The Greek in Acts 21:24 that is translated as “pay for the shaving of their heads” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with “pay for the cost of their sacrificial animals so that they can then shave their heads.”
the gates of Hades
The Greek in Matthew 16:18 that is translated as “the gates of Hades” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Tod und Vergänglichkeit or “death and decay.”
low and despised in the world
The Greek in 1 Corinthians 1:28 that is translated as “low and despised” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with die Nichtadligen und die Verachteten or “the non-nobles and the despised.”
heifer
The Greek in Hebrews 9:13 that is translated as “heifer” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with rote Kuh or “red cow.”
See also Translation commentary on Hebrews 9:13 and Number 19:2 and following.
slanderer
The Greek in Romans 1:30 that is translated as “slanderer” or “backbiter” or similar in English is translated as “raised up lies about their fellow people” in Central Mazahua, as “talk ugly about their fellows” in Chicahuaxtla Triqui, as “those who give a vicious twist to what they hear” in Highland Totonac, and as “hunted people’s sin” in Huehuetla Tepehua. (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as sie leisten Spitzeldienste or “they are informers.”
started across the sea to Capernaum
like the sound of many waters
The Greek in Revelation 1:15 that is translated as “like the sound of many waters” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as wie das Meer bei Sturmflut or “like the sea when there’s a storm surge.”
perceived in his spirit / sighed deeply in his spirit
The Greek that is translated as “perceived in his spirit” and “sighed deeply in his spirit” in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as las Gedanken, dank des Heiligen Geistes, der ihm gegegeben war (Mark 2:8) or “read (their) thoughts because he had been given the Holy Spirit” and seufzte, weil dies den Heiligen Geist in ihm betrübte or “sighed because it saddened the Holy Spirit within him” (Mark 8:12).