Translation Insights and Perspectives
The Greek and Hebrew that are translated as “consecration” or “consecrate” in English is translated in Poqomchi’ as “set apart” (when applying to a ritual not to a moral status).
See also holy / sacred / taboo.
The Greek that is translated as “double-tongued” in English is translated in Chol as “double-hearted.”
The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “wink(s) the eye” is translated in Chol as “signal that they have a secret with you” since a wink as a signal of a secret is not used in the Chol culture.
The Greek that is translated in English as “perfect understanding” is translated in Chol as “complete understanding.”
The Greek that is translated as something like “eyes where white films have appeared on them” is translated in Chol as “like cataracts.”
The Greek that is translated as “old (commandment)” in English is translated in Quetzaltepec Mixe as “this is not the first time this commandment has been told to you…” because “old” has the connotation of “obsolete.”
The Greek that is often translated as “immoral” in English in this verse is translated in Ixcatlán Mazatec with “sexual immorality.”
The Greek that is translated as “perfection” in English is translated in Ixcatlán Mazatec as “righteous before God.”
See also perfect.
The Greek that is translated as “subject to weakness” or similar in English is translated in Ixcatlán Mazatec as “he suffers as all humans do.”
The Greek that is translated as “throughout the world” in many English versions is translated into Tojolabal as “far and wide.”