The Greek in Acts 6:12 that is translated into English as “suddenly confronted him, seized him” or similar is translated into Central Pame as “piled on him, grabbed him.” (Source for this and two above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
together / with one accord
The Greek that is translated as “together” or “with one accord” in English is translated in Yamba and Bulu as “(with) one heart.” (Source: W. Reyburn in The Bible Translator 1959, p. 1ff. )
In Enlhet it is translated as “their innermosts did not go past each other.” “Innermost” or valhoc is a term that is frequently used in Enlhet to describe a large variety of emotions (for other examples see here). (Source: Jacob Loewen in The Bible Translator 1969, p. 24ff. )
Following are some other translations:
- San Mateo del Mar Huave: “as one heart”
- Ayutla Mixtec: “unanimously”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “all thought alike”
- Totontepec Mixe: “with one stomach”
- Coatlán Mixe: “with one heart thinking” (source for this and four above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Mairasi: “all uniting their livers” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
See also Seat of the Mind / Seat of Emotions.
to the ends of the earth
The Greek in Acts 1:8 that is translated in English as “to the ends of the earth” or similar is translated in Enlhet as “everywhere” because it would have had negative spiritual implication in the worldview of the native language speakers if translated more literally. (Source: Jacob Loewen in The Bible Translator 1969, p. 24ff. )
Other translations include:
- “all over the world” (Lalana Chinantec)
- “throughout the whole world” (Teutila Cuicatec)
- “unto the most far side of the world” (Central Pame)
- “to the farthest place on earth” (Morelos Nahuatl)
- “to all the places in the world” (San Mateo Del Mar Huave) (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
See also the ends of the earth.
census
The Greek and Hebrew that is typically translated as “census” in English is translated in these ways:
- Teutila Cuicatec: “registration”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “counting of the people”
- Lalana Chinantec: “writing down all the people”
- Isthmus Mixe: “writing how many people there are”
- San Mateo del Mar Huave: “when the names are given”
- Chichimeca-Jonaz: “recording of the names” (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Uma: counting of the people” (Source: Uma 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)
dishonor God
The Greek in Romans 2:23 that is usually translated in English as “dishonor God” is translated in various ways:
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “defame God’s character”
- Chicahuaxtla Triqui: “have no reverence before God”
- Tabasco Chontal: “cause God to be hated”
- Sayula Popoluca: “put God in a bad light”
- Highland Totonac: “put God to shame”
- Tzeltal: “cause embarrassment to God”
- Isthmus Zapotec: “err against God”
- Central Tarahumara: “become an enemy of God” (source for all above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
- Bariai: “your eyes mock God” (source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Kupsabiny: “insult God” (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “oppose God” (Enggavoter 2004)
- Hiligaynon: “causing- God -to-be-ashamed” (source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
See also complete verse (Romans 2:23).
pour out Spirit
The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “pour out (my) Spirit” in English is translated in the following ways:
- “spread Spirit” (has idea of distribution without exhausting the source, as light may be spread from person and the total amount of light increased) in Coatlán Mixe
- “send Spirit, he will enter the hearts of all people” in Central Pame and Lalana Chinantec
- “give Spirit” in Isthmus Mixe
- “send Spirit to possess people” in Teutila Cuicatec
- “put on you the Holy Spirit of God” in Eastern Highland Otomi
- “give-down Spirit” in Chuj(source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
endurance
The Greek that is translated in English as “endurance” (or “patience” or “perseverance” or “steadfastness”) is translated in Tzotzil as “(good) strength of heart(s)” (source: Ellis Deibler in Notes on Translation July, 1967, p. 5ff.), in Isthmus Zapotec as “learning not to lose patience” (source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.), and in Tabasco Chontal as “they shouldn’t get upset over things” (source: John Beekman & Harwood Hess in Notes on Translation, March 1963, p. 1ff.).
In Mairasi it is translated idiomatically as “having well-split bones” (source: Enggavoter 2004).