Jetzt ist die Zeit
| "Jetzt ist die Zeit" | |
|---|---|
| Christian hymn | |
| English | Now is the time |
| Text | by Alois Albrecht |
| Language | German |
| Melody | by Ludger Edelkötter |
| Composed | 1972 |
| Published | 1975 |
"Jetzt ist die Zeit" (Now is the time) is a Christian hymn with words by Alois Albrecht and music by Ludger Edelkötter. The song of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL) has appeared in German hymnals and songbooks.
History
Alois Albrecht, a former vicar general of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg (Germany), wrote the words of the hymn and the music educator Ludger Edelkötter was its composer.[1][2][3] The work has appeared in twelve songbooks.[2]
Text
The text begins with a short refrain, and has eight stanzas. That refrain claims the time to decide what is important is now, and that we do or miss it today.[1] The premise is the second coming of Jesus, and the stanzas give details of questions his audience of siblings will have to face then, disqualifying queries that do not matter. In the first stanza, the questions that will not come are "What did you save?" ("Was hast du gespart?) and "What did you own? (Was hast du alles besessen?), but: "What did you give?" (Was hast du geschenkt?) and "Whom did you cherish?" (Wen hast du geschätzt?) Each stanza but the last ends with "for my sake" (um meinetwillen).[1]
References
- ^ a b c Denoix, Rémi (10 August 2022). "Auf was es ankommt" (in German). SWR. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Jetzt ist die Zeit, jetzt ist die Stunde". evangeliums.net (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Herbst, Wolfgang (2001). "Edelkötter, Ludger". Wer ist wer im Gesangbuch? (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-3-52-550323-2.