Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 33:1:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Sing joyfully to Jehovah You righteous ones,
it is appropriate that the straight-hearted (should be) praising Him.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“All those who trust in the LORD,
rejoice in the LORD!
It is fitting for those with clean hearts to praise Him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“[You (plur.)] who (are) righteous-ones,
[you (plur.)] be-loud/shout-cheerfully with/in joy
because of what the LORD has-done for you (plur.).
You (plur.) who are-living rightly,
(it) is-fitting that you (plur.) praise him!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“All people who are righteous should be glad in God. Praise is very correct/proper for all righteous people.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You (plur.) sing to the LORD with gladness you people who do right,
because people who obey his word should praise him.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Enyi wanyofu, mwimbieni BWANA na furaha,
kumsifu kunawafaa wanyofu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh
because that is what he deserves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 34:11:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Come my children, hear me;
I will teach you to fear Jehovah.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Come, O young men! Listen to my message !
I will teach you to fear the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Come-here you (plur.) who want to-learn from me, [you (plur.)] listen to me.
I will-teach you (plur.) to-respect the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Oh you who I teach! Come here, come listen to me. I will teach you about God’s honor.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Children, you come to listen to me,
so that I teach you the way that you (plur.) fear the LORD .” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Njoo enyi watoto, mnisikilize,
nitawafundisha kumcha BWANA.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You who are my students/whom I teach, come and listen to me,
and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 35:21:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“They laugh at me loudly and they say, ‘Haa! Haa!
And with these eyes of ours we have seen it.’” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“With a loud voice they accuse me, saying –
‘We got to see what you did with our very own eyes, Wow! At last it finally happened!’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“They shout at me, accusing, ‘[You (sing.)] aha!/[particle to draw attention] We (incl.) saw what you (sing.) did.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“They open their mouths against me. The say like this: "What can be said, what can be said, we have seen it with our own eyes."” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“They see me and shouted said that, ‘Yes! Yes!
We saw with our eyes really, and we caught you.’” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Wananifumbulia vinywa vyao wanasema,
‘Kweli! Tumeyaona na macho yetu ambayo umefanya.’” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, ‘We saw the wrong things that you
did!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 37:13:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“but the Lord laughs at the wicked
for He knows that their day is coming.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“The LORD laughs at the wicked,
because He knows – they will soon be destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“But the LORD just laughs at the wicked
for he knows that the time (is) so soon that they will-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“But the Lord laughs at wicked people, because he knows already that the day of their end is near.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“But instead, the Lord is laughing at bad people,
because he knows that their day of judgement will come.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Lakini Bwana anamcheka mbaya,
anajua kuwa siku yake ya hukumu inakuja.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“But Yahweh laughs at them
because he knows that some day he will judge and punish the wicked people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 38:5:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“My wounds are rotting and stinking
because of the foolishness of my sinful life.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Because of my foolishness
my wounds have decayed
and they already stink.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Because of my foolishness, my wounds have-festered/swollen and stink/smell-bad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Because I have done foolishly, my wounds become rotten and they disintegrate.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“My wounds smell, and painful much always,
because of my sin and foolishness.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Majeraha yangu yananuka, yameoza,
kwa sababu ya upumbavu wangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Because I have done foolish things,
I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 40:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He brought me out of the pit of loss,
in the mud and in the swamp;
He established my feet on the rock
and he gave me a solid place to stand.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He lifted me from a dreadful pit,
He took me out of the dirt of the sewer,
He brought me and made me stand on a rock,
and gave me a solid place to stand.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“(It is) just like he lifted- me -up from a extremely muddy hole/pit.
And he set me on a rock so-that nothing/(no harm) will-happen to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“He pulled me out of a difficult place, from a place where I nearly died. Then he placed my feet on top of a rock, a stable place where I could stand.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He pulled me from the hole,
he pulled me from mud,
he put my legs on the rock,
and he allowed my legs to stand in hard place.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Aliniopoa katika shimo la uharibifu,
kutoka katika udongo wa utelezi.
Aliiweka miguu yangu penye mwamba,
na kunipatia mahali pazuri pa kusimama.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“When I had many troubles, it was as though I was in a deep pit.
But he lifted me up out of the mud and slime of that pit;
he set my feet on a solid rock,
and enabled me to walk safely/without falling.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 42:4:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“These things I remember
when I am emptying my life:
how I went with a large group,
leading the movements to the House of God
with a shout of joy and thanksgiving
in the midst of the people of the celebration.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“When I remembered former things, my heart was about to burst.
I used to go with a group of people.
Being a leader of people
I used to go to the temple of God
rejoicing with singing and praise.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“My feelings (are) hurt when I remember that before I used-to-lead/[lit. -head] many people to-go to your (sing.) temple.
And we (excl.) would-celebrate with cheerful-shouting of joy and thanksgiving to you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“All these things I remember when I think in my heart about all the things that already happened. At that time I went with many people to go to the big worshiping house wanting to worship God. Surely I led them when they went, when they shouted and sang praise to God.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I remember these things,
when I tell God all the matters of my spirit.
I walked with a large crowd.
I went with them to the House of God,
we sang in loud voice, and we told God, thanks
among the crowd at the feast.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Moyo wangu unauma wakati nakumbuka ya zamani,
wakati ule natembea na kundi la watu,
kuwaongoza kwenda katika hekalu,
kwa furaha na kumsifu Mungu,
katika mkutano wa sikukuu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I am very distressed as I remember when I went with the crowd of people to the temple in Jerusalem,
leading them as we walked along;
we were all shouting joyfully and singing to thank God for what he had done;
we were a large group who were celebrating.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 44:20:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Had we forgotten the name of our God
or stretch out our hands to strange gods,” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“If we had forgotten the name of God
and if we had lifted our hands in prayer to other gods,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“If we (excl.) had- already -forgotten you (sing.), O God, and we (excl.) were-praying to the other gods,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“If we stop worshiping you, God, or we pray to another God,” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“If we forgot the name of our God,
or worshipped a foreign god,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kama tungekusahau, wewe ee Mungu wetu,
au tuliabudu kwa miungu,” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“If we had forgotten to worship our God, or if we had spread out our hands to worship a foreign god,” (Source: Translation for Translators)