Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 78:45)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:45:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “He sent them groups of flies that destroyed them,
    and frogs that ravaged them.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “He gave them trouble by sending flies to their place.
    He ruined their fields by sending frogs to their place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “He sent swarms of flies to make- them -suffer,
    and frogs to-harm their land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “He sent many flies that bite them,
    and the frogs that did them bad.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Aliwatumia makundi ya mainzi, yakawasumbua.
    Alituma vyura, vikaharibu nchi yao.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them,
    and he sent frogs that ate up everything.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 78:46)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:46:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “He gave their crops to grasshoppers,
    their harvests to locusts.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “He sent locusts to ruin their harvest and grain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “He caused- their plants and produce/crops -to-be-eaten by the locusts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “God gave locusts to eat their gardens,
    and they finished their gardens completely.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Alituma nzige, wakala ambavyo vimeota,
    na kula vyakula vyao katika mashamba.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “He sent locusts to eat their crops
    and the other things that grew in their fields.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 78:47)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:47:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “He destroyed their vines with hailstones
    and also their trees of figs with frost.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “He destroyed their grapevines with hail,
    and by freezing, He killed the fig trees.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “He killed their grape-vines and fig trees by-means-of ice rain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “He destroyed their gardens of grapes
    and of figs by hailstones.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Aliiharibu miti yao na mvua ya mawe,
    mikuyu yao, na mvua ya barafu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 78:48)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:48:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “He gave their cows to hailstones,
    their flocks to lightnings.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “He killed their cows and bulls
    by causing hail to fall,
    and He killed their sheep and goats
    by causing thunderbolts to strike.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “He killed their animals/livestock by-means-of ice rain also and by lightning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “He allowed hailstones to beat their cattle,
    and the lightening struck also their animals.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Aliua ngʼombe wao na mvua ya mawe,
    mifugo yao na radi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “He sent hail that killed their cattle
    and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 78:49)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:49:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “He poured out the fire of his wrath on them,
    he kindled his heart against them and became angry with them and brought them afflictions.
    These were like a group of ravaging angels.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “By sending messengers like this,
    He poured out His dreadful anger on them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Because of his very great anger with them,
    he sent to them angels to destroy them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “He was very angry to them very much,
    his bitterness and his anger are very big,
    he sent many angels to come and kill them.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Kwa ghadhabu na kwa hasira yake ya kuogofya,
    aliwatumia taabu na kuteseka,
    na kundi la malaika waharibifu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt,
    he caused them to be very distressed.
    The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed everything.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 78:50)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:50:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “He allowed to be angry,
    he did not save them from death
    but he gave them to a plague.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “His anger not subsiding,
    He did not deliver them.
    Striking them with a plague, He killed them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “He did- not -hold-back his anger;
    he did- not -save them from death,
    but-rather he killed them by afflictions/disaster/plague.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “He was angry very much,
    and he gave diseases to trouble them,
    and allowed some to die.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Hakuzuia hasira zake,
    ili wasipone kifo,
    lakini aliwaua na ugonjwa mbaya.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “He did not lessen his being angry with them, and he did not spare their lives/prevent them from dying;
    he sent a plague/serious illness that killed many of them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 78:51)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:51:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “He struck the firstborn children of Egypt,
    the first maturing fruits of their strengths in the tents of Ham” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “He killed all the first-born sons of the Egyptians.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “He killed all the first-born males of Egipto,
    which is the place of the descendants of Ham.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “He killed the firstborn of the people of Egypt,
    children who were born first from the tents of the people of Ham.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Aliwaua wote watoto wa kwanza,
    nguvu ya kwanza ya wanaume katika Misri.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 78:52)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 78:52:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “But He brought out his people like flock;
    he led them like sheep passing in the wilderness.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “He just brought his people out by the desert road like grazing sheep.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Then he brought-out from Egipto his people who (were) like sheep
    and led them through the desert/desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “But instead he migrated his people like sheep,
    he cared for them like sheep in a desert.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Basi akawatoa katika Misri watu wake kama vile kondoo,
    akawaongoza kama vile kondoo jangwani.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Then he led his people out of Egypt like a shepherd leads his sheep,
    and he guided them while they walked through the desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)