These are the last two words from John 3:16 in the Chinese Union Bible. Although not specifically Christian, this is the way to express ever-lasting life or eternal life in Chinese. In Japanese this can either mean eternal life or immortality.
This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name John
John 14:15
nǐ mén ruò ài wǒ jiù bì zūn shǒu wǒ de mìng lìng
Characters shown above are read vertically, starting from the right
This is the translation of John 14:15 into Chinese.
This translation comes from the Chinese Union Bible which comes from a revised version of the King James. This Chinese Bible was originally translated and printed in 1919 (several revisions since then).
Because of the origin being the KJV, I'll say that in English, this would be, "If ye love me, keep my commandments.".
In basic English, this would be, "If you have love for me, you will keep my laws."
John 14:18
wǒ bù piě xià nǐ mén wéi gū ér wǒ bì dào nǐ mén zhè lǐ lái
Characters shown above are read vertically, starting from the right
This is the translation of John 14:18 into Chinese.
This translation comes from the Chinese Union Bible which comes from a revised version of the King James. This Chinese Bible was originally translated and printed in 1919 (several revisions since then).
Because of the origin being the KJV, I'll say that in English, this would be, "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.".
In basic English, this would be, "I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you."
John 3:16
shén ài shì rén shèn zhì jiāng tā de dú shēng zǐ cì gè tā mén jiào yí qiè xìn tā de bú zhì miè wáng fǎn dé yǒng shēng
Characters shown above are read vertically, starting from the right
This is the full translation of John 3:16 into Chinese.
This translation comes from the Chinese Union Bible which comes from a revised version of the King James. This Chinese Bible was originally translated and printed in 1919 (several revisions since then).
Because of the origin being the KJV, I'll say that in English, this would be, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life".
As with any translation, there are interesting cultural and linguistic issues. For instance, the word used for "world" in Chinese can also mean "common people". So you could say that it means "For God so loved the common people..." This does not take away from the text, as it will be understood with the same meaning and connotation.
There is no direct Greek to Chinese translation in print (that I know of), so this is the best available. Of course, you can ask any Greek person of faith, and they will claim that a bit is lost from the original Greek of the New Testament to any of the English versions of the Bible in print.
John 3:16 (first half)
shén ài shì rén shèn zhì jiāng tā de dú shēng zǐ cì gè tā mén
Characters shown above are read vertically, starting from the right
This is the first half of John 3:16
This reads roughly as, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son".
Translation taken directly from the Chinese Union Bible first printed in 1919.
John
Japanese Katakana
jon
This is the name John written in Katakana (phonetic Japanese).
This name is written in Katakana, a specifically-Japanese character set. This selection MUST be written by our Japanese master calligrapher (sorry, no standard calligraphy service/pricing for this selection).
All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Therefore, allow a few weeks for delivery from the time you place your order. Rush options are available!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "medium size" 4-character wall scroll. As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall. (We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days. Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also
attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over
6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers
in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt
such a feat.
The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
wǒ bù piě xià nǐ mén wéi gū ér wǒ bì dào nǐ mén zhè lǐ lái wo bu pie xia ni men wei gu er wo bi dao ni men zhe li lai wo pu p`ieh hsia ni men wei ku erh wo pi tao ni men che li lai
wo3 bu4 pie3 xia4 ni3 men2 wei2 gu1 er2 wo3 bi4 dao4 ni3 men2 zhe4 li3 lai2 wo pu pieh hsia ni men wei ku erh wo pi tao ni men che li lai
shén ài shì rén shèn zhì jiāng tā de dú shēng zǐ cì gè tā mén jiào yí qiè xìn tā de bú zhì miè wáng fǎn dé yǒng shēng shen ai shi ren shen zhi jiang ta de du sheng zi ci gei ta men jiao yi qie xin ta de bu zhi mie wang fan de yong sheng shen ai shih jen shen chih chiang t`a te tu sheng tzu tz`u t`a men chiao i ch`ieh hsin t`a te pu chih mieh wang fan te yung sheng
shen2 ai4 shi4 ren2 shen4 zhi4 jiang1 ta1 de du2 sheng1 zi3 ci4 gei3 ta1 men2 jiao4 yi2 qie4 xin4 ta1 de bu2 zhi4 mie4 wang2 fan3 de2 yong3 sheng1 shen ai shih jen shen chih chiang ta te tu sheng tzu tzu ta men chiao i chieh hsin ta te pu chih mieh wang fan te yung sheng
shén ài shì rén shèn zhì jiāng tā de dú shēng zǐ cì gè tā mén shen ai shi ren shen zhi jiang ta de du sheng zi ci gei ta men shen ai shih jen shen chih chiang t`a te tu sheng tzu tz`u t`a men
shen2 ai4 shi4 ren2 shen4 zhi4 jiang1 ta1 de du2 sheng1 zi3 ci4 gei3 ta1 men2 shen ai shih jen shen chih chiang ta te tu sheng tzu tzu ta men
If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why I spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "John" listings above.
If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich.
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