The Greek that is translated as “perverted” in English is translated in Sayula Popoluca as “has turned off the right road,” in Tabasco Chontal as “one’s mind is torn apart,” in Isthmus Mixe as “are lost,” and in Tenango Otomi as “have lost hearts.” (Source for this and three above: John Beekman & Harwood Hess in Notes on Translation, March 1963, p. 1ff.)
See also perversion / depravity.
The Greek, Latin and Hebrew that is translated as “envy” or “envious” in most English translations is, according to Nida (1952, p. 134), translated into Tzeltal and Tabasco Chontal in the following manner:
“Envy is bred of covetousness and self-centeredness. The Tzeltals, who recognize a covetous man as having a ‘small heart,’ say that an envious person has ‘a greedy heart.’ ‘Small hearts’ and ‘greedy hearts’ go together, and the soul shrinks in direct proportion to its greediness. The envious person is never satisfied, for he can never keep step with his own insatiable ego.
“The Chontal Indians, living in the low, swampy delta land of Tabasco in southern Mexico, regard envy in a more subtle way. They say of the man who is envious of his neighbor, ‘He did not want to see his neighbor.’ This describes the end result of envy. People cannot bear to see others enjoying the privileges which they insist should be their own. The envious man has acquired such a self-directed stare that he cannot take his eyes off self to see another’s enjoyment.”
Other translations include:
See also envy.
The Greek that is translated as “To Titus, my true child in the faith we share” in English is translated in Tabasco Chontal as “you, Titus, I send you this paper, you like a son you are to me because you believed also just like I believe.” (Source: John Beekman & Harwood Hess in Notes on Translation, March 1963, p. 1ff.)
The Greek that is translated as “Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior” in English is translated in:
The Greek that is translated as “self-controlled” in English is translated in the following ways:
See also self-control.
The Greek that is translated as “vicious brutes” in English is translated in Tabasco Chontal as “as you might say angry foxes.” (Source: John Beekman & Harwood Hess in Notes on Translation, March 1963, p. 1ff.)
The Greek that is translated into English as “care for no man” or “defer to no one” (in the sense of not seeking anyone’s favor) is translated in Tabasco Chontal as “you say the same thing to everyone” and in Shilluk as “you show the same respect to everyone.” In Shipibo-Conibo it is “in your mind no one is anything,” in Chol it is “your heart is equally straight in the presence of all men” and in Tzeltal “it does not matter who — all of us are equal as far as you are concerned.”
The Greek in Romans 2:23 that is usually translated in English as “dishonor God” is translated in various ways:
See also complete verse (Romans 2:23).