CALL TO WORSHIP VOKO AL ADORO (angla lingvo)

Come, ye believers

Esperanto original: Venu, kredantoj

“O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!” Psalm 95:1

Author : William John DOWNES, 1967
Original Language : Esperanto
English translation by Leland Bryant ROSS, 1995

Fonto: LBR

1. Come, ye believers, sing to our Father!
   Glorious beyond imagining is He!
   Lord God Almighty, ruler of all things —
   Let us all seek Him fervently now.

2. Come, ye believers, sing to our Savior!
   Son of the Father, God become Man,
   Born to a virgin, laid in a manger,
   Raised as a Jewish carpenter's son.

3. Come, ye believers, welcome the Spirit:
   Comforter Holy, Guidance Divine!
   Paraclete, pour out the light of truth on us —
   Help us and hold us firm on God's path.

4. So to the Father, the Son, and the Spirit,
   Let our salvation call forth our song:
   Sing of the boundless, wondrous, redeeming,
   Seeking and saving Love of our God!

© 1971 K.E.L.I.

Tune : BUNESSAN
Ancient Gaelic Melody
MIDI TCH

The eight-stanza, unrhymed original of this hymn became the "trademark" call to worship among Protestant Esperanto speakers after its appearance as the first hymn in Adoru kantante (1971). I translated it in 1995, albeit in a shortened form, and we have sung it several times where I worship in Seattle.

Esperanto Hymn Texts sung to BUNESSAN

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