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L'Eternel est Mon Berger

9:03 PM - Jul. 29, 2007 - Add to the Wildness

We started reading the Bible bilingually as a family, preparing for the eventuality that we may get to visit Quebec, where my brother and sister-in-law live. Click here for more on that. Anyway, after the kids ran off to bed this evening, I thought to myself, "I wonder--reading different English versions can bring out nuances; I bet reading it in French can too." (No, I don't actually use semicolons in my random thoughts, but that's beside the point.)

So I sat down and read the twenty-third Psalm. Let me start by saying that many words are more beautiful on the tongue in French than in English. What is a "song of David" in English is a cantique de David in French.

It only took one verse for it to hit me. Y'know that feeling, as a stay-at-home mom, as a homeschooling parent, even as a married person without all the freedoms the world dangles in front of us? The feeling that says, "You're missing out"?

L'Eternel est mon berger;
Je ne manquerai de rien.

The Eternal is my shepherd;
I won't be missing a thing.

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That is very cool. I was out of money when a man in Haiti asked if I wanted to purchase a Bible in Creole. I hope to get one on my next trip.

But... the translation ~ people ask me all the time what I am going to do to make sure that Beverly and David maintain their Haitian culture and I tell them, "I can't." When they learn English, and the definitions of the words ~ when they learn to express themselves in our language, they will necessarily become us. Language is the vehicle we use to trasfer our values. Alexander the Great new this truth. As he conquered a nation; that nation was forced to become a Greek speaking nation.
AcceptanceWithJoy - 4:30 PM - Jul. 30, 2007

Hope you don't mind!
I am tagging you!!

Lisa
swirley9 - 12:05 PM - Aug. 2, 2007

You inspire me to learn French.
I really want the kids to learn French but here it is far more practical to learn Spanish-- it can be used periodically in almost any state in the US now.

Of course, it is similar. We are trying to learn Latin and so we do the Pater Noster (Lord's Prayer) and the table blessing and some things like that in Latin and it sounds so poetic.

How is TYDOS doing? We have two coop's that we are getting most of our food from and they are both pretty good. I am in WA right now and headed to AK but when I return I am going to post pictures of my raised beds that I am starting.

Blessings, Terrill
tbrowne - 1:43 PM - Aug. 10, 2007

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