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Subject:Commemorative plate - translation help needed
Posted By: Chris Mon, Jun 06, 2016 IP: 89.73.49.33

I need help by translation of inscription on silver commemorative plate





Subject:Re: Commemorative plate - translation help needed
Posted By: Supe Sat, Jun 18, 2016

How, when and where did you obtain this piece? Did you check for the purity of silver? Thnx.
I can translate this after I heard from you.

Subject:Re: Commemorative plate - translation help needed
Posted By: Chris Sun, Jun 19, 2016

I bought it on flea market in Berlin. I have not checked purity of silver but it looks like silver

Subject: 善牧群羊 正定縣 神昭會 喜爾牧師
Posted By: Super Mon, Jun 20, 2016

This is a gift (memento)that was given to the Rev. (pastor, minster) 喜爾 (Xi Er) and his wife upon their departures from the 正定縣 Zhengding County, located in Hebei Province, by the congregation (disciples, members)of the Zhengding County Assemblies of Gods (church).

In the first sentence at the right of the plate, from top to bottom:
喜爾 - the Chinese name of the reverend who preached there; he was probably an American or other non-Chinese guts;
牧師 - minister, pastor;
夫婦 - husband and wife;
離 - leaving, departing from;
正 - 正定縣 Zhengding County, located in Hebei Province.
紀念 - commemorate, memento

The 4 large characters in the middle, from right to left are:

善牧群羊 - the good shepherd of the flock of sheep

The first sentence to the left of the 4 large Chinese characters:

First sentence:

Gifted respectfully by the congregation of the Zhengding County Assemblies of Gods

Second sentence:

May (fifth month) (with date blank, not engraved), 1940. It almost appears that they did not have time to engrave the departure date because the minister and his probably left in a hurry. That was understandable since it was in the midst of WW2. I could not establish the exact identity of the minister.

Hope this helps.

Super

神昭會

The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblies_of_God

Subject:Re: 善牧群羊 正定縣 神昭會 喜爾牧師
Posted By: Chris Tue, Jun 21, 2016

Thank you very much for translation. I am very grateful. It was interesting piece and I wanted now much about it. It looks that is a quiet rare thing

Subject:Re: 善牧群羊 正定縣 神昭會 喜爾牧師
Posted By: Super Wed, Jun 22, 2016

You are very welcome, Chris. Thank you for sharing such a unique piece with us. Now I wonder if the pastor was from Germany.


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