“Wind” is translated in Mekeo as the local northwest wind that blows between Christmas and Easter.
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind
The phrase that is translated as “with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” in English versions is translated in a large variety of ways.
“Heart” is translated into Kuy as “with all your heart-liver” (to show the totality of one’s being) (source: David Clark), in Laka, one must likewise love with the liver, in Western Kanjobal with the “abdomen,” in Marshallese with the “throat,” and in Kahua with “belly/chest.”
“Soul” is translated as “life” in Yaka, “that which stands inside of one” in Navajo (Dinė), and “spirit” in Kele.
“Strength” is translated in Yao as “animation” and in Chuukese as “ability.”
“Mind” is translated in Kele as “thinking,” in Chuukese as “thought(s),” and in Marathi as “intelligence.” In Poqomchi’ (as in many other Mayan languages), the term “heart” covers both “heart” and “mind.”
The whole phrase is translated in Tboli as “cause it to start from the very beginning of your stomach your loving God, for he is your place of holding.”
(Sources: Bratcher / Nida, Reiling / Swellengrebel, and Bob Bascom [Ixcatlán Mazatec and Poqomchi’])
See also translations with a Hebraic voice (Deuteronomy 6:5), implanted / in one’s heart and complete verse (Mark 12:30), and see Seat of the Mind for traditional views of “ways of knowing, thinking, and feeling.”
For a detailed look at the relationships between the Deuteronomy 6:5 quote, its Septuagint translation and the quotations in the synoptic gospels, see Adaptable for Translation: Deuteronomy 6.5 in the Synoptic Gospels and Beyond by Robert Bascom .
sit up
In order for the young man to get off the bier, presumably it would have been put down on the ground, and this needs to be made explicit in Purari. Accordingly, the “sat up” of various English translations needed to be rendered as “stood up.” (Source: David Clark)
anchor (figurative)
The Greek in Hebrews 6:19 that is translated into English as “anchor (of the soul)” in English is, due to non-existing nautical language, rendered as xuk’chotontib (“that which becomes unmovable”) in Chol (source: Steven 1979, p. 75), as “iron crab” in Bawm Chin (source: David Clark), as “foundation” in Tsou (source: Peng Kuo-Wei), in Mossi as “a strong and steadfast picketting-peg” (source: Nida 1952, p. 46) and in Enlhet as “that holds up like a rope” (source: Jacob Loewen in The Bible Translator 1969, p. 24ff. ).
In Kouya the translation is “the foundation which keeps a house secure.” Eddie Arthur tells this story: “A slightly more prosaic example comes from Paul’s sea voyages in the Book of Acts. In Acts 27, when Paul’s ship was facing a huge storm, there are several references to throwing out the anchor to save the ship. Now the Kouya live in a tropical rain-forest and have no vessels larger than dug-out canoes used for fishing on rivers. The idea of an anchor was entirely foreign to them. However, it was relatively easy to devise a descriptive term along the lines of ‘boat stopping metal’ that captured the essential nature of the concept. This was fine when we were translating the word anchor in its literal sense. However, in Hebrews 6:19 we read that hope is an anchor for our souls. It would clearly make no sense to use ‘boat stopping metal’ at this point as the concept would simply not have any meaning. So in this verse we said that faith was like the foundation which keeps a house secure. One group working in the Sahel region of West Africa spoke of faith being like a tent peg which keeps a tent firm against the wind. I hope you can see the way in which these two translations capture the essence of the image in the Hebrews verse while being more appropriate to the culture.”
See also anchor
mother's sons
In Falam Chin “your mother’s sons” of Genesis 27:29 sounds odd to a patrilineal society. As Rebekah had only one son, it is possible to say here “your brother’s descendants,” avoiding the word for “older brother” since Isaac thinks he is speaking to Esau.
go up vs. go down
death has come to everyone, death spread to all men
The Greek in Romans 5:2 that is translated as “death spread to all men” or “death has come to everyone” in English versions has been rendered in Hakha Chin with an idiom: “death soaked all men.”
Syzygus
The Greek “Syzygus” (from “syzyge”) may be a proper name, but this exegesis was not acceptable in Kahua because its equivalent form, Sisiko, means “farting” (source: David Clark) Most English translation translate it as something like “true companion.”