6. Manna issue 61 - Facts, Stats, and Syntax 事實，統計和語法
Polls and Statistics 民意調查和統計
Government Restrictions on Religion
政府對宗教的限制
Out of 198 countries and self-administering territories:
來自 198 國家和及自治的領土：
National or local governments of 38% of the countries
limit efforts by religious groups or individuals
to persuade others to join their faith.
38% 國家的全國或地方政府，
限制宗教團體或個人的努力，
去說服他人加入自已的信仰。
Religious groups must register with the government
for various purposes in 90% of the countries.
宗教團體必須向政府登記，
90% 的國家有其各別的目的。
Registration requirements resulted in major problems for,
or outright discrimination against, certain faiths in 59% of the countries.
註冊的要求導致了以下重大的問題：
或 59% 的國家對某些信仰有公然的歧視。
From the study “Global Restrictions on Religion,”
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1443/global-restrictions-on-religion.
根據「全球宗教限制」的研究，
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1443/global-restrictions-on-religion
Word Study 詞彙研究
One of the names given to the Holy Spirit is “Helper,”
as in John 14:16:
“And I will pray the Father,
and He will give you another Helper,
that He may abide with you forever.”
解釋聖靈的名字之一，是“保惠師”，
正如約翰福音 14 章 16 節：
“16我要求父，
父就另外賜給你們一位保惠師（或作：訓慰師；下同），
叫他永遠與你們同在，”
In the original Greek text,
the word for Helper is parakletos,
which means one who is summoned or called to aid.
在希臘原文中，
助手這個字是 parakletos，
它的意思是受到傳喚或召喚來幫忙的人。
Did You Know? 你知道嗎？
There were seven major festivals in the Old Testament.
The first one according to the Jewish calendar is Passover,
celebrated on the 15th of the first month Nissan.
It is celebrated in the spring and often referred to as Chag Ha-Aviv
(alternate spelling: Hag Ha-Aviv)
or Festival of Spring.
The Lord’s Supper took place during a Passover meal.
舊約有七大節日。
根據猶太曆的第一個節日就是逾越節，
在正月尼散月十五日來慶祝。
它在春天慶祝，通常被稱為 Chag Ha-Aviv
（替代拼字：Hag Ha-Aviv）
或是叫作春節。
主最後的聖餐是在逾越節晚餐期間進行的。
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