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springpaws

We've been studying this at church and I wanted to translate it.
The problem is that when you've said one thing long enough, you can't think of a more translatable way to say it.
The phrase is "we blew it". Here it is in context.

The Five-Second Gospel

God loves us,
we blew it,
Christ paid for it,
we must recieve Him.

We blew it in that we were given something good and wasted it, that we were created good, but we became sinful. I can't think of a more translatable way to say that phrase. Any help? Of course, I'll be translating each line as soon as I know what that second line is.
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Redwolf

Perhaps...

Dhiomlaíomar a ghrá: We squandered/wasted his love.

Definitely wait for futher input.

Redwolf
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Brian

You could say

Rinneamar praiseach de

We botched it/We made a mess of it.
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It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.

Tiarnan2

My 2c
scaoileamar tharat é
we ignored it
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Nár laga Dia do lámh ná caighdeán do chuid Gaeilge )(Ghaeilge even)

She was only a farmers daughter, but all the cow manure

springpaws

All of those apply, and thanks to all. I will toss this around with a few friends from church and see what most closely fits the context. It is from the book "The Contagious Christian" by Mark Mittelberg, Lee Strobel and Bill Hybels. I can go back through the book with each in mind and see what fits. Grma. While I do that, I will probably take a stab at the other lines--once I've had some sleep.
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springpaws

I tried to get"God loves us"from an Bíobla,but the only verses that had it, had it wrapped in other stuff. So here it is from Deotranaimí 23:5. Please tell me if the context of the verse changes it from the context above. ". . . (mar)go raibh grá (an Tiarna do) D(h)ia duit." Would the part I want be: go raibh grá Dia dúinn?
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Méabh

I'll probably get shot by the grammar police, but since I consider the concept of God's love for humanity to be irrevocable - I'm going to use the habitual:

Bíonn grá ag Dia dúinn
God loves us (without ceasing)
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Dá fheabhas é an t-ól is é an tart a dheireadh.
However good the drinking, thirst is how it ends.

Redwolf

springpaws

Grma. I knew that something that wrapped up in something else had to be wrong taken out of context. I wondered about the go raibh part, but you could write a book about the grammar points I don't know. Oh, wait. Someone has. That's right folks, more to come. Stay tuned.
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springpaws

When I looked up paid, I saw "to put paid to something". deireadh a chur le. From Amazing Grace we get: saor: to buy our freedom or liberate. From Íseáia 40:2 . . . go bhfuil a peaca maite,. . .that her sins have been paid for. . . The dictionary says that maite means trump. You'd think a simple sentence would have one simple translation. You'd be wrong.
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