How to Out-Jesus Rick Warren
Praying in Jesus' name in 22 languages.
[ posted 1/23/2009 11:03AM ]
Rick Warren prayed in Jesus' name in four languages in his invocation for the Obama Inauguration. Here's a handy cheat sheet if you want to outdo him while saying grace tonight:
Arabic, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: EE-sa
Aramaic: EEE-sho
Bengali, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Swahili: ye-su
Burmese: ye-SHOO
English: GEE-zes
German: YAY-sus
Hebrew: YESH-yoo-ah
Mandarin: yay-soo
Russian, Greek: ee-SOOS
Spanish, Quechua: he-SOOS
Welsh: ye-SEE
Yoruba, Zulu: GEE-soo
With thanks to Wycliffe Bible Translators and The Jesus Film Project.
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soulaf khalifeh
in Arabic it's 'Ya-sooh'. 'EE-sa' is in Arabic but it's a different name. Muslims call Jesus 'EE-sa' and they don't accept to call Him 'Ya-sooh' because they believe he's just a prophet and 'EE-sa' is His real name!
Mike Irish
who are we to come against one of God's anointed? instead of cutting our brothers (and sisters) down, why not lift them up? mike
maryl
I have a problem with Rick Warren and Obama's inaugural prayer. I'm not sure I would have committed myself to the prayer service with Obama's view and determination to the aboration issue and especially the killing of the child outside the womb. He says he for the women's right to choose. I am too. She can choose to take precautions or not. It's her choice but if she chooses not to then she has no right to kill to correct her mistake. She can correct that mistake through adoption. I do think he did a great job with the Saddleback debate and made some great points with Obama but I wonder where his heart is.