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.”
bring his blood on us, make us responsible for his death
The Greek in Acts 5:28 that is translated into English as “make us responsible for his death” or “bring his blood on us” is translated into Fuyug as “throw his blood on our backs” (source: David Clark), as “intend to bring this man’s blood upon us furthermore you are trying to blame us for that person’s death” in Teutila Cuicatec, as “you want to throw the guilt on us that Jesus died” in Lalana Chinantec, and as “you want to charge us for Jesus’ death” in Desano (source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated a with und wenn es nach eurem Wunch ginge, müssten wir allesamt für Jesu angeblich unschuldig vergossenes Blut büßen or “and if it were up to you, we would all have to atone for Jesus’ supposedly innocently shed blood.”
Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?
The Greek in Mark 6:37 that is translated as “Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?” is translated in Teutila Cuicatec as “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread for them to eat? A man would have to work more than half a year to earn that much money!” to clarify the meaning of the two hundred denarii in a manner which will not be distorted by any fluctuations in the value of the local currency and in Balangingi as “Are we to go and buy ten thousand buns to feed them?” because in this case, a day’s wages couldn’t be used as a standard of comparison because in this culture people don’t work for wages. (Source: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as Gut, wir gehen für zweihundert Denare Brote kaufen und geben sie ihnen zu essen or “Well, we’ll go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat.”