Ofudesaki 02:008

Ofudesaki
Author: Miki Nakayama Date Published: 1998 Pages: 486 (English ed.) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 unnumbered set

Ofudesaki 02:008 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

The reason for My hastening, if you should ask,	sekikomi mo nani yue naru to yūnara ba	せきこみも　なにゆへなると　ゆうならば
is that I desire performers for the Service.	Tsutome no ninjū hoshii koto kara	つとめのにんぢう　ほしい事から

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

The reason why I am so impatiently hastening is that I desire to gather up the members of the Service.

Inoue/Eynon

If you ask why there is urgency, it is because I desire celebrants for the Service.

Commentary

This section contains translated material that has not yet been subjected to peer-review to check for accuracy and clarity. While the translator(s) have given their best effort to render Japanese text into English, we would like readers to keep in mind that the present translation may require further revising and refining. Any input to improve the present translation is greatly welcomed. Translator(s): Roy Forbes

Ofudesaki chushaku

2:8 If you ask why I, Oyagami, am hastening in this way, it is because I wish to draw and attract performers for the Service. Note: Unusual Japanese/Tenrikyo-specific expression—Tsutome no ninjū (“performers for the Service”). Refer to note for 10:25–7.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 19 八、何故に親神が急き込んでいるかと言うと、それは早くつとめの人衆を引き寄せたいからである。 註　つとめのにんぢうは、つとめの人衆。第十号二五―二七註参照。

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2008)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 32:49

II:8 After saying that God will begin unprecedented things, which God is working to hasten, the Ofudesaki tells us that the reason for this urgency is that God desires performers for the Service.

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