Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 139:5:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“You surround me at the back and in front too;
you have laid your hand on me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“You are all around me,
Your have put Your hand upon my head.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.) surround me,
and you (sing.) protect me by your (sing.) power.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You (sing.) go ahead of me, and you follow me,
and you protect me with your hands.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Umenizunguka mbele na nyuma,
unanilinda na nguvu zako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You protect me on all sides;
you put your hand on me to protect me with your power.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 140:13:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Truly righteous people will praise your name,
and people of upright heart will stay before you.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Certainly the righteous will give thanks to Your name,
good people will live in Your presence.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Surely you will-be- very surely -praised by the righteous/just ones and they will-live together-with you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“The righteous will glorify your names,
and they will live in your presence.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kweli wanyofu watalisifu jina lako,
watakaa ambapo upo wewe.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Righteous people will surely thank you, and they will live in your presence/with you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 144:14:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Our cattle will carry heavy loads.
There will never be cracks on walls,
there will never be going to captivity again,
in our paths there will never be crying because of problems.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“May there not be a single calf miscarried,
may [the herd] greatly increase.
May our walls not be torn down,
may we not be captured and deported,
May the sound of weeping filled with sorrow,
not be heard in our lanes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“and our (excl.) cattle be-loaded with many products.
May-it-be that we (excl.) will- no-longer -be-attacked by enemies
and we (excl.) will- no-longer -be-taken-captive.
May-it-be that there-are-no more cries of sorrow/sadness on our (excl.) streets/roads.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“our bulls will pull heavy loads.
Not will walls of the city be destroyed,
and there will be no people to be capture as slaves,
and there will be no cry of suffering on our ways.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“ngʼombe wetu wabebe mavuno mengi.
Maadui wasibomoe kuta zetu,
wasitushike kuwa watumwa,
kisiweko kilio katika miji yetu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I wish/ hope that our cows will give birth to many calves
without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us into exile/to their own countries).
I wish/hope that there will not be a time when the people in our streets cry out in distress because foreign armies are invading.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 146:10:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Jehovah is King until forever,
your God you Zion, on all generations.
Praise Jehovah.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“The LORD will reign forever,
O Zion, your God will reign from generation to generation.
Halleluja!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Residents of Zion, the LORD your (plur.) God reigns without end!
Praise the LORD!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“The LORD rules the heaven and the earth forever.
The God of Zion control everything years after years.
You praise the LORD.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“BWANA anatawala milele na milele.
Ninyi enyi watu wa katika Sayuni,
Mungu wenu anatawala katika vizazi vyote.
Msifuni BWANA!” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh will continue to be our king forever;
you people of Israel, your God will rule forever!
Praise Yahweh!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 148:12:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“You boys and virgins,
you aged and children too.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“young men and women,
old men and children, praise the LORD!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“young ones, old ones/(elderly) or children.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“young men and young women,
old men and children.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Muwe mnamsifu, enyi vijana wa kiume na enyi wasichana,
enyi wazee wote na enyi watoto.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“you young men and young women, you old people and children, everyone, praise Yahweh!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 2:6:
- Chichewa Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero translation, 2002/2016:
“‘I have established my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.’” (Source: Chichewa Back Translation)
- Newari:
“‘I have enthroned my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He has-said, ‘I already placed in Zion, in my holy mountain, the king that I have-chosen.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“God said: "I have chosen the mountain Sion, my own mountain, to be the place where I put the King I have chosen."” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I put my king
in Zion, on my holy mountain.’” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“‘Nimemweka mfalme ambaye nimemchagua,
katika mlima Sayuni, mlima wangu mtakatifu.’
Mfalme huyo anasema,” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh says, ‘I have installed my king on Zion, my sacred hill in Jerusalem.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 5:10:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Announce that they are guilty, You God!
Their evil deeds should be their fall.
Remove them before you because of their many sins.
for they have risen against You.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O God! Declare them guilty.
Let them be caught in their own traps.
Drive them away because of their many sins.
For they have rebelled against You.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“O God, punish my enemies.
May-it-be that their wicked plans will be-the-one that destroys/[lit. fall] them.
Reject them because of their many sins,
for they have-rebelled against you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Oh God, request that you destroy them. As for the evil works they have already thought up, let those things come to themselves. Request that you cast them out, because they exclusively do the work of sin and they don’t want to listen to your words.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“God, judge their matters!
Let their bad matters, to make them fall down.
You chase them, because of their bad matters which are many,
because they rejected you.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ee Mungu, uwaadhibu kwa dhambi zao,
waanguke kwa udanganyifu wao,
uwafukuzie nje kwa sababu dhambi zao ni nyingi sana,
kwa maana wamekuasi wewe.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“O God, declare that they are guilty and punish them.
Cause them to experience the same disasters/ troubles that they plan to cause to happen to others.
Get rid of them because they have committed many sins, and they have rebelled against you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 8:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“When I think about your heavenly worlds,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have put in their place,” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“When I look at Your handicraft –
the heavens, the moon and the stars,
then I think-” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“When I look-(up) to the heaven that you (sing.) made,
and I see the moon and the stars that you (sing.) put/placed in their position/place,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“When I look up toward the sky, I see the moon and the stars you created and placed there,” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“When I see heaven,
it is the work of your hands,
moon and stars
who you put them in a place where they stay,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Wakati natazama mbinguni, matendo ya mikono yako,
wakati nauona mwezi na nyota ambazo ulizipanga,” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When I look up at the sky at night,
and see the things that you have made—
the moon and the stars that you have set in place—” (Source: Translation for Translators)
