《教會奮起》(O Church Arise)

上次做粵詞翻譯已是很久以前的事,近日要為教會堂慶的獻詩曲目做一份中(粵)譯詞,而獻唱的會是一首分部的合唱詩,又有變奏的部份,還在與指揮磋商著如何修繕,或者最終都只會唱英文版本,但做了的工夫也不宜放棄,略加修正,在此貼出一個會眾唱的版本:

《教會奮起》

Written by Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
粵譯:海牛

參:https://youtu.be/x63cVewXAeg

哦 教會啊 來奮起穿軍裝
要聽主帥基督統領
全靠上帝扶助並賜力量
弱者今能誇口堅壯
迎抗撒旦欺哄訛騙
信德擋箭真理束腰
旗幟是愛無懼做主精兵
拔救黑暗中眾罪民
O church, arise,
And put your armor on;
Hear the call of Christ our captain.
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given.
With shield of faith and belt of truth,
We’ll stand against the devil’s lies.
An army bold, whose battle cry is love,
Reaching out to those in darkness.

同聽令去憐愛被擄靈魂
義憤抵抗肆虐強權
神語利劍療癒眾心傷缺
義勇忠信奮力爭戰
每遭試煉險惡圍困
確知結局主保萬全
神賜萬國為業屬天應許
在捨身替死基督裡
Our call to war, to love the captive soul,
But to rage against the captor;
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole,
We will fight with faith and valor.
When faced with trials on every side,
We know the outcome is secure.
And Christ will have the prize for which He died:
An inheritance of nations.

來看十架慈憐大愛交加
上帝親愛子遭宰殺
從此踏碎仇敵在足底下
萬國君王復活良辰
輥開巨石衝破墓禁
看基督聖身已離墳
常勝樂韻無間奏響進行
直至普世瞻主復臨
Come, see the cross, where love and mercy meet,
As the Son of God is stricken;
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet,
For the Conqueror has risen!
And as the stone is rolled away,
And Christ emerges from the grave,
This victory march continues till the day
Every eye and heart shall see Him.

求每步聖靈臨在注力量
越困阻靠祂施恩惠
憑信邁進朝那獎賞飛奔
為配稱作忠信僕人
古今先聖簇擁並進
凱歌夾道高唱主恩
容我和應期盼渴想那日
在永光裡偕主同行
So Spirit, come, put strength in ev’ry stride,
Give grace for ev’ry hurdle,
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful
As saints of old still line the way,
Retelling triumphs of His grace,
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When, with Christ, we stand in glory.