SDA NnwomNo. 606
B're bi ba ma nipa ne 'man
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Tune
Asante Twi Lyrics
Verse 1
B're bi ba ma nipa ne 'man Sɛ wɔbɛyɛ nsusui bi Fa nokwar' anaa atorɔ, Papa anaa bɔne ho Nyame Mesaia fof'r Ma 'hotɔ anaa 'hohia; Na nea wɔbɛpaw, hann anaa Esum no bɛtra hɔ daa.
Verse 2
Eye sɛ yɛpaw nokware B're' a yenya ne haw no bi Ansa na yɛanya ne mfaso; Na trenee mu wɔ nhyira; ɛno na ;kokod'rufo paw B're' a ahufo gyina nkyɛn Kosi sɛ ɛdɔm a wɔpow Gyidi no bɛsan aba.
Verse 3
Yɛde mogyadansefo hann Toa W'anammɔn no, Kristo; Yɛsoa 'sɛnnua kɔ Kalbre daa, 'Sɛnnua' a ɛnnan n'aakyi naky'rɛ; Mm're de nnwuma fof'ro ba ma Kan nnepa dan tetesɛm; ɛsɛ wɔn a wobekura Nokwar' mu sɛ wɔkɔ' anim.
Verse 4
Ewom, bɔne nya nkɔso de, Nanso nokwar' n'egyina; Ne kyɛfa bɛyɛ 'sɛnnua ma Bɔne atra agua so; Nanso ɛyɛ saa 'sennua no Na ekura daakye mu, Nyame fi s'ro hwɛ Ne mma so Wɔ esum kabii no mu.
English Lyrics
Verse 1
Once to every man and nation Comes the moment decide, In the strife with false-hood, For the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, Offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by for ever 'xt that darkness and that light.
Verse 2
Then to side with truth is noble When we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, And 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, While coward stands aside, Till the multitude make virtue Of the faith they had denied.
Verse 3
By the light of burning martyrs, Christ, Thy bleeding feet we track, Toiling up new Calvaries ever With the cross that turns not back; New occasions teach new duties, Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, Who would keep a breast of truth.
Verse 4
Through the cause of evil prosper, Yet truth alone is strong; Though her portion be the scaffold, And upon the throne ne wrong; Yet that scaffold sway the future, And, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, Keeping watch above His own.