Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 48:9:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Inside your House God,
we contemplate about your unchanging love.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O God! We are meditating deeply on
Your unfailing love and mercy
in Your temple.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“O God, we (excl.) meditate upon your (sing.) love inside your (sing.) temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“God, in your House,
we think about your everlasting love.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ee Mungu, tunaitafakari neema yako,
wakati tuko katika hekalu lako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“God, here in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 50:7:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Hear you my people, and I will speak,
you Israel, and I will speak in opposition against you;
I am God, your God.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“‘O my people, listen, I will speak,
O Israel, I will give evidence against you,
I am God, your God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“God continues to-speak, ‘You (plur.) my people, [you (plur.)] listen to what I say.
I (am) God, your (plur.) God;
I will-testify against you (plur.) who are-from Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“God speaks and says that,
‘You my people, listen to me when I will talk later,
you people of Israel, I will talk,
here are these matters which I will judge you,
I am God, your God.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“‘Sikiliza, enyi watu wangu ambayo ninasema,
niko nayo ya kusema na wewe Israeli,
mimi ni Mungu, tena ni Mungu wako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“God says, ‘My people, listen!
You Israeli people, listen,
as I, your God, say what you have done that is wrong.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 51:16:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“You are not pleased with ordinary sacrifices.
If I gave a burnt sacrifice, You are not pleased with it.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“You do not rejoice at the offering of sacrifices,
You also do not rejoice in burnt offerings.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.) do- not -like/want/desire sacrifices/offerings.
Even-if I offer to you (sing.) a burnt offering, you (sing.) will- not -be-pleased/be-glad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You are not glad when I give the thing of sacrifice,
or I would give it.
You do not want the animal for sacrifice which is roasted.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Hupendezwi na dhabihu, ingekuwa nimekutolea,
dhabihu za kuteketezwa hupendezwi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You are not pleased only with the sacrifices that people bring to you.
If that were enough to please you, I would bring you sacrifices.
You are not pleased with burnt offerings alone.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 55:7:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“I would have fled afar
and stay in the wilderness.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Flying far away I would go to live in the desert.
Sela” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“I would-fly far away to the desert/desolate-place and will-live/dwell there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I would run to a very far,
to go and put my home in the wilderness.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ingekuwa nimekwenda mbali sana,
ningeenda kukaa porini.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I would fly far away
and live in the desert.
(Think about that!)” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 57:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“God sends to me from heaven and saves me,
rebuking those who are chasing me a lot.
God sends his love and his faithfulness.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He will send help from heaven for me
and will save me.
He will defeat those who keep hounding me.
Sela
He will show that He is one
who has never-ending mercy
and is trustworthy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“From heaven, you (sing.) will-send salvation to me.
You (sing.) will-put-to-shame those (who) attack me.
You (sing.) will-show your (sing.) love and faithfulness to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“God sends me help from heaven,
he shouts to people who oppress me,
God reveals his love and his faithfulness.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ananiletea msaada kutoka mbinguni, ananiokoa,
anawaibisha ambao wanapigana na mimi.
Mungu ananitumia neema yake na uaminifu wake.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You will answer me from heaven and rescue me,
but you will cause those who oppress me to be defeated and disgraced!
(Think about that!)
God will always faithfully love me and will be faithful/will do what he promises.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 59:13:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“destroy them in (your) anger
destroy them until they are finished.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God commands Jacob.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“So destroy them in Your anger.
Destroy them completely.
Then everyone will know –
God reigns in Israel.
and His kingdom spreads over the entire earth.
Sela” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“so in your (sing.) anger, destroy them until they are-no-more.
Then the whole world will-know, that you, O God, reign in Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“kill them by your anger,
kill them completely.
And then all people of the earth will know to say that,
God rules the people of Israel.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Uwangamize kwa kuchukia kwako,
watoweke kabisa,
watu wote waelewe kuwa,
Mungu ni mtawala wa wa jamaa ya Yakobo na nchi zote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“because you are angry, get rid of them;
destroy them completely
in order that people will know that you rule over us, your Israeli people,
and that you rule over all the earth.
(Think about that!)” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 62:8:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Rely on Him all the times, you people;
pour out your hearts to Him,
for God is our refuge.
Selah” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O people! Trust always in Him.
Open your heart and show [it] to Him.
For God is our place to take refuge.
Sela” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You (plur.) people of God,
[you (plur.)] trust in him at all times!
Tell him all your (plur.) problems/worries
for he (is) the-one (who) protects us (incl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You people, put your heart on him in days all.
Tell him all your matters,
because God is the place where we hide.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Enyi watu ninyi, mumtumaini Mungu daima,
mwambieni ambayo yamo katika mioyo yenu,
kwa sababu yeye ni kimbilio letu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You my people, always trust in him.
Tell him all your troubles,
because he is our refuge/the one who protects us.
(Think about that!)” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 65:7:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“The one who kept the lake quite
the roaring of its waves,
and the noise of the people of other races.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“You have stopped the violence of huge ocean waves
and even the violence of people as well.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You set-at-peace the rushing of the waves in the sea/ocean and the uproar/commotion of the people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“you made the seas that are noisy to be silent,
and waves of water that they are noisy to be quiet,
you made nations which fight to have peace.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ni wewe unanyamazisha bahari,
na kuvuma kwa mawimbi yake,
na kelele za watu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You calm the seas when they roar,
and you stop the waves from crashing on the shore;
you also calm people when they make a great uproar/shout angrily together.” (Source: Translation for Translators)