The Greek in Acts 8:34 that is translated as “great grace” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with reicher Segen or “great (or: “rich”) blessing.” They explain: “Literally: ‘great grace.’ According to the context, however, it is not about justification, but a description of the ‘happiness’ of the church in Jerusalem. The word ‘grace’ in this context can then mean either: reputation, goodwill (among outsiders) — or God’s gracious blessing, which may well include prosperity. This is precisely this aspect that is described in verses 34-36.”
under a vow
The Greek in Acts 21:23 that is translated as “under a vow” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with “made a Nazirite vow which means that they will temporarily refrain from cutting their hair and not drink wine.”
See also complete verse (Acts 21:26) and rite of purification.
those who want to save their life will lose it𖺗 and those who lose their life for my sake will find it
The Greek that is translated as “those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as “he who sees himself as a goal will miss himself. But those who give themselves up for me can find themselves.”
God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one
The Greek in James 1:13 that is translated as “God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Genausowenig wie ein Mensch Gott auf die Probe stellen kann, will Gott das mit einem Menschen tun or “Just as a human being cannot put God to the test, God does not want to do this to a human being.”
more perfect tent
The Greek in Hebrews 9:11 that is translated as “more perfect tent” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with weit vollkommeneres Tempelzelt im Himmel or “far more perfect temple tent in heaven.”
figures of speech
The Greek that is translated as “figures of speech” or similar in English is translated in Ojitlán Chinantec as “telling words a little bit covered,” in Tenango Otomi as “comparisons,” in Navajo (Dinė): “stories that teach,” and in Mezquital Otomi as “like a story” (source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.).
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as vieldeutige Worte or “ambiguous word (or: “words with many meanings”)” and in the translation by Fridolin Stier (1989) as “hidden (or: shrouded) speech” (Hüllrede).
exchanged natural relations for unnatural
The Greek in Romans 1:26 that is translated as “exchanged natural relations for unnatural” or similar in English is translated as
- “stop their work with men and begin to do wrong things with one another” in Hopi
- “women no longer did as women do but rather knew each other” in Isthmus Zapotec
- “changed their lives. They didn’t live with a man. Among themselves they sinned against each other” in Huehuetla Tepehua
- “even the women, one with another, strangely doing evil” in Central Tarahumara
- “lay down with other women as they should not do” in Yatzachi Zapotec (source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
- “women no longer put their throat on [pay attention to; have affection for], with the result that they even women stimulate each other’s genitalia” in Mairasi (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- “women became lesbian and exchanged the natural sexual relationships with unnatural ones” in he German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999)
- “women even left their husbands and married each other” in Kupsabiny (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
See also complete verse (Romans 1:26).