Hymn 18
Come We that Love
1
Ꭷ! ᎡᏗᎨᏳᎢ
ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎡᎯ
ᎡᏓᎵᏒᎵᏤᎮᏍᏗ
ᏕᏗᏃᎩᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ
2
ᎢᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ
ᏫᎾᏍᏛᎾ ᏤᎭ
ᎿᏉ ᎠᏎ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ
ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᎵᎢ
3
ᏧᏁᏤᎵᏓᏍᏗ
ᏙᏓᎧᏁᏤᎵ
ᏙᏓᎨᎦᏘᏁᏏᏃ
ᏭᏬᎸ ᏦᏒᎢ
4
ᎿᏉ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ
ᏓᏰᏗᎪᏩᏛᎯ
ᎠᎴ Ꮭ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ
ᏴᎨᏗᏍᎦᏅᎩ
5
ᏀᎾ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ
ᎾᎵᏍᏆᏗᏍᎬᎾ
ᎡᏓᎵᎡᎵᏤᎭᏍᏗ
ᎢᎩᏙᎵᏳᎯ
6
ᏫᏂᎩᎷᏨᎾ
ᎠᏏ ᏀᎾ ᏥᎩ
ᎡᏓᎵᎡᎵᏤᎭᏍᏗ
ᎤᏚᎩ ᎢᎬᏒ
7
ᏕᏗᏃᎩᏍᎨᏍᏗ
ᎠᎴ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ
ᏧᏓᏌᎧᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ
ᏕᎦᏓᏅᏛᎢ
8
ᏱᎰᏩ ᎤᏤᎵ
ᎦᏓ ᏕᎦᎳᏍᎦ
ᏧᏪᏅᏒ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ
ᏫᎦᎾᎸᎪᎩ
1
Ka! edigeyui
galvladi ehi
edalisvlitsehesdi
dedinogisdisgvi
2
iganelanvhi
winasdvna tseha
hnaquo ase igidoda
ale igalii
3
tsunetselidasdi
dodakanetseli
dodagegatinesino
wuwolv tsosvi
4
hnaquo galvladi
dayedigowadvhi
ale tla nigohilvi
yvgedisganvgi
5
nahna nigohilv
nalisquadisgvna
edalielitsehasdi
igidoliyuhi
6
winigilutsvna
asi nahna tsigi
edalielitsehasdi
udugi igvsv
7
dedinogisgesdi
ale nigohilv
tsudasakahi gesesdi
degadanvdvi
8
yihowa utseli
gada degalasga
tsuwenvsv galvladi
wiganalvgogi
1
Ka! * Now our Beloved
Above dweller
Let all of us to him be grateful
As we worship him continually
2
Our Creator
Immortal lives
Therefore since Our Father
And our friend
3
He will declare his
Witnesses that
He will take us to
The Place he sits eternally
4
Therefore up above
Him we will see
and not forever
we will sin (double negative emphasizes that we will never sin again)
5
There in that place eternally
without ever stopping
we will remain grateful
because of his mercy to all of us
6
Even though we have not
gone to that place there right now
Let us be grateful
He gives us hope that it is possible
7
We will all be singing
and our spirits will always be
forever exulting (will be)
our spirits
8
YHWH is owner
The land that I walk on top of
His home is above
Declare this!
*Ka- although commonly translated as now, this is an exclamation that means so much more. It conveys the sense of right now but also can relay the idea of pay attention right now to what is next or now its time to begin- and the English cannot convey all of its meaning that it holds in the Cherokee language.
Possible Tunes:
How Firm a Foundation (Most common)
Standing on the Promises
First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
Author: K. (1787)
Author (attributed to): George Keith (1787)
Author (attributed to): R. Keen (c. 1787)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Source: Rippon's A Selection of Hymns, 1787
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Liturgical Use: Gospel Acclamation Songs