Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Psalm 22:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:10:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “From birth I was offered to You;
    from my mother’s womb You have been my God.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “From the very day I was born I was put into your arms.,
    Ever since I was born You have been my God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Since my birth, to you (sing.) I was-entrusted and you (sing.) (are) my only God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “I depended on you from the day I came into existence. Surely you are my God up until now.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “At the time of birth, when you take care of me.
    You were my God really from birth.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nakutumaini kutoka kuzaliwa kwangu,
    kutoka tumboni mwa mama yangu, wewe ndiwe Mungu wangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “It was as though you adopted me right when I was born.
    You have been my God/taken care of me ever since I was born.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 22:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:11:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Do not be far from me,
    for problems are near
    and there is no one to save me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Do not stay far away from me,
    Trouble has been coming to me.
    There is no one who helps me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Therefore do- not -abandon/forsake me for difficulty (is) now near to-come/arrive
    and there-is-no one to-help me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “Request that you don’t stay far from me, because troubles have come to me, and there is nobody to help me.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Do not be far away from me,
    because the bad matter is near
    and there is nobody to help me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Usiwe mbali na mimi,
    shida ziko karibu,
    hakuna hata mmoja wa kunisaidia.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “So, do not stay far from/stay close to me now
    because enemies who will cause me much trouble are near me,
    and there is no one else who can help me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 22:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:12:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Bulls have surrounded me;
    strong bulls of Bashan have surrounded me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Like bulls, the enemies have surrounded me.
    Like the dreadful bulls of Bashan
    they have surrounded me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “I am-being-surrounded by lots/many of enemies,
    they (are) like the strong bulls/[lit. bull cows] of Bashan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “My enemies are like wild bulls. They are all around me. They are like very angry bulls from the country of Basan, which block me in all around.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The enemies surrounded me like many bulls,
    bulls which are strong of the land of Bashan.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Maadui wengi wamenizunguka,
    wamenizunguka kama vile ng’ombe wakali wa kule Bashani.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “My enemies surround me like a herd/group of wild bulls.
    Fierce people, like those strong bulls that graze on the hills in Bashan area, encircle me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 22:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:13:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Lions that roar when tearing meat,
    have widely opened their mouths contending with me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Growling like lions they have attacked me,
    opening their mouths to chew me to pieces.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “They (are) also like lions roaring and opening-(their)-mouths, ready now to-devour/to-tear-to-pieces/to-gnaw.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “They open their mouths like a tiger, which cries out loudly wanting to eat my flesh.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “They opened their mouths like lions,
    who roar and they desire to eat me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Wananifumbulia midomo yao,
    kama vile simba ambao wanararua nyama,
    ambao wanaunguruma wakati wanakula.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “They are like roaring lions that are attacking the animals that they want to kill and eat;
    they rush toward me to kill me;
    they are like lions that have their mouths open, ready to tear their victims to pieces.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 22:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:14:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “I have been thrown away like water
    and all my bones are out of their place.
    My heart has turned into wax;
    it has melted inside me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “My strength has already leaked out like water.
    All the joints of my bones are already loose.
    Like wax my heart has already melted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “I have-lost strength; I (am) like water being-poured-(out),
    and all my bones seems-as-if out-of-joint/dislocated.
    I have-lost courage; I (am) like a candle being-melted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “My strength is all gone, like water flowing on the ground when it rains. All my bones which are joined become like they are no longer joined. My heart is very tired like when wax meets up with heat.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The power disappear from me to stay
    like water which is pour on the ground.
    All my bones stay like they are pulled in my body.
    My heart melted like honey wax.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nimekwisha kama vile maji ambayo yamwemwagika,
    mifupa yangu yote imeteguka.
    Moyo wangu unafanana kama vile nta,
    umeyeyuka ndani mwangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I am completely exhausted, and all my bones are out of their joints/ places.
    I no longer expect that God will save me;
    that expectation is gone completely, like wax that has melted away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 22:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:15:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “My strength has dried up like a piece of a broken clay pot,
    and my tongue sticks to the jaws;
    you have laid me in the dust of death.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “My throat is already as dry as dust,
    My tongue is already stuck to the roof of my mouth,
    Thinking [I] had died, you discarded me in the dust.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “I have-lost strength; I (am) like very-hardened ground/soil,
    and my tongue is-sticking to my palate/the-roof-of- my -mouth.
    LORD you (sing.) abandon me as-if dying.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “My strength is like ground that wants to absorb water, and my tongue is dry because of thirst. You have allowed me to die in the dust.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The power disappears from me like pot that is broken
    and my tongue stuck on roof of mouth.
    You throw me in the dust so that I die.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Nguvu zangu zimekauka kama vile kigae,
    ulimi wangu umegandamana katika taya zangu.
    Umeniweka katika vumbi ya kifo.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “My strength is all dried up
    like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun.
    I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
    O God, I think that you are about to let me die and become dirt!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 22:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:16:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Dogs have surrounded me;
    a group of wicked people has surrounded me.
    They have pierced my hands and my feet.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Like dogs, my enemies have come from all sides to surround me.
    They have already torn my hands and feet with their teeth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “I was-surrounded by a group of evil people who (were) like dogs.
    They made-holes in my hands and feet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “Wicked people are constantly around me, like a group/pack of dogs that pounce wanting to bite me. They pierce (lit. stick into) my feet and hands.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “The crowd of bad people surrounded me like dogs,
    they pierced my hands and my feet.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Kikundi cha watu wabaya wamenizunguka,
    wamenisonga kama vile kundi la mbwa,
    wamenitoboa mikono na miguu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “My enemies surround me like a pack/ group of wild dogs.
    A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me.
    They have already smashed my hands and my feet.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Psalm 22:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 22:17:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “I can count all my bones;
    people take a closer look at me and gloat at me.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “All the bones in my body are already showing.
    My enemies are looking at me and saying, "Well done!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “My bones are-coming-out already,
    and they are- just -staring at me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “All my bones can be counted. So others stare at me and mockingly laugh.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “All my bones were seen outside.
    People see me and they laugh at me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Mifupa yangu iko peupe naweza kuiona,
    maadui zangu wanaikodolea macho na kunisimanga.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “I am so weak and thin that my bones can be seen and counted.
    My enemies stare at me and gloat/are happy about what has happened to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)