In order for the young man to get off the bier, presumably it would have been put down on the ground, and this needs to be made explicit in Purari. Accordingly, the “sat up” of various English translations needed to be rendered as “stood up.”
young man
In the translation into Purari, Jesus addresses the dead man as “younger brother.”
satisfy
The term that is translated in English as “satisfy” is rendered in Ghari as “please the stomach (of the crowd).”
See also Seat of the Mind for traditional views of “ways of knowing, thinking, and feeling.”
did not know what to say
The phrase that is translated in English versions as “they did not know what to say” is rendered in Ghari as “their stomach was dark.”
See also Seat of the Mind for traditional views of “ways of knowing, thinking, and feeling.”
say whatever is given to you
The Ghari translation has “say whatever comes into your belly” for the phrase that is translated in some English versions as “say whatever is given to you.”
divorce
fishing
The Ghari translation uses different terms for “fishing”: with nets when fishing for fish and with a line when fishing for men. (Source: David Clark)
The translation for “fishing” (when referring to catching fish) in Ojitlán Chinantec is “catching water animals” and in Aguaruna “killing fish.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
Click or tap here to see a short video clip showing the different kinds of fishing with a net in biblical times (source: Bible Lands 2012)
See also cast a net.
superlative (Matt 22:36; 39)
Since there is no grammatical superlative in Fuyug, the question that is translated in English typically as “which commandment of the law is the greatest,” becomes “in the middle of the word of God, which word is big?” Then the second most important commandment is “the big word that follows.”
