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Ngợi ca Billie Joe – Ode to Billie Joe

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Đây là bài hát của ca sĩ kiêm nhạc sĩ người Mỹ Bobbie Gentry, phát hành vào tháng 7-1967. 

“Ode to Billie Joe” was nominated for eight Grammy Awards; Gentry and arranger Jimmie Haskell won three between them. Gentry’s writing was adapted for the 1976 film Ode to Billy Joe. The song appeared on Rolling Stone’s lists, 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and Greatest Country Songs, while Pitchfork featured it on their 200 Best Songs of the 1960s list. In 2023, the song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

Bài hát được đề cử 8 giải Grammy; Bobbie Gentry và người sắp xếp Jimmie Haskell đã thắng 3 giải trong số đó. Bài hát của Bobbie Gentry đã được chuyển thể cho bộ phim cùng tên năm 1976 – Ode to Billy Joe. Bài hát xuất hiện trong danh sách của báo nhạc Rolling Stone, 500 Bài hát Hay nhất Mọi thời đại và Những bài hát Đồng quê Hay nhất, trong khi báo nhạc Pitchfork đưa bài hát này vào danh sách 200 bài hát hay nhất những năm 1960 của họ. Năm 2023, bài hát được Thư viện Quốc hội lựa chọn để lưu giữ trong Cơ quan đăng ký ghi âm quốc gia.

Báo nhạc Rolling Stone xếp bài hát này hạng 419 trong 500 bài hát hay nhất mọi thời đại.

Mời các bạn cùng nghe nhé.

Chúc các bạn một ngày vui.

PTH

*** Bobbie Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe
Ode To Billie Joe

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin’ cotton and my brother was balin’ hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And Mama hollered out the back door, “Y’all remember to wipe your feet”
And then she said, “I got some news this mornin’ from Choctaw Ridge
Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge”

And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the black-eyed peas
“Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense. Pass the biscuits, please
There’s five more acres in the lower forty I’ve got to plow”
And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe, anyhow
Seems like nothin’ ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billie Joe MacAllister’s jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe
He put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
And wasn’t I talkin’ to him after church last Sunday night?
“I’ll have another piece of apple pie. You know, it don’t seem right
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
And now you tell me Billie Joe’s jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge”

Mama said to me, “Child, what’s happened to your appetite?
I’ve been cookin’ all morning and you haven’t touched a single bite
That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today
Said he’d be pleased to have dinner on Sunday. Oh, by the way
He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge
And she and Billie Joe was throwing somethin’ off the Tallahatchie Bridge”

A year has come ‘n’ gone since we heard the news ’bout Billie Joe
And brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus going ’round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring
And now Mama doesn’t seem to wanna do much of anything
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin’ flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Ngợi ca Billie Joe

Đó là ngày mồng ba tháng Sáu, ngày Vùng châu thổ ngái ngủ và đầy bụi
Tôi ra ngoài chặt bông còn anh tôi đóng cỏ khô thành kiện
Đến giờ ăn tối thì dừng và đi về nhà để ăn
Mẹ hét ở cửa sau: “Các con nhớ lau chân đấy”
Và rồi mẹ nói, “Sáng nay mẹ nhận tin từ Choctaw Ridge
Hôm nay Billie Joe MacAllister đã nhảy khỏi cầu Tallahatchie”

Và bố nói với mẹ khi chuyền xung quanh đậu mắt đen
“Chà, Billie Joe chưa bao giờ khôn. Xin đưa bánh quy cho bố.
Còn 5 mẫu đất nữa ở dưới 40 bố phải cày”
Và mẹ nói dù gì cũng tiếc cho Billie Joe
Có vẻ chẳng có gì tốt ở Choctaw Ridge
Và giờ Billie Joe MacAllister đã nhảy khỏi cầu Tallahatchie

Và anh trai kể, anh nhớ lúc anh cùng Tom và Billie Joe
Joe đặt ếch xuống lưng con tại triển lãm tranh Carroll County
Và chẳng phải con đã nói chuyện với ảnh sau nhà thờ tối Chủ nhật tuần trước sao?
“Con sẽ ăn thêm miếng bánh táo nữa. Mẹ biết đấy, có vẻ không ổn.”
Hôm qua con thấy ảnh ở xưởng cưa trên Choctaw Ridge
Và giờ mẹ cho con biết Billie Joe đã nhảy khỏi cầu Tallahatchie”

Mẹ nói với tôi: “Con ơi, ngon miệng của con sao vậy?
Mẹ nấu cả sáng mà con chưa đụng miếng nào
Nhà truyền giáo trẻ tốt bụng đó, Anh Taylor, hôm nay ghé qua
Nói, ảnh rất vui được ăn tối vào Chủ nhật. Ô, à này
Ảnh nói ảnh thấy một bé trông rất giống con ở Choctaw Ridge
Và cô bé cùng Billie Joe ném thứ gì đó xuống cầu Tallahatchie”

Một năm đã qua từ khi nghe tin về Billie Joe
Và anh trai đã cưới Becky Thompson, họ mua cửa hàng ở Tupelo
Có virus đi vòng vòng, bố mắc phải và mất vào mùa xuân năm ngoái
Và giờ, mẹ dường như không muốn làm gì nhiều
Và tôi, tôi dành nhiều thời giờ hái hoa trên Choctaw Ridge
Và thả xuống nước bùn ngoài cầu Tallahatchie

(PTH dịch)
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One righteous person can save a city

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The story about God’s grace that impresses me the most is Abraham’s bargaining with God to save Sodom. God told Abraham Sodom was sinful, so God would destroy Sodom. Abraham wanted to save Sodom, so he asked if God would save Sodom if there were 50 righteous persons in that city. God agreed: “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.” (Gen. 18:26). Abraham then bargained it down to 45 righteous. God agreed. Abraham continued to bargain down to 40, God agreed. Abraham continued to bargain down to 30, then 20, then 10 righteous. God agreed every time. Abraham stopped at 10, without finding 10. Why didn’t he bargain further? Looked like he was on a roll with God. We never know why Abraham stopped at 10. Thus, Sodom and Gomorrah were burned.

Lot, Abraham’s nephew, also was informed by God’s two messengers that Sodom would be destroyed and was told to take his wife and two daughters with him to go up the mountains to stay safe. (His sons in law, husbands of his two daughters, didn’t believe Lot and thought he was joking about the city being destroyed). But Lot told God’s messengers that he could not go up the mountains, fearing some evil would overtake him and he would die, so he asked them to allow him to stay in a small city on the way called Zoar. A messenger told him: “See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. Hurry, escape there.”

So God saved Zoar because of one righteous person, who was Lot. (Gen. 19:21-22).

Abraham couldn’t saved Sodom, because he couldn’t find 10 righteous and he stopped bargaining. But God did save another city (Zoar) with just one righteous person. Obviously God doesn’t require much.

Does this story have anything to do with us today?

Well, it has a lot to do with us. If we live righteously, one of us will be able to save a city from destruction. We are not talking about counting heads – how many bad guys versus how many good guys in a city. We are taking about God’s grace – God only needs one righteous to save a city. God love people and God just needs a small excuse to save a city. God doesn’t require much.

So, don’t count head and don’t lose faith. One person is enough, and that one person can be YOU. One righteous you will be able to save a city.

So, brothers and sisters, try to be righteous and know that your righteousness will be used by God to save a city.

Trust in you and trust in God.

Wish you all be righteous.

With compassion,

Hoành

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Vietnam Youth Federation and Google holds forum to promote youth role in digital transformation

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VNN – December 30, 2023 – 17:00

In the three months since its inception, the program has successfully trained more than 9,000 young people nationwide on essential online safety practices.

Internet users experience Google’s internet security tools during the event. — Photo courtesy of Vietnam Youth Federation

HÀ NỘI — Vietnam Youth Federation partnered with Google to organise the forum “Promoting the Pioneering Role of Youth in Digital Transformation”, bringing together 500 delegates from various government agencies, youth organisations and media outlets.

At Thursday’s forum, experts shared insights into the role of digital transformation and offered advice on safeguarding online information. They also highlighted the pivotal role youth and students play in spearheading digital transformation and ensuring cyber security.

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The anti-globalization backlash

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Anti-globalism sentiment is on the rise.

Demonstrators protest the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in San Francisco on November 12, 2023.
Demonstrators protest the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in San Francisco on November 12, 2023. Carlos Barria/REUTERS

Blog Post by Michelle Kurilla

November 30, 2023 3:17 pm (EST) CFR

The latest episode of The President’s Inbox is live! Last week, Jim sat down with Peter Trubowitz, a professor of international relations and director of the Phelan U.S. Center at the London School of Economics. They discussed the rise of anti-globalization in the West and what it means for world order.The President’s Inbox

The Anti-Globalization Backlash, With Peter Trubowitz

Peter Trubowitz, a professor of international relations and director of the Phelan U.S. Center at the London School of Economics and an associate fellow at Chatham House, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the reasons for the rise of anti-globalism in Western countries and its consequences for world order.

November 20, 2023 — 33:25 min

Here are three highlights from their conversation:

1.) The liberal international order—which took form in the early 1950s—is inherently linked to domestic politics. Peter noted that it “rested on assumptions and domestic institutional arrangements that helped ensure support for policies like free trade and institutionalized cooperation in the form of things like NATO or the IMF and the World Bank in Western democracies.” In short, domestic policies provided social and economic protections for workers, which in turn shored up political support for multilateralism.

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