SERMON ON THE MOUNT

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 52, Issue 3771, 19 June 1936, Page 9

SERMON ON THE MOUNT

THE NAZI VERSION SACRED WORDS “GERMANISED” The Nazis now have their own Germanised “Sermon on the Mount.” It has just been published by the former Reichbishop Muller, Nazi head of the German Evangelical Church. In his foreword he writes:—“For you, my comrades of the Third Reich, I have Germanised, not translated, the Sermon on the Mount.” In Bishop Muller’s version all reference to and all terms taken from the Old Testament are carefully avoided. Words such as “meek” and “peaceful” have been replaced by more “manly” terms, and entirely new passages have been inserted. The Manchester “ Guardian” gives the new version as follows:—“Blessed is he who bears his sufferings manfully. He will find the strength never to become discouraged. “Blessed is he who at all times is a good comrade. He will -succeed in the world. “Blessed are those who keep peace with their compatriots. They do God’s will. “Ye must know that murder is the result of envy and hatred. He who indulges in such things is guilty. But he who from such sentiments reviles aqd persecutes his compatriots becomes increasingly guilty, and he who endeavours to destroy him morally or .menaces him destroys the nation’s unity and becomes guilty of the severest punishment before God and man. A single act of comradeship is beter than iattlending church. “The people say, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ That is only human, I tell you it is better to live with your compatriots in such a manner that ye agree with one another. The national community is a high and sacred treasure to which ye must make sacrifices. “If thy comrade hit thee in the face in his excitement it is not always the correct thing to hit him back immediately. It is more manly to preserve a superior calm. Then thy comrade will probably be ashamed of himself.”