Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 121:1:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“I raise my eyes to the mountains;
where does my help come from?” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“I will set my eyes toward the mountains,
Where does my help come from?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“I look at the mountains/hills;
where does- my help -come-from?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains,
where does my help come from?” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Nainua macho yangu kutazama milima,
msaada wangu utatoka wapi?” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When we travel toward Jerusalem,
I look up toward the hills and I ask myself, ‘Who will help me?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 125:4:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Jehovah do good to those who are good,
those who are righteous hearted” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O LORD, Do good to people who are good
and to those with good hearts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“LORD, do good to the good people, who live rightly.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“LORD, you do good to people who be good,
people who be good in their hearts.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ee BWANA, uwatendee mema walio wema,
ambao ni wanyofu katika moyo.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh, do good things to those who do good things to others
and to those who sincerely obey your commands.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 130:6:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“My life hopes for the Lord,
more than how the guards hope for the morning.
yes, more than how the guards hope for the morning.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Like the watchman waiting for the morning,
more than the watchman waiting for the morning,
I am waiting for the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“I wait for you (sing.), LORD, more (than) the guards who wait-(for) the morning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“My heart waits for the LORD,
more than the guards who wait for the morning to come,
more than they wait for the morning to come.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Nafsi yangu inamngojea Bwana,
kuzidi walinzi ambao wanangojea kuche,
kuzidi walinzi ambao wanangojea pambazuko asubuhi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I wait for Yahweh to help me
more than watchmen wait for the light to dawn;
yes, I wait more eagerly than they do!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Praise Jehovah, for Jehovah is good;
sing songs of praising his name, for it is pleasant to do so,” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good.
Sing hymns to His name, for it is pleasant.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Praise the LORD for he (is) good.
[You (plur.)] sing praise to him for that (is) good to-do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You (plur.) praise the LORD, for the LORD is good,
sing the praise of his names with singing of happiness.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Muwe mnamsifu BWANA kwa sababu ni mwema,
mtukuzeni kwa nyimbo,
kwa maana jina lake ni jema.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Praise Yahweh, because he does good things for us;
sing to him, because he is kind to us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 136:14:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“And passed Israel in the middle of that lake,
for his unchanging love is eternal.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“and brought Israel across
from the middle of the Red Sea.
His love endures forever.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“And caused- his people -to-cross through the middle of-it.
His love (is) without end.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“and he brought the people of Israel from its middle,
his love remains forever,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Akawavusha waisraeli humo,
neema yake ni ya milele na milele.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He enabled the Israeli people to walk through it on dry land;
his faithful love for us endures forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 139:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“You watch carefully when I am going out and my sleeping;
you know all my paths.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“You know the work I have done
as well as what I have not done,
You know quite clearly all the work that I do.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You look-(at) me in my working and resting.
You (sing.) know all my doings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You see when I go out or I lay down to sleep,
you see all the ways I go,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Unakujua kutembea na kulala kwangu,
unayajua matendo yangu yote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When I travel and when I lie down, you know everything that I do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 140:11:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Do not allow people of insults to be settled in the land;
let evil follow cruel people.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“May liars not be allowed to prosper in the land.
May violent people be quickly destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“May-it-be that the people who slander/makes-up-accusations-to others will- not -stay-a-long-time in the land.
May-it-be that afflictions/evil/disaster will-reach/come-upon the violent/cruel people/men, who will-destroy them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Do not allow people who insult people to stay well in the land,
would you give suffering to hunt for the people who beat people anyhow.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ambao wanasengenya wengine, wasistawi katika nchi,
angamizo liwakute wakatili.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Do not allow those who slander others to succeed;
cause evil things to happen to violent men and destroy them!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 144:1:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Let Jehovah my Rock be praised,
who teaches my hands to do war;
my fingers to fight a war.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“May the LORD who protects me be praised,
He teaches my hands and fingers the skill of fighting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Praise-be to the LORD who (is) my hiding-place/protector/refuge [linker] rock.
He trains me for war.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You praise the LORD, who is my mountain,
he teaches me war,
my hands of war.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Awe anasifiwa BWANA, ni mwamba wangu,
anaifundisha mikono yangu vita,
na vidole vyangu kupigana.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I praise Yahweh, who is like an overhanging rock under which I get refuge/am protected!
He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles;
he trains my fingers so that I can shoot arrows in a war.” (Source: Translation for Translators)