The Hands That First Held Mary's Child 最初懷抱聖嬰的那雙手

The Hands That First Held Mary's Child 最初懷抱聖嬰的那雙手 作詞：Thomas Troeger 作曲：Dan Forrest 大提琴：陳逸安 鋼琴：洪小涵 The hands that first held Mary's child 最初懷抱聖嬰的那雙手 Were hard from working wood 本是木匠的粗手 From boards they sawed and planed 鋸木 刨平 打磨 And filed and splinters they withstood 經年忍受木屑刺痛 This day they gripped no tool of steel 這日木匠之手卻不執鎚 They drove no iron nail 也亦無暇敲打鐵釘 But cradled from the head to heel 雙手只作嬰孩搖籃 Our Lord, newborn and frail 輕擁幼小新生王 When Joseph marveled at the size 約瑟驚嘆稚嫩身軀 Of that small breathing frame 吐納馨香氣息 And gazed upon those bright new eyes 凝視嬰孩明亮雙眸 And spoke the infant's name 悄聲喚祂聖名 The angel's words he once had dreamed 夢中天使傳報喜訊 Poured down from heaven's height 佳音來自至高處 And like the host of stars that beamed 如同穹蒼星光燦爛 Blessed earth with welcome light 光芒盈溢 造福全地 This child shall be Emmanuel 聖嬰孩名為以馬內利 Not God upon the throne 祂非高坐寶座 But God with us, Emmanuel 救主降卑 與人同住 As close as blood and bone 親近猶如骨血 The tiny form in Joseph's palms 約瑟雙手所捧稚嬰 Confirmed what he had heard 印證天使聖言 And from his heart rose hymns and psalms 讚美詩歌油然心生 For heaven's human word 感恩屬天啟示 The tools that Joseph laid aside 約瑟所擱置工具 A mob would later lift 後遭暴民濫用 And use with anger, fear and pride 因著憤怒 恐懼 驕傲 To crucify God's gift 釘死上帝愛子 Let us, O Lord, not only hold 主啊 願我們不只擁抱 The child who's born today 今日誕生聖嬰孩 But charged with faith may we be bold 更賜我們信心與勇氣 To follow in His way 一生與主同行