Unto the House of the Lord - John Bagniewski

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 9 January 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

Refrain: THEY-rt SAY, (role play > lf) COME-ON, GROUP-GO LORD HIS-rt TEMPLE. (end role play) ME CELEBRATE. REALLY-WANT ENTER JERUSALEM GATE. WHY? WE GROUP-GO LORD HIS-rt TEMPLE CAN.

1. LOOK-AT-ctr JERUSALEM THERE-ctr. CITY RENOVATED FINISH. LOOK~LIKE BEFORE DESTROY. YAHWEH HIS-ctr T-R-I-B-E GROUP-TOGETHER GROUP-GO VISIT TEMPLE.

2. JEWISH PEOPLE THEY-rt COME PRAISE HIS-rt NAME LIKE HE-rt COMMAND. HERE JUSTICE HAPPEN. KING-DAVID SETTLE, RULE.

3. JERUSALEM, WE PRAY YOUR-ctr PEACE. YOUR-lf PEOPLE LIVE TAKE-OFF.
INSIDE YOUR-ctr CIRCULAR-WALL, HAVE PEACE ONLY GOD OFFER CAN.

4. WE GOD HIS-rt PEOPLE, MEAN WE SAY, GOD SEND YOU-ctr PEACE.
GOD LIVE INSIDE-SELF US SHOULD MAKE YOU-ctr HAPPY AGAIN.


Notes: THEY - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

GROUP-GO - (2h)[C], POs ><, FT touch, and both hands move together > appropriate space.

TEMPLE - T-CHURCH.

REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

JERUSALEM - [B with thumbs flush with other fingers but not folded into palm], touches mouth.

RENOVATED - NDH [loose B] is held out as in the sign TABLE and DH [B], PO up, FO away, moves in vertical circles parallel to the chest overhead.

YAHWEH - Y-GOD.

GROUP-TOGETHER - (2h)[C], POs ><, FOs away, hands are brought together as if pushing people/things together into a group.

GROUP-GO - (2h)[C], POs ><, FT touch, and both hands move together > appropriate space.

JUSTICE - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, tap FT while moving in a horizontal circle.

KING-DAVID - D-KING.

SETTLE - (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, descend with several stops along the way.

TAKE-OFF - Like DEVELOP but moves quickly and abruptly with a "po".

CIRCULAR-WALL - (2H)[Bb], POs away, FOs up, hands are touching, separate and return further away (moving in a circle) to show a circular wall.

INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

Lyrics:

Refrain: I rejoiced when they said to me, "Let us go unto the house of the Lord," standing there, O Jerusalem, in your gates, unto the house of the Lord.

1. Look upon Jerusalem, the city now restored.
Here the tribes of Yahweh come as one unto the Lord.

2. As He ordered Israel, they come to praise His name,
here where courts of justice, the courts of David reign.

3. Pray for peace, Jerusalem, prosperity at home,
peace inside your city walls that come from God alone.

4. Since we are God's people, I say, "Peace be to You!"
May the God who dwells in us, your hapiness renew.

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