The love of God is greater far 神的大愛真是遠超
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The love of God is greater far
神的大愛真是遠超
Than tongue or pen can ever tell.
筆所能描、口所能陳;
It goes beyond the highest star
它比最高星宿還高,
And reaches to the lowest hell.
它比最深地獄還深。
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
始祖犯罪,驚恐自危,
His Son to win;
神賜愛子來救;
His erring child He reconciled
當人痛悔,神就迎歸,
from his sin.
所有過犯全勾。
Chorus 和
O love of God, how rich and pure!
哦,神的愛,何其豐富、
How measureless and strong!
何其無法測量!
It shall forevermore endure
它是堅強,存到永古,
The saints’ and angels’ song.
天使、聖徒同唱。
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When hoary time shall pass away,
歲月消逝,榮華衰敗,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall;
天地廢去,事物更變,
When men who here refuse to pray,
人今拒絕神的大愛,
On rocks and hills and mountains call;
那日惟有求助山巖;
God’s love, so sure, shall still endure,
神的大愛,不會稍改,
All measureless and strong;
何其無法測量;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race
大施恩貸,免人罪債,
The saints’ and angels’ song.
聖徒、天使同唱。
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Could we with ink the ocean fill,
縱令洋海盡是墨汁,
And were the skies of parchment made;
無邊穹蒼都成白紙,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
田間草桿根根筆枝,
And every man a scribe by trade;
世上眾人個個文士;
To write the love of God above
若寫神的大愛無極,
Would drain the ocean dry;
一切猶感缺欠;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
墨乾、筆棄、紙罄、人敝,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
未能寫出半點。