Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:92:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Had your laws not been my happiness,
I would have perished in my afflictions.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“If Your law had not been my joy
In time of trouble I would have been destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“If your (sing.) law did- not -make- me -happy, I would have-died because of my suffering.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“If I was not happy with your Law,
I would have died in my suffering.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Iwapo nisingependezwa katika sheria yako,
ingekuwa nimefia katika mateso yangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“If I had not been delighted in obeying your laws,
I would have died because of what I was suffering.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:93:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“I will never forget your instructions at all,
for with your instructions you kept my life.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“I will never forget Your precepts,
for by them You have protected my life.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“I will- not ever -forget your (sing.) decrees,
for by-means-of this you (sing.) continue my life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I will not forget your teaching,
for you keep my life because of it.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Sitakuja kusahau hata mara moja mausia yako,
kwa maana katika hayo umenifufua.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I will never forget your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do,
because as a result of my obeying them you have enabled me to continue to live.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:94:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“I am yours, save me;
for I have taken care of your instructions.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“I am Yours, please save me,
I have searched for Your precepts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“I (am) yours (sing.), so save me!
For I try hard/[emphasis marker] to obey/follow your (sing.) decrees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Help me, for am your person.
I tried much to keep your teaching.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Mimi ni wako, uniokoe,
kwa maana nimejitahidi kuyafuata mausia yako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I belong to you; save/ rescue me from my enemies,
because I have tried to obey your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:95:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Wicked people are waiting to destroy me,
but I will meditate (on) your testimony.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“The wicked have been waiting to destroy me,
but I will meditate on Your precepts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“The wicked ones are-waiting to kill me,
but I will-meditate-upon your (sing.) teachings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Bad people wait for me who want to kill me,
but instead, I will think about your ways.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Waliopotoka wananivizia ili waniue,
lakini mimi nitazitafakari shuhuda zako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Wicked men are waiting to kill me, but I will think about what you have instructed us to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:96:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“I have known that all things have a boundary,
but your laws have no boundary at all.
Mem” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“All creation has limitations.
but Your commands have no limitations.
a Mem” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“I see that all things have a limit,
but your (sing.) commands have-none.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I learned that everything comes to an end,
but instead, your commands do not end.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ninajua kuwa kila kitu kiko na mwisho,
lakini amri zako haziko na mwisho.
Sheria ya Bwana inaleta hekima” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I have learned that there is a limit/ end for everything,
but what you command has no limits/never ends.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:97:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Surely, I love your laws!
I meditate in them the whole day.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“How much I love Your teachings!
All day long I am meditating upon it” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“How I love your (sing.) law.
I certainly/[emphasis marker] meditate-upon this always.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I love your Law much completely,
I think about it all day.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Sheria yako naipenda sana,
naitafakari siku yote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I love your laws very much.
I meditate on/think about them all during the day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:98:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Your laws make me to be wiser than my enemies,
for those laws are with me all the times.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Your commands are always in my mind,
So [I] have been made one who is wiser than my enemies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“And because your (sing.) commands (are) always with me,
I (am) wiser/smarter (than) my enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“Your commands give me to be wise more than my enemies,
because they all stay with me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Maagizo yako niko nayo siku zote,
yananipa hekima kuzidi ya maadui zangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Because I know your commands/what you have commanded,
and because I think about them all the time, I have become wiser than my enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:99:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“I understand things very much more than all my teachers
for I meditate (on) your testimony.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“I understand more than my mentors,
because I meditated on Your decrees.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“My understanding (is) more (than) my teachers,
for your (sing.) teachings are what I meditate-upon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“I know the matter more than my teachers,
for I think about your ways.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Nazielewa kuzidi walimu wangu wote,
kwa maana nazifikiria shuhuda zako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“I understand more than my teachers do, because I meditate on/think about your requirements/what you have instructed us to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)