountain in were I am hiding.
He is my shield and my strength who helps me,
he be my place which be strong.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“BWANA ni ukuta wangu,
ngome yangu, tena mwokozi wangu.
Mungu wangu, mwamba yangu,
kwake ni ambako nakimbilia.
Ngao yangu, mwokozi wangu,
tena ndio kimbilio langu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh is like an overhanging rock under which I can hide from my enemies;
he is like a strong fortress, the one who protects me;
he protects me like a shield protects a soldier;
he is the one to whom I go for refuge/to be protected/safe,
and he defends me by his great power.” (Source: Translation for Translators)