Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/Notes—Religious

by Lim Hiong Seng

Lesson XXXIII.
Notes—Religious.

爾禮拜日有去禮拜或無

Lṳ́ lói-pài-jít ũ khṳ̀ lói-pài a-bô?

Do you go to worship on Sunday?

有。我每個禮拜去

Ũ, uá kâi-kâi lói-pài khṳ̀

Yes, I go every Sunday.

爾是天主教或不是

Lṳ́ sĩ Thien-tsú-kà a m̄-sĩ?

Are you a Roman Catholic?

阮是耶穌教

Ún sĩ Iâ-sou-kà

We are Protestant.

爾是傳道理之人或不是

Lṳ́ sĩ thuân-tõ-lí--kâi-nâng a m̄-sĩ?

Are you a preacher?

是。爾有要聽零些否

Sĩ, lṳ́ ũ àiⁿ-thiaⁿ lân-ló mē?

Yes, do you wish to hear me a little?

我有閑。我來去禮拜堂聽

Uá ũ-ôiⁿ, uá lâi-khṳ̀ lói-pài-tn̂g thiaⁿ

If I have time, I shall go to the church and hear.

今日菴埠閙𤍠

Kíaⁿ-jît Am-pou lãu-jiét

To-day is a festival day in Am-pou.

做弍拾棚戯。共迊老爺

Tsò jī-tsáp-pêⁿ hì, kah iâⁿ-lãu-iâ

They have twenty theatre stages besides a procession.

來去遊玩

Lâi-khṳ̀ thit-thô

Let us go for amusement.

我要去拜老爺

Uá àiⁿ-khṳ̀ pài-lãu-iâ

I am going to worship the idol.

要去拜媽祖

Aìⁿ-khṳ̀-pài Máⁿ-tsóu

I wish to worship the Goddess of sailors.

明天要迎老爺

Màⁿ-khí àiⁿ iâⁿ-lãu-iâ

There will be a procession to-morrow.

時節着拜亞公

Sî-tsoih tiéh pài-a-kong

We must worship our ancestors on festival days.

淸明着去祭掃

Chheng-mêng tiéh-khṳ̀ kùe-tsúa

On the festival of tombs, we must go to worship the graves.

子兒着行孝父母

Kiáⁿ-jî tiéh kiâⁿ-hàu pẽ-bó

Children must show filial piety towards their parents.

請和尚來讀經

Chhiáⁿ hûe-sièⁿ lâi thák-keng

Engage a Buddhist priest to come and recite prayers.

用伍性來奉

Ēng ngóu-se lâi-hõng

Make an offering of five kinds.

燒香㸃燭

Sie-hieⁿ, tiám-chek

Burn the incense-sticks, and light the candles.