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)
