November 16, 2005

Name Above All Names

We studied the topic of "What is God?" from the shorter catechism in our YCF group last week. During our discussion, it reminded me a song (which is not really a song, but a poem) about names of God in every book of Bible. It's called ...

Name Above All Names
(from the album God With Us - 神同在)
by Don Moen (Chinese Translation by 章啟明)


Genesis - Jesus is the Ram of Abraham's altar
創世紀,他是女人的後裔。
Exodus - He is our Passover Lamb
出埃及記,他是逾越節的羔羊。
Leviticus - He is our High Priest
利未記,他是我們的大祭司。
Numbers - He is the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night
民數記,他是白日的雲柱,夜間的火柱。
Deuteronomy - He is the City of our Refuge
申命記,他是我們的避難所。
Joshua - He is the Scarlet Thread outside Rahab's window
約書亞記,他是我們救恩的元帥。
Judges - He is our Judge
士師記,他是我們的士師。
Ruth - He is our Kinsmen Redeemer
路得記,他是至親的救贖者。
1 & 2 Samuel - He is our Trusted Prophet
撒母耳記上下,他是可信賴的先知。
Kings & Chronicles - He is our Reigning King
列王記、歷代志上下,他是掌權的王。
Ezra - He is our Faithful Scribe
以斯拉記,他是信實的文士。
Nehemiah - He is the Rebuilder of everything that is broken
尼希米記,他是一切破碎的重建者。
Esther - He is Mordecai sitting faithfully at the gate
以斯帖記,他是我們的末底改。
Job - Our Redeemer that is everliving
約伯記,他是永活的救贖者。
Psalms - He is my Shepherd and I shall not want
詩篇,他是我的牧者,我必不致缺乏。
Proverbs & Ecclesiastes - He is our Wisdom
箴言、傳道書,他是我們的智慧。
Songs of Solomon - He is the Beautiful Bridegroom
雅歌書,他是我們的良人。
Isaiah - He is our Suffering Servant
以賽亞書,他是我們受苦的救主。
Jeremiah & Lamentations - He is the Weeping Prophet
耶利米書、耶利米哀歌,他是為我們流淚的先知。
Ezekiel - He is the Wonderful Four-Faced Man
以西結書,他是那四個臉面的人子。
Daniel - He is the Fourth Man in the midst of the firey furnace
但以理書,他是火窯中的神子。
Hosea - He is my love that was ever more faithful
何西阿書,他是永恆不變的丈夫。
Joel - He baptised us with the Holy Spirit
約珥書,他用聖靈給我們施洗。
Amos - He is our Burden Bearer
阿摩司書,他背負我們的重擔。
Obadiah - He is Our Savior
俄巴底亞書,他是我們的拯救者。
Jonah - He is the Great Foreign Missionary that takes the Word of God into all the world
約拿書,他是我們偉大的宣教士。
Micah - He is the Messenger with beautiful feet
彌迦書,他是那腳蹤佳美的使者。
Nahum - He is our Avengerer
那鴻書,他為我們申冤。
Habakkuk - He is the Watchman ever praying for revival
哈巴谷書,他是復興的守望者。
Zephaniah - He is the Lord, mighty to save
西番雅書,他是全能的拯救者。
Haggai - He is the Restorer of lost heritage
哈該書,他恢復我們失去的產業。
Zechariah - He is our Fountain
撒迦利亞書,他是洗除罪惡與污穢的泉源。
Malachi - He is the Son of Righteousness with healing in his weakness
瑪拉基書,他是公義的日頭,發出醫治的大能。

Matthew - He is the Christ, Son of the Living God
馬太福音,他是彌賽亞。
Mark - He is the Miracle Worker
馬可福音,他是奇妙的僕人。
Luke - He is the Son of Man
路加福音,他是人子。
John - He is the Door of which everyone of us must enter
約翰福音,他是神子。
Acts - He is the Shining Light that appears to Saul on the road to Damascus
使徒行傳,他是運行在人心中的靈。
Romans - He is our Justifier
羅馬書,他使我們稱義。
I Corinthians - He is our Resurrection
2 Corinthians - He is our Sin Bearer
哥林多前後書,他使我們成聖。
Galatians - He redeems us from the Law
加拉太書,他將我們從律法的咒詛中贖出來。
Ephesians - He is our Unsearchable Ratist?
以弗所書,他是基督,是那測不透的豐富。
Philippians - He supplies our every need
腓立比書,他是神,是我們的供應者。
Colossians - He is the fullness of God-head Father
歌羅西書,他是一切的元首。
1 & 2 Thessalonians - He is our soon-coming King
帖撒羅尼迦前後書,他是快要再來的王。
1 & 2 Timothy - He is the Mediator between God and Man
提摩太前後書,他是神與人中間的中保。
Titus - He is our Blessed Hope
提多書,他是信實的牧者。
Philemon - He is the Friend that sticks closer than a brother
腓利門書,他是比兄弟更親密的朋友。
Hebrews - He is the Blood of the everlasting covenant
希伯來書,他用血與我們立永約。
James - He is the Lord that heals the sick
雅各書,他是醫治的主。
1 & 2 Peter - He is the Chief Shepherd
彼得前後書,他是大牧者。
1, 2 & 3 John - He has tenderness of Love
約翰一二三書,他就是愛。
Jude - He is the Lord that is coming with tens of thousands of saints
猶大書,他將帶著千萬聖者降臨。
Revelations - Lift up your eyes Church! For your redemption Joy of Life! He is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords!
啟示錄,教會啊,舉目仰望,你的救贖主來了,他是萬王之王,萬主之主!

Another version: "Christ in Every Book"





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