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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)