All-American Prophet - Various Artists

All-American Prophet - Various Artists (欧美群星)

You all know the Bible
你们都知道圣经
Is made of Testaments old and new
它分为新约与旧约
You've been told it's just those two parts
你们都被告知圣经只有这两部
Or only one if you're a Jew
或者只有旧约
But what if I were to tell you
如果你是犹太人的话
There's a fresh third part out there
其实圣经还有第三部
Which was found by a hip new prophet
被一个新的先知所发现
Who had a little Donny Osmond flair
这先知有点励志的味道
Have you heard of the All American Prophet
你知道土生土长的美国的先知吗
The blonde haired blue eyed voice of God
他金发碧眼传诵着上帝福音
He didn't come from the Middle East
他不和其他贤者一样
Like those other holy men
老家是中东
No God's favorite prophet was All American
不 上帝最爱的先知是地道的美国人
I'm gonna take you back to Biblical times 1823
我要带你回到这圣经被发现的世界 1823年
An American man named Joe living on a farm
在圣土纽约罗切斯特的一个农场
In the holy land of Rochester New York
住着一个美国人叫乔
You mean the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith
你是说摩门先知约瑟夫史密斯
That's right that young man spoke to God
没错 那个与上帝对话的人
He spoke to God and God said
他和上帝对话
Joe people really need to know that the Bible
上帝说 乔 人们需要知道
Isn't two parts there's a part three to the Bible Joe
圣经并不只有两部 还有第三部圣经 乔
And I God have anointed you to dig up this part three
上帝我指定于你 去挖出这一部分
That is buried by a tree on a hill in your backyard
它被埋在树底下 就在你家后院的小山丘上
Wow God says go to your backyard and start digging
上帝说去你后院挖挖看
That makes perfect sense
这听起来很科学
Joseph Smith went up on that hill
约瑟夫史密斯来到了小山丘
And dug where he was told
挖开了上帝告诉他的那个地方
And deep in the ground
在地底深处
Joseph found shining plates of gold
约瑟夫发现了 闪闪发光的金板子
What are these Golden Plates
这些金板子是什么
Who buried them here and why
是谁又为什么把它埋藏于此
Then appeared an Angel
然后天使出现了
His name was Moroni I am Moroni
他就是摩罗乃 我就是摩罗乃
The All American Angel
地道的美国天使
All American
地道的美国人
My people lived here long long ago
很久很久以前我的人民曾居住于此
This is a history of my race
这是我们民族的历史
Please read the words within
请认真去阅读这金板上的字
We were Jews who met with Christ
我们是见过耶稣的犹太人
But we were All American
但我们也是地道的美国人
But don't let anybody see these plates except for you
但是不要让别人看见金板子 这金板子只属于你
They are only for you to see
只有你能看上面的文字
Even if people ask you
即使有人要求你展示这些金板子
To show the Plates to them don't
千万不要展示
Just copy them onto normal paper
只要把这些文字誊抄于普通的纸上
Even though this might make them question
就算这样会让人生疑
If the Plates are real or not
好奇这些金板子是不是真的存在
This is sort of what God is going for
但是这是上帝的意思
Joseph took the Plates home
约瑟夫把金板子搬回了家
And wrote down what he found inside
认认真真抄写了上面的内容
He turned those Plates into a book
并整理成书
Then he rushed into town and cried
他跑到小镇上并大声呼喊到
Hey God spoke to me and gave me
上帝和我说话了 给了我这本上古的福音书
This blessed ancient tome
给了我这本上古的福音书
He hath commanded me to publish it
他命令我将它出版
And stick it in every home
并送往每家每户
Wow so the Bible is actually a trilogy
所以圣经其实是三部曲
And The Book of Mormon is Return of the Jedi
摩门经 就像是 绝地武士归来 那样
I'm interested
我觉得有点意思
Now many people didn't believe the Prophet Joseph Smith
可是人们大部分并不相信先知约瑟夫史密斯
They thought he'd made up this part three
他们觉得这第三部的事是他编的
That was buried by a tree on the hill in his backyard
还藏在他家后院的一颗树下
Liar but joe said this is no lie
骗子 但是乔说 这不是谎言
Speak to God all the time
其实我天生就能和上帝对话
And he told me to head West
他告诉我向西走
So I'll take my part three from the hill with the tree
我会带着挖出来的第三部圣经向西走
Feel free if you'd like to come along with me
如果你愿意和我一起去 你终将获得自由
To the Promised Land
去那应许之地
The Promised Land
应许之地
Paradise on the West Coast
人间乐园 就在西海岸
Nothing but fruit and fields as far as the eye can see
一眼望去只有遍地的水果和肥沃的农田
Have you heard of the All American Prophet
有没有听过美国本土的先知
He found a brand new book about Jesus Christ
他发现了一本关于耶稣的新书
We are following him to Paradise
我们要跟他去人间乐园
We call ourselves Mormon
我们称自己为摩门教徒
And our new religion is All American
我们这新的信仰就是 美国精神
Wow how much does it cost
这书多少钱
The Mormons kept on searching for
摩门教徒们不断寻找
That place to settle down
那个适合居住的地方
And every time they thought they'd found it
但每当他们以为找到的时候
They got kicked out of town
都会被赶出镇子
And even though people wanted
即使有人想看
To see the Golden Plates
那些金板子
Joseph never showed them
约瑟夫也从不展示
I have maggots in my scrotum
我的蛋蛋里有虫子
Umm okay well anyway
好吧 总之
Now comes the part of our story
从现在开始我们的故事
That get a little bit sad
会变得有些伤感
On the way to the Promised Land
在去人间乐园的路上
Mormons made people mad
摩门教徒惹怒了群众
Joseph was shot by an angry mob
约瑟夫被一个愤怒的暴徒用枪射伤
And knew he'd soon be done
并得知命不久矣
You must lead the people now
从现在开始你领导群众
My good friend Brigham Young
我的挚友 杨百翰
Oh God why are you letting me die
上帝啊 你为什么要让我死去
Without having me show people the Plates
我并没有给群众看那些金板子
They'll have no proof I was telling the truth or not
我说的是不是实话他们也没有证据了
They'll have to believe it just because
他们只能信了 因为
Oh I guess that's kinda what you were going for
我猜这就是你的旨意
Oh

The Prophet Joseph Smith died for what he believed in
先知约瑟夫史密斯为了信仰而牺牲
But as followers they kept heading West
但他的追随者继续朝西前行
And Brigham Young led them to Paradise
杨百翰带着他们找到了人间乐园
A sparkling land in Utah they called Salt Lake City
一块位于犹他州闪闪发光的地方 他们称之为盐湖城
And there the Mormons multiplied
摩门教在此扩展
And made big Mormon families
组成了摩门大家庭
Generation to generation
一代又一代的繁衍生息
Until finally they made me
终于生出了我
And now it's my job to lead you
现在我的使命
Where those early settlers were led long ago
是带领你们去我祖先很久很久以前就定居的地方
Have you heard of the All American Prophet
有没有听说过地道的美国先知
Kevin Price
凯文普莱斯
The next in line to be the voice of God
他即将传播上帝的福音
My best friend
我的挚友
He's gonna do something incredible
他要做些了不起的事
And be Joseph Smith again
像约瑟夫史密斯再世
Because Kevin Price the Prophet is All All All American
因为先知凯文普莱斯是土生土长的地道的美国人
If you order now
现在就订购的话
We'll also throw in a set of steak knives
我们还随书附送牛排刀
All American
地道的美国人