complete verse (Psalm 31:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 31:17:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Jehovah do not allow that I should be ashamed,
    for I have cried to You;
    but let the wicked be ashamed
    and let them sleep quietly in the grave.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O LORD,
    when I pray to You for help
    may I not need to be ashamed.
    rather, having shamed my enemies
    having sent them to hell, silence them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Do- not -allow/permit that I will-be-put-to-shame, LORD,
    for I am-calling you (sing.).
    Put-to-shame the wicked ones and kill them
    so-that they will be-at-peace in the grave.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “O God! Because I have already called out asking you, help me so I will not be ashamed. But may evil people be ashamed, and may they go silently to the place where dead people are.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “LORD, do not give me to be caught by shame,
    because I cried for you,
    but, you give shame to people who are bad
    and you let them sleep silently in tomb.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee Bwana, naomba kwako,
    nisiaibike mimi.
    Waibike waliopotoka,
    walale kimya katika wafu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Yahweh, I call out to you,
    so do not allow me to be disgraced.
    I desire that wicked people will be disgraced;
    I want them to soon die and go down to the place where the dead people are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 33:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 33:14:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “from his dwelling place He looks over
    all who live on earth.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “From the place where He lives He looks at all the people who live on the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “There in his dwelling-place,
    he looks-at all who dwell/live on earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “He looks from the place he cares for seeing every person on this earth.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “He sees from his home
    all people who stay on the earth here,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Kutoka ambapo anakaa,
    anawatazama wote ambao wako duniani.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “from where he rules, he looks down on all the people who live on the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 35:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 35:2:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Take a spear and a buckler.
    awake and come to help me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Take shields and weapons,
    and come to help me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Take-(up) your (sing.) big and small shields/thing-used-to-fend-off-an-attack, and help me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “Request you take a shield and a shirt of iron, then stand up and come to help me.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You (sing.) hold the shield and weapons,
    and you wake, come and save me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Chukua ngao yako kubwa,
    uje kunisaidia.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Be like a shield to protect me and come to help me!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 36:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 36:6:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Your justice God is like big mountains,
    your judgement is like the great depth.
    Jehovah you keep a human being together with a big animal.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “As for Your righteousness it is as immutable as the mountains,
    Your justice is as deep as the ocean.
    You care for both people and animals.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Your (sing.) righteousness (is) firm like high mountains.
    Your (sing.) justice can- not -be-fathomed like the depths of the sea/ocean.
    You (sing.), LORD, take-care-of the people and animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “Your righteousness is firm like a mountain. Your judgments are right like the sea is deep. Oh God! Surely you care for every person and every animal.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Your matter which is right is like mountains which are big,
    and there is a way in which you judge the right matter,
    be like very deep sea.
    LORD, you are keeping people and animals to live.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Unyofu wako uko kama vile milima mirefu sana,
    hukumu yako iko kama vile bahari yenye kina kirefu sana.
    Ee Bwana, unawalinda watu na wanyama.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Your righteous behavior is as permanent as the highest mountains,
    your acting justly will continue as long as the deepest oceans exist.
    You take care of people and you take care of animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 37:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 37:26:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “They are generous all the time and they lend freely;
    their children will be blessed.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “They are always the open-hearted ones
    who give from the bottom of their hearts.
    Their children will be blessed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “They even always give and lend,
    and their children become a blessing to others.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “They give freely, and their children become blessings from God.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Their hearts are pure, and he gives people things free,
    their children will be blessed.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Wakati wote anatoa na kukopesha,
    watoto wake wanakuwa baraka.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Righteous/ Godly people are generous, and happily lend money to others,
    and their children are a blessing to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 38:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 38:18:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “I am accepting my iniquities;
    and I have suffered from my sin.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “I will confess my sins,
    I feel sorry for what I have done.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “I confess my sins which cause-trouble to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “I confess my sins. My heart is sorry because of my sins.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “I tell my sin to God,
    my suffering troubles me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nakiri dhambi zangu,
    nimehuzunika kwa mabaya yangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I confess the wrong things that I have done;
    I am very sorry for the sins that I have committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 40:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 40:15:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Those who say to me that, ‘Aha, Aha!’
    let them be go back feeling shame.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “May those who jeer at me saying, "Good!," be ashamed and frustrated.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “May-it-be that those who mock me will-be-startled/shocked that they have-been-put-to-shame.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “As for those who laughingly mock me, request you make them feel startled because they are already defeated.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You would let those who laugh at me,
    to be made ill by their shame much.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ambao wanasema, ‘Tazameni!’
    Washindwe na kuaibika sana.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I hope/desire that those who make fun of me will be dismayed when you defeat them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 44:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 44:1:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “We have heard with our ears, You God;
    our parents have told us
    what you did in their days
    those days of long ago.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O God, with our own ears
    we have heard the report
    of what You did long ago
    in the time of our ancestors.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “O God, we have-heard what our (excl.) ancestors/[lit. old-ones] said
    about what you (sing.) did in their time, a long time ago,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “Oh God! We have heard with our ears the things our ancestors told about the wonderful works you did long ago in their lifetime.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “God, we heard with our ears,
    those of our father of our fathers told to us,
    the matters which you did
    in days of long ago.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee Mungu, tumesikia na masikio yetu,
    ambayo wametuambia babu zetu,
    matendo ambayo ulifanya katika siku zao za zamani.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “God, we ourselves have heard
    what our parents and grandparents told us.
    They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.” (Source: Translation for Translators)