The Greek that is translated as «figures of speech» or similar in English is translated in Ojitlán Chinantec as «telling words a little bit covered,» in Tenango Otomi as «comparisons,» in Navajo (Dinė): «stories that teach,» and in Mezquital Otomi as «like a story» (source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.).
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as vieldeutige Worte or «ambiguous word (or: «words with many meanings»)» and in the translation by Fridolin Stier (1989) as «hidden (or: shrouded) speech» (Hüllrede).