Gosanka Poems, Revised, “The Holy Ones”

         
  キリストも 釈迦も孔子もこの救ひ 如何に待たれし天国に居まして
300  

For so long have
Waited in heaven
For this salvation,
Christ, Shakyamuni,
And Confucius.

#1, page 68, S6-103B 
S4-431B キリストも 釈迦も孔子も此教 如何に永き世待たれけるかも In an untitled set of poems in Chijôtengoku, Issue 10, #4, page 1, November 20, 1949.
 
S4-431B translation
Over many ages / Have waited / For these teachings, / Christ, Shakyamuni, / And Confucius.
 
         
  バイブルも 仏書も此世の弥果に 救世の力の出づるを示せる
301   The Bible and the
Buddhist sutras all
Reveal that at the end
Of this world will appear
The power of world salvation. 
#2, page 68, S6-103C
 
   
S4-431C バイブルも 仏書も此世のいやはてに 救世の力のいづるを示せる In an untitled set of poems in Chijôtengoku, Issue 10, #5, page 1, November 20, 1949.
         
 

キリストの 宣らせ給ひし天国の 福音吾は伝へむとすも

302   I, Mokichi Okada,
Do convey
The gospel of heaven
That has been
Proclaimed by Christ.
#3, page 68, S6-103D
 
S6-7D キリストの 待たれ給ひし天国の 福音吾は伝へんとすも In a set of poems composed for and recited at the New Year Service 1951, #14.
 
S6-7D translation
I, Mokichi Okada, / Do convey / The gospel of heaven / That has been / Awaited by Christ.
 
         
 

キリストも 釈迦もメシヤの生れまさむ 時来るまでの露払ひなる

303   Christ and Shakyamuni
Both were precursors
Until the time when
Would come
The Messiah.
#4, page 68, S6-104A 
 
S6-15A キリストも 釈迦もメシヤの生れまさむ 時来る迄の露払ひなる In a set of poems composed for and recited at The Service for the Beginning of Spring, #18, February 5, 1951.
   
 

万民の 罪の贖ひ主にあらで メシヤは罪の赦し主なる

304   Not the
Lord of Redemption,
The Messiah is
The Lord of Forgiveness
For all peoples.
#5, page 68, S6-104B
 
S6-8A 万民の 罪の贖ひ主にあらで メシヤは罪の赦し主なる In a set of poems composed for and recited at the New Year Service 1951, #17. 
 
 

万民の 救ひの主は世の終りに 生るるとキリストの君はいひける

305   The Master Christ has
Said that at the end
Of the world will
Appear the lord of
Salvation for all peoples.
#6, page 69, S6-104C
 
S6-8B 万民の 救の主は世の終りに 生るると基督の君は言ひける In a set of poems composed for and recited at the New Year Service 1951, #18.
          
 

キリストは 贖い主と生れ給ひ メシヤは救ひの主と生るるるも

306   Christ appeared as
The Lord of Atonement;
The Messiah is to
Appear as the
Lord of Salvation.
#7, page 69, S6-104D