complete verse (Psalm 65:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 65:10:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “You have filled its soil with water and smoothen its banks,
    you have soften them with light rains blessing its crops.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “You drench the ploughed fields with sufficient water,
    bringing the rain [You] dissolve [the clods of] earth
    and [You] cause grain to bear.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “You (sing.) send- a good -rain to the plowed ground/land until this becomes-soft,
    and you (sing.) bless the plants that grow.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You poured garden with water
    and you prepare soil well.
    You sent rain to sook soil
    then you bless grain to grow.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Mashamba unayanyeshea mvua nyingi,
    unalowanisha nchi na mvua ambayo inanyesha kidogo kidogo,
    unavibariki vyote ambavyo vimepandwa vinaota.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “You send plenty of rain on the fields that have been plowed,
    and you fill the furrows with water.
    With showers you soften the hard clods/lumps of soil,
    and you bless the soil by causing young plants to grow.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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