enemy of all righteousness

The Greek in Acts 13:10 that is often translated as “enemy of all righteousness” in English is translated in the following ways:

See also enemy / foe.

until the time of universal restoration

The Greek in Acts 3:21 that is translated as “until the time of universal restoration (or: restoration of all things”)” or similar in English is translated in various wayz

  • “until then when everything will be renewed” in Isthmus Mixe
  • “the day is coming that God will fix this earth” in Highland Popoluca
  • “he will come to make good again everything one time more” in Chuj
  • “he will lay out new all things” in Metlatónoc Mixtec
  • “when God will make everything good like it was in the beginning” in San Mateo Del Mar Huave
  • “until he comes to straighten things out” in Rincón Zapotec (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

if God is for us

The Greek in Romans 8:31 that is translated as “if God is for us” in English is translated as

  • “if God is in fellowship with us” in Chicahuaxtla Triqui
  • “if God does not abandon us” in Miahuatlán Zapotec
  • “if God is united with us” in Yatzachi Zapotec
  • “God is the one who helps us” in Huehuetla Tepehua
  • “God himself loves us” in Teutila Cuicatec
  • “if God is in our favor” in Isthmus Zapotec
  • “if God is our helper” in Highland Totonac (source for this above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
  • “if God is ours” in Kupsabiny (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • “if God is on our side” in Low German translation by Johannes Jessen, publ. 1933, republ. 2006
  • “we can say that God is really defending us” in Hiligaynon (source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • “now we are friends with God” in Tenango Otomi (source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • “if Above-One is the One who guards us” in Mairasi (source: Enggavoter 2004)

rudder

The Greek that is translated as “(small) rudder” in English is translated in the following ways:

  • Yatzachi Zapotec: “(a small) stick”
  • Mezquital Otomi: “a (little) metal”
  • Rincón Zapotec: “(little) wooden hand” (source for this and two above: Ellis Deibler in Notes on Translation July, 1967, p. 5ff.)
  • Eastern Highland Otomi: “thing that is in the water that steers the boat”
  • Teutila Cuicatec: “paddle that steered the ship” (source for this and one above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: “board to steer” (source: Ronald D. Olson in Notes on Translation January, 1968, p. 15ff.).

See also ship and anchor.

author of life

The Greek in Acts 3:15 that is translated as “author of life” in English is translated as

be of one heart and soul

The Greek in Acts 4:32 that is translated as “be of one heart and soul” in English is translated in Elhomwe idiomatically as “agree in hearts and thoughts.” (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)

It is translated as “like one single person in their souls” in Desano and “were all one inside” in Ayutla Mixtec. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

In the 2008 Moba Yendu Kadapaaonn translation “be of one heart” is translated as “(this who believed) had one mouth.” (Source: Bedouma Joseph Kobaike in Le Sycomore 17/1, 2024, p. 3ff. )

In German, the idiom ein Herz und eine Seele (literally “one heart and one soul”) has become a widely-used idiom relating to a very close relationship. It was made popular in 1522 in the German New Testament translation by Martin Luther. (Source: Redewendungen aus der Bibel )

See also complete verse (Acts 4:32).