The Greek in Luke 3:20 that is translated as “added to them all” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) idiomatically with machte das Maß seiner Schandtaten voll or “filled the cup of his shameful deeds to the brim.”
their hypocrisy
together with certain women
town clerk
The Greek in Acts 19:35 that is translated as “town clerk” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Stadtdirektor or “city manager.”
soft robes
The Greek in Matthew 11:8 that is translated as “soft robes” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with weiche Wollkleider or “soft clothes made out of wool.”
inner self
The Greek in 1 Peter 3:4 that is translated as “inner self” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with der unsichtbare, innere Herzensmensch or “the invisible, inner person of the heart.”
he brings the firstborn into the world
The Greek in Hebrews 1:6 that is translated as “he brings the firstborn into the world” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with als Gott seinen erstgeborenen Sohn dem Kosmos vorstellt or “when God presents (or: “introduces”) his first-born son to the cosmos.”
ambition, goal
The term that is rendered as “my ambition” or “my goal” in English is translation into Hakha Chin with an appropriate idiom drawn from the language of hunting in the forest: “the animal I kill” (source: David Clark)
It is translated as “put heart into” in Tzeltal and “very desirous,” Chicahuaxtla Triqui (source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.), and in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Ehrenpflicht or “honorary obligation” (in Romans 15:20)
