(Sung in Zulu)
Wen’ olalelwa, zizidalwa (You are obeyed by all creation)
Wen’ olalelwa, Nayi mvelo (You are obeyed by all nature) (Repeat)
Refrain:
Sithi bayede! Sithi bayede! (We give you praise, We hail You!)
Sithi uphakheme, uyingcwele (We exalt you, Holy Spirit) (Repeat)
Repeat: Refrain
Yilonto sivuma sithi bayede, bayede, bayede… (This is why we agree saying, Hail!, praise…)
Sithi Uuyingcwele, ibandla lithi uyingwele (You are Holy, the Church is in agreement that You are Holy)
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Yilonto siguqa ngamadolo, sithi bayede! (This is why we kneel and hail You)
Wa’ukhona umhlaba ungabikwho isisekelo singakabikho (Even before the earth existed, you were there)
Wa’ukhona emaphakade kungakabikho nto (You were there before there was life)
Ungophilayo, ungophilileyo, unguThixo (You are alive, You are life, You are God)
Ungu Alpha no Omega, ‘bekho njengawe (You are the Alpha and the Omega, None compares to You)
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Siyaqubuda phamb’ kwakho, Thixo wethu ngamandla bo (We bow before You, Our Almighty God)
Siphakamisa amaphimbo kuwe sicelis’ingelosi (We lift our voices to You and ask Your angels)
Phakamis’izandla sithi akekho njengawe (We raise our hands proclaiming that there’s none like You)
Sithi ungophilileyo, ungophilileyo (Saying You are life, You are Life)
Ngaphandle kwakho ngesafela endleleni (Without You, we would have died along the way)
Ububungekho ngabe satshabalala! (If it wasn’t for Your presence, we would have perished!)
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Sithi bayede, bayede, bayede…
Sivulmelana ne ngelosi Ngoku (We agree with the angels)
Sithi uNgwele! unguThixo, uphakeme (Saying You are Holy! You are God, You are the Most High)
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Sithi bayede, bayede, bayede… (We hail You…)
Sithi uNgwele kakhulu (We say that You are Holy) x2
Wen’ olalelwa, zizidalwa (You are obeyed by all creation)
Wena uyamanyelwa, Nayi mvelo (You are listened to by all nature)
Wen’ olalelwa, uyamanyelwa zizidalwa (You are obeyed, You a re listened to by all creation)
Ikherubi ne Serafine, zikhothama kuwe njalo (The Cherubim and the Seraphim, bow down before You)
Zithi uNgwele! (For You are Holy!)
Nathi ke-Sithi bayede! Sithi bayede! (We also praise You)
Sithi uphakheme, uyingcwele (We exalt You, Holy Spirit)
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Sithi bayede, siguqa phambi kwakhe (We say hail, kneeling before Him)
Hayo ya tswanang le Wena (There’s none like You) -in Sotho
Ezintweni zonke uyavuk’ uphakheme (In all things, You are the Almighty)
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Ibandla lika Krestu, sithi bayede (The Church of Christ, praises You) x2
Repeat: Refrain
Ibandla lithi bayede (The Church of praises You)
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