Sündengewühl

English translation: maelstrom of sin

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German term or phrase:Sündengewühl
English translation:maelstrom of sin
Entered by: Timoshka

23:44 Mar 13, 2021
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion
German term or phrase: Sündengewühl
From a 19th-century marriage sermon, given to a couple who insisted on celebrating their marriage with a dance:

“Nein wahrlich, dazu wird Euch das Wort Jesu nicht gepredigt, sondern ich erhebe hier als Sein Zeuge feierlich meine Hand wider Euch, und bezeuge Euch, daß Ihr an allem Unfug und Aergerniß, an allen offenen und heimlichen Verführungen, die in Eurem weltlichen Sündengewühl geschehen, ja, an allem furchtbaren Jammer, der die Verführten für dieses Alles in der Ewigkeit treffen wird, schuldig seid!”

Any suggestions how to best translate Sündengewühl here?
Timoshka
Local time: 11:08
maelstrom of sin
Explanation:
Psalms 51:10 - Verse for November 13 - Verse a Day
www.versaday.com › Gallery › November
The only escape from your own personal descent into a maelstrom of sin, wretchedness and grief is to cry out like David, Create in me a clean heart, O God​; and ...

Myles Dempsey: Words of Wisdom - Articles - Catholic ...
www.ccr.org.uk › articles › myles-dempsey-words-of-...
... Christ shine through us, so we can be true guides for others who are in danger of being swallowed up in the maelstrom of sin at present enveloping the world.

The Monk - Bookshop
bookshop.org › books › the-monk-9780198704454
... in fact a beautiful woman in disguise. From this moment on Ambrosio finds himself seduced into a lurid maelstrom of sin and vice he finds impossible to resist.

Forgive Us Our Trespasses . . . and the Penitential Psalms - St ...
stanthonysguild.org › forgive-us
23 Jan 2020 — Caught in the maelstrom of sin, many people become paralyzed in hidden states of pain and confusion (cf. Psalms 38 and 143). Perhaps Jesus ...

September | 2019 | Post tenebras lux
posttenebraslux.co.uk › 2019/09
26 Sept 2019 — God is not finished. Into such a maelstrom of sin and rebellion, he has come many times, and bent the people to his will. What cause have we to ...

War of the worlds – Voice for Justice
vfjuk.org.uk › news-updates › war-of-the-worlds
The truth is, humanity is caught in a maelstrom of sin, which is sucking us inexorably into hell. As in the days of Noah, we are under judgment. Yet God, in His ...

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zeugen des gegenwartigen gottes @ brunnen-verlag giessen und ...
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Verführungen, die in eurem Sündengewühl geschehen, ja an allem Jammer, der die Verführten in der Ewigkeit treffen wird, schuldig seid. Diese Hand werde ich ...

Ludwig Hofacker - Gottes Kraft in einem Schwachen
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... Ärgernis, an allen Verführungen, die in eurem Sündengewühl gescheh
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:08
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Thank you! Vielen Dank!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1maelstrom of sin
AllegroTrans
3whirl of iniquity
Lancashireman
3tumult of sin
Wendy Streitparth


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
maelstrom of sin


Explanation:
Psalms 51:10 - Verse for November 13 - Verse a Day
www.versaday.com › Gallery › November
The only escape from your own personal descent into a maelstrom of sin, wretchedness and grief is to cry out like David, Create in me a clean heart, O God​; and ...

Myles Dempsey: Words of Wisdom - Articles - Catholic ...
www.ccr.org.uk › articles › myles-dempsey-words-of-...
... Christ shine through us, so we can be true guides for others who are in danger of being swallowed up in the maelstrom of sin at present enveloping the world.

The Monk - Bookshop
bookshop.org › books › the-monk-9780198704454
... in fact a beautiful woman in disguise. From this moment on Ambrosio finds himself seduced into a lurid maelstrom of sin and vice he finds impossible to resist.

Forgive Us Our Trespasses . . . and the Penitential Psalms - St ...
stanthonysguild.org › forgive-us
23 Jan 2020 — Caught in the maelstrom of sin, many people become paralyzed in hidden states of pain and confusion (cf. Psalms 38 and 143). Perhaps Jesus ...

September | 2019 | Post tenebras lux
posttenebraslux.co.uk › 2019/09
26 Sept 2019 — God is not finished. Into such a maelstrom of sin and rebellion, he has come many times, and bent the people to his will. What cause have we to ...

War of the worlds – Voice for Justice
vfjuk.org.uk › news-updates › war-of-the-worlds
The truth is, humanity is caught in a maelstrom of sin, which is sucking us inexorably into hell. As in the days of Noah, we are under judgment. Yet God, in His ...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 mins (2021-03-13 23:57:47 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

zeugen des gegenwartigen gottes @ brunnen-verlag giessen und ...
info1.sermon-online.com › german › ArnoPagel
PDF
Verführungen, die in eurem Sündengewühl geschehen, ja an allem Jammer, der die Verführten in der Ewigkeit treffen wird, schuldig seid. Diese Hand werde ich ...

Ludwig Hofacker - Gottes Kraft in einem Schwachen
info2.sermon-online.com › german › ArnoPagel
DOC
... Ärgernis, an allen Verführungen, die in eurem Sündengewühl gescheh

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you! Vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM.: // I have nowt against dens of iniquity - as per Lancashireman, and as long as I am esconced therein.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
whirl of iniquity


Explanation:
'maelstrom of sin' is good but 'whirl of iniquity'
a) keeps the w of Gewühl
b) better expresses the idea of dance
c) features an even more pompous version of sin

9 biblical-sounding hits for 'whirl of iniquity'
https://www.google.com/search?q="whirl of iniquity"&oq="whir...

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Petrus Maritz: a waltz of sin
8 hrs

disagree  Eric Zink: "Whirl" is almost never used as a noun except for perhaps in idioms such as "give it a whirl". There is no need to keep the W or to express the idea of a dance (which I'm not seeing in the source text in any case).
1 day 1 hr
  -> Big difference between ‘neutral’ (= not what I would have put) and ‘disagree’ (= this is a mistranslation). Asker clearly states: “From a 19th-century marriage sermon, given to a couple who insisted on celebrating their marriage with a dance".
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tumult of sin


Explanation:
A person is rescued in the waters of baptism from the tumult of sin that is swirling below
https://thecatholicspirit.com/faith/focus-on-faith/faith-fun...

Conversing is silencing the world, silencing the tumult of sin, silencing the clamour of the passions.
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/tbi/genesis-45.h...

Yes, may we experience an exodus, but not so much from the large cities, as from the Babylonian Captivity of the passions and the tumult of sin
http://www.hotca.org/documents/431-resurrection-message-2013

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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