The Greek in Luke 2:51 that is translated as “treasured all these things in her heart” or similar in English is translated in Kupsabiny as “kept those words/things in her stomach.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
See also ponder.
all who are greedy for gain
The Hebrew in Proverbs 1:19 that is translated as “all who are greedy for gain” or similar in English is translated in Kupsabiny as “people who are pushed by the stomachs.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
See also greed / covetousness and one who is greedy.
forsakes the partner of her youth
The Hebrew in Proverbs 2:17 that is translated as “forsakes the partner of her youth” or similar in English is translated in Kupsabiny as “leaves her husband who married her when her breast was still pointed and tender.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
more precious than jewels
The Hebrew in Proverbs 3:15 that is translated as “more precious than jewels” or similar in English is translated in Kupsabiny as “of value/benefit more than stones that buy much money.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
lame
The Greek that is translated as “lame” in English is translated in various ways:
- Lalana Chinantec: “with a dry foot”
- Isthmus Mixe: “with a bad leg”
- Chuj: “crippled foot”
- Teutila Cuicatec: “withered legs”
- Chichimeca-Jonaz: “can’t walk”
- Ayutla Mixtec: “legs were drawn up” (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Noongar: maat-wara or “leg bad” (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Kupsabiny: “cripple” (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
testify falsely
The Hebrew that is translated as “testify falsely” or similar in English is translated in Kupsabiny as “tie words on people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
after my heart
The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “(man) after my (or: his) heart” in English is translated in a number of ways:
- Teutila Cuicatec. “(a man who) respects what I want”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “whom I look well on”
- Chichimeca-Jonaz: “who pleases my heart”
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “thinks like I do”
- Tzotzil: “with his heart the same as mine (we think the same way)”
- Isthmus Mixe: “his heart and mine meet together”
- Morelos Nahuatl: “a good man whom I like”
- Shipibo-Conibo: “does what I desire in my heart” (source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Kupsabiny: “a person my stomach loves” (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Bariai: “a man who follows my mind (lit. interior)” (source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “one who has My throat and makes My liver good” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I am very pleased with his customs” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “his ways/nature really please me for they are really in harmony with my ways” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
your blood be on your own heads
The Hebrew and Greek that is often translated as “your blood be on your own heads” or similar in English is translated as
- “you have the guilt if you don’t receive eternal life” in Highland Popoluca
- “you are to blame if you lose your own souls” in Coatlán Mixe
- “you will be to blame yourselves when you do not go to a good place” in Isthmus Mixe
- “you will be lost but you are at fault yourselves” in Morelos Nahuatl
- “you are the ones who are guilty that you will be lost” in Lalana Chinantec (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- “if you die in your bad deeds, it’s your own bad fault” in Bariai (source: Bariai Back Translation)
- “let your own blood alone eat you” in Kupsabiny (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- “You have killed yourselves with your own heart” in Chichewa (source: Wendland 1987, p. 28)
- “your blood will be to you” (existing idiom) in Kwere (source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)