The phrase in Exodus 2:3 that is translated in some English versions as “tar (or: bitumen) and pitch” is rendered in Falam Chin with a phrase meaning “resin and beeswax.”
See also pitch.
Language-specific Insights
proselyte
The Greek that is often translated as “proselyte” in English is translated in various ways:
- Isthmus Mixe: “those that entered the mind of the Israelites”
- Desano: “people who are of the same religion as the Jews”
- San Mateo del Mar Huave: “people who were not Jews but have come to believe as the Jewish people believe”
- Isthmus Mixe: “those who entered the mind of the Israelites”
- Mayo: “those who live according to Jewish custom”
- Teutila Cuicatec: “people from other nations who believe the same as those of the nation of Israel”
- Chuj: “those who have received the religion of the Israel people”
- Morelos Nahuatl: “those who entered the religion of the Jews”
- Lalana Chinantec: “those who worship God as the Israel people do”
- Chichimeca-Jonaz: “those who joined with the Jews because they went to believing like them”
- Falam Chin: “those who entered/joined the Jews’ religious party from other tribes” (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
my flesh will live in hope
The Greek in Acts 2:26 that is translated as “my flesh will live in hope” or similar in English is translated these ways in the following languages.
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “when my body rests in the grave I will wait what good he will do for me”
- Morelos Nahuatl: “I have much confidence that my body will come alive”
- Isthmus Mixe: “even though my body should die, I know that I will come to life
- Falam Chin: “my whole body will be filled with hope”
- Huichol: “even though my corpse is there while I wait I believe (you will not leave my soul dead)” (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
shows no partiality
The Greek in Acts 10:34 that is translated as “shows no partiality” in English is translated in the following ways:
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: “sees all as equal”
- Isthmus Mixe: “gives us and sees us alike”
- San Mateo del Mar Huave: “does not honor one person more than another one”
- Morelos Nahuatl: “does not favor one man more than another”
- Teutila Cuicatec: “plays no favorites”
- Chichimeca-Jonaz: “does not set anyone apart, all he loves”
- Tepeuxila Cuicatec: “receives all people the same”
- Garifuna: “does not take one well from another”
- Falam Chin: “doesn’t prefer anyone” (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Uma: “does not discriminate [lit., see the appearance of] people” (source: Uma Back Translation)
See also God shows no partiality.