Viola Waterhouse (SIL) – Page 4

powers

The Greek in Romans 8:38 that is typically translated as “powers” in English is translated as “important people on earth here” in Yatzachi Zapotec. (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

son of encouragement

The Greek in Acts 4:36 that is translated as “son of encouragement” in English is translated as

“one who makes people receive a helpful word” in Ojitlán Chinantec
“the person who makes our hearts be at peace” in Lalana Chinantec
“he will encourage us” in Isthmus Mixe
“one who enlarges (encourages) hearts” in Chichimeca-Jonaz
“one who comforts” in San Mateo del Mar Huave
“one who consoles people” in Tzotzil
“gives gladness to those who weep” in Desano (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
“The man who strengthens people’s interiors” in Bariai (source: Bariai Back Translation)
“Child Who Turns Livers Good” in Mairasi (source: Enggavoter 2004)
“owner of encouraging heart” in Hausa (source: Hausa Common Language Bible Back Translation)

See also Barnabas and encourage / comfort.

eternal life

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The Greek and Ge’ez that is translated in English as “eternal life” is translated in various ways:

Berik: “good living forever” (source: Kroneman 2004, p. 536)
Asháninka: “keep on living”
Aguaruna: “will always live”
Yanesha’: “immortal state forever”
North Alaskan Inupiatun: “endless life”
Tsafiki: “live forever with God”
Lalana Chinantec: “heart will be alive forever” (source for this and five above: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125)
Tagalog: buhay na walang hanggan: “life which has no boundary”
Iloko: biagna nga agnanayon: “continuing life” (source for this and one above: G. Henry Waterman in The Bible Translator 1960, p. 24ff. )
German translation by Fridolin Stier (1989): “never-ending life”
Huehuetla Tepehua: “life forever up in heaven” (source: Larson 1998, p. 279)
Kele: loiko: “survival: enduring through crisis, catastrophe and death” (source: William Ford in The Bible Translator 1957, p. 203ff. ).
Highland Totonac: “have life, the kind that is for always”
Central Mazahua: “live continually” (source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
Samoan: ola e fa‘avavau or “life until the end of time” (source: John Bradshaw in The Bible Translator 1967, p. 75ff. )
Mairasi: “life fruit” (source: Enggavoter 2004).

Lloyd Peckham explains the Mairasi translation: “In secret stories, not knowable to women nor children, there was a magical fruit of life. If referred to vaguely, without specifying the specific ‘fruit,’ it can be an expression for eternity.”

See also eternity / forever and salvation.

Learn more on Bible Odyssey: Eternal Life in John .

trance

The Greek that is translated as “trance” in English is translated in Yamba and Bulu as “(my/his) heart was swinging back and forth.” (Source: W. Reyburn in The Bible Translator 1959, p. 1ff. )

In Lalana Chinantec it is translated as “about the same thing as dreaming.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

arrogant, proud

The Greek and Ge’ez that is translated in English as “proud” or “arrogant” is translated in Chimborazo Highland Quichua as “making yourself chief.” (Source: Julia Woodward in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 140ff. )

In Isthmus Zapotec it is translated as “snobby” and in Sierra de Juárez Zapotec as “thinking they are the people of worth.” (Source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)

In Elhomwe it is “to lift oneself up,” i.e. “to be pompous.” (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)

For “proud” also see humble / lowly and pride.

holy ground

The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “holy ground” is translated as “you are before me and I am good” in Morelos Nahuatl and “where I myself am and I am God” in Rincón Zapotec. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

cut to the heart, hearts were troubled

The Greek in Acts 2:37 that is translated as “cut to the heart” or “hearts were troubled” or alike in English is translated as “it entered squeezing in their spirits” in Chuj. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as “their heart hurt.”

after my heart