Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 147:9)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 149:7)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 3:3)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 6:7)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 9:3)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 10:15)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 15:1)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 18:2)

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)