The Greek that is translated in English as “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” is translated into Arop-Sissano as “God’s Talk became a person lamat and lived among us.”
Nystrom explains: “In Arop, if you want to talk about the real essence of something — its most important part — you talk about the lamat of it. Arops say, ‘I don’t want to tell you everything they said at the meeting, but the talk lamat is like this,’ and they proceeded to tell you the main point of what was said.” (Nystrom 2012, p. 198f.)
In the Danish Bibelen 2020, a Bible translation version intended for non-churched people, it is translated as menneske i kød og blod or “human in flesh and blood.” (Source: Iver Larsen)
See also true son in the faith, spirit / flesh, and flesh (human nature).
The Hebrew that is translated in English as “height was like the height of cedars and was strong as oaks” is translated in Afar as xexxaarah calawwayti gide yakkeeh caylah lubak inna luk yenehiyya: “the length of (hemispherical) house poles and strength as lions.” (Afar portable houses have frames of thin poles up to nine feet long bent over the top. These poles are covered with mats and are broken down and loaded on camels when they migrate to areas where there is grass for their animals.)
The Hebrew that is translated in English as “horns of wild oxen” is translated in Afar as “wild animals.”
See also bulls / dog.
The Hebrew that is translated in English as “bulls” and “dogs” is translated in Afar as “hyenas.”
See also horns of wild oxen.
The Greek that is translated into English as “(the Spirit) intercedes for the saints according to the will of God” is translated into Bilua as “(he) prays like God himself.”
The Greek that is translated into English as “sigh” is translated into Bilua as “turtle breathing.”
The Greek that is often translated into English as “sin revived” is translated into Bilua as “sin permeated my life.”
See also sin.
The Greek that is translated into English with a variety of translations including “having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word” is translated into Varisi as “He (Jesus) washed it (the church) with the water of baptism and He (Jesus) declared it to be clean.”
