Language-specific Insights

hire / reward

The Hebrew word play in Genesis 30:16 and 30:18 between “hire” and “reward” using the same Hebrew word could be replicated in the Hausa Common Language Bible since sakamako also means “hire” or “reward.” (Source: Andy Warren-Rothlin)

fatted cattle

The Hebrew that is translated as “fatted cattle” or similar in English is translated in the Hausa Common Language Bible as shanun da ake kiwo a gida or “cows which they had fattened in the house.” (Source: Andy Warren-Rothlin)

See also kill the fatted calf and fattened calf.

camps / companies

The Hebrew that is typically translated as “companies” and “camps” in English is translated in the Hausa Common Language Bible as ƙungiya or “caravan.” (Source: Andy Warren-Rothlin)

belt

The Hebrew that is translated as “belt” is translated in the Hausa Common Language Bible as “belt of honor.” (Source: Andy Warren-Rothlin)

fell into it himself

The Greek that is translated as “fell into it himself” or similar in English is translated in the Hausa Common Language Bible with the Hausa proverb wato reshe ta juye da mujiya or “as the branch turned with the owl.” (Source: Andy Warren-Rothlin)

favor

The Hebrew that is translated as “(find) favor” in English is translated in the Hausa Common Language Bible with the idiom farin jini, verbatim “white eyes.” (Source: Andy Warren-Rothlin)

See also loyal love / kindness / favor.

vindicate

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The Hebrew that is translated in English as “vindicate (me)” or “judge (me favorably)” is translated in these ways:

  • Kupsabiny: “declare me righteous” (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “show everyone that I have no guilt” (source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “prove that I do not have sin” (source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru: “request you say for other people to know I don’t have any sin” (source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim: “say that I am blameless” (source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Hausa: “show that I am lacking fault” (source: Hausa Common Language Bible Back Translation)
  • Mandarin Chinese / German: “give me justice” (Source: Zetzsche)
  • English Translation for Translators: “show that I am innocent/have not done what is wrong” / Easy English Bible: “show that I am not guilty of wrong things”

See also vindicated.