Once in royal David's city, 曾经在皇家大卫的城，

Stood a lowly cattle shed, 站在一个卑微的牛棚，

Where a mother laid her baby 凡母亲把她的宝贝

In a manger for His bed: 在马槽里为他的床：

Mary was that mother mild, 玛丽是母亲温和，

Jesus Christ her little child. 耶稣基督她的孩子。

   

He came down to earth from heaven, 他来到了人间，从天上，

Who is God and Lord of all, 谁是神，就是众人的主，

And His shelter was a stable, 而他的住所是一个稳定的，

And His cradle was a stall; 和他的摇篮是一档;

With the poor and meek and lowly, 与穷人和柔和谦卑，

Lived on earth our Savior holy. 生活在地球上我们的救主圣洁。

   

And through all 并通过各

His wondrous childhood, 他奇妙的童年，

He would honor and obey, 他将履行和遵守，

Love and watch the lowly mother, 喜欢看着卑微的母亲，

In whose gentle arms He lay. 在他的温柔怀抱他躺在。

Christian children all should be, 基督徒的孩子都应该，

Mild, obedient, good as He. 温和，顺从，好他。

   

For He is our child-hood's pattern, 因为他是我们的孩子，油烟机的模式，

Day by day like us He grew, 一天一天，像我们这样他长大，

He was little, weak, and helpless, 他小的时候，虚弱，无助，

Tears and smiles like us He knew, 泪水和笑容像我们一样，他知道，

And He feeleth for our sadness, 和他feeleth我们的悲伤，

And He shareth in our gladness. 和他shareth在我们的喜乐。

   

And our eyes at last shall see Him, 而我们的眼睛终于要见他，

Through His own redeeming love; 通过自己的救赎之爱;

For that child so dear and gentle, 对于孩子如此看重和温柔，

Is our Lord in heaven above, 是我们在天上的主以上，

And He leads His children on, 而他在带领他的孩子们，

To the place where He is gone. 到了那里，他走了的地方。

   

Not in that poor lowly stable, 不是那个可怜卑微的稳定，

With the oxen standing by, 与牛站在旁边，

We shall see Him, but in heaven, 我们将看到他，但在天上，

Set at God's right hand on high; 定在神的高右手;

When like stars 当像星星

His children crowned, 他的孩子们加冕，

All in white shall be around. 所有白应各地。