Chichewa “spoiled wine” (vinyo wosasa — the word “wosasa” is used to refer to any food or drink that has become bad and produces bad smell because it has either overstayed or exposed to bacteria and other infections) (source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
Bariai: “sour wine juice” (source: Bariai Back Translation)
The Greek that is translated as “crown of thorns” in English is translated in Navajo (Dinė) as “a hat of a plant that had sharp thorns,” in North Alaskan Inupiatun as “a head-gear of prickly branches,” in Aguaruna as “a thing to crown him with out of thorns,” and in Chol as “woven thorns.”
The Greek in John 16:33 that is translated as “(I have) overcome (or: defeated) the world” in English is translated as “I am the victor over those of this world” in Aguaruna and “I have taken away the power of the world” in Huehuetla Tepehua. (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
The Greek in John 14:6 that is translated as “no one comes to the father, but by me” is translated in various ways:
Huehuetla Tepehua: “one can go to my Father unless he is saved by me”
Aguaruna: “no one, just by himself, is able to arrive where my Father is, but with me he is able to arrive”
Asháninka: “no one just goes to my Father. I am the one who will take you”
Yanesha’: “no one approaches to where Father is if they do not first come to me”
Chol: “there is no one who will arrive where my Father is, except those who are in my care
Alekano: “by passing me there is no way to approach my Father” (source for this and above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
Kupsabiny “nobody can go to my Father’s Homestead if he does not pass through me” (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “There’s no-one who can go there to God the Father unless I am the trail he travels” (source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Tenango Otomi: “Only those who believe in me will arrive where my Father is” (source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
The Greek in John 19:23 that is translated as “seamless” in many English translation is translated in Aguaruna as “not sewn when they made it,” in Chol as “not stitched,” in Navajo (Dinė) as “woven in one piece from the top down,” and in Lalana Chinantec as “no joint in it at all.”
(Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February 1970, p. 1-125.)
The Greek in John 13:27 that is translated as “Satan entered into him” or similar in English is translated as “the devil worked his heart” in Ojitlán Chinantec, “Satan caused him to think” in Aguaruna, and “Satan entered into his mind to do his work” in Mezquital Otomi. (Source: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
