African Gospel Lyrics

(Sung in Swahili)

Usifurahi juu yangu, eh adui yangu (Do not rejoice over me, oh my enemy)
Niangukapo mimi, nitasimama tena (Through I have fallen, I shall stand again)
Kumbuka niwapo gizani, Bwana ni nuru yangu (Remember in darkness, the Lord is my light)
Hawezi kuniacha Bwana, mimi niangamie (He will not abandon me, that I perish) (Repeat)

Si vyema kunisema vibaya, nipatapo tatizo
(It is not good to say bad about me, when I am in trouble)
Shetani wampa nafasi, ndani ya moyo wako
(You give Satan a space, inside your heart)
Kumbuka kwa maombi yako, nitasimama tena
(Remember that through Your prayer, I will stand again)
Na utapata baraka, kutoka kwake Mungu
(And You shall receive blessings from God) (Repeat)

Maana heri mtu yule, ambaye kinywa chake
(Blessed is the one, whose mouth)
Ni kuwabariki wenzake, na kiwaombea
(Blesses others, and prays for them)
Maana maneno mabaya huchafua moyo
(For foul words pollute the heart)
Ukiwekwa mbali na Mungu, ni vyema uwe safi
(When you are placed far from God, it is good to be clean)

Ukiona niko kwenye shida, niombee (If you see me in trouble, pray for me)
Ndoa yangu imevunjika, wewe niombee (My marriage has broken up, pray for me)
Nikifukuzwa kazini, ndugu niombee (If I have been sacked from my job, pray for me)
Magonjwa yananiandama, niombee (Illness pursue me, pray for me)
Biashara haina faida, niombee (My business has no profits, pray for me)
Nikikawia kupata mtoto, niombee (If I am late to get a child, pray for me)
Nimekuwa mtoto yatima, niombee (If I have become an orphan, pray for me)
Ata nijapo kuwa mjane, niombee (Even if I become a widow, pray for me)

Ujue kwa maombi yako, mimi nitasimama tena
(Know that by Your prayer, I shall stand again)
Ujue kwa maombi yako, nitabarikiwa
(Know that it is through Your prayers, that I shall be blessed) (Repeat)