African Gospel Lyrics

(Sung in Kiswahili)

Bwana mimi sina mtu wa kuniinua (Lord, I have no one to lift me)
Kunitia kwenye birika (And help me into the pool)
Kila maji yanapotibuliwa na malaika (Whenever the water is stirred by the Angel)
Wengine hushuka kabla yangu Bwana (Others go ahead of me, Lord)

Refrain:
Simama! Simama kwa imani (Arise! Arise in faith)
Ujitwike godoro lako uende (Pick up your mat and go)
Simama! Simama ukanyage (Arise! Arise and step forward)
Yesu yuko nawe, kanyaga nenda (Jesus is with you, walk)
Simama! Simama kwa imani (Arise! Arise in faith)
Ujitwike godoro lako uende (Pick up your mat and walk)
Simama! Simama ukanyage (Arise! Arise and step forward)
Yesu yuko nawe, uende (Jesus is with you, walk)

Umelala hivyo hivyo siku nyingi sana (You have been lying there for many days)
Unatamani kuinuka (You long to get up)
Mtazame Bwana Yesu kwa imani kuu (Look to the Lord Jesus with great faith)
Utaimarika, utatoka hapo ah! (You will be strengthened, you will rise)

(Refrain)

Mipango mingi upangayo haifanikiwi (Many plans you make do not succeed)
Unatamani mafanikio (You long for success)
Mkabithi Bwana Yesu mipango yako (Entrust your plans to the Lord Jesus)
Utafanikiwa, utavuka hapo, ah! (You will succeed, and cross that season)

(Refrain)

Migogoro ya ndoa, ya kikazi, na jamii (Strife from your marriage, workplace, and society)
Imekutesa mpaka wachoka (Have troubled and exhausted)
Jamani maliza yote kwa kumpa Bwana Yesu (End it all by entrusting them to the Lord Jesus)
Kwa imani kuinuka uende (Rise up in faith and walk)

(Refrain)

Basi ndugu, sio mwili wako uliolala (So then, brother, your body is not asleep)
Wala sio unaumwa (It is not that you are sick)
Badala yake kilicho lala ni imani yako (Rather, it is your faith that is asleep)
Yesu yuko nawe, kanyaga nenda (Jesus is with you, walk)
Amini usimame (Believe and stand up)
Yesu yuko nawe, kanyaga nenda (Jesus is with you, walk)
Imani ikuponye (May faith heal you)
Yesu yuko nawe, kanyaga nenda (Jesus is with you, walk)
Haya nyanyuka, uende kwa furaha (Come on, get up and go with joy)
Yesu yuko nawe, kanyaga nenda (Jesus is with you, walk)