Ni rahisi kukusifu (It is easy to praise You)
Wakati wa mazuri (In good times)
Ni rahisi kukushukuru (It is easy to thank You)
Yanapotokea mema (When good happens)
Ila ni ngumu kuamini (But it is difficult to believe)
Kuwa hata na magumu (To be in tough times)
Nawe Mungu umeyaruhusu (God You have allowed them)
Kwa kuniwazia mema (For thinking well of me)
Refrain 1:
Umeruhusu mazuri (You have permitted good)
nifurahi tena nikushukuru (For me to rejoice and to be thankful)
Na mabaya ili niwe hodari (And bad times that I may be strong)
Na tena nikusifu (And to praise You as well)
Mbele umeniwekea fahari (You have saved my triumph for me)
Haya ni ya muda tu (This is only temporary)
Macho yangu yatazama mbali (My eyes see ahead)
Uliko utukufu (Where there is holiness)
Refrain 2:
Yote mema (It is all well) x2
Hata magumu yana sababu (Even my difficulty has a reason)
Yote mema (It is all well) x2
Sitala humu, sitakufuru (I shall not eat here, I shall not blaspheme)
Sasa nimejua kuwa (I have now understood)
Wewe uliyenipa samaki (That the one who provides fish for me)
Ndiwe pia umetaka wakati mwingine (You also want other times )
Nipate nyoka (To receive a snake)
Tena nimejua kuwa wewe (I have also understood that You)
Uliyenipa mkate (Who provided bread for me)
Ndiwe pia umetaka (You are the same who wants)
Wakati mwingine nipate jiwe (For me to receive stones some times)
(Refrain 1 + 2)
Nimejifunza kuwa na shibe tena (I have taught myself to be satisfied again)
Nimeju kuwa na njaa tena (I have taught myself to be hungry again)
Kuwa nacho hata kutokuwa nacho (To have and not to have)
Najua yote yanafanya kazi (I know that all have a purpose)
Ili kunipatia mema (For good for me)
Yamefanyika kama ngazi iiamini kupanda (They have been fashioned like a ladder to be climbed by faith)
Mimi nasonga tu mbele (I am moving onwards)
Mashida sijali na wewe (I do not worry about difficulties)
Kama ndege iko tu sawa (As the bird of air is taken care of)
Basi pia Mungu ako na wewe (The Lord is also with You)
Mungu amekusikia (God has heard You)
Imani zidi kushikilia (So Keep the faith)
And when (?) you believing Him fear
Mulungu yuko na yuko hiyo (God is there and so)
Refrain:
Mulungu (Ha! ah! ha!) (the Name of God) x?
Mi nataka kukufanana (I want to be like You)
Kwako kila kitu salama (For in You all is well)
Kwako kila kitu (In You all things) x2
Iko maana mi ni na kazi na (Is there so I have work and)
Bado mi nitakusifu (I will keep praising You)
Juu we pekee ni mwaminifu (For You alone are faithful)
Juu we pekee ulinisafisha dhambi zote (For You alone cleansed me of my sin)
Mimi nitakusifu (So I will praise You)
(Refrain)
Mungu ni faya, Mungu ni moto! (God is fire/hot)
Mi sina haya, kusifu hata kaa mi ni msoto (I am not afraid to praise even when broke)
Mungu upendo, na habadiliki (God is Love, and He does not change)
Kwa kila mienendo anajali naye anabariki (He cares for every situation and He blesses it) (Repeat)
Refrain:
Ombea adui yako aishi siku nyingi (Pray that your enemy has a long life)
Ili unapobarikiwa, ajionee kwa macho (That when You are blessed, they’ll see it)
Hamna haja kabisa, afe kabla hajaona (There is no need for them to die before they witness)
Baraka ambazo Mungu, ameweka mbele yako (The blessings that God has placed before you) (Repeat)
Ameharibu pesa nyingi (They have used a lot of money)
Akipeleka kwa waganga (Taking it to the witch-doctors)
Ili nisifanikiwe (That I should not succeed)
Na bado ninaendelea (But I still continue)
Mahirizi akapewa (They were given charms)
Ayalete kwa duka yangu (To bring to my shop)
Badala ya kufunga duka (But instead of closing my business)
Wateja wanakua wengi (My customers multiplied)
(From the top)
Walisema hutapata kazi (They said you will not get a job)
Na sasa una kazi (But now you are employed)
Wakasema hutajenga (They say you will not build)
Nyumba na sasa una nyumba (A house, now you have a home)
Walisema hutaoa (They said you shall not marry)
Na sasa naona una watoto (I see now you have children)
Maadui mkae kimya (Be silent my enemies)
Yesu atupigania (For Jesus fights for us)
(Refrain)
Walisema hutapata kazi (They said you will not get a job)
Na sasa una kazi (I see you now employed)
Wakasema hutajenga (They said you will not build)
Naona sasa una kwako (I see now that you have a home)
Walisema hutapata mtoto (They said you will not get a child)
Na sasa umepakata (And now You have one)
Maadui mkae kimya (Enemies be silent)
Yesu atupigania (For Jesus fights for us)
(Refrain)
Vita zetu si Wakristo (Our battles, believers)
Sio vita vya mwili na damu (Is not of the flesh and blood)
Vita tunavyopigana (The battles we fight)
Wapendwa ni wa kiroho (Beloved, is of the Spirit)
Wakuseme wakusimange (Whether they gossip about you or mock you)
Endelea kuwaombea (Continue praying for them)
Alicho bariki Mungu (For what God blessed)
Hakuna wa kukilaani (There is no one to curse it)
Uko wapi, eh Mungu wangu? (Where are You, Oh my God?)
Uko wapi? Njoo uniokoe (Where are You, come and save me)(Repeat)
Mawimbi yanataka kuniangamiza (The waves threaten to drown me)
Misukomisuko yaniandama (Troubles follow me)
Dhoruba na majaribu havikomi kwangu (Storms and temptations do not cease)
Uko wapi? Fanya hima niokoe (Where are You, make haste and save me)
Uko wapi, eh Mungu wangu? (Where are You, Oh my God?)
Uko wapi? Njoo uniokoe (Where are You, come and deliver me)
Refrain:
Uko wapi, Ee Bwana? (Lord, Where are You?)
Uko wapi, mbona ni kama umeniacha? (Why does it feel like You’ve abandoned me?)
Usifiche uso wako, ee Bwana (Do not hide Your Face from me, Oh Lord)
Usifiche uso nipoonapo rehema (Do not hide Your Face once I see compassion)
Mwili huu ni wa nyama (This body is of flesh)
Unachoka pekee yangu sitaweza (It tires, I cannot by myself)(Repeat)
Nimegubikwa wimbi la huzuni na mawazo (I have been overwhelmed by depression)
Amani kwangu ni kama ndoto (Faith to me, is like a dream)
Ole wangu, nikifurahi siku moja (Woe unto me, if I am happy one day)
Siku sita nitalia wiki ipite (For six days I will weep, the week to pass)
Magumu yangu nikisimulia kwa ndugu zangu (When I talk of my difficulties to my brothers)
Waniambia utajijua na Mungu wako (They tell me to take it with Your God)
Nikielezea magumu yangu kwa wapendwa (When I tell of my difficulties to my loved ones)
Wananiambia tumechoka kukufariji (They tell me they are tired of comforting me)
Wakati mwingine natamani, heri nife (Other times, I desire to die)
Kuliko kuishi, ninyanyasike hivi (Rather than to live and suffer like this)
Uko wapi ee Mungu wa Eliya (Where are You, Oh God of Elijah?)
Uko wapi ee Mungu Wa Ibrahimu (Where are You, Oh God of Abraham?)
Uko wapi ee Mungu Wa isaka (Where are You, Oh God of Isaac?)
El Shaddai, Fanya hima uniokoe (God Almighty, make haste and deliver me)
(Refrain)
Nina neno juu yako, Ee mpendwa (I have a word for You, beloved)
Usilie kwa Magumu uliyo nayo (Do not cry of your hardships)
Usitazame jaribu ulilo nalo (Do not Look at the trials you have)
Inia macho msalabani umtazame Yesu (Lift Your eyes to the cross and look to Jesus)
Japo ndugu wakikutenga na kukuacha (Though brothers isolate and leave you)
Yesu, atakukumbatia (Jesus will embrace You)
Majaribu ipo siku yatakoma (There is a day that the temptations shall end)
Utasahau shida zote ulizopata (And you shall forget all your past difficulties)(Repeat)
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