From 27f025e070b0daad6a77ebb1c72c9055a63f1032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 20:01:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'translate/figs-parables/01.md' --- translate/figs-parables/01.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/translate/figs-parables/01.md b/translate/figs-parables/01.md index bcec9dd..e0236d0 100644 --- a/translate/figs-parables/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-parables/01.md @@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ A parable is a short story that is told to teach a truth. Though the events in a ### Examples from the Bible -The parable below teaches that if a person does not have spiritual understanding, he cannot help someone else to understand spiritual things. - >Then he also told them a parable. "Can a blind person guide another blind person? If he did, they would both fall into a pit, would they not?" (Luke 6:39 ULB) -The parable below teaches us not to hide the way we live for God from other people. +This parable teaches that if a person does not have spiritual understanding, he cannot help someone else to understand spiritual things. >Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but rather, on the lampstand, and it shines for everyone in the house. Let your light shine before people in such a way that they see your good deeds and praise your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:15-16 ULB) -The parable below teaches that the kingdom of God may seem small at first, but it will grow and spread throughout the world. +This parable teaches us not to hide the way we live for God from other people. >Then Jesus presented another parable to them. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. This seed is indeed the smallest of all seeds. But when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants. It becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches." (Matthew 13:31-32 ULB) +This parable teaches that the kingdom of God may seem small at first, but it will grow and spread throughout the world. + ### Translation Strategies 1. If a parable is hard to understand because it has unknown things in it, you can replace the unknown things with things that people in your culture know. However, be careful to keep the teaching the same. (See: [Translate Unknowns](../translate-unknown/01.md))