The phrases that are translated as “clean animals” and “unclean animals” in English: The first draft into Maan had “animals not cursed” and “cursed animals,” which did not express correctly the idea of ritually pure and impure animals. So it was changed to “animals accepted by God for sacrifices” and “animals not accepted by God for sacrifices.”
In Kwere it is translated as animals “which are eaten” vs. “which are not eaten.” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
In Makonde is is translated as halali and halamu, derived from the Arabic halal (حلال) and haram (حرام), used for permitted and and forbidden animals in Islam. The Makonde speakers are 90% Muslim and this was chosen because these are widely understood terms and because many of the permitted (clean) foods of Judaism and Islam match. (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
The Hebrew in Psalm 38:3 that is translated as “there is no health in my bones” or similar in English is translated in Kwere with the idiom “my bones are bursting.” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
The Hebrew in Psalm 92:14 that is translated as “they are always green and full of sap” or similar in English is translated in Kwere as “they will have moisture and many leaves.” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
The Hebrew in Leviticus 19:26 that is translated as “practice divination” (or: “augury”) in English is translated in Kwere as sekemulole bawo or “look at the board,” a Kwere idiom for divination including various ways of telling the future or determining causes for misfortune. (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
See also divination.
The Hebrew in 2 Chronicles 28:4 that is translated as “(under) green tree” in English is translated in Kwere as “under unripe leaves,” i.e. green leaves or leaves that are “alive” (as opposed to dead and withered). (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
The Hebrew in Psalm 97:2 that is translated as “thick darkness” or similar in English is translated in Kwere as “wide darkness.” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
See also deep darkness.
The Hebrew in Leviticus 19:36 that is translated as “honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin” or similar in English is translated in Kwere with a number of “local containers used for measuring dry goods, since there is no word for ‘scale.'” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
The Aramaic in Ezra 6:11 that is translated as “dunghill” in English is translated in Kwere as “trash heap,” something that “is considered dirty and shameful. Also, it has been razed to the ground, the house is not there, people just throw their trash there now.” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
