heifer, stallion

In Afar “you frisk about like a heifer on the grass, and neigh like stallions” is translated as Qaysok cayya iyyeh xobbaaqa gaalih innah xobbaqten. Canak cayye mooyuh innah kaqitten.: “You frisk like camels satisfied with grass, and jump like goat kids satisfied with milk.” (Horses don’t survive in the Afar desert, but camels thrive.)

city has been struck

The phrase that in English versions is rendered as “Jerusalem has been struck” is translated into Afar as “Yarusalaam makko tekkeh.”: “The will of God has happened (on) Jerusalem.”

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh

The phrase that is translated in English translations as “a trained heifer that loved to thresh” is translated into Afar as “Santiitat gexa rakub num elle kataya’nnal”: “As a camel that goes by its nose follows a person” (No threshing in Afar, but a camel with a rope around its mouth obediently follows the person leading it.)

sheave

The phrase that is rendered in English translations as “as a cart presses down when it is full of sheaves” is translated into Afar as “qari elle qilsa faras-gaari innah”: “as heavy as a horse cart with a house on it.” (Pastoral economy has no sheaves, houses are normally torn down and loaded on camels for migration.)

servant honors master

In Afar the phrase that is rendered in English translations as “a servant honours his master” is translated as saq-duwayti akah taamita num yassakaxxeh.: “the one who herds animals honors the man he works for.” (The closest thing to a servant is someone contracted to herd animals.)

stall

The phrase that is rendered as “go out from the stall” in some English translations is translated into Afar as ogok yifdigen rugaageh: “calves released from a tether” (nomads use tethers rather than stalls for animals)

act, do

The Hebrew that is translated in English versions as “I will do (this)” is translated into Afar as “gaba qidu waa”: “I will throw (my) hand.”

God's seed

In Aari the Greek that is typically translated into English as “(God’s) nature” or “(God’s) seed” is translated as “God’s thoughts.”