Hymn 387 -0

他們跟隨羔羊
These Are They Which Follow The Lamb

Hymn 387 -1

1a	從伯利恆我們動身， 學習耶穌的忠貞； 跟著祂要完全歸神， 但是臉上滿淚痕。

Via Bethlehem we journey,
We whose hearts on God are set,
Babe-like souls of Jesus learning,
While our cheeks with tears are wet.

Hymn 387 -2

1b	因為馬槽那樣寒陋， 並非我們所愛視； 但是腳須與祂同走， 如果手要接賞賜。

For the manger and the stable
Are not pleasant to our eyes,
But our feet must follow Jesus
If our hands would grasp the prize.

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2a	經拿撒勒，這條道路， 我們越走越窄小， 多年勞碌無人領悟， 常受羞辱，常無聊。

Via Nazareth! the pathway
Narrows still as on we go,
Years of toil none understanding;
Yet God teaches us to know

Hymn 387 -4

2b	但神藉此教訓我們： 如此苦難，是因為 僕人不能大於主人， 所以當同祂流淚。

That the servant is not greater
Than the Lord, who thro' long years
Hid Himself from this world's glory.
Follow Him; count not the tears.

Hymn 387 -5

3a	經加利利，我們見祂 被人厭棄，被人詛﹕ 祂路豈非走錯了嗎？ 不然那有許多苦？

Via Galilee we see Him!
Stones are hurled, and curses hissed
By the men who gather round Him,
Has He not the pathway missed?

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3b	不！不！這段雖然崎嶇， 祂仍前進平安過； 我們若要同祂高舉， 也得前進不畏禍。

No! Unharmed the Savior passes,
And this rough bit of the way
We must travel, since like Jesus,
Nothing can our purpose stay.

Hymn 387 -7

4a	隨後就在客西馬尼， 園中孤單受磨煉； 撒但全軍都來攻逼， 這樣光景真難遣！

Via too the awful anguish
Of the hours beneath the trees
Where the hosts of Satan linger —
Awful hours of anguish these!

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4b	但是我們並不失敗， 因有天使來服事， 並說﹕“應當注目賞賚， 爭戰不過此一時。”

Yet we fail not, for God's angels
Minister to us and say,
"Look, beloved, at the glory;
Conflict is but for a day!"

Hymn 387 -9

5a	十架到了！因為所有 忠魂都當經加略； 我們在此同祂蒙羞， 不肯自憐，不退卻。

Then the cross! for via Calvary
Every royal soul must go;
Here we draw the veil, for Jesus
Only can the pathway show.

Hymn 387 -10

5b	因為不過一點時候， 我們如此感苦痛； 將來見祂，一切憂愁 要消在祂笑容中。

"If we suffer with Him,“ listen ,
Just a little, little while
And the mem'ry will have faded
In the glory of His smile!

Hymn 387 -11

6a	隨到墳墓，親友環泣， 知道已經無希望； （親愛旅伴！世人對你， 是否算為已經亡？）

Then the grave, with dear ones weeping,
Knowing that all life has fled;
Fellow-pilgrims, art thou numbered
With the men the world calls dead?

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6b	我們從此與祂同升， 遠離屬地的追求， 心裏歡然失去世人， 所謂生命和富有。

Thence we rise and live with Jesus,
Throned above the world's mad strife,
Gladly forfeiting forever
All that worldlings count as life.

Hymn 387 -13

7a	我們努力向竿而前， 日近一日仍追隨； 我們已經彷佛能見 天城四射的光輝；

On we press! and yonder gleaming,
Nearing every day, we see
The great walls of that fair city
God has built for such as we;

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7b	我們已經隱約可聞 天樂悠揚的清音； 耶穌在彼迎接我們， 要慰百創的這心。

And we catch the tender music
Of the choirs that sing of One
Who once died to have us with Him
In His kingdom, on the throne.

Hymn 387 -15

8a	不過，再過幾里，朋友！ 腿要不酸，身不累； 不再有罪，不再有憂， 主要擦乾你眼淚。

Just a few more miles, beloved!
And our feet shall ache no more;
No more sin and no more sorrow,
Hush thee, Jesus went before;

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8b	聽祂正用柔聲說道： “勿恐，勿餒，仍力前， 因為也許明朝未到， 旅程就已到終點。”

And I hear Him sweetly whisp'ring,
“Faint not, fear not, still press on,
For it may be ere tomorrow,
The long Journey will be done.”

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