翻譯DC Talk - So Help Me God（華府對談〈所以請幫助我，上帝〉）

英文歌詞取自Genius：https://genius.com/Dc-talk-so-help-me-god-lyrics。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2306rua5GA&pp=ygUWZGMgdGFsayBzbyBoZWxwIG1lIGdvZA%3D%3D

《Jesus Freak》專輯的第一首歌〈So Help Me God〉，是關於請求上帝幫助他們度過日常生活的誘惑，並發誓保持忠誠。對每個過得很疲勞的一般人來說，我們面對生活中似是而非的思想轟炸和焦慮和亂七八糟的垃圾，多少都（不情願地）需要上帝幫助度過我們度過每一天。歌名〈So Help Me God〉除了指「所以請幫助我，上帝」之外還有鄭重發誓的意思。

[Intro: Kevin Max & TobyMac]

I got somethin' for you, man

我有一批好貨給你，夥計

[Verse 1: TobyMac]

Bombarded by philosophies that satisfy the surface (Surface)

受到滿足膚淺（膚淺）哲學的轟炸

I flee to somethin' deeper at the risk of seeking purpose (Purpose)

我冒著尋求意義（意義）的風險逃往更深層次的事物

How can I hang in this environmental state of being (Being)

我怎麼能停留在這個情況（情況）

When everything I'm strivin' for is nothin' that I'm seein'? (Seein')

當我正在追求的一切都不是我所尋找（尋找）的東西？

[Pre-Chorus 1: Kevin Max]

Won't You take my heart? Won't You take my soul?

祢能帶走我的心嗎？祢能帶走我的靈魂嗎？

Won't You come and make me whole again?

祢能讓我重新變得完整嗎？

You, You got what I need, and You never retreat

祢擁有我需要的，祢從不退縮

Unto You I will concede

我將歸順於祢

[Chorus: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

To put my faith in You

讓我相信祢

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

Before I come unglued

在我開始游離之前

Call it my addiction

稱它是一種成癮

I can't get enough of You

我無法得到足夠的祢

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

To put my faith in You

讓我相信祢

[Verse 2: TobyMac]

Infected by the skin I'm in that's starvin' with desire (Desire)

我被我的皮膚感染，它深深地在渴望（渴望）

And Jesus ain't the latest thing to come across the wire (Wire)

而耶穌不是第一個循信息（信息）而來的東西

I throw myself at mercy for I am the chief of sinners (Sinners)

我向憐憫投降，因為我是罪人（罪人）之首

But daily takin' up my cross has brought its share of splinters (Splinters)

但每天背負十字架也帶來了一些木頭碎渣（碎渣）

[Pre-Chorus 2: Kevin Max]

You're there when I call, and You're there when I fall

當我呼喚時，祢在那裡，當我跌倒時，祢在那裡

Even though I don't deserve it all

即使我這麼不配得

You, You light my way through the night and the day

祢照亮了我日日夜夜的道路

And from You I will not stray

而我不會離開祢

[Chorus: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

To put my faith in You

讓我相信祢

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

Before I come unglued

在我開始游離之前

Call it my addiction

稱它是一種成癮

I can't get enough of You

我無法得到足夠的祢

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

To put my faith in You, yeah

讓我相信祢

[Instrumental Post-Chorus]

[Pre-Chorus 1: Kevin Max]

Won't You take my heart? Won't You take my soul? (Won't You take my heart?)

祢能帶走我的心嗎？祢能帶走我的靈魂嗎？

Won't You come and make me whole again?

祢能讓我重新變得完整嗎？

You, You got what I need, and You never retreat (You got what I need)

祢擁有我需要的，祢從不退縮（祢擁有我需要的）

Unto You I will concede

我將歸順於祢

[Chorus: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

To put my faith in You

讓我相信祢

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

Before I come unglued

在我開始游離之前

Call it my addiction

稱它是一種成癮

I can't get enough of You

我無法得到足夠的祢

So help me, God (So help me, God)

所以請幫助我，上帝（所以請幫助我，上帝）

To put my faith in You, yeah

讓我相信祢

[Break: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, Kevin Max, Michael Tait]

God, so help me

上帝，所以請幫助我

So help me, God

所以請幫助我，上帝

This is my soul plea (Ooh)

這是我靈魂的懇求

I'm desperately devoted

我是這麼絕望地投入

I can't get enough of You

我無法得到足夠的祢

So help me, God

所以請幫助我，上帝

[Bridge: Michael Tait, Kevin Max, TobyMac]

'Cause You are the one I love (You are the one I love)

因為祢是我所愛（祢是我所愛）

Yes, I know You are

是的，我知道祢是

'Cause You are the one I need (You are the one I need)

因為祢是我所需（祢是我所需）

I need You

我需要祢

You are the one I'm seekin' (You are the one I'm seekin')

因為祢是我所尋找的（祢是我所尋找的）

Every single day

每一天

'Cause You are the one for me (You are the one for me, uh)

因為祢是我的唯一（祢是我的唯一）

[Outro: Kevin Max & TobyMac]

 (You are the one I love)

（祢是我的唯一）

 (You are the one I need)

（祢是我所需）

 (You are the one I'm seekin')

（祢是我所尋找的）

 (You are the one for me, me, me, me)

（祢是我的唯一）

[Skit: Michael Tait]

I just walked into a meat and three

我一走進一家自助餐店

And everybody's starin' at me

每個人都盯著我看

I gotta go

我得走了

DC Talk的官方頻道上還有擷取自1996年巡演《Welcome to the Freakshow》演唱這首的片段：

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EQVhFSJ-2Y&pp=ygUWZGMgdGFsayBzbyBoZWxwIG1lIGdvZA%3D%3D