“something was-consuming in our-heart” in Tae’ (an idiom for “we were profoundly moved”) (source for this and above: Reiling / Swellengrebel)
“O, how sweet coolness did our hearts feel” in an early version of the Bible in Sranan Tongo. “The translator “did this to avoid misunderstanding. In Sranan Tongo, when one says ‘my heart is burning’ he means ‘I am angry.'” (Source: Janini 2015, p. 33)
“Wasn’t it as rain coming down on us?” in Afar. “Heat is bad, rain is good in the desert.” (Source: Loren Bliese)
“our interiors bubbled up” in Bariai (source: Bariai Back Translation)
In the 2008 MobaYendu Kadapaaonn translation it is translated as “were not our hearts encouraged (literally: made strong)?” While Moba has a rich metaphorical library using the concept of “heart” (pal) it follows very different paradigms compared to Greek, Hebrew and English concepts. (Source: Bedouma Joseph Kobaike in Le Sycomore 17/1, 2024, p. 3ff. .) (See also I hold you in my heart)
The phrase in 1 Thessalonians 4:11 that is translated as “mind your own affairs” is translated in Kahua with an idiom: “don’t interfere with your noses” (source: David Clark) and in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as vor der eigenen Tür kehren or “sweep in front of your own door.”
In both Fuyug and Kahua, “Δορκάς” (Dorcas) in Acts 9:36 was translated rather than transliterated. It came out as “nanny goat,” which was quite acceptable as people can have animal names, and goats are not regarded with disfavor. (Source: David Clark)
The Greek in Luke 19:22 that is translated as “wicked slave” in English is translated idiomatically in Yakut as “you fellow with black thoughts.” (Source: David Clark in The Bible Translator 2015, p. 117ff. )
The Greek in John 16:13 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.”
The Hebrew and Greek that is translated as “remember” in English is translated in Mairasi as “it is (or: place it) in your liver’s crack” (source: Enggavoter 2004), in Noongar as barrang-dwangka, literally “ear-hold” (source: Portions of the Holy Bible in the Nyunga language of Australia, 2018), and in Apinayé as “having an eye on something” (source: Patricia Ham in Notes on Translation, August 1965, p. 2)
The word in James 1:14 that is translated in English as “enticed” is translated in Kahua as “put out bait” (as for an animal) (source David Clark) and in South Bolivian Quechua with the existing metaphor “letting one’s heart be stolen” (source: T.E. Hudspith in The Bible Translator 1952, p. 66ff. ).
