“God will cause his Holy Spirit to possess you” in Teutila Cuicatec
“the Holy Spirit will come into your souls with his power” in Desano
“you will receive the Holy Spirit, Father God will give you that” in San Mateo del Mar Huave
“God will send the Holy Spirit to live with you” Mezquital Otomi (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
“you guys will receive Great Above Ones Spirit as a gift from right where Great Above One lives” in Mairasi (source: Enggavoter 2004)
“you will receive the Straight Spirit as a gift to you” in Bariai (source: Bariai Back Translation)
The Greek chrió that is translated as “anoint” in English is translated in Chol as “choose.” Wilbur Aulie (in The Bible Translator 1957, p. 109ff. ) explains: “Another illustration of translating a figure in a non-figurative manner is the treatment of chrió ‘anoint’. In Luke 4:18, Acts 4:27 and 10:38, and in 2 Corinthians 1:21 it is metaphorical of consecration to office by God. We translated the metaphor ‘choose’.”
Other translations include “place as Savior” in Highland Popoluca, “appoint to rule” in Coatlán Mixe, “give work to do” in Tepeuxila Cuicatec, or “give office to be our Savior” in Chuj (source of this and four above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.).
In Elhomwe it is translated as “anoint to choose and to appoint.” Note that anointing is a common practice in Malawi. (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
The Greek that is translated as “Theudas rose up” or similar in English is translated in Chuj as “Theudas made himself big among the people.” If translated literally it would have meant only that Theudas got up from a sitting or lying position. (Source: Kenneth L. Williams in Notes on Translation, December 1963, p. 1-4)
The Greek in Acts 2:37 that is translated as “cut to the heart” or “hearts were troubled” or alike in English is translated as “it entered squeezing in their spirits” in Chuj. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as “their heart hurt.”
The Greek that is translated as “He himself died there as well as our ancestors” or similar in English is translated in Chuj as “there one by one Jacob and our other ancestors died.” If translated literally it would have meant that they all died as soon as they got there. (Source: Kenneth L. Williams in Notes on Translation, December 1963, p. 1-4)
The Greek that is translated as “the heavens opened” or similar in English is translated in Chuj as “the door of heaven opened.” If translated literally it would have meant that the clouds clear away, leaving an open space between them. (Source: Kenneth L. Williams in Notes on Translation, December 1963, p. 1-4)
The Greek that is translated as “down from Jerusalem” in English is translated in Chuj as “the trail which leaves from town Jerusalem arrives there at territory Gaza.” If translated literally it would have had the meaning of a very steep trail. No other term has been found in Chuj for a trail which descends slowly from one place to another.(Source: Kenneth L. Williams in Notes on Translation, December 1963, p. 1-4)
