Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 58:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:3:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Even from the day of their birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb of their mother, they are lost and they speak lies.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “As long as evil people do not know
    they will just continue doing evil deeds.
    Right from birth they speak lies
    and go on crooked paths.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “The wicked ones are-going/walking-away from God and lie since their birth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Bad people spoiled matters in their life all.
    They tell lies from the time they were born.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Watenda dhambi wanaanza wakati wako tumboni,
    kutoka tumboni mwa mama zao wamepotea,
    wanasema ya uongo.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 58:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:4:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Their agony is like the agony of a snake,
    like that of an adder that has closed its ears.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Like snakes they are full of poison,
    Like cobras their ears are shut.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “They are-venomous/poisonous like snakes.
    They (are) like a cobra who does- not -listen to the voice of a skilled/expert trainer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The poison is full in them, like snake.
    They close their ears to stay like a snake which can not hear the voice.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Maneno yao ya uuaji kama vile kuumwa na nyoka,
    kama vile swila ambaye hawezi kusikia,” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “God, show in the heavens how great you are!
    And show your glory to people all over the earth!
    What wicked people say injures people like the venom of a snake;
    They refuse to listen to good advice, as though they were cobras that were deaf!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 58:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:5:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “That does not hear the word of a magic person,
    no matter how skillful the magic person is.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “So they also pay no attention to the sound of the enchanter.
    No matter how well the tantra-mantra is played,
    they pay no attention to the mantra.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “They are-venomous/poisonous like snakes.
    They (are) like a cobra who does- not -listen to the voice of a skilled/expert trainer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “snake can not hear the voice of a person who sing a song to him
    even though the person who sing a sing is clever.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “ambaye hasikii hata sauti ya wachawi,
    au wimbo wa mchawi stadi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “As a result, like a snake that does not respond when a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs,
    they do not pay attention when others rebuke them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 58:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:6:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Dismantle the teeth in their mouth, You God,
    Jehovah remove the teeth of the lions!” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “O God, Break their fangs !
    O LORD, Dislocate the jaws of these lions!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “LORD God, take-away their ability to cause-harm as if you (sing.) are-extracting the teeth of the lions.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “God, break their teeth,
    LORD, break their teeth which are like the teeth of lions,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ee Mungu, uwavunje meno yao, uwang’oe.
    Ee Bwana, uyang’oe meno ya simba hao.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “God, as for these enemies who want to attack me like young lions,
    break their teeth!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 58:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:7:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Allow that they vanish like moving water
    when they have pulled a bow allow that their arrows should not be sharp.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Like receding flood water, may they disappear
    May they have no chance to use the weapons in their hands.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Let/[wish particle] them vanish/disappear like water which dries-up/subsides,
    and if they draw-the-bow, let/[wish particle] them not hit-(their-target).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You would give them to disappear like water that flow and disappear.
    When they pull their arrows, let their arrows to be not sharp.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Watoweke kabisa kama vile maji ambayo yanakwenda kasi,
    hata kama wanailenga mishale yao, washindwe.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Cause them to disappear like water disappears in dry ground!
    Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no heads/sharp points!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 58:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:8:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Let them be like a snail that melts when it is moving;
    like a dead child not yet born, they should not see the sun.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “May they disappear like snails going along the path.
    And may they be like a child who dies at birth
    and does not get to see the light of the sun.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Let/[wish particle] them be like a snail that melts while crawling,
    or like a child that was-born dead, who does-not see light.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “May they stay like snail which leave water which melts to disappear.
    Let them stay like small child that was born already dead,
    who does not see the light.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Watoweke kama vile konokono ambaye anayeyuka,
    wawe kama vile mtoto ambaye amezaliwa amekufa,
    ambaye hajaliona hata mara moja jua.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime;
    cause them to be like babies that are born dead!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 58:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:9:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Before your pots catch fire of the bramble thorns,
    whether it is green or dry, the wicked will be removed.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Before a pot put on a fire of thorns to cook becomes hot
    He will blow the wicked away, whether they be green or dry.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Destroy them, young or old. Destroy them who (are) swifter than the heating of a clay-pot which is-set-ablaze with bush-branches.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “God will sweep all of them outside.
    quickly like pot which is boil in a big fire.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Vyungu vyenu wakati havijaungua katika moto wa miiba,
    watenda dhambi watafagiliwa mbali.
    vijana na wazee wote kwa pamoja.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Get rid of them
    as fast as thornbushes are blown away after they are cut (OR, as fast as a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 58:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 58:10:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “The righteous will rejoice when seeing revenging punishment,
    when they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked people.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Seeing that sinners are punished,
    the righteous will rejoice.
    they will wash their feet with the blood of the wicked.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “The righteous ones (are) happy when they see that you (sing.) pay-back the wicked and their blood flows.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Good people will rejoice, when God judge matters of sinners,
    they will walk by the blood of people who are bad.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Wanyofu watafurahi,
    wakati wanawaona wabaya wanaadhibiwa.
    watanawa miguu yao,
    katika damu ya watenda dhambi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Righteous people will rejoice when they see wicked people being punished as they deserve;
    they will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)