Help Yourself - The Devil Makes Three

Help Yourself - The Devil Makes Three
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Even the devil was an angel
即便恶魔也曾是天使
Before he tried to rush the throne
直到他妄图染指神座
Lord they threw him down in hell
主啊 他们将他打入地狱
There all alone
永世孤独
And now he builds a castle
如今他用罪人的骸骨
Out of the sinners' bones
筑起罪恶城堡
You'd be angry too
若你永世不得归乡
If you could never go home
想必也会满腔愤恨
Well now I ain't no preacher
听着 我并非传教士
No preacher man's son
也不是牧师的后人
I done some bad things
我曾行过恶事
But I like to have my fun
但亦追寻欢愉人生
A thousand ways to heaven
千条路通向天堂
A thousand ways to hell
千条路堕入地狱
Well I say the good Lord
要我说 仁慈的主
Helps those that help themselves
只眷顾自强之人
So help yourselves now
现在自助者天助
Old man Nicodemus could not
老尼哥底母始终
Make his heart believe
无法让内心信服
He could see that Jesus
他看出耶稣
Had some tricks up his sleeve
暗藏玄机
Said now Oh man Jesus
叹息道 主啊耶稣
I can't do things your way
我无法效法你的道路
But I can see you work
却见证你的作为
With somebody big
与某位大人物同行
So I'm backing your play
所以我支持你的行动
Old man Nicodemus
老尼哥底母啊
His pockets they were deep
他的钱袋深不见底
But on the day the Romans
但当罗马人决定
Decided to put Jesus to sleep
让耶稣长眠的那天
Jesus could not care for money
耶稣从不在意金钱
Now or any such thing
现在或任何此类俗物
Old Nicodemus paid to have Jesus
老尼哥底母出钱安葬耶稣
Just buried like a king
如同厚葬君王般隆重
Well now I ain't no preacher
听着 我并非传教士
No preacher man's son
也不是牧师的后人
I done some bad things
我曾行过恶事
But I like to have my fun
但亦追寻欢愉人生
A thousand ways to heaven
千条路通向天堂
A thousand ways to hell
千条路堕入地狱
Well I say the good Lord
要我说 仁慈的主
Helps those that help themselves
只眷顾自强之人
So help yourselves now
现在自助者天助
Our father art in heaven
我们在天上的父
Hallowed be thy name
愿人都尊你的名为圣
Told Noah "build a boat"
曾命诺亚建造方舟
On the driest of days
在最干旱的日子
And everybody in the neighborhood
邻里街坊所有人
Said old Noah was insane
老诺亚曾被认为疯癫
I guess when the waters receded now
洪水退去后真相终显现
The truth was plain
如今事态已明朗
Well now I ain't no preacher
听着 我并非传教士
No preacher man's son
也不是牧师的后人
I done some bad things
我曾行过恶事
But I like to have my fun
但亦追寻欢愉人生
A thousand ways to heaven
千条路通向天堂
A thousand ways to hell
千条路堕入地狱
Well I say the good Lord
要我说 仁慈的主
Helps those that help themselves
只眷顾自强之人
So help yourselves now
现在自助者天助
Moses was a great man
摩西是位伟人
Parted the waters of the Red Sea
他分开红海之水
Down the road to Egypt
沿着通往埃及的路
He made sure the slaves were free
确保奴隶获得自由
Well he could speak to God
传说他能与上帝对话
So they say yes indeed
千真万确 毋庸置疑
Well the noise of his voice
他声音的威力
Would have made our poor ears bleed
足以震破凡人的耳膜
Moses he had an army
摩西统领着大军
I tell you all his own
告诉你 那都是他的子民
They stood in circles
他们列队成阵
Outside his very home
环绕在他的居所之外
And when the the Pharaohs
当法老们大开杀戒
Got to killing they left old moses alone
却唯独放过了年迈的摩西
But the Romans drove their nails
而罗马人将铁钉
Through old Jesus' bones
钉入耶稣的骨血
Well now I ain't no preacher
听着 我并非传教士
No preacher man's son
也不是牧师的后人
I done some bad things
我曾行过恶事
But I like to have my fun
但亦追寻欢愉人生
Why they got Jesus now and not Moses
为何他们现在信奉耶稣而非摩西
Who can tell
谁能说得清
But they do say the good Lord
但人们都说仁慈的主
Helps those that help themselves
只眷顾自强之人
So help yourselves now
现在自助者天助