Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 119:92)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 119:93)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 119:94)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 119:95)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 119:96)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 119:97)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 119:98)

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)

complete verse (Psalm 119:99)

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)