Linguistic Gap Analysis
Linguistic Gap Analysis — Ephesians 1–6 (English → Odia)
Purpose
This document executes Phase 1 Step 8: it identifies where Odia’s existing theological vocabulary (as fixed by the Romans baseline translation_memory.json and extended by the Ephesians core glossary) is sufficient, where it is missing (no adequate existing term; a new compound or coinage is required), and where it is crowded (multiple existing Odia religious terms compete for the same semantic space, requiring deliberate fencing against a specific Odisha devotional collision). It also records every transliteration-vs-paraphrase decision made for Ephesians-specific vocabulary and produces a ranked list of this letter’s highest-risk ambiguities for downstream Phase 2 escalation routing.
This analysis governs, but never contradicts, the baseline Romans Language Package. Every REUSED term below is copied verbatim from translation_memory.json; no baseline rendering is altered.
Section 1 — Full-Book Chapter Coverage Confirmation
Per the FULL-BOOK COVERAGE mandate, every chapter of Ephesians was reviewed for load-bearing vocabulary. All six chapters contribute new or reused terms; none is silent.
| Ch. | Primary Doctrines Present | New Terms Contributed | Reused Terms Anchored | Coverage Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Election and Predestination; Church as Body of Christ (introductory); Mystery of Christ | predestined, purpose, good pleasure, redemption, inheritance, seal, guarantee, blessing, mystery, might, working power, heavenly places, fullness, cosmic powers (1:21) | grace, faith, holy, saints, adoption, resurrection, lord, son of God, glory, power of God, election, providence, church, father, called/calling | REVIEWED — full doctrinal weight |
| 2 | Salvation by Grace through Faith (core passage 2:1–10); Unity of Jews and Gentiles | spiritual death, trespass, wrath, children of wrath, made alive with Christ, raised/seated with Christ, gift of God, works, boast, workmanship, created, walk, dividing wall, one new man, reconciliation, access, temple, dwelling place, household of God, cornerstone, fellow citizens, flesh, sons of disobedience | grace, faith, salvation, sin, law, gentiles, covenant, israel, church, peace | REVIEWED — theological anchor of curriculum |
| 3 | Mystery of Christ Revealed; Unity of Jews and Gentiles; Election (Paul’s stewardship) | mystery, revealed, manifold wisdom, stewardship, fellow heirs, fellow members, access (3:12) | grace, apostle, holy spirit, fellowship, gentiles, mission, power of God, glory | REVIEWED |
| 4 | Gifts for Building Up the Church; Church as Body of Christ; Walking in Newness of Life (transition) | unity of the Spirit, bond of peace, evangelist, pastor, teacher, equipping, building up, maturity, old/new self, renewed mind, grieve the Spirit, walk (4:1,17) | called/calling, apostle, holy spirit, body, head, fullness, church | REVIEWED |
| 5 | Walking in Newness of Life; Household Codes (marriage); Church as Body of Christ (bridal imagery) | sacrifice/offering, impurity, children of light, fruit of light, filled with Spirit, submit, fear/reverence, love of God | church, holy, sanctification, kingdom of God, thanksgiving, body, head, walk | REVIEWED |
| 6 | Household Codes; Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | honor (parents), provoke to anger, bondservant, master (human), armor of God, struggle, belt/breastplate/shield/helmet/sword, cosmic powers (6:12), intercession (implied prayer) | lord (never for human masters), righteousness, faith, salvation, holy spirit | REVIEWED — closes the letter’s doctrinal arc |
No chapter is scope-narrowed to the core passage; Ephesians 2:1–10 remains the theological anchor, not the boundary of analysis.
Section 2 — Doctrine Vocabulary Matrix
| Doctrine | Available Odia Vocabulary | Weaknesses / Semantic Risk | Recommended Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation by Grace through Faith | କୃପା (grace), ବିଶ୍ୱାସ (faith), ପରିତ୍ରାଣ (salvation) — all REUSED, Critical/High | Odisha’s dominant devotional economy (seba, bhoga, pilgrimage merit) frames divine favor as responsive to offering, not unconditionally given; ବିଶ୍ୱାସ risks blending with ଭକ୍ତି’s devotional-surrender sense if the object of trust (Christ specifically) is not kept explicit in context | REUSE baseline terms exactly; add new compound terms for Eph 2:8-9’s argument (ଦାନ “gift,” କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ “works” never କର୍ମ, ଗର୍ବ “boast”) to make the grace/works contrast structurally unambiguous, not just lexically correct |
| Election and Predestination in Christ | ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ମନୋନୟନ (election, REUSED High), ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ପରିଚାଳନା (providence, REUSED High) | Existing vocabulary covers “choice” and “governance” but has no term at all for a specific pre-temporal decision — a genuine vocabulary gap, since ଭାଗ୍ୟ/ନିୟତି (fate) and the astrological graha-determined destiny framework common in Odia folk religion are the nearest available concepts and are exactly wrong | COIN new Critical term ପୂର୍ବନିରୂପିତ (predestined) as a compound distinguishing pre-temporal personal decision from fate/karma/astrology; mandatory theologian review every occurrence (1:5, 1:11) |
| The Church as the Body of Christ | ମଣ୍ଡଳୀ (church, REUSED Medium) covers the assembly, but Ephesians introduces organic-body and temple-dwelling metaphors absent from Romans’ vocabulary | ମନ୍ଦିର/ଦେଉଳ (forbidden per baseline) would directly name the Puri Jagannath temple; ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣତା (fullness) risks collision with the Vedantic Brahman-completeness sense of “purnam”; ମୁଣ୍ଡ/ଶିର (head) risks reading as mere domination rather than life-giving headship | COIN ପବିତ୍ର ନିବାସ (temple/dwelling, avoiding both forbidden words) and ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ବାସସ୍ଥାନ (dwelling place); RETAIN ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣତା and ମୁଣ୍ଡ/ଶିର but attach mandatory translator notes anchoring both to Christ’s personal, relational headship/indwelling, never an impersonal metaphysical totality |
| Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | ଅନ୍ୟଜାତି (gentiles, REUSED Medium), ଇସ୍ରାଏଲ (Israel, REUSED Medium), ନିୟମ (covenant, REUSED High) | No existing vocabulary gap for the historical referents, but the “dividing wall” and “one new man” images have a genuinely double-edged local parallel: Puri’s historic sanctum exclusion of non-Hindus (a wall that stands) vs. the Ananda Bazaar caste-crossing mahaprasad tradition (a wall partially lowered) | COIN ବିଭାଜନର କାନ୍ଥ (dividing wall) and ଏକ ନୂତନ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ (one new man/humanity) as new compounds; use the Ananda Bazaar comparison only as an illustrative bridge, with mandatory language that Christ’s abolition is total, going further than any partial local practice |
| The Mystery of Christ Revealed | ରହସ୍ୟ is the standard Odia word for “mystery/secret” | ରହସ୍ୟ collides directly with the tantric/Vaishnav devotional tradition of guru-diksha esoteric teaching deliberately withheld from the uninitiated — precisely the opposite of Paul’s μυστήριον, which is a truth God himself has now fully and publicly disclosed | RETAIN ରହସ୍ୟ (no better native alternative exists — a genuine “false-friend crowding” case, not a missing-vocabulary case) but require a mandatory translator note at every occurrence (1:9; 3:3-9; 5:32; 6:19) stating explicitly “now revealed to all who believe,” not an initiated elite |
| Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | ଆତ୍ମା (spirit), ଯୁଦ୍ଧ (war/battle, generic) exist but no established Odia Christian compound for Paul’s πανοπλία armor-catalogue | Odisha’s own epic and Shakta traditions supply extremely vivid competing armor/weapon imagery (Arjuna’s celestial astras in regional Mahabharata retellings; Durga/Kali bearing weapons in Shakta iconography prominent at Sambalpur/Ghatagaon) that could unintentionally supply the connotative frame instead of Paul’s defensive-equipping sense | COIN the full armor-piece compound set (ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବର୍ମ and each named piece) built on already-REUSED nouns (ଧାର୍ମିକତା, ବିଶ୍ୱାସ, ପରିତ୍ରାଣ, ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା); explicitly frame as defensive standing-firm equipment, never triumphalist warrior-deity or Rath Yatra procession imagery (already flagged in the Romans baseline) |
| Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | ଅଧୀନ ହେବା (submit), ସମ୍ମାନ (honor), ଦାସ (bondservant) are all standard Odia vocabulary | ଦାସ is also the standard Vaishnav bhakti self-designation (dāsya-bhāva; the poet-saint’s own name “Jagannath Das” = “servant of Jagannath”) — a resonant but risky bridge; κύριος for the human master reuses the very Greek word rendered ପ୍ରଭୁ for Christ, but Odia CANNOT reuse ପ୍ରଭୁ for a human without directly implying Christ-level lordship | RETAIN ଦାସ but ensure the literal socio-economic referent (household servant/slave) is never fully spiritualized away; COIN ମାଲିକ (never ପ୍ରଭୁ) for the human referent, with paraphrase strategy at 6:9 where Paul deliberately plays on the shared Greek term |
| Gifts for Building Up the Church | ଆତ୍ମିକ ଦାନ (spiritual gifts, REUSED Medium), ପ୍ରେରିତ (apostle, REUSED Medium), ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତା (prophet, REUSED Low) cover 3 of the 5 gift-offices in 4:11 | ପାଲକ (pastor/shepherd) resonates with Krishna-Gopala cowherd imagery central to the wider Vaishnav devotional tradition Jagannath is theologically identified with; ଶିକ୍ଷକ (teacher) must avoid the same ଗୁରୁ trap the baseline already flagged for apostle; ପରିପକ୍ୱ ପୁରୁଷ (maturity) must avoid ସିଦ୍ଧ (yogic “perfected being,” a self-attained siddhi) | COIN ପାଲକ, ଶିକ୍ଷକ, ପରିପକ୍ୱ ପୁରୁଷ, ସୁସଜ୍ଜିତ କରିବା as new terms; anchor ପାଲକ explicitly to Christ’s own shepherd self-identification rather than leaving it to default to Gopala association |
| Walking in Newness of Life | ଆଚରଣ (conduct) exists generically | An Odia reader formed by karma-based ethical frameworks may default to hearing “walk/conduct” as merit-accumulating ritual observance rather than the fruit of a salvation already completed by grace | COIN ଆଚରଣ କରିବା as the single stable verb for περιπατέω across all 7 occurrences (2:2,10; 4:1,17; 5:2,8,15), with a standing translator note that this walk is fruit, not means, of standing before God |
Section 3 — Missing Vocabulary vs. Crowded Semantic Neighborhoods
Ephesians’ vocabulary gaps fall into two structurally different categories, requiring two different remediation strategies.
3.1 Missing Vocabulary (no adequate existing Odia term — coinage/compound required)
These concepts have no pre-existing Odia religious or Christian term at all; the risk is not collision but simple absence, so a new compound must be engineered from safe, low-connotation roots.
| Concept | Why No Existing Term Fits | Chosen Strategy |
|---|---|---|
| predestined (προορίζω) | Nearest available words (ଭାଗ୍ୟ, ନିୟତି) are impersonal-fate terms, structurally opposite in meaning | New compound ପୂର୍ବନିରୂପିତ (“determined beforehand”) from neutral roots, no prior religious loading |
| made alive together with Christ (συζωοποιέω) | No single Odia verb exists for “co-resurrection union”; nearest option (ପୁନର୍ଜନ୍ମ) is forbidden | Descriptive compound ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ ସହିତ ସହ-ଜୀବିତ କରାଗଲୁ |
| raised/seated with Christ in heavenly places (συνεγείρω/συγκαθίζω + ἐπουράνιος) | No existing Odia phrase distinguishes a permanent, already-secured heavenly position from Swarga (temporary, merit-exhaustible) | Descriptive compound plus mandatory translator note contrasting permanence with Swarga’s merit-based impermanence |
| one new man / new humanity (καινὸς ἄνθρωπος, corporate sense) | Existing ନୂତନ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ vocabulary (individual “new self,” 4:24) does not by itself carry the corporate, two-groups-fused-into-a-third-reality sense Ephesians 2:15 requires | Same lexical compound reused but flagged with a corporate-sense translator note distinguishing it from the individual old-self/new-self pair in ch. 4 |
| the dividing wall of hostility (μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ) | No fixed Odia idiom for this specific Pauline image | New compound ବିଭାଜନର କାନ୍ଥ |
| whole armor of God (πανοπλία) as a single theological unit | Odia has words for individual weapons/armor but no established compound naming a complete, God-given, defensive equipping set | New compound ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବର୍ମ |
| unity of the Spirit / bond of peace (ἑνότης τοῦ πνεύματος / σύνδεσμος τῆς εἰρήνης) | No existing Odia Christian phrase for this precise Pauline pairing | New compounds built on already-REUSED ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା and ଶାନ୍ତି roots |
3.2 Crowded Semantic Neighborhoods (multiple existing terms compete — fencing required)
These concepts have too much existing vocabulary — several live Odia religious words already occupy the semantic space, each carrying a doctrinally incompatible connotation from a specific regional tradition. The remediation here is not coinage but fencing: choosing the least-contaminated existing word and building a permanent guard-rail (translator note / forbidden-alternatives list) around it.
| Concept | Competing Odia Terms in the Neighborhood | Fence Erected |
|---|---|---|
| works (ἔργον) | କର୍ମ (karma doctrine — moral cause-and-effect across lives, determining rebirth/moksha) vs. କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ (neutral “deed”) | Mandatory: NEVER କର୍ମ. Use କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ identically at 2:9 (excluded) and 2:10 (affirmed). Highest-priority fence in the entire Ephesians package. |
| by nature children of wrath (φύσει τέκνα ὀργῆς) | ସ୍ୱଭାବ (svabhāva — Bhagavad Gita 18’s caste-linked, birth-determined nature; Samkhya guṇas) | Mandatory translator note: this condition is universal to ALL humanity (Jew and Gentile alike) and reversible through grace — NOT a caste-linked, birth-fixed svabhāva |
| mystery (μυστήριον) | ରହସ୍ୟ (also names tantric/guru-diksha esoteric secrets withheld from the uninitiated) | Mandatory translator note at every occurrence: this is a truth God has NOW FULLY REVEALED to all believers, not an esoteric teaching reserved for initiates |
| fullness (πλήρωμα) | ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣତା (also names Vedantic Brahman’s impersonal totality — “purnam adah, purnam idam”) | Mandatory translator note: relational/incarnational — Christ personally filling his own body — not an abstract metaphysical completeness |
| heavenly places (ἐπουράνιος) | ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ (Hindu Swarga — a temporary heavenly realm, exhausted and lost when accumulated puṇya runs out) | Mandatory translator note: permanent, already-secured position in Christ, with no possibility of falling out through exhausted merit |
| temple / dwelling place (ναός / κατοικητήριον) | ମନ୍ଦିର, ଦେଉଳ (both name the Puri Jagannath temple specifically; ଦେଉଳ is the very word for Sri Mandira) | Forbidden per baseline extension. New non-collision compound ପବିତ୍ର ନିବାସ / ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ବାସସ୍ଥାନ substituted entirely |
| armor / warrior imagery | ବର୍ମ, ଖଣ୍ଡା, ଢାଲ (also the vocabulary of regional epic weapon-imagery — Arjuna’s astras — and Shakta warrior-goddess iconography, Durga/Kali) | Mandatory framing: defensive, standing-firm equipment against a personal, already-defeated enemy — never triumphalist warrior-deity or victorious-procession imagery (extends baseline’s Rath Yatra caution) |
| cosmic powers (ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες, πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας) | ଭୁତ/ପିଶାଚ (bhuta/pisācha — malevolent local spirits placated by folk ritual); ନବଗ୍ରହ (navagraha — planetary powers placated by graha-shanti rites) | Mandatory: render identically at all 4 occurrences; explicit note that these are real, personal, organized, ALREADY-DEFEATED beings under Christ’s ultimate authority — not folk spirits requiring propitiation, and not a balanced dualistic cosmology |
| shepherd/pastor (ποιμήν) | ପାଲକ (also evokes Krishna as Govinda/Gopala, the central cowherd-devotional image of the wider Vaishnav tradition with which Jagannath is theologically identified) | Anchor note: rooted in Christ’s own self-identification as shepherd, not left to default to Gopala association |
| bondservant (δοῦλος) / master (κύριος, human) | ଦାସ (also the standard Vaishnav bhakti self-designation — dāsya-bhāva; poet-saint Jagannath Das’s very name); κύριος reused for both Christ and human master in Greek, but Odia ପ୍ରଭୁ CANNOT be reused for the human referent | Fence: literal socio-economic referent of ଦାସ must not be fully spiritualized away; ମାଲିକ mandatory for human κύριος, paraphrase strategy at 6:9’s wordplay |
| sacrifice/offering (θυσία/προσφορά) | ନୈବେଦ୍ୟ (the specific technical term for the daily bhoga food-offering to Jagannath, which becomes mahaprasad) | Forbidden. ବଳିଦାନ (generic sacrificial term) mandated instead, to avoid framing Christ’s death as a devotional food-offering exchanged for favor |
| love (ἀγάπη) | ପ୍ରେମ (shared with the romantic-devotional viraha/prema-bhakti poetry of Krishna-devotion prominent in Odia Vaishnav/Panchasakha literature) | Fence: consistently anchor to God/Christ as unilateral, self-giving subject; distinguish from mutual longing-love cultivated through ritual devotion |
Section 4 — Transliteration vs. Paraphrase Decisions
| Term | Decision | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Χριστός (Christ) | Transliterate: ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ (Khrīṣṭa) | Established Odia Bible-translation convention per baseline 12_ai_translation_requirements.md; a semantic paraphrase (“Anointed One”) would be unnecessary and inconsistent with existing usage |
| μυστήριον (mystery) | Paraphrase using existing word + fence, not transliterate | A Greek transliteration (e.g., “misteriona”) would be opaque to readers and would forfeit the chance to correct the ରହସ୍ୟ false-friend directly through a translator note; native ରହସ୍ୟ retained but fenced (see 3.2) |
| Ἀββά (Abba) | Transliterate (already established in baseline): ଆବ୍ବା | Not present in Ephesians directly, but the intimacy register it establishes for “Father” carries into Eph 1:2,3; 2:18; 3:14; retained for consistency, not reintroduced as a new decision |
| ἀρραβών (guarantee/pledge) | Paraphrase: ଜାମିନ (standard financial-pledge word) | No theological transliteration tradition exists for this term; a plain commercial-pledge word carries the intended sense with minimal risk |
| πανοπλία and each armor-piece compound (belt, breastplate, shield, helmet, sword) | Paraphrase/compound, built from existing Odia nouns | No prior transliteration tradition; compounding onto already-fenced REUSED nouns (ଧାର୍ମିକତା, ବିଶ୍ୱାସ, ପରିତ୍ରାଣ, ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା) preserves doctrinal continuity with the Romans baseline rather than introducing new unfenced vocabulary |
| κοσμοκράτορες and the cosmic-powers cluster | Paraphrase (multi-word compound cluster), not transliteration | A transliterated Greek loan-word would be unintelligible to the target reading level (Class 8–10 Odia); the four-term Odia cluster (ଆଧିପତ୍ୟ, କର୍ତ୍ତୃତ୍ୱ, ଅନ୍ଧକାରର ଜଗତ-ଶାସକ, ଦୁଷ୍ଟ ଆତ୍ମିକ ଶକ୍ତିଗଣ) must render identically at all 4 occurrences to preserve the sense of one consistent enemy category |
| ἀπολύτρωσις (redemption) | Paraphrase compound: ଉଦ୍ଧାର (ମୂଲ୍ୟ ଦେଇ ଉଦ୍ଧାର) | No separate transliteration tradition for “redemption” distinct from “salvation” exists in Odia Christian usage; compounding “deliverance” with “having paid a price” keeps the atonement-cost sense visible without opening a second forbidden-word front alongside ପରିତ୍ରାଣ |
| Ἀμήν / Ἁλληλουϊά (Amen/Hallelujah, cross-referenced from baseline, present at doxological points e.g. 3:21) | Transliterate (per baseline): ଆମେନ, ହାଲେଲୁୟା | Universally established Odia Christian liturgical transliterations; no paraphrase alternative exists or is desirable |
| δοῦλος (bondservant) | Paraphrase using existing word, not transliteration | ଦାସ already exists as a live Odia word with both a devotional (dāsya-bhāva) and literal socio-economic sense; transliterating the Greek would forfeit the opportunity to fence the existing collision directly |
General rule derived: Transliteration is reserved for proper names and already-fixed liturgical exclamations (Christ, Amen, Hallelujah, Abba). Every newly-arising Ephesians-specific theological concept is handled by paraphrase/compounding from existing Odia roots, because (a) transliterated Greek loanwords fall below the Class 8–10 readability target, and (b) paraphrase permits deliberate word-selection that actively avoids or fences a collision, which a bare transliteration cannot do.
Section 5 — Ranked List of Highest-Risk Ambiguities in Ephesians
Ranked by combined severity of doctrinal distortion risk × likelihood of default misreading by an Odia reader formed in Jagannath-devotional and broader Hindu religious vocabulary. All items below are Critical or High tier per bible_term_registry.json extensions and require mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence in Phase 2.
- ἔργον → କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ, never କର୍ମ (Eph 2:9–10). Highest risk in the letter. Reintroducing the karma doctrine through the very word chosen to deny it would invert the entire argument of the core passage (2:1–10) — grace excluding works, works as grace’s fruit, not its cause.
- φύσει τέκνα ὀργῆς → ସ୍ୱଭାବରେ କ୍ରୋଧର ସନ୍ତାନ (Eph 2:3). Direct collision with caste-linked, birth-determined svabhāva doctrine; if misheard as birth-fixed, it would contradict Paul’s point that this condition is shared equally by all humanity and is reversible.
- κύριος (human referent) → ମାଲିକ, never ପ୍ରଭୁ (Eph 6:5, 6:9). The single passage in Ephesians where the Greek text itself plays on the double sense the baseline forbids collapsing; a translation error here would either strip Paul’s rhetorical point or accidentally confer Christ-level lordship on a human slave-owner.
- ναός/κατοικητήριον → ପବିତ୍ର ନିବାସ, never ମନ୍ଦିର/ଦେଉଳ (Eph 2:21–22). Extends the baseline’s sharpest single collision (Puri temple naming) into new territory; a lapse here would make the church read as architecturally identified with the Jagannath sanctum.
- ἀρχαί/ἐξουσίαι/κοσμοκράτορες/πνευματικά → cosmic-powers cluster (Eph 1:21; 2:2; 3:10; 6:12). Four occurrences requiring identical rendering; risk of drifting toward bhuta/pisācha folk-spirit or navagraha astrological-propitiation frameworks, which would reintroduce exactly the anxious placation-logic Christ’s victory abolishes.
- μυστήριον → ରହସ୍ୟ (fenced) (Eph 1:9; 3:3–9; 5:32; 6:19). Four occurrences; without the mandatory “now revealed to all” note, readers formed by guru-diksha esoteric-secrecy tradition would hear the opposite of Paul’s meaning.
- προορίζω → ପୂର୍ବନିରୂପିତ (Eph 1:5, 1:11). New coinage with zero prior Odia Christian usage to anchor it; highest risk of silent drift toward ଭାଗ୍ୟ/ନିୟତି fatalism if the compound is not consistently reinforced with catechetical explanation in Phase 2/3 materials.
- θυσία/προσφορά → ବଳିଦାନ, never ନୈବେଦ୍ୟ (Eph 5:2). A single lapse into ନୈବେଦ୍ୟ would reframe the cross as a devotional food-offering exchanged for favor rather than a unique, unrepeatable, atoning self-sacrifice.
- ἐπουράνιος → ସ୍ୱର୍ଗୀୟ ସ୍ଥାନ (fenced against Swarga) (Eph 1:3,20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12). Four occurrences; the merit-exhaustible impermanence of Hindu Swarga is a strong default misreading absent the mandatory note.
- πλήρωμα → ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣତା (fenced against Vedantic purnam) (Eph 1:23; 3:19; 4:13). Risk of collapsing Paul’s relational, incarnational “Christ filling his body” into an impersonal Brahman-completeness abstraction.
- συζωοποιέω → “made alive together with Christ” compound (Eph 2:5). Adjacent to the baseline’s Critical resurrection/rebirth fence; any drift toward ପୁନର୍ଜନ୍ମ vocabulary would reintroduce reincarnation logic into the heart of the core passage.
- δοῦλος → ଦାସ (fenced) (Eph 6:5–8). Risk of the passage’s concrete socio-economic referent (household servant) dissolving entirely into devotional dāsya-bhāva self-designation, losing Paul’s specific ethical instruction to actual servants and masters.
- ποιμήν → ପାଲକ (fenced against Gopala) (Eph 4:11). Lower structural risk than items above but high cultural resonance risk given the centrality of Krishna-Gopala imagery in the region’s devotional imagination.
- ἀνὴρ τέλειος → ପରିପକ୍ୱ ପୁରୁଷ, never ସିଦ୍ଧ (Eph 4:13). Risk of corporate, ongoing, grace-dependent maturity being reheard as an individually attained yogic siddhi.
- ἀγάπη → ପ୍ରେମ (fenced against prema-bhakti) (Eph 1:4; 2:4; 3:17–19; 5:2,25). Lowest-ranked Critical/High item; risk is real but more readily corrected by immediate context (God/Christ as unilateral subject) than the items above.
Section 6 — Carry-Forward Notes for Core Glossary and Translation Memory Update
- All fenced terms in Section 3.2 require a mandatory translator note flag in
translation_memory.json’s eventual Ephesians extension, following the same[TRANSLATOR NOTE: ...]convention already established in12_ai_translation_requirements.md. - The four-occurrence consistency requirements (cosmic powers cluster; heavenly places; fullness; mystery; walk/περιπατέω) must be tracked as a checklist in Phase 2 Step 16 segment processing, since parallel-worker translation increases the risk of inconsistent rendering across chapters.
- Item 1 (ἔργον/κάρyа vs. κάρμα) and item 3 (κύριος human referent) are recommended as the two segments requiring double theologian sign-off (not single-reviewer sign-off) given their proximity to the core passage and to the baseline’s own sharpest forbidden-term precedent (ପ୍ରଭୁ/ଠାକୁର).
- No gap identified above requires borrowing vocabulary outside the existing Odia lexicon; all coinages are compounds of already-safe roots, consistent with the Class 8–10 reading-level target set in the baseline requirements document.
This document feeds directly into the Ephesians extension of translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and doctrine_risk_registry.json in the next Phase 1 step, and must be loaded alongside analysis/08_core_glossary.md before any Phase 2 translation of Ephesians segments begins.