Hymn 557 -0

親愛主，我不能禱告
Distraction In Prayer

Hymn 557 -1

1a	親愛主，我不能禱告， 幻想重重圍繞； 紛亂雜念四面群起， 迫我心思離你。

Ah, dearest Lord! I cannot pray,
My fancy is not free;
Unmanerly distractions come,
And force my tho’ts from Thee.

Hymn 557 -2

1b	黯淡俗世忽放光明， 當我心趨天庭； 計畫、方案不思而起， 不斷向我迎逼。

The world that looks so dull all day
Glows bright on me at pray’r,
And plans that ask no tho’t but then
Wake up and meet me there.

Hymn 557 -3

2a	一切天然，猶如水泉﹕ 聲影幻夢源源； 當我屈膝，更如山洪， 爆發聲勢洶洶。

All nature one full fountain seems
Of dreamy sight and sound,
Which, when I kneel, breaks up its deeps,
And makes a deluge round.

Hymn 557 -4

2b	所有肉體趁勢發動， 易變肢體協同； 激起心思虛幻錯覺， 使我深處厭倦。

My very flesh has restless fits;
My changeful limbs conspire
With all these phantoms of the mind
My inner self to tire.

Hymn 557 -5

3a	哦，主，教我寶貝這個 疲乏、沉悶時刻； 雖然愚昧、無助、無言， 仍俯伏在你前。

Sweet Jesus! Teach me how to prize
These tedious hours when I,
Foolish and mute before Thy Face,
In helpless worship lie.

Hymn 557 -6

3b	因你常來親近懷抱， 聽我微弱禱告； 只要罪人願脫自己， 必定得尋見你。

Yet Thou art oft most present, Lord!
In weak distracted prayer:
A sinner out of heart with self
Most often finds Thee there.

Hymn 557 -7

4a	是否我願時刻把守 我心，我眼，我口？ 是否我願終日抑制 屬己宴樂之事？

Had I kept stricter watch each hour
O’er tongue and eye and ear,
Had I but mortified all day
Each joy as it came near.

Hymn 557 -8

4b	哦，主，是否除你以外 我無所樂，所愛？ 如此禱告必然通暢， 必然自由釋放。

Had I, dear Lord! No pleasure found
But in the thought of Thee,
Prayer would have come unsought, and been
A truer liberty.

Hymn 557 -9

5a	既是如此，我有何慮？ 除罪，我有何懼？ 紛亂心思雖在外侵， 平安卻在內盈。

My Saviour! Why should I complain,
And why fear aught but sin?
Distractions are but outward things;
Thy peace dwells far within.

Hymn 557 -10

5b	一切反覆煩惱折磨， 猶如海面興波； 但心深處無能震動， 惟主掌權其衷。

These surface-troubles come and go,
Like rufflings of the sea;
The deeper dept his out of reach
To all, my God, but Thee.

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