Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:103:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Your words are sweet when I taste them,
sweeter than honey in my mouth!” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“How delicious Your words are to me,
even more delicious to my mouth than honey.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“How sweet (are) your (sing.) promises, these (are) sweeter than honey.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Your words taste very good,
more than honey in my mouth.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Maneno yako matamu sana kwangu,
kuzidi asali mdomoni mwangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When I read your words, they are like sweet things that I taste/ eat,
yes, they are even sweeter than honey.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:135:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Let your face shine for your servant
and teach me your laws.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Care for Your servant by showing him mercy,
teach me Your law.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Show your (sing.) goodness to me your (sing.) servant,
and teach me your (sing.) decrees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You let your face to shine on the body of your servant,
and teach me your words.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Unitazame kwa upole mimi mtumishi wako,
unifundishe amri zako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Be kind to me
and teach me your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:167:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“I obey your testimony
for I love it very much.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“I obey Your decrees,
because I love it from my inmost heart.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Great (is) my love of your (sing.) teachings,
therefore I really obey/follow them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I keep your ways,
for I love them very much.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Nazifuata shuhuda zako,
nazipenda na moyo wote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I obey what you require/what you have instructed us to do;
I love it all very much.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 122:8:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Because of my relatives and my friends
I will say, ‘Peace be in your inside.’” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“For the sake of my friends and my older and younger brothers
I will say, "May you have peace!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“For the well-being/good of my blood-relatives and friends, I say,
‘May-it-be that the situation of Jerusalem only (be) good.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“For the sake of my family and friends,
I will speak saying, ‘Peace be with you.’” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kwa ajili ya ndugu zangu na rafiki zangu,
nitasema, ‘Amani iwe na wewe.’” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“For the sake of my relatives and friends, I say, ‘My desire is that that inside Jerusalem people will live peacefully.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 128:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
inside your house;
your children will be like shoots of an olive tree
surrounding your table.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Like a grapevine in your house,
your wife will have much fruit,
and your sons and daughters around your table
will be like the shoots of an olive tree.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Your (plur.) wives who stay in your (plur.) houses will-be like a fruitful grape-vine,
and your (plur.) children who gather around your (plur.) tables will-be like young olive trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Your wife will stay like a tree
that flourishing in your home,
your children will grow well like the branches of a tree,
it surround the place where you are eating.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Mke wako atazaa sana katika nyumba yenu,
kama mzabibu ambao unazaa matunda mengi.
Watoto wenu watakuwa kama mizeituni michanga,
wataizunguka meza yenu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Your wife will be like a grapevine that bears many grapes;
she will give birth to many children.
Your children who sit around your table will be like a strong olive tree that has many shoots growing up around it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 132:10:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Because of David your servant,
do not reject your anointed one.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“For the sake of Your servant David,
do not reject the king You have anointed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Because of David your (sing.) servant, do- not -reject your (sing.) chosen king.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Because of David who be your servant,
do not reject him who you chose by anointing him with the oil.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kwa sababu ya Daudi mtumishi wako,
usimkatae mpakwa mafuta wako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You chose David to serve you as king of Israel; do not reject/abandon him!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:18:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Those who made those idols will be like those idols,
likewise those who rely on those idols.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Those who make them
will also be like them,
and those who put their trust in them
will also be just like them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“The ones (who) make these little-gods/false-gods and all who trust in them will- also -be like them having-no value.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“And people who make these gods they will be like them.
and all people who believe on these gods they will be like them too.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Wote ambao wanaitengeneza wamefanana nayo,
tena wote ambao wanaitumaini.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols,
and those who trust in those idols can accomplish no more than their idols can!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 137:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“for the people who captured us into slavery requested us that we sing songs.
Our persecutors wanted songs of celebration;
they said, ‘Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!’” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Those who had captured us caused us to sing songs,
Those who torment us say,
"Sing a joyful song for us!"
They say "Sing us a song of Zion!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“The ones (who) captured us (excl.) made- us (excl.) -to-sing.
They commanded us (excl.) to entertain them.
They said, ‘[You (plur.)] sing us (excl.) a song about Zion!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“for the people who ruled us asked us that, ‘You sing songs.’
They really wanted our songs of joy,
and said to us, ‘You sing the songs of Zion!’” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kwa maana huko ambao walitushika katika utumwa,
wakataka tuwaimbie nyimbo.
Ambao walitudhihaki wakataka kwamba tuwafurahishe,
wakasema, ‘Tuimbieni wimbo mmoja wa katika Sayuni.’” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“The soldiers who had captured us and taken us to Babylonia told us to sing for them;
they told us to entertain them/make them happy, saying,
‘Sing for us one of the songs that you previously sang in Jerusalem!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)