J. S. Bach - "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV 2 (2/6)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Cantata "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein", BWV 2, Mov. II (Recitative - Tenor)

BWV 2 is a Choral Cantata for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity, first performed in June 18, 1724 (Leipzig)

Scoring:
Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 4 trombones, 2 violins, 2 oboes, viola, continuo

Lyrics for Mov.II
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GERMAN (original)
Sie lehren eitel falsche List,
Was wider Gott und seine Wahrheit ist;
Und was der eigen Witz erdenket,
- O Jammer! der die Kirche schmerzlich kränket -
Das muss anstatt der Bibel stehn.
Der eine wählet dies, der andre das,
Die törichte Vernunft ist ihr Kompass;
Sie gleichen denen Totengräbern
Die, ob sie zwar von außen schön,
Nur Stank und Moder in sich fassen
Und lauter Unflat sehen lassen.

ENGLISH (translation)
They teach vain, false cunning
which is against God and his truth
and what their own wit thinks up,
- oh sorrow! -which painfully harms the church -
that must take the place of the Bible.
One chooses this, another that.
foolish reason is their compass;
they are like the tombs of dead men
that although they may be outwardly fair
contain within themselves only stench and corruption
and reveal sheer muck.

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