Cantata BWV 6 - English Translation [Parallel Format]

Cantata BWV 6 Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden English Translation in Parallel Format Cantata BWV 6 - Stay with us, for evening is coming
Event: Easter Monday Readings: Epistle: Acts 10: 34-43; Gospel: Luke 24: 13-35 Text: Luke 24: 29 (Mvt. 1); Anon (Mvts. 2, 4-5); Nikolaus Selnecker (Mvt. 3); Martin Luther (Mvt. 6)
Biblical quotations in green font, chorales in purple
	Original German Text		English Translation
1	Coro	1	Chorus [S, A, T, B]
	Oboe I/II, Oboe da caccia, Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo
	Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, und der Tag hat sich geneiget.		Stay with us, for evening is coming and the day draws to an end.

2	Aria A	2	Aria [Alto]
	Oboe da caccia, Continuo
	Hochgelobter Gottessohn, Laß es dir nicht sein entgegen, Dass wir itzt vor deinem Thron Eine Bitte niederlegen: Bleib, ach bleibe unser Licht, Weil die Finsternis einbricht.		Most praiseworthy Son of God, Let it not be against your will that we now before your throne lay down a request: Stay, ah stay as our light, since darkness comes over us.

3	Choral S	3	Chorale [Soprano]
	Violoncello piccolo, Continuo
	Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, Weil es nun Abend worden ist, Dein göttlich Wort, das helle Licht, Laß ja bei uns auslöschen nicht.		Ah, stay with us, Lord Jesus Christ, since evening has now come, your divine word, the clear light, do not allow to be put out amongst us.
			(Vespera iam venit, translated by Philipp Melanchthon 1579)
	In dieser letzt'n betrübten Zeit Verleih uns, Herr, Beständigkeit, Dass wir dein Wort und Sakrament Rein b'halten bis an unser End.		In these last, troubled times grant us, Lord, constancy so that your word and sacrament we may keep purely until our end.
			(Nikolaus Selnecker 1572)

4	Recitativo B	4	Recitative [Bass]
	Continuo
	Es hat die Dunkelheit An vielen Orten überhand genommen. Woher ist aber dieses kommen? Bloß daher, weil sowohl die Kleinen als die Großen Nicht in Gerechtigkeit Vor dir, o Gott, gewandelt Und wider ihre Christenpflicht gehandelt. Drum hast du auch den Leuchter umgestoßen.		Darkness has spread over many places. How has this happened? Simply for this reason, because both the lowly and the great have not justly walked before you, O God and they have acted against their Christian duty. Therefore you also have turned over their candlestick.

5	Aria T	5	Aria [Tenor]
	Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo
	Jesu, lass uns auf dich sehen, Dass wir nicht Auf den Sündenwegen gehen. Laß das Licht Deines Worts uns heller scheinen Und dich jederzeit treu meinen.		Jesus, let us look towards you so that we may not go along the way of sin. Let the light of your word shine clearly for us and always bring you to mind faithfully.

6	Choral	6	Chorale [S, A, T, B]
	Violino I e Oboe I/II col Soprano, Violino II e Oboe da caccia coll'Alto, Viola col Tenore, Continuo
	Beweis dein Macht, Herr Jesu Christ, Der du Herr aller Herren bist; Beschirm dein arme Christenheit, Dass sie dich lob in Ewigkeit.		Show your might, Lord Jesus Christ, you who are the Lord of lords; protect your poor Christian people, so that they may praise you for ever.
			( Martin Luther 1542)

This Translation in Interlinear Format		English Translation by Francis Browne (April 2005)
Contributed by Francis Browne (August 2009)
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