Bildkalender 25/26 Dari-Paschto

Der Wandkalender bietet jeden Monat ein schönes Motiv mit Bildern aus Afghanistan, einen Bibelvers in Dari und Pashto und eine praktische Terminspalte. Auf DIN A4 gefaltet, aufgeschlagen DIN A3

Titel des Kalenders: 'Longing for Peace' 2022-2023
English Translation of the Afghan Christian Calendar - Year 1401

1. Photo of an Afghan lake (Band-i-Amir):
Proverb in Dari: 'If you seek peace, you cannot achieve it by violence.
In Pashto: Depart from evil and do good Seek peace and pursue it.' (Psalm 34:14)

2. Photo of man embracing a crying child:
Proverb in Dari: 'World peace must grow from inner peace. When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.' In Pashto: 'The safest place in the world is in your embrace. Each cell gives off a scent of peace.'

3. Photo of the citadel of Herat:
Proverb in Dari: 'You are my hiding place you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.' (Psalm 32:7)
In Pashto: 'Live in peace with one another.' (I Thessalonians 5:13b)

4. Photo of a man with a fruit stand:
Proverb in Pashto: 'But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.' (James 3:17)
In Dari: 'Strive to live in peace with all and live a holy life.' (Hebrews 12:14a)

5. Photo of a man ploughing a field:
In Pashto: 'Where peace is sown, justice bears fruit for those who make peace.' (James 3:18)
In Dari: Poem from Mawlana Rumi. '(Even) If peace is not your song I'm not at war with you, John.'

6. Photo of girls:
In Dari: 'Live in peace with all people as much as possible as far as you are concerned.' (Romans 12:18)
In Pashto: 'Peace and security are a human desire for human life all around the world for today and tomorrow.'

7. Photo of a man smiling:
In Pashto: 'Peace is the smile that gives meaning to a person.'
In Dari: 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' (Matthew 5:9a)

Top of page: Dari proverb: 'With love the enemy is destroyed and neutralized. Life is for peace. For how long will war and hatred last?'

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