みまえにわれらつどい
    
                                            讃美歌21 79 みまえにわれらつどい                                        Let us break bread together
アフロ・アメリカン・スピリチュアル (Afro-American spiritual)

彼らは、使徒の教え、相互の交わり、パンを裂くこと、祈ることに熱心であった。(使徒言行録 2章42節)
                                                                                                              新共同訳聖書 日本聖書協会
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42) NIV

1
みまえにわれらつどい、
ともにわかつみ(かて)を、
()(ひかり)なる(しゅ)のことばもて
(しゅく)したまえ。

2
(まね)きにこたえつつ
あずかるさかずきをも、
()(ひかり)なる(しゅ)のことばもて
(しゅく)したまえ。

3
みわざをたたえうたい、
みまえにつどう(たみ)を、
()(ひかり)なる(しゅ)のことばもて
(しゅく)したまえ。

       

Let us break bread together on our knees, (on our knees)
Let us break bread together on our knees. (on our knees)
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me.

Let us drink wine together on our knees, (on our knees)
Let us drink wine together on our knees. (on our knees)
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me.

Let us praise God together on our knees, (on our knees)
Let us praise God together on our knees. (on our knees)
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord,
have mercy on me.

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