Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 10:10:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He tramples on the people and they faint;
they live under his power.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“They will cause them to fall,
and by their strength they will defeat them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“By-means-of their strength they crush the pitiful-ones until they can- no-longer -get-up.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Evil people step on the poor, those who are without help. They boast that they are stronger, so they continually pressure poor people.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“People are trampled,
and fall down by his power.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ambao wameshikwa wanangushwa na kukanyagwa,
wanangushwa na nguvu zake.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Just like helpless animals are crushed, people who cannot defend themselves are killed because wicked people are very strong.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 14:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“They all have turned aside,
all together have become wicked;
no one does good (things),
there is absolutely no one.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“They have already gone down the wrong road.
Their character has already been ruined.
There isn’t a single one who does good.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“All have parted-ways/strayed from the true way/road and (all-the)-same their lives have-become-bad.
(There-is)-no-(one) at-all even one who does good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“Every person has sin, they are all the same. Not one person at all does straight good works.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“All people went astray
and they sinned,
there is nobody who does good matters,
there is no just even one.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Watu wote wameacha kumcha Mungu,
wameharibika tabia yao.
Hakuna yeyote ambaye anafanya mema,
hakuna hata mmoja.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“But they are all corrupt/evil;
no one does what is good/right.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 17:12:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“They are like a lion looking for prey;
like a great lion lying in hiding.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Being hungry, they are like a lion awaiting its victim.
Like a young lion hiding to ambush them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“They (are) like/the-same-as a lion which is-hiding-behind-something/is-concealed,
which-is ready to-devour/tear-to-pieces its victim.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“They are like tigers wanting to take cover and pounce and bite in order to kill.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“They are waiting for me like a lion who is hungry,
they stay like lion who is young that is crouching on the way.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Wanataka kunirarua kama simba,
kama simba kijana ambaye ananivizia mimi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“They are like lions that are ready to tear apart the animals that they capture;
they are like young lions that are hiding, waiting to pounce on their prey.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 18:29:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“With your help I can fight against a group of war (people);
with my God I can do what is not possible with a human being.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O LORD! With Your help I can even attack a group of the enemy
And with God’s help I am even able to scale any kind of wall.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“With your (sing.) help I will-be-able to-attack the group/troop of soldiers
and I will-be-able to-climb-up the stone-wall that surrounds the city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“You allow me to be strong in order to fight against those who want to kill me. Because of your help I am able to overcome the secure place that protects them.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You gave me power to fight with my enemies
my God gave me strength for jumping over the fence.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kwa msaada wako nawashinda maadui wengi,
unanipa nguvu ya kuruka wigo.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“You enable me to be strong,
with the result that I can run and attack a line of enemy soldiers;
with your help I can scale/climb up the walls that surround my enemies’ cities.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 19:11:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Your servant is warned by them;
in keeping them there is a great reward.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O LORD! These give me, your servant, insight.
By obeying them I have received great reward.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“These also give warning to me your (sing.) servant, O LORD.
And if I obey/follow these I can-receive great reward.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“All of those things teach those who do the work of God to know clearly, and the one who obeys those things, surely he has great blessing.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Your servant is warned by them,
the person who keeps them, gets great gift.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kwa hayo, mtumishi wako anaonywa,
ambaye anayashika, anafaidika sana.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Furthermore, by reading them I learn what things are good to do and what things are evil,
and they promise a great reward
to us who obey them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:7:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“All who see me laugh at me;
they speak insulting words while shaking their heads saying that” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“All who see me mock [me],
screwing up their mouths, and shaking their heads they talk like this–” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“The one who sees me mocks/ridicules and insults me,
and they shake-(their)-heads-to-the-right-and-left saying,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“And everyone who sees me, they make fun of me, they say this and that, they shake their heads and mock me.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“All people who see me laughed at me,
they insult me, then shake their heads and say that,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Wote ambao wananiona, wananidhihaki.
Wananifyonya, wakitikisa vichwa vyao.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Everyone who sees me makes fun of me. They sneer at me and insult me by shaking their heads at me as though I were an evil man.
They say,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 24:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“for He is the one who laid its foundation on the sea
and placed it above the water.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He made the world on top of the water which is underneath the earth.
and under the ocean [He] established [its] foundation.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“For he founded the world upon the deep waters.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“He has already created the earth covering on top of deep water, and he buried the roots of this earth covering under the sea.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He who built the land on seas,
he created it to be strong on water.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyaneka:
“Lord world this he-built on-seas
it-is-carried established on-streams of-water.” (Source: Christopher S. Tachick in Wendland / Zogbo 2019, p. 84ff.)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Kwa maana ndiye ambaye alitandaza msingi wa dunia penye bahari,
aliiweka juu penye maji mengi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“because he caused the ground to be above the water,
above the water that was deep below the surface of the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 26:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Give me a test, You Jehovah, and try me,
examine my heart and my thoughts;” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“O LORD, examine my heart and my thoughts
[to see] what kind [of person] I am.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Examine me, LORD;
examine my mind/[lit. thinking] and heart.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru:
“O God! Request you show me and test me. Test my heart and my thoughts also.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“LORD, test me,
search my heart and my head,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ee Bwana, unijaribu, unitazame jinsi nilivyo,
unichunguze moyo wangu na mawazo yangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Yahweh, examine what I have done and test me;
thoroughly evaluate what I think.” (Source: Translation for Translators)