The Greek in Luke 24:11 that is translated into English as “nonsense” or “idle tale” is translated as
- “empty talk” (Uab Meto)
- “wind talk” (Indonesian)
- “carried-around story” (Ekari)
- “purposeless talking” (Kele)
- “words that-frighten without-reason” (Toraja-Sa’dan)
- “talk without foundation” (Pohnpeian, Chuukese) (source for all above: Reiling / Swellengrebel)
- “telling a fairy tale” (Mairasi) (source: Enggavoter 2004).
- “women’s gossip” (Weibergeschwätz) (German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord, publ. 1999)
- “weird talking” (dwatsche Snack) (Low German translation by Johannes Jessen, publ. 1933, republ. 2006)
- “what-they-had-made-up” (Tagbanwa) (source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- “silly talking” (Noongar) (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- “baseless talk” (wújīzhī tán / 無稽之談 / 无稽之谈) (traditional idiom in the Mandarin Chinese Catholic Sigao version)
See also idle talkers.
The Greek in Acts 2:3 that is translated as “tongues as of fire” or similar in English is translated as “it was seen like little fires” in Eastern Highland Otomi, “like little balls of fire” in Rincón Zapotec, as “little things like points of fire” in Highland Popoluca (source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.), and as “teeth of fire” in Bhele (source: Tim Raymond).
In German, a form of the word “Zunge” (“tongue”) is idiomatically used in combination with “Feuer” (“fire“), displayed particularly well by the New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with züngelnde Flammen or “flickering flames” (literally: “licking (as done with the tongue) flames”). (Source: Zetzsche)
See also complete verse (Acts 2:3).
The Greek in John 17:11 that is translated as “Holy Father” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as Vater, Heiliger or “Father, Holy One.”
See also Righteous Father.
The Greek in Revelation 17:5 that is translated as “name of mystery” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as Deckname or “alias (or: “code name”).”
The Greek in Mark 8:2 that is translated as I have compassion” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with mir tut es weh or “it pains me.”
The Greek in Luke 5:14 that is translated as “as a testimony to them” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Das wird den Priestern meine Vollmacht beweisen or “This will prove my authority to the priests.”
The Greek in Luke 12:46 that is translated as “cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with es wird ihm dreckig ergehen wie den Gottlosen or “it will be as miserable for him as for the sinners.”
The Greek in Acts 3:20 that is translated as “times of refreshing” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Zeit des Aufatmens or “time to breath again freely.”
In Morelos Nahuatl it is translated as “in times of heart-joy,” in Central Pame as “a time when God alone is going to cool you, you will be strengthened,” in Lalana Chinantec as “your hearts will be refreshed as the heart of a person who does work in the hot sun is refreshed when he drinks water,” and in Highland Popoluca as “like the corn is refreshed by rain after drought, so the Lord will refresh you.” (Source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
