“No Time ”『沒時間』

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I knelt to pray but not for long,

我跪著禱告，但是不久，

I had too much to do.

我有很多事情。

I had to hurry and get to work

我必須趕著去做，

For bills would soon be due.

帳單也到期了。

So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,

所以我急急忙忙地做了禱告

And jumped up off my knees.

就起身了。

My Christian duty was now done

自以為這樣，已盡了基督徒的責任，

My soul could rest at ease.

我可以放鬆了。

All day long I had no time

一整天，我總是忙個不停，

To spread a word of cheer.

甚至沒時間講一句好話。

No time to speak of Christ to friends,

也沒時間向朋友們傳福音，

They’d laugh at me I’d fear.

我怕他們會恥笑我。

No time, no time, too much to do,

沒時間，就是沒時間，太多事要做，

That was my constant cry,

這是我的口頭禪。

No time to give to souls in need

沒時間給需要我的人，

At last it was time to die.

直到最後死神向我招手。

And when before the Lord, I came.

當我站在上主面前，

I stood with downcast eyes.

我垂頭俯視，

Within His hands He held a book,

祂的手中拿著一本書，

It was the book of life.

叫作「生命冊」。

God looked into his book and said

上主看著那冊子說，

“Your name I cannot find,

「你的名字我沒找到，

I once was going to write it down…

那天，我想把它寫下來，

But never found the time.”

可是找不出時間。」

~author unknown~

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