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2011年8月20日 星期六

第31首 主全為我 Seeking for me

◎撰文/讚美詩源考小組策劃 丁春芳撰稿
◎期數:360期 ◎2007.09號

作曲者:E. E. Hasty, 1837-1898
曲調名:BETHLEHEM(SEEKING FOR ME),10.10.10.6.6.6.8.6

<第一節譜例與中、英文歌詞>
Jesus, my Savior, to Bethlehem came, Laid in a manger to sorrow and shame;
昔日主耶穌降生於世界,捨棄大榮耀,救贖施慈愛;

本詩作詞者不詳,作曲者的生平亦不詳。

這首詩歌旋律輕柔,但歌詞卻訴說著神對我們至深的愛。

神愛世人,神的愛雖然無遠弗屆,絕無受限,但這首詩歌的歌詞卻專注於神對每一個祂所造的個體的關懷,所以唱起來,就好像是神與我、我與神的親密對話,其中訴說著《哥林多後書》五章17-21節所說到的:「若有人在基督裡,他就是新造的人,舊事已過,都變成新的了。一切都是出於神;祂藉著基督使我們與祂和好,又將勸人與祂和好的職分賜給我們。這就是神在基督裡,叫世人與自己和好,不將他們的過犯歸到他們身上,並且將這和好的道理託付了我們。所以我們作基督的使者,就好像神藉我們勸你們一般。我們替基督求你們與神和好。神使那無罪(無罪:原文是不知罪)的,替我們成為罪,好叫我們在祂裡面成為神的
義。」

「舊事已過,都變成新的了」、「叫我們在祂裡面成為神的義」。世界雖然沒有改變,但我們心的視野卻已脫離過往,「稱我們為義」更足顯神愛的長闊高深。

註:曲調名──BETHLEHEM(SEEKING FOR ME),BETHLEHEM喻救主降生於伯利恒城。



1 昔日主耶穌降生於世界,
捨棄大榮耀,救贖施慈愛;
奇哉,祂來臨感動我心懷!
主來找我,找我;
主來找我,找我;主來找我,找我。
奇哉,祂來臨感動我心懷!
主來找我,找我。
2 耶穌我恩主受害釘十架,
救贖我靈魂,還清我罪價;
耶穌被釘死,天地都驚怕。
主死為我,為我;
主死為我,為我;主死為我,為我。
耶穌被釘死,天地都驚怕。
主死為我,為我。
3 我曾經流蕩,遠離主牧場,
耶穌來尋找我這隻亡羊;
呼叫我名字,慈聲入心腸。
我主叫我,叫我;
我主叫我,叫我;我主叫我,叫我。
呼叫我名字,慈聲入心腸。
我主叫我,叫我。
4 耶穌曾應許末日必再臨,
聖徒聞主聲,喜樂充滿心;
耶穌再來臨,是極大佳音。
祂來接我,接我;
祂來接我,接我;祂來接我,接我。
耶穌再來臨,是極大佳音。
祂來接我,接我。

Jesus, my Saviour, to Bethlehem came,
Born in a manger to sorrow and shame;
O it was wonderful— blest be His Name!
Seeking for me, for me!
Seeking for me, for me! Seeking for me, for me!
O it was wonderful— blest be His Name!
Seeking for me, for me!

Jesus, my Saviour, on Calvarys tree,
Paid the great debt, and my soul He set free;
O it was wonderful— how could it be?
Dying for me, for me!
Dying for me, for me! Dying for me, for me!
O it was wonderful— how could it be?
Dying for me, for me!

Jesus, my Saviour, the same as of old,
When I was wandring afar from the fold,
Gently and long did He plead with my soul,
Calling for me, for me!
Calling for me, for me! Calling for me, for me!
Gently and long did He plead with my soul,
Calling for me, for me!

Jesus, my Saviour, shall come from on high—
Sweet is the promise as weary years fly;
O I shall see Him descend from the sky,
Coming for me, for me!
Coming for me, for me! Coming for me, for me!
O I shall see Him descend from the sky,
Coming for me, for me!


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