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1 | Finding Christianity in Japan, Where Believers Are a Small Minority | Mahita ny Kristianisma Ao Japana, Izay Vitsy An'isa Ny Mpino. |
2 | Sunset illuminates a crucifix. | Masoandro mody manazava ny hazofijaliana. |
3 | Image courtesy Flickr user Sharon. | Sary avy amin'ilay mpisera Flickr, Sharon. |
4 | In terms of number of followers, Christianity is often considered a major world religion. | Eo amin'ny isan'ny mpanara-dia, sokajiana matetika ho fivavahana lehibe manerantany ny Kristianina. |
5 | However, there are very few Christians in Japan, where less than 1% of the population observes the Christian faith. | Na izany aza, vitsy dia vitsy ny Kristianina ao Japàna, izay latsaky ny 1% n'ny mponina no manome lanja ny finoana Kristianina. |
6 | In Japan, spirituality as it is understood and practiced in the West or in the Judeo-Christian tradition is not common. | Tsy fahita firy ao Japàna ny ara-panahy araka ny ahafantarana sy ahazoana azy any amin'ny firenena Tandrefana na eo amin'ny fomban-drazana Jodeo-kristianina. |
7 | For the average Japanese person, Christianity is associated mainly with getting married in a faux chapel with a faux priest. | Hoan'ny Japoney antonontonony, ny Kristianina dia ampifandraisina betsaka amin'ny mariazy any amin'ny trano fiangonana sandoka miaraka amin'ny pasitera sandoka. |
8 | What an awesome chapel wedding (/_;)/ | Tena mahafinaritra ity trano-fiangonana fanaovana mariazy ity (/_;)/ |
9 | Using pseudonyms, some Japanese people are going online to profess their Christian faith. | Amin'ny fampiasana solon'anarana, miditra aterineto ny Japoney sasany mba hanambara ampahibemaso ny finoana mahakristianina azy ireo. |
10 | One blog post in particular has prompted dozens of comments about Christianity in Japan. | Lahatsoratra bilaogy iray ohatra namoaka fanehoan-kevitra am-polony momba ny Kristianina ao Japàna. |
11 | In the blog post, an anonymous blogger in Japan describes his relationship with Christianity: | Ao amin'ny lahatsoratra bilaogy, bilaogera tsy mitonona anarana iray ao Japana namariparitra ny fifandraisany amin'ny Kristianisma: |
12 | I have an inferiority complex: why is it that the people around me are so successful, yet I can accomplish nothing? | Mahatsiaro tena ho latsaka ambany aho: nahoana no toa mahomby ireo olona manodidina ahy, kanefa tsy mba mahavita na inona na inona aho? |
13 | So when others around me are cold to me, I feel like crying with sorrow and rage, and wonder why it is that I alone must suffer like this. | Ka rehefa mihatakataka amiko ny hafa manodidina ahy, mahatsiaro te-hitomany amin'alahelo sy hatezerana aho, ary manontany tena hoe nahoana no izaho irery no tsy maintsy mijaly tahaka izao. |
14 | It's often said that if you want to change the world, then you must change yourself. | Matetika lazaina fa raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao ianao, dia tsy maintsy manova ny tenanao. |
15 | And it came to me in a flash. | Ary tonga tamiko tahaka ny tselatra izany. |
16 | Maybe all that I can do is accept that there's some sort of divine being who loves me. | Angamba ny hany azoko atao dia ny manaiky fa misy karazana andriamanitra tia ahy. |
17 | Speaking truthfully, however, I don't believe that God exists, and so it is hard for me to say that I have faith. | Raha ny marina anefa, tsy mino aho fa misy Andriamanitra, ka sarotra ho ahy ny milaza fa manam-pinoana aho. |
18 | But I tried assuming God exists and imagined myself loved by that kind of existence, which led me to thank him for his abundant love. | Saingy niezaka nanaiky aho fa misy Andriamanitra ary nandinika ny tenako aho fa tian'izany karazana fisiana izany, izay nitarika ahy hisaotra azy noho ny fitiavany lehibe. |
19 | I never experienced something better than this thankfulness. | Tsy mbola niaina zavatra tsara kokoa mampisy fankasitrahana toy izany. |
20 | I am ashamed to say that made me realise how I had been unthankful to others. | Menatra aho milaza ny fahatsapako fa tsy mba nankasitraka ny hafa aho. |
21 | The blogger here is conflicted; he wants to have Christian faith, but is unsure if God even exists. | Sahiran-kevitra ny bilaogera iray eto, te hanana finoana kristianina izy, saingy tsy tena mino fa misy Andriamanitra. |
22 | However, it seems religious devotion brought the blogger bewilderment as well as joy. | Na dia izany aza, sady nahasanganehana no nahafaly ilay bilaogera ny fahazotoana ara-pivavahana. |
23 | Oh, but wait, isn't this a typical pattern of involvement with a religion? | Andraso, tsy endrika miavaka amin'ny fandraisana anjara amin'ny fivavahana ve izany? |
24 | Or am I already involved with it? | Sa efa tafiditra amin'izany aho? |
25 | I cannot expel something that has made an impression on my heart. | Tsy afaka handroaka zavatra nahasarika ny foko aho. |
26 | It is too late to think it over anyway. | Tara loatra ihany koa ny hieritreritra azy ho efa tapitra. |
27 | The doctrine teaches me to how to live life as a human and it all sounds very decent to me. | Mampianatra ahy ny foto-pinoana hiaina amin'ny mahaolombelona ary hitako fa tena mety amiko izany. |
28 | I am inclined to listen to it, and live a spiritually rich life by coming closer, but I cannot make up my mind because it is a religion. | Te-hihaino izany aho, ary hiaina fiainam-panahy be dia be arakaraka ny anatonana akaiky, saingy tsy mahafolaka ny saiko aho satria fombam-pivavahana izany. |
29 | I guess my parents would not like me believing in religion. | Mino aho fa tsy tian'ny ray aman-dreniko aho mitoky amin'ny fombam-pivavahana. |
30 | Oh well, since they contradict me no matter what I do, what I do makes little difference. | Eny, rehefa manohitra ahy izy ireo amin'izay ataoko, ny ataoko mampisy fiovana kely. |
31 | I must keep this feeling secret. | Tsy maintsy mitahiry ity fahatsapana ity ho tsiambaratelo aho. |
32 | Many commenters responded negatively to the post. | Maro tamin'ireo mpaneho hevitra no namaly nanohitra ny lahatsoratra. |
33 | Commenter takass32 denied the existence of a god. | Mpaneho hevitra iray takass32 nandà ny fisian'andriamanitra. |
34 | I suppose the ability to imagine or believe in a non-existent person who is honorable and tolerant of yourself is the essence of religious devotion. | Heveriko fa ny fahavitana maka sary an-tsaina na mino “anarana” tsy misy izay mendri-kaja sy mpandefitra aminao no fototry ny fanolora-tena ara-pivavahana. |
35 | honeybe, another commenter on the blog post, had a more positive opinion about having faith, but also made it a point to highlight the negative aspects of religion. | Nanana hevitra tsara kokoa amin'ny fananana finoana i honeybee, mpaneho hevitra iray hafa tao amin'ny lahatsoratra bilaogy, saingy nanasongadina ny lafy ratsin'ny fivavahana ihany koa. |
36 | There is nothing wrong with getting involved with a religion unless you generate a negative effect on people around you, such evangelising persistently, trying to sell religious tracts, or imposing religious ideas. | Tsy misy maha ratsy ny miditra amin'ny fombam-pivavahana raha tsy hoe miteraka fiantraikany ratsy amin'ny olona manodidina anao ianao, tahaka ny fandresen-dahatra tsy an-kiato, miezaka mivarotra bokikely ara-pivavahana, na manery hanaraka foto-kevitra ara-pivavahana. |
37 | Commenter ketudan considered the possibility that the blogger may be in danger of joining a cult. | Mpaneho hevitra iray, ketudan, kosa nihevitra fa mety hidiran-doza amin'ny fidirana amin'ny fombam-pivavahana ny bilaogera. |
38 | Unfortunately, there are tons of cults and new religions that define themselves as “Christian”, so I advise you to Google the name of that church or the religion. | Indrisy, maro dia maro ireo fivavahana sy fiangonana vaovao izay mamaritra ny tenany ho “Kristianina”, ka manoro hevitra anao aho hiditra Google hijery ny anaran'izany fiangonana na fivavahana izany. |
39 | I had a homework assignment once to attend a service in the past so I visited “a decent church” in the neighborhood, but what I found there was a kooky cult in which someone pretending to be a minister played the guitar in a Japanese-style room. | Efa nanana enti-mody aho indray mandeha mba hanatrika lanonana ka nitsidika “fiangonana mendrika” tao amin'ny manodidina aho, saingy fivavahana adaladala ahitana olona milaza fa minisitra nitendry gitara tao anaty efi-trano miendrika Japoney no hitako. |
40 | gohankun felt sympathy for the sheer difficulty of having a religious faith in Japan. | Nahatsapa fangorahana noho ny mahasarotra ny fananana finoana ara-pivavahana ao Japàna i gohankun. |
41 | It sure is tiring to have a particular religion in Japan. | Azo antoka fa mandreraka ny manana fivavahana manokana ao Japana. |
42 | I have undergone hardships because I come from a Christian family and I am a Christian, too. | Nandalo fahasarotana aho satria avy amin'ny fianakaviana kristianina ary Kristianina koa ny tenako. |
43 | I still suffer sometimes. | Mbola mijaly aho indraindray. |
44 | There are times when I wish I had been born in the West. | Misy fotoana aho maniry fa tokony teraka tany Andrefana. |
45 | Life would be much easier then. | Ho mora kokoa ny fiainana amin'izay. |
46 | Commenter nows_s came to the conclusion that religion is just another way to get through life. | Nihevitra ny mpaneho-hevitra iray nows_s fa fomba iray hafa hamakivakiana ny fiainana ny fombam-pivavahana. |
47 | Life is too much for one person to confront, so we submit to the gods, rely on a country, or become addicted to love affairs, two-dimensional characters, nicotine, or alcohol. | Mafy loatra hoan'ny olona ny fanatrehana ny fiainana, ka manolo-tena amin'ireo andriamanitra isika, miantehitra amin'ny firenena iray, na lasa miankin-doha amin'ny fandraharahana, olona manana toetra roa, nikôtinina, na zava-pisotro misy alikaola. |
48 | If that somehow enables us to live an easy life, then, what's the problem? | Raha ahafahantsika manamora kokoa ny fiainana izany, inona ny olana ? |