Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 134:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 134:2:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Raise your hands in the sacred place
    and you should praise Jehovah.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Lifting up your hands in His holy place,
    praise the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “[You (plur.)] lift-up your (plur.) hands in your (plur.) prayer inside the temple,
    and [you (plur.)] praise the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You (plur.) lift your holy hands up in the courtyard of the House of God,
    you praise the LORD .” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Inueni mikono kuelekea katika makao yake patakatifu,
    na kumsifu BWANA.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Lift up your hands/arms to pray to him in the temple
    and praise him!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 134:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 134:3:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Jehovah the creator of heaven and earth,
    should bless you coming from Zion.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “May the LORD, the creator of heaven and earth
    bless you from Zion.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “May the LORD bless you (plur.) who (is) in Zion,
    who is-the-one (who) made the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Would the LORD who created heaven and earth,
    to bless you in Zion.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “BWANA awabariki kutoka katika Sayuni,
    ambaye aliumba mbingu na dunia.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “And I want Yahweh, who created heaven and the earth,
    to bless you from where he lives in the temple on Zion Hill.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 135:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:1:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Praise Jehovah.
    Praise the name of Jehovah;
    praise him, you servants of Jehovah,” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Halleluja!
    Praise the name of the LORD!
    O those who serve the LORD, praise Him!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Praise the LORD! [You (plur.)] praise him, you (plur.) his servants” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You (plur.) praise the LORD
    You praise the names of LORD,
    praise him you (plur.) the servants of the LORD,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Msifuni BWANA!
    Lisifuni jina la BWANA,
    msifuni, ninyi enyi watumishi wake!” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Praise Yahweh!
    You who do work for/serve Yahweh,
    praise him!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 135:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:2:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “who serve in the house of Jehovah,
    in the courts of the house of our God.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “You in the temple of the LORD,
    who serve in the courtyard of the temple of our God,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “who serve in the temple of the LORD our (incl.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “you who work in the House of the LORD
    the courtyard of our God.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ninyi ambao mnatumika katika nyumba ya BWANA,
    katika ua wa nyumba ya Mungu wetu!” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard,
    praise him!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 135:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:3:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Praise Jehovah, for Jehovah is good;
    sing songs of praising his name, for it is pleasant to do so,” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good.
    Sing hymns to His name, for it is pleasant.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Praise the LORD for he (is) good.
    [You (plur.)] sing praise to him for that (is) good to-do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “You (plur.) praise the LORD, for the LORD is good,
    sing the praise of his names with singing of happiness.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Muwe mnamsifu BWANA kwa sababu ni mwema,
    mtukuzeni kwa nyimbo,
    kwa maana jina lake ni jema.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Praise Yahweh, because he does good things for us;
    sing to him, because he is kind to us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 135:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:4:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “For Jehovah has chosen Jacob to be his,
    Israel to be his wealth of the heart.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “The LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself,
    Israel to be His own property.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “[You (plur.)] praise him for he has-chosen the people of Israel who (are) the descendants of Jacob, to become his special people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “For the LORD chose Jacob to be his man,
    and his people of Israel, who he cares of them much.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Ni BWANA amewachagua wa jamaa wa Yakobo,
    na Israeli, kuwa watu wake mwenyewe.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “He has chosen us, the descendants of Jacob;
    he has chosen us Israelis to belong to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 135:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:5:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “I know that Jehovah is great,
    that our Lord is great more than all gods.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “I know that the LORD is great,
    our LORD is greater than all gods.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “I know that the LORD (is) powerful,
    and more than all gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “I know that the LORD is great
    that our Lord is greater than all gods which are not true.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Kwa maana ninajua kuwa BWANA ni mkuu,
    Bwana wetu ni mkuu,
    yuko juu ya miungu yote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I know that Yahweh is great;
    he is greater than all the gods.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 135:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 135:6:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Jehovah does everything that pleases him,
    (in) heaven and (on) earth,
    to the great lakes and to all their deep places.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “The LORD does whatever He wants,
    He does that in the heavens and on earth
    and in all the deep places of the ocean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “The LORD does whatever he desires/wants/likes in heaven, on earth, on the seas and in its depths.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The LORD does like he choose
    in heaven and earth
    and the seas and inside them all.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Yote ambayo yanampendeza BWANA anafanya,
    katika anga na duniani,
    katika bahari na katika kina kirefu moote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth
    and in the seas/oceans, down to the bottom of the seas.” (Source: Translation for Translators)