1955 nî 9 goe̍h p.26
Iûⁿ Káu-cha̍p-káu-Chhut-miâ ê Sèng-sī ê kò͘-sū
(Koa Siat-kai)
Iûⁿ káu-cha̍p-káu, chit siú Sèng-si (tē 117 siú) ê oē, sī chi̍t ê So͘-kek-lân ê sió-chiá, Miss. Elizabeth. C. Clephane-siá-ê. Sī kun-kù Lō͘-ka tē 15 chiuⁿ, tē 3 chat kàu tē 7 chat, lâi siá-ê.
1874. Moody Sian-siⁿ kap Sankey Sian-siⁿ, tuì Bí-kok khì Eng-kok pò͘-tō ê sî, in chē hé-chhia, tī chi̍t ê hé-chhia chām, tú beh khui-chhia ê sî, ū chih-tio̍h in ê iû-kiāⁿ.
Tī hé-chhia lāi, Moody tì-ì tha̍k ke-lāi kià-lâi ê phoe, Sankey tī pò-choá ê chi̍t-kak ū khoàⁿ-tio̍h Iûⁿ káu-cha̍p-káu chit siú si. Sankey tha̍k liáu chiū kā Moody kóng, chit siú si sī lán só͘ teh hi-bōng-ê, bo̍k-chiá ê si. Hit-sî Moody in-uī tha̍k choē-choē phoe, soà bô chù-ì Sankey, iā chit ê sū chiū án-ni kè-khì.
Koh bô kuí-ji̍t, Moody káng-tō ê toê-ba̍k sī "Hó ê bo̍k-chiá."
Khah-siông, Moody káng-tō liáu-āu, Sankey chiū kéng khah kūn-oá tī toê-ba̍k ê Sèng-si, iā ji̍h-khîm lâi gîm.
Moody káng-tō, "Hó ê bo̍k-chiá" liáu, Sankey siūⁿ m̄-chai beh gîm to chi̍t-siú si. Hut-jiân ū siaⁿ kóng, "Gîm hit siú si." Sankey kóng, "M̄-kú goá bô hit ê tiāu." Hit ê siaⁿ koh kóng, "Gîm hit siú si."
Sankey chē lo̍h-khì, i ê chéng-thâu-á kha̍p-tio̍h hong-khîm jí ê sî, tiāu chiū chi̍t-im chi̍t-im chiap-soà chhut-lâi, chiū-sī lán hiān-kim só͘ teh gîm tē 117 siú, tú-tú hit ê tiāu.
Moody tuì káng-tâi lo̍h-lâi, phēng tī hong-khîm, ba̍k-sái tī ba̍k-chiu, mn̄g kóng, "Lí tuì tá-lo̍h tit-tio̍h chit ê tiāu?"
Chit siú si chiâⁿ-choè chin chhut-miâ ê si. Chit siú si ê oē, chhiong-moá tio̍h Chú ê thiàⁿ-sim, ai-siong, chû-pi, iā hit ê tiāu, piáu-hiān tio̍h un-jiû, chhin-chhiat, ū kám-tōng joā-nih choē lâng.
(Tī lán ê Sèng-si, Sankey só͘ choè khek-ê, chit siú tē 117 siú, í-goā iáu ū tē 163 siú, tē 168 siú, tē 223 siú).
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