complete verse (Psalm 10:10)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 14:3)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 17:12)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 18:29)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 19:11)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 22:7)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 24:2)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 26:2)

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)