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:

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:

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:

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).

Hades / Sheol

The Hebrew, Latin, Ge’ez and Greek that is often translated in English as “Hades” or “Sheol” is translated in the German Luther Bible 2017 (and pre-1912) as Totenreich or “realm (or: kingdom) of the dead” in these verses. (Source: Jost Zetzsche)

In Chuj it is translated as “among the dead,” in San Mateo Del Mar Huave as “the place where are the dead,” and in Coatlán Mixe as “the grave.” (Source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)

Learn more on Bible Odyssey: Sheol .

forced our ancestors to abandon their infants so that they would die

The Greek in Acts 7:19 that is translated into English as “forced our ancestors to abandon their infants” or similar is translated as “commanded that the little boys should be thrown to a bad place” in San Mateo Del Mar Huave, as “as soon as their sons were born they were to go and throw them out” in Teutila Cuicatec, as “were ordered by force to carry away their children to die” in Isthmus Mixe, and as “made them leave their children to one side alone to die” in Morelos Nahuatl. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)