The Greek in 1 Thessalonians 5:3 that is translated as “sudden destruction” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with jähes Vernichtungsgericht or “sudden judgment of destruction.”
my spirit / our spirit
The Greek that is translated as “my spirit” or “our spirit” in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) in these verses with mein (unser) Innerstes or “my (our) innermost.” The translators explain: “This concerns the invisible part of humans beings that is turned toward God and open for God. The Greek pneuma is used for that as well (just as for the Holy Spirit).”
your own stability
The Greek in 2 Peter 3:17 that is translated as “your own stability” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with eure religiöse Heimat or “your religious home.”
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.
weep
The now commonly-used German idiom die Augen gehen über (literally “the eyes overflow”), which today primarily means “amazed” (in the sense of “making big eyes”) was made popular in 1522 in the German New Testament translation by Martin Luther. For other idioms or terms in German that were coined by Bible translation, see here.
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as Jesus brach in Tränen aus or “Jesus burst into tears.”
In Burmese, the widely-used translation by Judson adds an honorific particle to every verb that describes an action of Jesus, so here he “cries royally.” (source: S.V. Vincent in The Bible Translator 1962, p. 196f. )
In the Pfälzisch translation by Walter Sauer (publ. 2012) it is idiomatically translated as (Do sin Jesus) die Träne kumme, literally “Jesus’ tears came.” (source: Zetzsche)
I lay it down of my own accord
The Greek in John 10:18 that is translated as “I lay it down of my own accord” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as ich verschenke es freiwillig or “I give it (like a gift) on my own accord.”
Hades followed with him
The Greek in Revelation 6:8that is translated as “Hades followed with him” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as Hades war sein Reitknecht or “Hades was his groom (or “cavalry servant”).”