The Bible’s message is very comforting & offers hope for the future. Here are a few things we are learning to help us share the Bible’s message in Chinese.
Useful Phrases
Qǐng zài shuō yī biàn (or yī cì). =Please say that again.
Wǒ tīng bù dǒng. = I hear but don’t understand.
Wǒ bù míngbai nǐ shuō shénme. = I don’t get the meaning of what you said.
The following questions are useful when first meeting someone:
Nín guì xìng? = What’s your surname? (formal and polite)
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? = What’s your name? (informal)
Nǐ zhù zài nǎli? = Where do you live?
Basic Presentation
Wŏ gĕi nĭ hăo xiāoxi = I give you good news
Wǒmen sòng yīběn shū gěi nǐ. Shū lǐ gàosu nǐ yījiàn hǎo shì.
We freely translated version book give you. Book inside tell you view good correct.
Wǒmen hěn lèyì bāng Zhōngguórén liǎojiě Shèngjīng.
We very willing help Chinese people understand Bible.
Yēhéhuá Shàngdì xīwàng suǒyǒu rén dōu míngbái Shèngjīng.
Jehovah God wish people all understand Bible
Qǐng nǐ gēn women yīqǐ xuéxí Shèngjīng.
Please you and we together study Bible.
Presentation 3
Many people very value education. You think that one type education benefit most permanently?
Bible say at John 17:3 “ They constant absorb knowledge, know you this only one true God ….come near can have eternal life.”
If you enjoy this type knowledge, I can and you together study Bible.
Presentation 4
Nǐhǎo, wǒ xìng …Wǒ bàifǎng nǐ de mùdì shì shuōmíng Shèngjīng gěi women de xīwàng shì shénme. Qǐng kàn Shèngjīng zài Shīpiān dì sānshíqī piān dì jiǔ jié zěnme shuō: (dúchū) Wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ huì xǐhuān zhù zài yí gè méiyǒu huàirén de shìjiè lǐ, duì bú duì? Wèile zhù zài zhèyàng de shìjiè lǐ, wǒmen bìxū zuò shénme ne? Qǐng nǐ kàn sānshísì jié : (dúchū) Wǒmen zěnyàng xuéxí Yēhéhuá de huàyǔ? Zhè běn shū huì bāngzhù nǐ, qǐng líuxiàlái kàn. Zhè běn shū méiyǒu dìngjià. Wǒmen lèyì jīeshòu zìyuàn de juānkuǎn.
Talking about the New World
Shàngdì yīngxǔ, tā yào bǎ dìqiú biànchéng lèyuán. Zài lèyuán lǐ suǒyǒu de mínzú dōu xiàng yīgè dà jiātíng yīyàng hémù gòngchǔ. Wèishéme suǒyǒu rén néng hémù xiāngchǔ ne? Yīnwèi zhù zài lèyuán lǐ de dōu shì hǎorén, méiyǒu huàirén.
Lèyuán hǎoxiàng měilì de huāyuán yīyàng. Lèyuán lǐ huì yǒu gèzhǒnggèyàng de shùmù, wǔcǎibīnfēn de huāduǒ——yǒu hóngsè, huángsè, lán sè, báisè děngděng. Yēhéhuá hái huì tígōng fēngfù de shíwù.
Nà shíhou Shàngdì huì chōngfèn de “mǎnzú… zhòngshēng de yuànwàng.” (Shīpiān 145:16)
Introducing a return visit at the end of your presentation:
Wǒ xiǎng xiàgèxīngqī zàilái bàifǎng nǐ, hǎoma? Nǐ shénme shíhòu yǒu kòng? Xiàgèxīngqī jiàn!
Return Visits
Nǐ hǎo! Shàng cì wǒ gěile nǐ yī tào zázhì. Xiànzài wǒ lái tígōng miǎnfèi de Shèngjīng xuéxí. Rúguǒ nǐ yǒu xìngqù, wǒ xiǎng yòng jǐ fēnzhōng de shíjiān shìfàn yīxià qítā de rén shì zěnyàng xuéxí Shèngjīng de. Wǒmen kěyǐ tǎolùn yīxià zhè běn shū de rènhé yīgè tímù. Qǐngwèn, nǐ duì nǎgè tímù zuì yǒu xìngqù ne?
Zhùhù Ràng wǒ kànkàn. Wǒ duì “Shàngdì shì yī wèi zěnyàng de shén?” bǐjiào yǒu xìngqù. Dànshì, wǒ gèng xiǎng zhīdào wǒmen wèishéme huì shuāilǎo hé sǐwáng. Wǒ duì “Shàngdì wèishéme róngxǔ rén shòukǔ?” zhège tímù zuì yǒu xìngqù.
Bible Teach Book Presentation
Nǐ rènwéi shìjiè yǒu yì tiān huì chéngwéi zhèyàng de lèyuán ma ? Qǐng liúyì zhēnshén qǐshì de shū zěnyàng yīngxǔ yí ge měihǎo de qiánjǐng. Duì nǎ yígè yīngxǔ nǐ zuì gǎn xìngqù ne?
A lot to learn, but it will be worth it.
LikeLike