The Amish Voice 7
Pennsylvania Deitsh Testa-
ment
If you
would
like
to
obtain a New
Testament with Psalms
and Proverbs in Pennsylvania Deitsh,
they are available for $13.95 postpaid
from the
Commitee for Translaton,
3864 Township Road 162, Sugarcreek,
OH 44681. Phone 330-852-4663.
You do not need to send money ahead
of tme; they will bill you with your
order. Your local Christan bookstore
may also have them available.
In making this translaton, the com-
mitee’s purpose was two-fold: 1) to
adhere as closely as possible to the
Textus Receptus Greek text, which is
closely associated with Luther’s
(German) and the Authorized (English)
version, the two versions most com-
monly in use by the Amish, and 2) to
make the translaton in fuent everyday
Pennsylvania Deitsh as it is spoken in
the home.
The translaton procedures and princi-
ples used in this translaton are basical-
ly those employed by the Wyclife Bible
Translators, and the exegesis closely
follows their series of in-house
“Exegetcal Helps”. The fnal manu-
script was checked for exegetcal accu-
racy by New Testament Greek special-
ists from the Translaton Department
of the Wyclife Bible Translators.
1.
Judgment Day is coming soon
When O sinner, How long tarry
Sleep, slumber no more till noon
Beaten, battered and o so weary
2.
The minute hand ticks on and on
Sands of time running out
Soon it will midnight strike
The clouds depart, a great shout
3.
Wake up! Wake up! All you sinners
Become alert, Fall on your knees
Repent, cry out, be among the winners
Judgment Day is coming, Please!
4.
When the books are opened
Your life story will tell
Give your heart to Jesus
This will save your soul from Hell.
Back in the years when I was growing up,
dad bought a telescope. We would go on top
of the hill and look around. Off in the dis-
tance was a barn with writing that we could
ordinarily not read from the distance which
was about 1½ miles away. With the tele-
scope, we could read the writing which was
an ad for a drug store in Millersburg. That
was impressive to me. It made things look so
much closer.
Later on I had an opportunity to look through
a microscope. That made things nearby even
more nearby. With a microscope you can see
things too small for the eye to see.
Which is more important to life — the tele-
scope or microscope? If you say it depends
on what you want to see, you are right.
Telescope View
In the distance,
things are happening
that will affect us all.
Egypt has had revo-
lutionary changes, as
have a lot of other
countries in the area.
Obviously, for the
believer this will
affect our lives in some way in the future.
Many Muslims have had dreams and visions
about Jesus, and as a result, placed their faith
in Jesus Christ. We need to stand with them
and support them as they will be persecuted.
In China many Christians are in jail for
preaching the gospel. They too need our
prayers and support. When Jesus says
lift up
your eyes
, he wants us to focus on what is
farther away from home.
John 4:35
Say not ye, There are yet four months,
and then cometh harvest? behold, I say
unto you,
Lift up your eyes
, and look on
the fields; for they are white already to
harvest.
When Jesus said this, we believe there was
more to it than simply a grain harvest. He
was referring to the harvest of souls of men.
Today, we can see the need for harvesters
very clearly. We hear of people coming to
our country looking for freedom and peace.
They come from cultures that are completely
different from what we are used to. This is
“telescope view.” But still the need is there
for them to understand God’s plan and will
for their lives.
Since God has only one plan of salvation and
that is through Jesus Christ, his Son, then
how will they know unless we tell them?
Is their religion going to save them?
Jesus did say, He was the only door and any-
one trying another way
was a thief and robber.
Microscope View
Now what is the micro-
scope view, you may
ask? That is when we
examine ourselves and
where we have pleased
or displeased our God. We look inward and
close up.
When I was young, I had a relative who
would reply to those who asked whether we
Amish folks had support for missions by
saying:
“We feel we have enough working on
our own selves to keep us busy.”
This statement is true, if we are to focus only
on ourselves. When we are always self-
focused, we will never get to the bigger
view.
Who then will do the job of harvesting the
immense potential crop?
So what shall we do, then? First, we have to
recognize that what God has given us must
be shared. The good news is that God has
made very great and precious promises that
are ours to claim. As Paul said,
“Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved.”
The reason to conduct ourselves in an orderly
and trustworthy manner is to honor God,
who is likewise orderly and trustworthy.
2 Corinthians 5:17 says:
Therefore if any
man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.
My challenge to you is to take a look at what
God is doing in far away places around the
world and become a part of it. It will change
your life and maybe the life of others.
Eli Stutzman — Ontario Canada
Phone: (519) 866-3737
Telescopes and Microscopes
—Written by Eli Stutzman
Judgment Day is Coming!
—by Cindy Miller