Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 147:15:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He gives a law on earth;
his words travel with speed.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He gives His orders to the earth,
and in this way His orders are obeyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He commands the earth, and it obeys without-delay/right-away.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He sends his command to come on the earth,
and people obey his command quickly.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Analeta amri yake duniani,
neno lake linafika mara moja ambako amelituma.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He commands what he wants to be done on the earth,
and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 147:16:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He brings down frost like wool
and spread ice like ash.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He makes the snow fall like wool,
He scatters the frost like ashes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He covers the land/ground with snow like a white blanket,
and he spreads fine ice like dust.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He covers land with mist to stay like a blanket
and he spreads dews on the land like ashes.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ndiye ambaye anatandaza theruji kama vile manyoya meupe,
anamwaga umande kama vile majivu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He sends snow which covers the ground like a white wool blanket,
and he scatters frost on the ground like wind scatters ashes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 147:17:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He brings down hailstones like stones.
Who can manage to endure its coldness?” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He causes the hail to fall like pebbles,
No one is able to endure His cold.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He sends rain which-is ice (that are) like small stones.
No one can-bear/endure its coldness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He sent hailstones like small stones.
Who would endure his cold?” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Ananyesha mvua ya mawe kama vile kokoto,
kwa ubaridi wake maji yanakuwa barafu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He sends hail down like pebbles/tiny stones; when that happens, it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./ who can endure because the air becomes very cold?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 147:18:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He sends his words and the frost melts;
he makes the wind to blow and water flows.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He sends His word and [it] causes [them] to melt,
He sends the wind and the water flows.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He commanded and the ice/snow melted;
He caused-wind-to-blow and the water flowed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He comes and says a word, and hail melts,
he sends hot wind, and water flows.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Analituma neno lake, theruji inayeyuka,
anafanya upepo, maji yanatiririka.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“But he commands the wind to blow, and it blows.
Then the hail melts and the water flows into the streams.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 147:19:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He revealed his words to Jacob,
his laws and his teachings to Israel.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He told His commands to Jacob,
and His decrees and rules to Israel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He revealed his words, decrees/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed], and commands to those (who) come-from-Israel who (are) the descendants of Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He showed his word to people Jacob,
he showed his laws and his words to the people of Israel.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Analitangaza neno lake kwa wa jamaa ya Yakobo,
sheria zake na mafundisho yake kwa Wana israeli.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He sent his message to the descendants of Jacob;
he tells to his Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 147:20:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“He has never done this to any race of people;
those other people do not know his laws.
Praise Jehovah.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“He has not done like this for any other nation,
they do not know His decrees.
Halleluja” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“He has- not -done these-(things) to other nations;
they do- not -know his commands.
Praise the LORD!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“He had not yet shown to other nations his word,
they have not yet known his laws.
You praise the LORD.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Lakini hakufanya kama hivyo kwa wapagani,
watu wengine hawazijui sheria zake.
Msifuni BWANA!” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws.
Praise Yahweh!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 148:1:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Praise Jehovah.
Praise Jehovah, you (beings) of heaven,
praise Him, you (beings) of the space.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Hallelujah!
Praise the LORD from the heavens!
Praise him in the high places!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“Praise the LORD!
[You (plur.)] praise the LORD, you (plur.) who (are) in the heavens.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You praise the LORD.
You praise the LORD in heaven,
you praise him above in clouds.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Msifuni BWANA!
Muwe mnamsifu BWANA kutoka mbinguni,
mwimbieni katika mahali palipoinuka.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“Praise Yahweh!
Praise him, from up in heaven;
praise him from way up in the sky!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 148:2:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Praise him, you all his angels,
praise him, praise him, you creatures of the sky.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
- Newari:
“Praise Him, all His angels!
Praise Him, all His heavenly hosts!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
“[You (plur.)] praise him, all you (plur.) who (are) his angels, who (are) his soldiers in heaven.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Laarim:
“You praise him, all his angels!
You praise him, the soldiers of heaven!” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
- Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Muwe mnamsifu, enyi malaika wake,
mwimbieni, enyi majeshi yake yote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
- English:
“All you angels who belong to him, praise him!
All you who are in the armies of heaven, praise him!” (Source: Translation for Translators)