This hymn is used for Matins on the Solemnity of Christ the King in the Extraordinary Form. It is used for Lauds on the same Feast in the Ordinary Form.
| 拉丁文 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| Æterna imago Altissimi, Lumen, Deus, de Lumine, Tibi, Redemptor, gloria, Honor, potestas regia. |
To thee, eternal Image bright Of God most High, thou Light of Light, Thou Saviour blest, all glory be, And might and kingly majesty. |
一、至高上帝永恆真像，光中之光榮福救主； 願主永享無窮榮耀，大能權柄君王威嚴。 |
| Tu solus ante sæcula Spes atque centrum temporum, Cui jure sceptrum Gentium Pater supremum credidit. |
The Center thou of circling time, Before all ages Hope sublime; The Father rightly doth maintain The nations by thy mighty reign. |
二、你是萬世運行樞紐，萬古之前至高盼望； 聖父按理立你為王，藉你大能保守萬邦。 |
| Tu flos pudicæ Virginis, Nostræ caput propaginis, Lapis caducus vertice Ac mole terras occupans. |
Thou art the Blossom Mary bore; Our race’s Head for evermore; The Stone of Daniel from on high, Whose bulk o’er all the earth doth lie. |
三、童貞聖母所生之花，永為我眾人類元首； 但以理書所示之石，自高而降充滿四方。 |
| Diro tyranno subdita, Damnata stirps mortalium, Per te refregit vincula Sibique cælum vindicat. |
The guilty stock of mortal men Through thee lays claim to heaven again, And by thy succour breaks away The chains of that dread tyrant’s sway. |
四、世人一族負罪沉淪，賴你重得天國福分； 又蒙你助掙斷鎖鏈，脫離暴君兇惡權柄。 |
| Doctor, Sacerdos, Legifer, Præfers notatum sanguine In veste: Princeps principum, Regumque Rex Altissimus. |
Lawgiver, Teacher, Priest, thy Name Is: Lord of lords; in blood the same Is written: King of kings Most High Upon thy vesture and thy thigh. |
五、立法之主教師祭司，你名稱為萬主之主； 衣上股上血書尊號，萬王之王至尊至高。 |
| Tibi volentes subdimur, Qui jure cunctis imperas: Hæc civium beatitas Tuis subesse legibus. |
By right, thou rulest all; and we, Thy willing subjects, render thee Our homage; under thy behest Thy citizens are ever blest. |
六、萬有理當由你治理，我眾甘心作你臣民； 俯伏致敬遵你律令，國中子民永享福慶。 |
| Jesu, tibi sit gloria, Qui sceptra mundi temperas, Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu, In sempiterna sæcula. Amen. |
Jesu, to thee we glory pay, Ruling earth’s kingdoms neath thy sway; All glory, as is ever meet, To Father and to Paraclete. Amen. |
七、耶穌我眾頌主榮光，主掌王權統治萬邦； 聖父以及保惠聖靈，同受榮耀世世無盡。阿們。 |
拉丁文來源：《宗座公報》1925年，第657頁，基督君王節夜禱聖詩〈Æterna imago Altissimi〉。
格律：英文 L.M.（8.8.8.8）；中文每句八字，每行合排十六字，第八字後加逗號。「阿們」另計。
註：第三、第五節運用了聖經意象；中文為聖詩格律譯文，並非聖經經文的逐字摘錄。「股」指大腿。
