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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)