The Greek that is translated as “heaven(s) opened (or”torn apart”)” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as der Himmel öffnete sich einen Spaltbreit or “a crank in heaven (or: “the sky”) opened.”
furnished
The Greek in Mark 14:15 that is translated as “furnished” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with mit Liegepolstern ausgestattet or “equipped with reclining cushions.”
the swineherds saw what had happened
give a tenth of all my income
The Greek in Luke 18:12 that is translated as “give a tenth of all my income” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with zehn Prozent Einkommenssteuer an den Tempel or “ten percent income tax paid to the temple.”
something like a large sheet
The Greek that is translated as “a large sheet” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with eine Art großes Tischtuch or “something like a large tablecloth.”
the sheep from the goats
The Greek in Matthew 25:32 that is translated as “the sheep from the goats” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with die weißen Schafe von den schwarzen Ziegen or “the white sheep from the black goats.” The translators explain: “The usual [traditional German] translation as “ram (Böcke)” [see also the traditional German translation of Beelzebul] is sexist, simplistic and misleading. When juxtaposed with sheep, the word erifos means ‘goats.’ Since the goats in Palestine are black and the sheep are white, the contrast here is between white as the color of the righteous and black as the color of the unrighteous.”
as something to be grasped
The Greek in Philippians 2:6 that is translated as “as something to be grasped” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with wie entrückt und fern von Leiden und Tod sein müsse or “as if enraptured and removed from suffering and death.”
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.