Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: Sinners, turn, why will ye die?

"Turn from your evil ways for why will ye die," Ezek. 33:11

1.  Sinners, turn, why will ye die?
    God, your Maker, asks you why:
    God, who did your being give
    Made you with Himself to live,
    He the fatal cause demands,
    Asks the work of His own hands;
    Why, ye thankless creatures, why
    Will you cross His love, and die?

2. Sinners, turn, why will ye die?
    God, your Saviour, asks you why
    God, who did your souls retrieve,
    Died Himself, that you might live;
    Will you let Him die in vain?
    Crucify your Lord again?
    Why ye ransom'd sinners, why
    Will you slight His grace, and die?

3. Sinners, turn; why will ye die?
    God, the Spirit, asks you why
    He who all your lives hath strove,
    Wooed you to embrace His love
    Will you not His grace receive?
    Will you still refuse to live?
    Why, ye long-sought sinners, why
    Will you grieve your God, and die?

4. Can you doubt if God is love,
    If to all His yearnings move?
    Will you not His word receive
    Will you not His oath believe?
    See, your dying Lord appears!
    Jesus weeps believe His tears!
    Mingled with His blood they cry
    "Why will you resolve to die?"

Amen.


YORUBA LYRICS: Elese, e yipada

E yipada kuro ninu ona buburu nyin; nitori kini eyin o seku. Esek. 33:11

1.  Elese, e yipada,
     Ese ti e o fi ku?
     Eleda nyin ni mbere,
     T’ o fe ki e ba On gbe;
     Oran nla ni o mbi nyin,
     Ise owo Re ni nyin, 
     A ! Enyin alailope,
     Ese t’ e o ko ‘fe Re?

2.  Elese, e yipada,
     Ese ti e o fi ku?
     Olugbala ni mbere,
     Enit’ o gb’ emi nyin la;
     Iku Re y’o jasan bi?
     E o tun kan mo ‘gi bi?
     Eni ‘rapada, ese
     Ti e o gan ore Re?

3.  Elese, e yipada,
     Ese ti e o fi ku?
     Emi Mimo ni mbere,
    Ti nf’ ojo gbogbo ro nyin;   
    E ki o ha gb’ ore Re?
    E o ko iye sibe?
    A  ti nwa nyin pe, ese   
    T’ e mbi Olorun ninu?

4.  Iyemeji ha nse nyin
     Pe, ife ni Olorun,         
     E ki o ha gb’ oro Re?
     K’ e gba ileri Re gbo?   
     W’ Oluwa nyin lodo nyin,
     Jesu nsun:  w’omije Re;
     Eje Re pelu nke, pe,
     “Ese ti e o fi ku?”  Amin.

Composed by: Berthold Tours