Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 33:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 33:13:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “From heaven Jehovah looks down
    and sees all people;” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “The LORD looks down from heaven
    and sees all the people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “From heaven the LORD gazes-at all the people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “God looks down from heaven, and sees every group of people.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The LORD see the land down from heaven,
    and sees all people.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Bwana anatazama kutoka mbinguni,
    anawaona watu wote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all us people;” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 35:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 35:1:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “You Jehovah, contend with those who are contending with me;
    fight against those who are fighting against me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O LORD! Oppose those who oppose me.
    Fight the ones who come to fight me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Go-against/oppose, LORD, the ones (who) go-against/oppose me.
    Fight-against those (who) fight-against me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “God! Request you help by opposing those people who oppose me. Request you do (in) those people who want to do (in) me.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “LORD, you argue with people who are arguing with me,
    you (sing.) fight with people who are fighting with me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee Bwana, uwapinge ambao wanapingana na mimi,
    upigane na ambao wanapigana na mimi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me!
    Fight against my enemies when they fight me!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 36:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 36:5:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Your love Jehovah, reaches the heavenly worlds,
    your faithfulness up to the clouds.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O LORD! Your eternal love
    is as great as the sky.
    As for Your trustworthiness
    it is higher than the clouds.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Your (sing.) love and faithfulness, LORD, can- not -be-measured;
    it is higher than the heavens/skies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “God! Your love is great extending up to the sky. It is possible to trust you more than a person can count.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “LORD, your love reaches heaven,
    your faithfulness reaches heaven.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee Bwana, neema yako inafika mbinguni,
    uaminifu wako unafika katika mawingu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Yahweh, your faithful love for us reaches as high as the heavens,
    you faithfully do what you have promised;
    it is as though your doing that extends up to the clouds.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 37:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 37:25:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “I was young and now I have become old
    but I have never seen the righteous being left
    or their children begging for food.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Having been born I have already become an old man
    Until now I have not seen either a good person abandoned by the LORD,
    nor have I seen their children having to eat by begging.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “From my childhood until now that I (am) now old,
    I have- not yet -seen that the righteous ones were-abandoned by the LORD
    nor their children begging-for food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “In the past I was young, but now I am already old. But I never saw God discard a righteous person, or saw their children go begging.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “When I was small and now am old,
    and I have not yet seen good people that the Lord leaves them,
    or I see their children beg for food.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nilikuwa kijana, sasa ni mzee,
    lakini sijamuona mnyofu kuachwa na BWANA,
    au watoto wake kuomba omba chakula.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I was young previously, and now I am an old man,
    but in all those years, I have never seen righteous/ godly people being abandoned by Yahweh,
    nor have I seen that their children needed to beg for food.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 38:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 38:17:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “For I am about to fall,
    and I feel pain all the time.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “I am about to fall down,
    I am in constant pain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “As-if I am-about to-perish/be-destroyed, and my suffering does- not -stop.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “I am already close to falling, and this pain is continually with me.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “I near to fall down
    and my body still painful always.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Niko karibu kuanguka,
    bado nasikia maumivu sana.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 40:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 40:14:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “All who are seeking to remove my life
    let them be ashamed and be confused;
    all who desire my destruction
    let them be turned back in shame.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “May those who try to kill me have to feel shame,
    And may they have to experience anxiety.
    May those who rejoice at my trouble be turned back,
    and may they be ashamed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “May-it-be that all who try to-kill me will-be-put-to-shame and confused/scattered-in-panic.
    May-it-be that all who desire my destruction will-flee in shame.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “Request you make those who look for ways to kill me be put to shame. Request that you make it so they have difficulty with the things they do, confused and of no benefit. Request that you make those who are happy because of my troubles, make them go far away and be ashamed.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You would let those who want to kill me,
    to be ashamed, and be confused completely,
    you would let those who desire my death,
    to go back and to find shame.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Wote ambao wanataka kuniua,
    waibishwe na kuaibika.
    Ambao wanafurahia kuteswa kwangu,
    wafukuzwe na kuaibishwa.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Humble those who are happy about my troubles, and cause them to be disgraced and ashamed.
    Chase away those who are trying to get rid of me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 43:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 43:5:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Why do you have sadness you my life?
    Why are you upset you my inside?
    Believe in God,
    for I will praise Him,
    my Savior and my God.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Oh my soul, why are [you] so discouraged?
    Why is my heart so sad?
    I will put my hope in God,
    I will again praise my God and my savior.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Why am- I -mourning and very disturbed/troubled?
    I should trust in you (sing.). Yes, I will-praise you (sing.) again, you (sing.) who (are) my savior and God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “I ask my soul like this: "Why are you sad and worry exceedingly? Hope only in God." Then later I will praise you, the God who saves me.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “My heart, why are you sad?
    Why are you trembling in my body?
    Put your hope in God,
    for I will still praise him,
    My Savior and my God.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee moyo wangu, unahuzunika kwa nini?
    Unafadhaika kwa nini ndani mwangu?
    Namtumaini Mungu kunisaidia,
    basi nitamsifu tena Mungu, mwokozi wangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “So why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!
    I confidently expect God to bless me, and I will praise him again, my God, the one who saves me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 45:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 45:6:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Your throne of kingship, You God, will live in times of time;
    The scepter of justice will be a scepter of your kingship.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O God, Your kingdom will always continue to exist.
    You will rule Your people with justice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Your (sing.) kingdom, O God, has-no end at-all/[intensifier],
    and you (sing.) rule your (sing.) kingdom righteously.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “The places you rule are those God has given to you. That country will surely be forever. And you rule over all your people with justice.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “God, your kingdom will remain forever,
    you rule your people by your stick of goodness.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Wewe ni Mungu, kiti chako cha enzi,
    kinakuwepo milele na milele.
    Ufalme wako,
    ni ufalme wa unyofu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “The kingdom that God will give to you will remain forever.
    You rule people justly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)