Sermon: “CHEETREY REASONYN TA DIE GOAILL AMERICA AS YN DOONNEY”
Yn Tammylt Ghlare Dreggys
Gura mie ayd. Ta’n onnor dy ve ec y traa t’ayn jiu — goaill stiagh y traa ard-chrauee shoh ayns tashtey Americk, as ayns tashtey y theihll.
Milley bleeaney er-dy-henney, trooid y Prophet Hebrew Haggai, dooyrt Jee dooin cre v’eh dy yannoo — dy row eh dy ghra rish. “Son myr shoh ta’n Chiarn jeh’n cheshaght-chaggee gra, ‘As reesht ayns y traa shoh, ta mee er-chea dy chroo ny neauyn as y thalloo, y marrey myrgeddin as y thalloo glen. Ta mee er n'yannoo ooilley ny ashoonyn.... Ta mee er n’eiyrt ny neauyn as y thalloo. As ver-yms stiagh throanyn reeaghyn, as stroie-ym pooar reeaghyn ny ashoonyn.’” (Haggai 2:6-7, 21-22)
Ta shen ny ta’n phadeyrys ’sy Bible – intercept veih cree’n Jee ta ooilley ny ta fys echey, ta ooilley ny ta fakin y theihll....report y traa veih’n toshiaght....raadaghey stoarm veih’n toshiaght — cha nee dy vod mayd ve agglagh, agh dy vod mayd ve er nyn doshiaght as er nyn yannoo aarloo as creeney as goll er-gerrey da Yeesey tra t’ad cheet.
Cummey t'ayd c'raad v'ou er 11th September 2001? Cummey t'ayd cre'n aght v'ou er n'yannoo tra honnick oo y Pentagon ry-losht, y sniaghtey smooinaghtagh ayns Pennsylvania, ny daa thooraghyn ry-losht? Cha nee ec Pearl Harbor v’eh er n’yannoo choud as v’eh er ny mharroo ayns un ymmyd – ny smoo na 3,000 y laa shen. Chamoo nee dooinney erbee y laa shen y diver — chamoo nee mayd.
Cha nee Jee t'er n'yannoo 9/11....fanatics devoted da'n teisht brynnagh jeh'n Islam Radical t'er n'yannoo 9/11....agh y Jee Ghoo as Beo — Jee y Bible — lhig eh er n'yannoo dy ghraih America.... dy gheddyn ar attention....dy hroggal shin seose.
Ta mee aggindagh dy chur shiu cuid jeh ny cooishyn anoish tra ta shin smooinaghtyn er 9/11, tra ta shin smooinaghtyn er stayd yn unnaneys ain, as stayd y Chreestiaght, ec y traa t’ayn as trooid y theihll: Er y laa-oie shoh jeh 9/11, vel shiu morally as spioradagh ny share deig bleeaney er-dy-henney? Vel dty theay? Vel dty egglish?
Ta’n traa shoh ymmyrchagh dy yannoo audit spioradagh — dy mheanaghey cre’n aght t’ou uss gobbraghey morally as spioradagh, cre’n aght t’ou uss gobbraghey dty theay, cre’n aght t’ou uss gobbraghey dty choardail. Deig bleeaney er-dy-henney, ren Jee shin y chreck – y chosht: Vel shin cluster?
Ayns Leih ny Hebrewyn ta shin lhaih: “Jean-jee shickyr nagh jean shiu y fer ta loayrt y ymmyrkey. Son my nagh row adsyn er n’eiyrt tra v’ad er n’eiyrt rish eshyn hug ad raad daue er y talloo, chamoo nee shin geddyn raad veih’n fer ta cur raad daue veih niau. As ren e voish y thalloo y chreck ec y traa shen, agh nish t’eh er ghellal, gra, Agh un uair as feed, cha nee’n thalloo ny lomarcan, agh ny niaughyn myrgeddin. Hebrewyn 12:25-26)
Va’n Chiarn Yeesey Creest — ny hoie marish e ynseydee er slieau ny Oliveyn ayns Jerusalem — er choyrt raad myrgeddin ayns Matteus 24 dy bee shin er nyn ghleie ayns ny laa’n jerrinagh, ny laa’n shen ta ry-hoi ry-heet reesht. “Bee’n ghrian dorraghys, as cha bee’n geay cur e soilshey, as bee ny reddyn tuittym veih’n aer, as bee pooar ny nearey er ny chroo,” dooyrt Yeesey. As eisht, tra ta’n pobble ny s’leaie dy ghoaill rish, dooyrt Yeesey, “bee cowrey Mac y dooinney er ny hoilshaghey er y thalloo, as eisht bee ooilley cheeaghyn y thallooin gobbraghey, as bee ad er nyn shilley er Mac y dooinney cheet er ny niartyn jeh’n yn aer lesh pooar as gloyr mooar. (Matteus 24:29-30)
Va America er ny chreck er 9/11. Ayns y laa t’ayn, ta Jee er n’yannoo uss reesht.
Naue jeh ny deich hurricaneyn cooie – cooie – ayns tashtey Americk t’er jeet rish 9/11. Yn red baghtal v'ayn v'eh y Hurricane Katrina v'er n'eiyrt magh ard-valley Americk as v'eh er chosney $108 billion.[i] Ta'n Hurricane Irene ry-akin ayns ny cwoaie rangyn as t'eh er n'yannoo 2011 y vleïn s'doillee ayns tashtey Americk son y ghrian-natural, as t'eh er chosney 1 billion dollar ny smoo.[ii] Yn blein shoh, ta shin er vakin y tornadoes s’goanney ayns beggan as lesh y cheead bleïn.[iii] Yn ghrian s’goanney ayns tashtey Texas – ayns mean y shliaghtey s’goanney ayns tashtey y stayd.[iv] Yn crith-thalloo smoo er y Côte-East veih'n vlein 1875.[v] Yn crith-thalloo smoo ayns Colorado lurg 1882. Ayns y traa cheddin, ta’n eccleshagh ain ry-chlashtyn gys e chree.
42,000 fabricagh Americkaghyn t'er n'eiyrt stiagh 'sy vlein 9/11.[vi] Ta ceautyn millioon dy Americanyn er chall nyn obbraghyn ry-cheilley rish ny bleeaney s'jerree. Ta millioonyn dy theay er chall nyn thieyn. Ta Washington ry-reih y caart crediit çheeraghyn dy hroggal seose ar economy, agh cha nel eh ry-obbraghey. Ta’n fhiass federaal ain ny s’odjey $14 trillion – shen trillion lesh “t.” Ta’n red shen s’duillagh dy smooinaghtyn er y chooid smoo dy argid. Agh cur eh myr shoh: my shegin dooin paidjal un dollar y second dagh oor jeh dagh laa jeh dagh mhee dy chosney y fiasco t’ain, t’eh goaill shin ny smoo na 32,000 bleeaney dy chosney 1 trillion dollar – agh ta ny smoo na 1 trillion dollar ain. $14 trillion dy ghraih.