Works of God


88	キリストも　釈迦も讃へむ大いなる　我神業を天国に居まして
	In heaven, Both Christ and Shakyamuni Do praise God’s great task That I am conducting.	#1, page 20, S6-56D
	S4-354A キリストも　釈迦も讃えむ大いな　わが神業を幽世に居まして In a set of poems titled “Paradise on Earth” in Gosanka Poems, #105, July 1, 1948.

		S4-354A translation In the world of the / Ancestors, both / Christ and Shakyamuni / Do praise God’s great task / That I am conducting.

89	奇びなる　此神業に比ぶもの　ひろき現世にあらじとぞ思ふ
	How mysterious This divine task that Can be compared to Nothing else in this Wide present world.	#2, page 21, S6-57A
	S4-354A 奇びなる　この神業に比ぶもの　ひろき現世にあらじとぞ思ふ In a set of poems titled “Paradise on Earth” in Gosanka Poems, #106, July 1, 1948.

90	苅菰の　乱れたる世を打切りて　正しき御代を打樹つるなり
	Cutting away the Undergrowth of the Confusion of the world, A world of justice is To be constructed.	#3, page 21, S6-57B
	S4-203D 苅菰の　乱れたる世を打断りて　美し御国に救ひますかも In a set of poems titled “Power of Salvation (16)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #160, 1936, unpublished; S4-359C 苅菰の　乱れたる世を打断りて　美し此土にならせますらむIn a set of poems titled “Power of Salvation” in Gosanka Poems, #126, July 1, 1948; previous translation, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, #14, pages 11 & 97; translation based on non-Meishu-sama text 苅菰の　乱れる世をうち切りて　正しき御代を樹つる神業

		S4-203D translation Cutting away the / Undergrowth of the / Confusion of the world, / Will be saved and made / A beautiful country.
		S4-359C translation Cutting away the / Undergrowth of the / Confusion of the world, / This land will be / Made beautiful.
		Sounds of the Dawn translation God’s Action will end / The world’s chaos through His own / Divine Light Program, / Establishing a new age / Of balance and happiness.

91	小やかな　人の智慧もて大いなる　救世の御業の解らざらめやは
	How can be understood The great divine Work of salvation With only the small Speck of human wisdom?	#4, page 21, S6-57C
	S4-230B 小やかな　人の智慧もて例しなき　救世の御業の判らざらめや In a set of poems titled “Great Awakening (28)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #275, 1936, unpublished; S4-378D 小やかな　人の智慧もて例しなき　救世の御業の判らざらめや In a set of poems titled “Great Compassion Great Mercy” in Gosanka Poems, #214, July 1, 1948.

92	奇びなる　我神業は古へゆ　書にも見へず言伝へにもなき
	How mysterious My divine task Not mentioned in Ancient texts nor In legends handed down.	#5, page 21, S6-57D
	S4-392A 奇びなる　わが神業は古えゆ　文にも見えず言伝にもなき In a set of poems titled “Myself” in Gosanka Poems, #273, July 1, 1948.

		S4-38C translation That which forgives / All and every sin, and / That which judges / All and every sin is / The great strict God.

93	大神の　御業といへど人の身を　通じて世人救ふにありける
	The work of God Means saving the People of the world Through the physical Bodies of human beings.	#6, page 21, S6-57E
	Previous translations in Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 19B; Prayers and Gosanka, page 19B; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, pages 58 & 190, #134; Prayers and Poems, page 19B; Book of Gosanka, #97, page 25; translation based on altered, non-Meishu-sama text 大神の　御業といへど人の身を　通じて世人救はせ給ふ

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation God is working through man to fulfill / His Plan, / Using him as His Instrument / To establish a completely happy world.
		Prayers and Gosanka & Sounds of the Dawn translation God works through mankind / Using each human being / As His instrument / To fulfill His Divine Plan / For saving all of this world.
		Prayers and Poems translation God’s works through human kind, / Using each person / As an instrument / To fulfill the Divine Plan / For saving all of this world.
		Book of Gosanka translation ‘Though we say it’s God, / Who does work of salvation / In the world of man; / ‘Tis through man does God save man; / It is work that God wills man.

94	久方の　天より降る救世の　神の御業の尊かりける
	Indeed precious is the Work of the divine Beings of world salvation Who have descended From far away heaven.	#7, page 22, S6-58A