Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 86:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 86:3:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Do me mercy, You Lord,
    for I am calling You the whole day.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O LORD, have mercy on me,
    for I have been praying to You the whole day.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Have-mercy on me, Lord, for I am- always -calling-(out) to you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Lord, have mercy on me,
    for I pray to you all day.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee Bwana, unihurumie,
    kwa maana nakulilia muda wote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Lord, be kind to me,
    because I cry out to you all during the day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 88:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:11:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Is your love preached in the grave,
    about your faithfulness to the place of destruction?” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “What! [is there] testimony of Your mercy in the world of the dead?
    What! In the world of destruction
    is it said that You are the one who has unceasing faithful love?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Your (sing.) love and faithfulness are- not -spoken in the place of the dead ones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Would your love be talked in the tomb of death,
    or would your faithfulness be talked about in the land of the dead?” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Je, neema yako inatangazwa katika kaburi?
    Au ukweli wako, katika makao ya uharibifu?” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Corpses in the grave certainly do not tell about your faithfully loving us,
    and in the place where people are finally destroyed,
    no one tells about what you faithfully do for us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 89:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 89:25:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “I will put his hand on the lake,
    his right hand on rivers.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “I will cause his kingdom to extend
    from the Mediterranean Sea
    to the Euphrates River.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “I will-cause- him -reign from the Sea of Mediteraneo up-to the Eufrates River.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “I will make his hand to rule the seas,
    his right hand will rule the rivers.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nitaupa nguvu ufalme wake,
    kuanzia katika bahari mpaka katika mto.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I will cause his kingdom/the area that he rules to include all the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 90:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 90:5:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “You sweep people away in the sleep of death,
    they are like new morning grass,” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “You sweep people away like with flooding water.
    They are like a dream.
    They are like grass that sprouts in the morning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “You (sing.) put an end to our (excl.) lives like a dream” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You give people to disappear quickly by death,
    it is like the grass that grow in the morning,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Unawazoa watu, wanapotea kama vile ndoto,
    ni kama vile majani ambayo yanaota asubuhi,” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “You cause people suddenly to die;
    they live only a short time, like a dream lasts only a short time.
    They are like grass/ weeds that grow up.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 92:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 92:4:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “For you make me glad with your works, You Jehovah;
    I am singing with joy on the work of your hands.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O LORD, by Your work for me You have caused me to rejoice.
    Because of the work You have done, I sing with great joy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “For you (sing.) made- me -glad, LORD, by your (sing.) awesome/marvelous deeds.
    Because of what you (sing.) have-done I sing for joy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “LORD you make me to rejoice by your works,
    I sing and be glad because of the works of your hands.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee BWANA, matendo yako yamenifurahisha,
    nitakuwa naimba na furaha kwa matendo ambayo umefanya.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Yahweh, you have caused me to be glad;
    I sing joyfully because of what you have done.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 94:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 94:16:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Who will wake up because of me to contend with wicked people?
    Who will stand in my place to contend with people who do wicked (things)?” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Who stood with me in conflict with the wicked?
    Who was with me in the conflict with the evil doers?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “No-one else helps me against the wicked people/men except you (sing.) alone, LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Who will help me from bad people?
    Who will help me from sinners?” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nani atanisimamia kuwapinga wabaya?
    Nani atanisaidia kupigana na watenda mabaya?” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “But when wicked people oppressed me/treated me cruelly,
    who defended me?/no one defended me.
    No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 97:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 97:1:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Jehovah is ruling, let the earth celebrate;
    let the far beaches rejoice.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “The LORD is king.
    May the earth rejoice,
    may the islands in the sea rejoice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “The LORD reigns!
    Therefore earth rejoice/be-glad, including the islands.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The LORD rules the earth, he makes to earth to be happy,
    he makes the banks of the seas which are far to be glad.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “BWANA ndiye Mfalme, nchi ifurahi,
    visiwa vya katika bahari zote vifurahi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Yahweh is the king!
    I want everyone on the earth to be glad/ happy,
    and the people who live on the islands in the oceans to also rejoice about that!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 100:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 100:3:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Know that Jehovah is God.
    He is the one who made us and we are his;
    we are his people, sheep of his grazing field.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Recognize that the LORD is indeed God.
    He made us, we are His.
    And we are His subjects, and the sheep of His pasture.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “[You (plur.)] acknowledge that the LORD is God!
    He is-the-one-who has-made us (incl.) and we (incl.) (are) his.
    We (incl.) (are) his people which he takes-care-of like sheep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You (plur.) know that, the LORD is God,
    he who created us, we belong to him,
    and we are his people, we are the sheep that he cares for.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Mjue kuwa BWANA ni Mungu,
    ndiye ambaye alituumba, sisi ni wake.
    Sisi ni watu wake,
    ni kondoo wa mbugani mwake.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “We should acknowledge/recognize that Yahweh is God;
    it is he who made us, so we belong to him.
    We are the people that he takes care of;
    we are like sheep that are cared for by their shepherd.” (Source: Translation for Translators)