Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 3:8:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Salvation comes from Jehovah.
Blessings be upon your people.
Selah” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“The LORD protects.
May Your blessing continue to be upon Your people.
Sela” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.), LORD, (are)-the-(one-who) saves and blesses your (sing.) people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Only God is able to save. I ask that the people who believe you will have blessing.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Salvation comes from LORD.
Let your blessing to stay with your people.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Wokovu unatoka kwa BWANA,
baraka zako ziwe kwa watu wako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people from their enemies.
Yahweh, bless your people!
(Think about that!)” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 7:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“maybe they can tear me apart like a lion,
and rip me off without anyone to save me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Otherwise they will chew me up like a lion.
Without anyone being able to save me
they will cut me to pieces.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“for if not, maybe they would-kill me
like a lion tearing-to-pieces/gnawing-on/devouring its victim,
and no-one can save me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“But if it is not like that, I fear they will tear my body like a tiger tears the body of an animal into pieces, and there is no one to help.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“or they will tear me like a lion
to pieces, and there is nobody to help me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kwa sababu kama vile simba,
wanaweza kunirarua, na kunivutia mbali,
ambako hakuna hata mmoja wa kuniokoa.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces
like a lion does when it attacks the animals it wants to kill,
and no one will save me from them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 9:8:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He shall judge the earth in justice;
he will rule human races impartially.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He will not render judgment by looking at faces.
He will rule the people without partiality.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.) will-judge the people of the world rightly/justly, without you (sing.) showing/[lit. having] favoritism.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“He judges straight good all people living on this earth. And he judges rightly every kind of person.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He will judge the matter of the people of the world properly.
He will rule people with justice.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Anaziamua nchi zote kwa unyofu,
anahukumu makabila yote vizuri.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“and he will judge all the people in the world justly;
he will judge the people of all nations fairly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 11:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“For see the wicked bend their bows;
they properly put their arrows on the strings of the bow,
at their hiding ready to shoot
the righteous hearted.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Look! The wicked have hidden [and] have already put arrows in their bows and drawn them to hit the good people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“for the wicked (are) now stretching-out their arrows in a dark place
in-order to shoot-with-arrows those who live rightly.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“For wicked people take crossbows wanting to shoot straight good people from a dark place.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“because bad people pull their bows
and they put arrows on their ropes,
so that they shoot from darkness
good people with arrows.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Tazameni waliopotoka,
wameuandaa upinde wao,
wameweka mishale yao katika uzi,
wamejificha katika giza ili wawachome wanyofu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“because wicked people have hidden in the darkness,
they have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows
to shoot them at godly/righteous people like you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 17:1:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Hear You Jehovah my prayer of justice;
listen to my cry.
Pay attention to hear my prayer
since it is not coming from a deceitful mouth.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O LORD! Listen to my request which I have make for justice.
Give attention to my prayer.
Hear the prayer which I make from a good heart!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Listen, LORD, to my asking-for justice.
Listen to my sincere prayer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Oh God! Request you listen to me. Request that you listen to my voice calling out to you. I pray from a very right heart requesting from you.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Makayyioit, you hear my pleading for the matter which be right/just,
hear the matter I am crying for.
hear my prayer,
because my mouth does not speaks lies.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ee Bwana, usikilize maneno yangu ya haki,
usikilize kilio changu, unisaidie.
Mimi sio mdanganyifu,
usikilize sala yangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me.
Hear me while I call out to you to help me.
Pay attention to what I say while I pray
because I am speaking honestly/truthfully.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 18:18:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Those enemies contended with me when I was in problems,
but Jehovah was my help.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“At a difficult time for me they came to attack me
but the LORD saved me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“They attacked me when I (was) in-difficulty/trouble
but you (sing.) defended me, LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“When I meet difficulties from people who want to harm me, surely God constantly protects me.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“They beat me when I was in trouble
but instead, the LORD helped me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Wakati niko katika shida, walikuja kupigana na mimi,
lakini BWANA alikuwa ni ngao yangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When I was distressed/had troubles, they attacked me,
but Yahweh defended/protected me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 18:50:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He gives great victory to his king;
He shows unchanging love to his anointed one,
to David and his grandchildren forever.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“You have enabled the king that You chose to win the great dispute.
You will always love Your anointed ones —
David and his descendants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.) give great victories to your (sing.) chosen king.
You (sing.) love David and his descendants without end.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“God gives his chosen king to overcome all things. He shows his exceeding love to the one he chooses, that person is David, and all his descendants forever.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You (sing.) give your king to defeat his enemies many times.
You (sing.) show your love always to you chosen king,
to David and his children forever.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Anampa ushindi mkuu mfalme wake,
anamwonyesha neema yake mpakwa mafuta wake,
kwa Daudi na uzao wake wote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He has enabled me, his king, to powerfully defeat my enemies;
he faithfully loves me, David, the one he has chosen to be king, and he will faithfully love my descendants forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 21:9:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“At the time of your appearance
you will turn them into a hot furnace of fire.
In his anger Jehovah will swallow them,
and his fire will finish them.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“When the king himself appears
striking [them] with a funeral torch, he will destroy them.
The LORD will destroy them in anger by fire.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“When you (sing.) now arrive/appear, you (sing.) will-destroy them
and they will-become like a fiery furnace.
In your (sing.) anger you (sing.) will-have- them -swallowed by the fire.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“When this king arrives, surely he will kill them by throwing them into a fire so they will burn. Because God is angry with them (lit. has a hot gall bladder toward them), surely he discards/destroys them just like fire destroys things also.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“When you appear,
you will allow them to stay like furnace which is very hot.
LORD, you will swallow them by your anger
and you will burn them in your fire.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Utaonekana na kuwachoma wote,
kama vile moto wa madhabahu.
BWANA atachukia na kuwangamiza,
na kuwachoma kabisa katika moto.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace.
Because you are angry with them, you will get rid of them;
the fire will burn them up.” (Source: Translation for Translators)