tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post7167252801058693073..comments2023-10-23T11:50:35.699-07:00Comments on Marks of Authentic Mission: Jesus' teaching on 'play acting' and prayer.Andrew Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714318748847734699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-16752568618983675772010-05-04T21:54:08.367-07:002010-05-04T21:54:08.367-07:00Sorry, brother, but I had to laugh a little when r...Sorry, brother, but I had to laugh a little when reading The Message paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer. Certainly not going to make its way into any formal liturgies too soon, but nonetheless it captures a lively intention.<br /><br />Amazing what a difference it makes to use a version in a very different dialect than the one we're accustomed to.<br /><br />Here's the Lord's Prayer in the Gullah dialect of coastal Georgia and South Carolina...<br /><br />We Fada wa dey een heaben,<br />leh ebrybody hona ya name.<br />We pray dat soon ya gwine<br />rule oba de wol.<br />Wasoneba ting ya wahn,<br />leh um be so een dis wol<br />same like dey een heaben.<br />Gii we de food wa we need<br />dis day yah an ebry day.<br />Fagib we fa we sin,<br />same like we da fagib<br />dem people wa do bad ta we.<br />Leh we dohn hab haad test<br />wen Satan try we.<br />Keep we fom ebil.<br /><br />(The doxology is missing in this text.)<br /><br />Gullah is a creole used by black people who have inhabited the coastal islands from slavery times till now. Their dialect is considered an actual language, but because the spelling conforms to standard English whenever possible, I'd like to say its an American English dialect. Also, once you hear a bit of it, you begin to understand it.<br /><br />Just like I am starting a Greek New Testament blog (which will soon have real recordings, not just my first attempt at a recording, which is all that's there now), I've been thinking about recording selected passages of the Gullah New Testament in another new blog, to be called, "De good nyews bout Jedus Christ wa Roman blogg". Let's see if I follow thru with this idea.<br /><br />Thanks for posting the Word of God, which is always better than anything we could ever blog!Ρωμανός ~ Romanóshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212143017939554092noreply@blogger.com