The Falam Chin term word for the term that is translated as “prophesy” or “prophetic frenzy” here in English implies “murmuring” which is an important part of pagan medium contact in the culture.
See also prophet, prophesy (verb) and prophesy.
snake
he will speak of what he hears
The phrase that is translated into English as “he will speak of what he hears” is rendered in Pwo Karen as “he will lean his ear to my speech, then tell you.”
face to face
The Greek phrase that is translated as “face to face” in English would imply confrontation in the Kilivila culture, so the Kilivila translation expresses the phrase as “see the reality of things.”
implanted, in one's heart
For the phrase that is translated as “implanted (word)” or “(word that he plants) in your hearts” in English versions, Kahua uses a term for belly/chest as the seat of the emotions. (Source: David Clark)
In Owa it is translated as “planted in your soul” (=hearts). (Source: Carl Gross)
See also heart, soul, mind.
satisfy
The term that is translated in English as “satisfy” is rendered in Ghari as “please the stomach (of the crowd).”
See also Seat of the Mind for traditional views of “ways of knowing, thinking, and feeling.”
passive voice, washing Tabitha's body
In Purari it was necessary to specify who washed Tabitha’s body, so to conform with their cultural expectations, they specified other women.
marry
crucify
The Greek that is translated into English as “crucify” is translated into Naro with xgàu which literally means “to stretch” as is done with a skin after slaughtering in order to dry it. The word is also widely accepted in the churches. (Source: Gerrit van Steenbergen)
Similarly, Balinese and Toraja-Sa’dan also translate as “stretch him.” (Source: Reiling / Swellengrebel)
In Ghari it becomes “hammer to the cross” (source: David Clark), in Loma “fasten him to a spread-back-stick” (source: Bratcher / Nida), in Sundanese “hang him on a crossbeam” (source: Reiling / Swellengrebel), in Aguaruna “fasten him to the tree,” in Navajo “nail him to the cross”, in Yatzachi Zapotec “fasten him to the cross” (source for this and two above (source for this and above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.), and in Apali the different aspects of the crucifixion have to be spelled out: “nail to a tree piece put cross-wise, lift up to stand upright (for the crucified person) to die (and in some contexts: to die and rise again)” (source: Martha Wade).
See also cross.
judge impartially
The phrase that is translated into English as “him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds” is rendered in Shan with a phrase that means “God does not look at little-face big-face.”
greater, ranking ahead
The phrase that is translated as “greater than I am” or “ranks ahead of me” is translated in Pwo Karen as “bigger and taller than me.”
kick against the goads
The Greek proverb which is translated directly by some English versions as “kick against the goads (=a spiked stick used for driving cattle)” and refers to “pointless fighting” became “throw chaff into the wind” in the Khmer Standard Version translation of 2005 (vs. the also considered “spit vertically upwards”).