Baba Yetu [Our Father / Swahili / Christopher Tin]

Baba yetu, Yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, Yetu amina!
Baba yetu Yetu uliye
Jina lako e litukuzwe.
Utupe leo chakula chetu
Tunachohitaji utusamehe
Makosa yetu, hey!
Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe
Waliotukosea usitutie
Katika majaribu, lakini
Utuokoe, na yule, muovu e milele!
Ufalme wako ufike utakalo
Lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni. Amina

Background Information

Composer: Christopher Tin (2005)

Karamu (John P. Kee)

(Mbingu)
Umenifunulia mbingu (Mbingu)
Umenifunulia mbingu (Na kunibubujikia)
(Mbingu)
Oh, send Your rain...

Tunavyomsifu Bwana, Aleluia
Tunavyombariki jina lake, Aleluia
Twakuabudu mtakatifu
Twakuobudu walio wahuru
Twakuabudu mbwoji wako
Umenifunulia mbingu na kunibubujikia

This is the way we praise the Lord, Hallelujah
This is the way we bless His name, Hallelujah
We worship You on this holy mountain
We worship You in the land of the free
We worship You from the flowing fountain
Open the heavens and rain on me
Open the heavens and rain on me

Composer: John P. Kee (b. 1962)

John P. Kee's discography on YouTube.

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) series.

Noel (An African Spiritual / Congo)

Noel, Noel
Yesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto
Noel, noel
Yesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto

Kana nge zola ku zaba mwana
Nge fwiti kwisa ku fukama
Kana nge zola ku zaba mwana
Nge fwiti kwisa ku fukama

African Christmas Spiritual in Kituba Dialect (Congo)

Noel, Noel
Jesus has come to live with us
Noel, Noel
Jesus has come to live with us

If you want to know the Child
You have to come kneel
If you want to know the Child
You have to come kneel

Sing Noel (African Noel)

Sing Noel, sing Noel, Noel, Noel (4X)
Sing we all Noel! (2X)
O sing! (Sing Noel, sing Noel, Noel, Noel) (2X)

O come ye people gather here
To hear the news of good cheer
The King of Kings; The Lamb of God
Is born today in Bethlehen

Sing Noel! (Sing Noel, sing Noel, Noel, Noel) (2x)
Sing Noel, Noel, O sing Noel, Noel. O Sing!

Traditional African

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos' (We Are Marching In the Light of God)

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba, siyahamba, oh
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba, siyahamba, oh
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'

We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, marching
We are marching, marching
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, marching
We are marching, marching
We are marching in the light of God.

Background Information

Zulu lyrics: Thabo Mkize

Uyai Mose / Come All You People (Zimbabwe/Shona/Bantu)

Uyai Mose, Tinamate mwari (3x)
Uya Mose Zvino.

Come all you people, Come and praise your maker (3x)
Come now and worship the Lord.

Come all you people, Come and praise the Most High ...

Come all you people, Come and praise the Saviour...

Come all you people, Come and praise the Spirit...

Words & Music: Alexander Gondo (1994)

Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love

Refrain:

Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love,
show us how to serve
the neighbors we have from you.

Kneels at the feet of his friends,
silently washes their feet,
master who acts as a slave to them. (Refrain)

Neighbors are rich and poor,
varied in color and race,
neighbors are near and far away. (Refrain)

These are the ones we should serve,
these are the ones we should love;
all these are neighbors to us and you. (Refrain)

Loving puts us on our knees,
serving as though we are slaves;
this is the way we should live with you. (Refrain)

Kneel at the feet of our friends,
silently washing their feet;
this is the way we should live with you. (Refrain)

Paraphrase of John 13:3-5

Words: Tom Colvin (1969)
Music: Chereponi, Ghana folk song, adapt. Tom Colvin (1969)

Uvukile UKristu (Zulu)

Uvukile vukilu Kristu
Ubonakele kuMariya
Nakubo abafundi bakhe
Haleluya {3x}

Wathi kubo hamban' ezweni lonke
Nishumayele kubo abantu bonke
Okholwayo abhajadiswe
Ongakholwa uyakubhujiswa

INkosi ikhulumile
Yakhushulelw' eZulwini
Yahlala ngakwesokunene
SikaNkulunkulu

Lalelani zizwe zonke
Inqobile iNkosi yamakhosi
Mayibongwe iNkosi yethu
Haleluya {3x}

Words: Zulu

(Thanks to Andee)

Hamba Nathi (South Africa)

Ham-ba na-thi mku-lu-lu-we-ku,
Ham-ba na-thi mku-lu-lu-we-ku.......(repeat)
Mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu-we-ku,
Mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu-we-ku.......(repeat)

Words/Music: South African, ed. Anders Nyberg (1984)

Thuma Mina (Zulu/South Africa)

Thuma mina ("Send me, Lord")

(Thuma mina)
Thuma mina,
Thuma mina,
Thuma mina,
Somandla

Words: South African/Zulu

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos'/Siyabonga Baba (Zulu/South Africa)

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos' (We Are Marching In The Light of God)

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'

Siyahamba, siyahamba, oh
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba, siyahamba, oh
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'

Zulu lyrics: Thabo Mkize

Siyabonga Baba (Thank You, Father)

Siyabonga Baba
Siyabonga Jesu
Siyabonga Baba
Jesu Ositete

Ositetelele Baba
Ositetelele Jesu
Ositetelele Baba
Jesu Ositete

Zulu lyrics: