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.”
times of refreshing
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.)
we left and came to
the house
The Greek that is translated as “the house” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as “his house.” Note that Jesus is in Capernaum, his home base, at any of these mentions. (See Capernaum and Capernaum (iterative verbs).
In Matthew 17:25, this translation uses “the shared house” (das gemeinsame Haus).
The English translation of Pakaluk (2025) also uses “his house” in Matthew chapter 13 (verses 1 and 36).
whoever has the Son has life
The Greek in 1 John 5:12 that is translated as “whoever has the Son has life” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with wer sich an den Sohn hält, der hat Anteil am Leben or “whoever abides (or: “is lead”) by the Son has a share in life.”
there is necessarily a change in the law as well
The Greek in Hebrews 7:12 that is translated as “there is necessarily a change in the law as well” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with muss sich zwangsläufig auch die Kultordnung, das Gesetz, ändern or “the order of rites, the law, must also inevitably change.”
idle tale
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.
tongues as of fire
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).