我知谁掌管明天(周瑞芳)

周瑞芳

本文原刊于《举目》24期

1. 我不知明天将如何,每一天只为主活,我不借明天的阳光,因明天或许阴暗;
我不要为将来忧虑,因我信主的应许,我今天要与主同行,因祂知前面路程。
I don’t know about tomorrow, I just live from day to day.
I don’t borrow from it’s sunshine, For it’s skies may turn to gray.
I don’t worry o’er the future, For I know what Jesus said,
And today I’ll walk beside Him, For He knows what is ahead.

2. 每一步越走越光明,像攀登黄金阶梯,每重担越挑越轻省,每朵云披上银衣;
在那里阳光常普照,在那里没有眼泪,在美丽彩虹的尽头,众山岭与天相连。
Ev’ry step is getting brighter, As the golden stairs I climb;
Ev’ry burden’s getting lighter; Ev’ry cloud is silver lined.
There the sun is always shining, There no tear will dim the eyes,
At the ending of the rainbow, Where the mountains touch the sky.

3. 我不知明天将如何,或遭遇贫苦饥饿,但那位看顾麻雀者,祂必然也看顾我,
祂是我旅途的良伴,或遭遇各样灾害,我救主必与我同在,祂宝血把我遮盖。
I don’t know about tomorrow, It may bring me poverty;
But the One Who feeds the sparrow, Is the One Who stands by me.
And the path that be my portion, May be through the flame or flood,
But His presence goes before me, And I’m covered with His blood.

副歌(Refrain)
有许多未来的事情,我现在不能识透,
但我知谁掌管明天,我也知谁牵我手。
Many things about tomorrow, I don’t seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow, And I know Who holds my hand.

       史丹斐(Ira F. Stanphill,1914-1994)10岁就会弹奏各样乐器。12岁决志奉献事主,22岁开始讲道。以后在全美国和四十多个国家布道及演唱,成为廿 世纪著名的福音诗歌作家,写了六百首圣诗,像“小山上的居所”(Mansion over the Hilltop)、“十架有地方”(Room at the Cross for You)、“跟随我”(Follow Me)等。

       史牧师忠心牧会,她的妻子却决定远走高飞,因为她不愿再和他继续过一个不甚富裕的日子。她要到纽约百老汇去发展自己的才华。史牧师十分心痛,但也挽留不住。多年后的一天,史牧师遽然听到前妻在北方暴风雪中车祸丧生,他心中极其难过。当他徘徊在德州福和市区的一个天桥上时,词和曲油然从心而生,就写成了这首诗歌。他人生的路途是如此的艰难,孤单一人侍奉主,但就像他所写的“每一步越走越光明……每重担越挑越轻省……祂是我旅途良伴……我知谁掌管明天﹗”从此,它也成了许多基督徒深深所喜爱的见证诗歌,越唱对神的信心也越发坚固。

作者:周瑞芳,女中音,大陆学人事工传道人。现任教于中华基督教音乐崇拜研究院。

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